Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Baylor tied an American League playoff record with five RBIs to lead the California Angels to an 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last night and staked the Western Division champs to a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-five Championship series...
...Secretary of State from incumbent Michael J. Connally, she enlisted a cadre of children to pass out yellow roses and an unusually heavy load of signs, bumper stickers and buttons. They even placed a large scoreboard in the galleries to keep delegates posted on the progress of the Celtics playoff game. Though Sansone's was an uphill fight, the small, red-haired Boston city councilor realized that even a spunky effort in defeat could help her campaign for the official nomination in the September primary...
...Late Innings, however, lies in its preservation of the grand Angell tradition of following the game itself. The season summaries are hot meant to be comprehensive and fact-filled. Instead, they present the peaks and valleys in a unique, artistic light. His account of the 1978 Red Sox-Yankees playoff is a gem of breath-taking narrative. Each year's write-up offers a sort of verbal scrap-book, pleasantly recounting some incidents and gently evoking other memories...
...difference between Detroit and Boston--where yearly playoff drives always seem more exhilarating and pure--are the sheer numbers. In the last decade Boston's four major teams have snagged 25 playoff spots. Detroiters, in the same time, have enjoyed a meager six, with no team advancing in post-season play past the second round...
...most memorable confrontation of the 1972 Tenafly Intermediate League season--and perhaps of the decade took place about this time of month between one of the auto dealership teams (purple caps) and a squad representing a real estate firm in gold. Krotick's already assured of a playoff berth was playing at the other end of Sunnyside Park...