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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fourth game many saw Tigers Shortstop Alan Trammell's consecutive home runs off right-winged Pitcher Eric Show, who absorbed seven of them in eight postseason innings, and some were impressed that the third time up, when circumstances called for him to try to move Lou Whitaker over, he finally did-with a single. Trammell provided all their runs in a 4-2 victory that left the Padres with no cheerful alternative to winning three games in a row, as they had done against the Chicago Cubs. "Maybe we should start our bullpen," said Manager Dick Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Not-So-Classic Fall Classic | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...defray operating costs. After dismal performances in earlier years, the Jazz this past season had its best record ever (45-37), won the Midwest division, and made it to the Western division : semifinals before being defeated by Phoenix. That marked the club's first appearance in a postseason playoff. Last week Jazz officials foresaw no difficulty in obtaining approval for the sale from the N.B.A.'s board of governors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Saudi Digs the Jazz in Utah | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...Crimson lost its shot at an automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tourney-the nation's premiere postseason basketball event when Princeton edged out Harvard for the Ivy League title by sweeping its games with Yale and Brown last weekend Harvard, which lost to Cornell on Friday but defeated Columbia on Saturday, finished one game behind the 10-4 champion Tigers, who with their title are headed for the 53-team NCAA extravaganza...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Harvard Awaits Post-Season Invitations to NIT Tourney | 3/6/1984 | See Source »

...equally honorable and creaky Tony Perez, 41, Rose felt "hurt" and "embarrassed." In the 21st year of his beautiful career, Rose batted only .245 and was beaten out during the crunch of the race by recent Minor Leaguer Len Matuszek, who had been promoted too late to qualify for postseason play. Rose says, "I'm nothing if not a team man. I didn't have to move from second base to left field in 1967 to make room for Tommy Helms; I didn't have to move from left to third base in 1975 to make room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Series of Replacements | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

UMass seems assured an at-large bid to next month's tourney, banking on its impressive 10-0-1 record. But the Crimson will have to continue its Ivy magic to snag it first-ever postseason bid. With its 3-0 league mark. Harvard need win only two of its last three Ivy match-ups to reach the playoffs...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Fourth-Ranked UMass Topples Stickwomen, 2-0 | 10/20/1983 | See Source »

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