Word: sax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sax Player Paquito D'Rivera soars high on an expatriate dream
...leave the country to find home, and he had to be careful to give no sign at all of his travel plans. Passing through Madrid on a band tour in the spring of 1980, Sax Player Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban born and Cuban bred, was at the airport, bag packed as usual for another gig. Inside his luggage, however, was a carefully weighted assortment of stones, an army boot and a piece of a baseball bat. By the time the bag was stashed on the plane, D'Rivera was on his way into Madrid, planning his route...
...home from third. In the fourth inning, with Russell on first and Marshall on third, a delayed double steal failed as Marshall was run down between third and home. Before the successful L.A. uprising in the fifth inning. Fernando Valenzuela reached third on Maddox's error. But Steve Sax grounded out to second and Brock hit a slow bounder to Mike Schmidt at third, who gunned down Valenzuela at the plate...
...Dodgers, who beat the Phillies 11 out of 12 times this year and have dominated them in championship series in 1977 and 1978, blew several chances to score last night. In the sixth inning. Steve Sax led off with a single and advanced to second on Bill Russell's sacrifice bunt. Sax went to third on Carlton's 14th wild pitch of the year, but was left stranded there when Dusty Baker popped to Carlton, and Mike Marshall waved at strike three...
...eighth inning, the Dodgers left the bases loaded. Sax singled with one out and went to third when Baker looped a single out to right field, after a Bill Russell popout. But after Pedro Guerrero walked to load the bases, Phillie reliever Al Holland came in to take over for Carlton and got Marshall to fly to right field to end the inning...