Word: phenoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lead in the National League East, Zimmer can relax enough to tell his ball club, "If you're not enjoying this, you should get a real job." The mood is infectious, whether it is .300-hitting first baseman Mark Grace describing the pennant race as "really neat" or rookie phenom Dwight Smith likening the season to a "dream." Only one thing stands between the Cubs and ecstasy: the ragtag St. Louis Cardinals, managed by Whitey Herzog, the game's resident genius...
Fernandez was more than just another high school phenom. He was rewarded by being selected in the first round of last June's amateur draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, who offered Fernandez a $110,000 signing bonus and incentives to play professional baseball...
...Freshman phenom, Derrick Horner, swept the 100 and 200 meters, and took third in the long jump. Horner's time of 10.6 seconds in the 100 ties his personal best. His 200-meter time of 22.1 seconds, and long jump of 21-ft., 2-in., marked strong performances for a season-opener...
Among the excellent recruits who have brought talent to the team is freshman sprinter/jumper Derrick Horner. "He's a freshman phenom," Simmons said, "He's going to fare well in the Ivies...
...coach of the Jayhawks, it was Brown's responsibility to the players and students of Kansas that the basketball program remain within NCAA rule boundaries. He may have brought high-school phenom Danny Manning to Kansas and, four years later, a national championship, but Brown's primary responsibility, overriding all others, was the health of the Kansas basketball program...