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This year's champions were not really Yankees. Yankees are Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson. Yankees are guys who like nothing better than hitting home runs, except for talking about hitting home runs. Yankees don't understand strategy because they're too good, too lazy and too drunk to bother. Yankees don't steal bases, paint the corners or run out routine grounders. And Yankees never, ever avoid the media. Of his team, Torre says, "They all want to get the game-winning hit, but they don't want to talk about it." These aren't Yankees. These...
...PHILADELPHIA A'S: Connie Mack's finest team won 107 games behind the well-muscled Jimmie Foxx and Al Simmons, with an assist from catcher Mickey Cochrane. The rest of the offense was a collection of relative mediocrities, and beyond the great Lefty Grove (31-4), the pitching staff was just better than average...
...Mickey Edwards, another former member of the House of Representatives (R-Okla.), said that the uncertainty is a dramatic change from expectations earlier...
Accosted by jazz lovers, advocates and supporters, a mellow Ravi modestly signed autographs. Kind conversations about his sister, Mickey, and his love of jazz floated to his listeners. Many contented fans calmly dispersed before the second set, leaving only the hard-core fans rapt past midnight. Musical glitter from the trumpet coated the few full chairs in a shade of mystery, beginning with "Mixed Media," a song composed by Ravi...
These invasions of public spaces show that Disney aspires to dominate more than just the world of entertainment. Their projects are a kind of corporate imperialism, with Mickey Mouse and, especially, Goofy at the helm. And if Disney keeps up its conquests, it may soon prove what a small world it is after...