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...games dwindle down to a precious few, the baseball season already seems to have touched most of its lyrical bases. In last week's play-offs, catcher Gary Carter of the Mets actually referred to the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser "twirling a gem." Los Angeles manager Tommy Lasorda has been crooning about "the fall classic." Gonfalons have been copped, the World Series is afoot, and aging veterans and hopeful rookies are in full confluence...
...best team in baseball, but this year only the A's have designs on history. The Dodgers have been very forthright about that. "We definitely are not a dominant team," Hershiser says. "The Mets have a better team," says rightfielder Mike Marshall. "There's no doubt in my mind," Lasorda says, "that we beat the best team in the National League...
...originally nicknamed "The Bulldog" by Los Angeles manager-extraordinaire Tommy Lasorda when he first joined the club. Lasorda was concerned that Hershiser's lack of tenacity might hold him back from challenging hitters with his ability, which Lasorda anticipated could be the best in baseball. In nicknaming Hershiser "The Bulldog," Lasorda hoped to instill that tenacity in his young pitcher...
Manager Tommy Lasorda has hinted Hershiser may pitch two more games in the series, if necessary...
Last month, on the same day he was fired as Baltimore manager, Cal Ripken Sr. pleaded guilty to drunken driving, a familiar Oriole road that Earl Weaver had swerved down before him. A manager is scarcely a manager if his nose has never required batteries. Tommy Lasorda, who for insurance reasons has removed the beer keg from his Dodger Stadium office, tells some funny stories about the huge consumers he has managed -- not including the ones who had to take time to dry out, like the young pitcher Bob Welch. Interestingly, Newcombe had approved of Lasorda's office...