Word: semipros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dodgers strike gold in sports-happy Los Angeles, the American League last week decided to horn in on the rich market next season with a new team called the Angels. Biggest angel behind the Angels: Horse-Opera Star Gene Autry, 53, who has remained a baseball fan since his semipro playing days back in Oklahoma. Autry plans to broadcast Angel games on his prosperous chain of radio and TV stations, part of the empire (oil, real estate, cattle) he has rounded up as king cowboy...
Songs and Fun with the Baby Sitters (Vanguard). This winning semipro quartet gives one the sensation of visiting with rather than listening to. Giving off an air of artless improvisation, they intertwine pretend games, traditional ballads and "activity songs." Low on actorish gloss, the Baby Sitters are as soft sell as a lullaby and just about perfect for the just-out-of-the-nursery...