Word: matter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thomas E. Vautin, administrative director of operations, said the trees are regularly treated and that several have cables reinforcing the joints formed by the branches. But he added that it is only a matter of time before the trees are gone...
...turf wore us out a bit, but we were doing a good job connecting passes to feet," Weinstock said. "We were holding them off really well, but it's still just a matter of putting the ball...
...none of that will matter if we win this year," he said decidedly. "We'll forget about the last three decades. All will be forgiven...
...None of it will matter if we win it all," he said. "We'll forget about the last 81 years. All will be forgiven...
...other three, the nightmare will continue. No matter how precisely the A's marched through the summer, no matter how majestically Mitchell and Clark reigned over National League pitching, no matter how admirably Cito Gaston rescued the sinking Blue Jay ship, no matter how magically the Cubs warmed the hearts of baseball purists, something will happen to three of these teams over the next few weeks that will cause them to once again be branded as losers and chokers. Their accomplishments of 1989 will be forgotten. Their fans' laundry list of heartbreaking defeats will grow still longer...