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...more appropriately attached to a Campbell's soup can than I am to Marilyn Monroe. You don't look at me as the world's greatest sex symbol," reflects Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Tom Seaver. His remark was à propos of his new portrait by Andy Warhol, who, of course, has also immortalized both soup cans and Monroe. Seaver's likeness, done in acrylic and silk screen on canvas, is part of Warhol's new series, which also includes Muhammad Ali, Dorothy Hamill, Chris Evert and Jack Nicklaus. Why Warhol's current interest in athletes...
Lasorda catered to the journeymen as much as he did to the regulars, lunching with the No. 7 outfielder, enveloping a utility infielder with praise. Injured players struggling to come back from surgery-Pitcher Tommy John, Outfielders Dusty Baker and Reggie Smith-were bombarded with encouragement by the chunky Dale Carnegie in Dodger Blue. Always, the message was the same: The Dodgers will win. Says Reggie Smith: "He allowed us to share. He gave us a greater sense of being part of something, and we had to believe in ourselves because he never doubted us. He preached to us from...
Back to pass, Brown couldn't find any red jerseys in the clear. Since the offensive line gave him half an hour to throw, Brown just stayed in the pocket, like a pitcher staring in to get a signal that he keeps shaking off, when he spotted Larry Hobdy breaking free over the middle...
...give an autographed picture of Minnie Minoso to every person who remembers when Jim "Catfish" Hunter was a good pitcher. And I'll give Minnie Minoso to the first person who tells me that Hunter, even in the midst of his five consecutive 20-win seasons, had a Ross Grimsley penchant for giving up the gopher ball. Well, kids, he did it again last night as the Dodgers tied up the World Series at one game apiece...
This game offered everything baseball can: solid pitching, good batting, fine fielding and just a dash of excitement. Only Rick Rhoden, the Dodgers' fifth pitcher of the night, never did anything right. Rhoden faced just three men in the 12th inning, retired none and was saddled with the loss...