Word: oliva
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...yearbook of Connecticut's elite Chaffee School predicted that Ella Rosa Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, the Italian immigrants' daughter who was there on scholarship, would become the first woman mayor of her home town, Windsor Locks, Conn. That was much too modest a forecast. As a young wife and mother, with a Phi Beta Kappa key and M.A. in economics from Mount Holyoke, Ella Grasso was elected to the state assembly in 1952. Captivated by her drive and political savvy, Democratic Boss John Bailey took her on as a speechwriter and adviser. Bailey once told her, she recalls, that "the only...
...starter Reggie Cleveland pitched one of those Bill Lee trouble-filled type of ballgames. About the best that could be said for Cleveland's performance was that he didn't give up an extra base hit until Tony Oliva's home run in the sixth...
Tired of the machinations of Charley Finely. Sick of Bob Short's ridiculous franchise hopping. Repulsed by a designated hitter rule that gives cripples Orlando "Cha Cha" Cepeda and Tony Bad Wheel Oliva a new lease at the plate. Then your only possible alternative to that sham of an American "League" is the pure baseball of senior circuit...
Whatever it is, the teams with the hitters are setting the pace. The Minnesota Twins, leaders in the A.L.'s Western Division, have a budding murderers' row in Rod Carew (.404), Tony Oliva (.329) and Harmon Killebrew (.319). The Baltimore Orioles are running away with their division on the strength of Frank Robinson's .378 average and Boog Powell's 13 home runs and 37 runs batted in. In the National League, the front-running Cincinnati Reds have already hammered out 67 home runs with Tony Perez leading the league in homers (17) and RBls...