Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since arguing with pitchers is no more sensible than arguing about them, let a hitter take his swing, a slugger with an eternally simple view of life (especially New York living), but a profound knowledge of athletic gifts (and the pleasures they afford). "If I could pick somebody to be," says Mickey Mantle, "that's who I'd be." He knows there is a wonderful ride ahead. "Dwight Gooden...
...Feller's." A big leaguer at 17, Feller was Gooden's age before he found the plate. "Go up and hit what you see," Bucky Harris used to advise his Washington Senators, "and if you don't see it, come on back." Ralph Kiner, the Mets' announcer, nee '40s slugger, testifies, "No question about it, Feller was faster." But Gooden, he says, has the more advanced "control" and "command...
...Slugger Steve Balboni broke an 0-for-11 slump with a two-out bloop single in the eighth inning, driving home George Brett last night and ending the Kansas City Royals' 10-game postseason losing streak with a 6-5 victory over Toronto...
Disappointed viewers would do better to stick with the tabloid version: "Vamp gets Bopped by Pol as Slugger, Time/Space Physicist Look...
...person who hasn't been slacking off in knocking in those runners, though, is slugger Trisha Brown...