Word: novas
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...autobiography, Born in Tibet, Trungpa went on to say he was delivered in a cattle byre in February 1939, and that on that day a rainbow was seen and a water pail was found unaccountably full of milk. When he died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, last April 4, leaving eleven published books, five sons and a widow, Trungpa, who was called Rinpoche (a Tibetan honorific meaning precious one) by thousands of his Buddhist students, a remarkable odyssey came to a close -- at least in this life. The journey actually began months before Rinpoche's birth, when a holy man died...
...good bird appears at a window. And bumper stickers saying I BRAKE FOR BIRDS had better be taken seriously: on the highway, birders have been known to lose control when a good bird flies over. Pete Bacinski, one of New Jersey's best-known birders, totaled his Chevy Nova when he took his eyes off the road to look for his bird guide...
...make Free-Agent Henderson, the Yankees' peerless lead-off hitter and champion base stealer, their first selection. (The new book by Veecks Owner Golenbock is looked at somewhat askance by his fellow owners. Newcomer Golenbock finished in twelfth place last season, 68 points behind Mark Starr's victorious Nova, and his lodge brothers wonder where he gets his expertise.) This does not necessarily mean the Veecks will sign Henderson; merely that as last season's last-place team, they have the right to kick off the action. The rumor is the bidding will open at a record-high level...
...auction closes with the march of the scrubeenies, the cheap players who fill out everyone's roster. There are still some good buys for those who have husbanded their money, either by design or dumb luck. The Moosers grab Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper for $3, the same price that Nova pays for Catcher Ron Hassey. Pitiably, the once mighty Reggie Jackson commands merely a single buck as the Hackers' designated hitter...
...meeting breaks up -- it is the only time during the season the owners ever see one another face to face in a group -- the postmortems are immediately held. The Amaros are still the favorites, but they didn't put it away with Rickey; the Nova, the Hackers and the BB Guns are going to be tough; the pesky Moose Factory will probably be there at the end, as usual. Prices for the best players were surprisingly high, everyone agrees, and there were amazing bargains at the end. "I feel we've created a misshapen monster," says Patton, who contributed...