Word: macphail
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...youngest manager at 37, inherited a ! considerable legacy from the Twins' old owner, Calvin Griffith: a powerful first baseman, Kent Hrbek; a complete third baseman, Gary Gaetti; a reliable left-handed pitcher, Frank Viola; and a little, round outfielder, Kirby Puckett. Through the ingenuity of young General Manager Andy MacPhail, 34 -- two storied baseball names, Griffith and MacPhail -- scrappy Outfielder Dan Gladden was added, along with a pair of heavy-duty relievers, Juan Berenguer from San Francisco and Jeff Reardon from Montreal. Greg Gagne has been a joyous shortstop, and Rightfielder Tom Brunansky a force at the plate. Still...
...only do the players get paid a fair salary, but the owners are obviously a greedy group of capitalists who have little better to do make jobs for nice guys like Donald Fehr and Lee MacPhail. In fact, the owners should be permitted only to play a minor role in the scheme of baseball, while the players and the fans should be in complete control...
...MacPhail. president of the owners'. Players Relations Committee, said the payroll plan would not affect current salaries but would affect current signings...
...Nettles ran to Zimmer, and Zimmer ran to Manager Billy Martin, and Martin ran to the umpires, and the New York Times ran it on Page One, no one argued that Brett had taken or received any unfair advantage. And that was the crux of American League President Lee MacPhail's ruling four days after Brett was called out and the game was declared over: that the home run stands, and the last four outs must be finished on an off day if practical or after the season if necessary...
...years of MacPhail's watch, which concludes this year, he has put no one in mind of either Solomon or Kenesaw Mountain Landis. But the ringing phrases in MacPhail's two-page reversal included: "The spirit of the rules" and "It is the strong conviction of the league that games should be won and lost on the playing field." The umpires' call was "technically defensible"; MacPhail did not blame them. With a flourish, he even commended "Manager Martin and his staff for their alertness." But all future complaints about pine tar will have to be lodged before...