Word: rigney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eight seasons with the San Francisco Giants, Orlando Cepeda batted .308, belted 223 homers, drove in 752 runs-and took more abuse from his managers than any other player in baseball. Bill Rigney called him "a little boy, to whom winning a pennant isn't as important as it ought to be." Alvin Dark complained that Cepeda had "more minuses than pluses." Herman Franks said he was "lazy" and "a faker," publicly accused him of malingering when he was crippled by a knee injury that hampered him for two years and finally required surgery. Last year Cepeda demanded...
...eight games and lost only two. His earned-run average is 1.80 -best of any starting pitcher in the American League-and he leads the league in shutouts with five. Last week the Angels were in fifth place, only six games behind the Chicago White Sox, and Manager Bill Rigney was hollering at his players in the locker room: "Let's win the pennant." Jim McGlothlin was packing his glove and spikes. He had to pitch in the All-Star game...
Best in History? All around the major leagues, 1965 is an exceptional year for new faces. "If every other club has what we do," says Manager Bill Rigney of the Los Angeles Angels, "this has got to be the greatest bumper crop of rookies in history." Rigney has five rookies on his roster, and three of them have starting berths. Centerfielder Jose Cardenal, 21, is hitting .286, has stolen ten bases. Pitcher Marcelino Lopez, 21, is the ace of the Angels' mound staff with six victories, only three defeats, and Third Baseman Paul Schaal, 22, has cracked eight homers...
Nobody really knows what the Los Angeles Angels will try this year, including manager Bill Rigney. In unguarded moments some members of this crazy team have even considered trying to win the pennant. The Angels might do something like that, but chances are a goal so normal will soon bore such characters as Bo Belinsky and Leon Wagner...
Pitching, though, is perhaps the major strength of the club. Bo "No Hit" Belinsky is terrific when he's hot. Manager Rigney's only problem is to work out a rotation schedule that takes account of 3o's night club obligations. More reliable is Ken McBride (11-5), who mystified the best batters around until a rib injury removed him in August. Dean Chance (14-10), fourth-ranking pitcher in the AL on ERA, is useful both as a starter and reliever...