Word: odom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tense game ended when Cincinnati second baseman Joe Morgan fired home to nail Oakland's 'Blue Moon' Odom who had tagged up on a foul...
Oakland won yesterday's decisive fifth game, 2-1, on the strong arms of pitchers John "Blue Moon" Odom and Vida Blue and the flying feet of Reggie Jackson and George Hendrick...
...Odom, whose three-hit shut-out had given Oakland its second victory in the playoffs last Sunday, worked five innings in frigid Tiger Stadium, permitting just one run and two hits...
...with the plot and is probably all the better for it. As proper compliment to the direction, Franco Colavecchia has done a swell job of set design--his complicated arrangement of backdrops and scrims are like a series of Saul Steinberg New Yorker covers--and B. Allen Odom has contributed a witty display of costuming. Parmer Fuller's musical direction at moments approaches mere cocktail music (in which, the program claims, Fuller is well-versed), but is saved by Dean Herington's clever orchestrations...
...doing so well that they are leading the American League's Western Division by 14 full games. Backstopping Blue, Oakland has one of the league's strongest trios of starting pitchers: Chuck Dobson (12-2), Catfish Hunter (14-10) and, coming back after an injury, Blue Moon Odom (7-8). Rollie Fingers and Mudcat Grant lend further color to the A's roster of unusual names?and authority to their bullpen. At the plate, Third Baseman...