Word: lineup
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Manager Whitey Herzog, 55, scratching his head of straw, would be happy if he could just establish a lineup. Healthy pitchers are so precious that rather than take them out entirely, he sometimes stows them in rightfield. Third Baseman Terry Pendleton has all but joined First Baseman Jack Clark on the casualty list that has made Jim Lindeman and Jose Oquendo famous. "I don't know how we got this far," Herzog keeps saying the farther they go. Their most remarkable comeback was against themselves -- rather, against the memory of the 1985 World Series. On the verge...
What "Steinbrenner-Ball" boils down to is a complete absence of talent judgment. George and his infamous "baseball people" (do these guys have seams on their heads?) shuffle players in and out of the lineup and expect them to produce on demand...
...NOTEBOOK: The Crimson suffered from the absence of senior starting forward Julie Sasner in the lineup. Sasner was out because of an ankle injury in last weekend's contest with Dartmouth. Prognosis for this Saturday's match is hopeful...Also on the injured reserve list are Amy Winston, Amanda Slick, and Laurie Hauber...The Minutewomen scored more goals against Crimson netminder Tracee Whitlee than all other Harvard opponents combined...Tiger Hunting: Harvard hosts Princeton in an Ivy League match-up Saturday at 11 a.m. at Soldiers Field...
...Yankees suffered major injuries to their first two hitters in the lineup--outfielder Rickey Henderson [right hamstring strain] and second baseman Willie Randolph [torn knee cartilage and eventual surgery], who missed a combined 109 games...
...Saturday's contest at Dartmouth will mark the first game this season in which "everybody is in a condition to play," according to Getman. Pepper had his first start against B.U. Tuesday. Other injured Crimson players--D'Ornellas, Mills, and Chapman--have been slowly filtering back into the regular lineup...