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...president is chosen for his intelligence, experience and leadership. Being 72 years of age is not a handicap. NEAL GILBERT Mesa, Arizona...
...right, Blalack was not involved in the Vista recall. The credit for that successful campaign belongs to Barbara Donovan and the Coalition for Mainstream Education. In addition, a photograph and caption with the story indicated that Blalack had denounced book banning in Vista. This action took place in La Mesa-Spring Valley, California, not in Vista, where book banning was not an issue...
...club at the end of the 1986 season; the leadership of Mike Hargrove, the manager who steadied the team after a tragic boating accident in the spring of '93 killed two pitchers and injured another; the savvy of general manager John Hart, who traded for Kenny Lofton, Jose Mesa, Carlos Baerga and Omar Vizquel, among others; and, of course, the new ball park, which is slightly derivative of Baltimore's Camden Yards but not at all derivative of depressing Cleveland Stadium. "What do I miss about the old ball park?" asks Hargrove. "Nothing...
...Sheen) and Pedro Serrano (Dennis Haysbert), a Caribbean slugger who worships an idol called Jobu. Well, center fielder Lofton has lived up to the Willie Mays part, with 77 stolen bases, 77 runs batted in and a .345 batting average in 162 games over the past two seasons. Reliever Mesa has taken on the role of Wild Thing, with 17 saves this year in as many opportunities. And while there is no match for Serrano, there is an actual Jobu. A Mr. Potato Head-like figure with grass growing out of his head, he watches batting practice from a post...
...says. "I was afraid of my own temperament." As his black puppy, Harley, chews on a Gideon Bible, Moreland, now 40, lies back on the bed. "I'm starting to have tears in my eyes, just thinking back," he says. In recent months he has lived in Mesa, Tucson and Las Vegas, working as a day laborer...