Word: sox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sox 2, Detroit...
...DiMaggio and those who followed him in pinstripes has not cooled, despite the distinctly hostile surroundings he has lived in for 14 years. Gould has even been known to wear his Yankee cap to lectures, a move many regard as an outrageous provocation in this, the heart of Red Sox country...
...sporting the second best record over the full season. And by using overall records to determine the other playoff team, baseball left itself open to all sorts of shenanigans. Say the A's and Kansas City Royals are fighting for first place in September, with the Chicago White Sox close on their heels. If the White Sox contrived to lose their final series against Oakland, the A's would have a better chance of winning both halves of the season. And if they did, the second playoff spot might go to Chicago, since it was 31-22 before...
With the threat of another Black Sox scandal looming, Commissioner Kuhn broke his strikelong silence to assure fans that he would "preserve the integrity of the game." The playoff plan was altered so that if a club won both halves, the second playoff spot would go to the team with the second best record during the second season. Thus each team would have to win games, not lose them, against every opponent. Cincinnati Reds President Dick Wagner called the solution a "whitewash," an understandable complaint since Kuhn had effectively nullified 35 Reds' victories in the first half. Equally outraged...
First Baseman Dave Koza did not get to bed on April 18. That night, Koza and his teammates on the Class AAA Pawtucket (R.I.) Red Sox began the longest game in the history of professional baseball, an 8-hr. 7-min., 32-inning endurance contest with the visiting Rochester (N.Y.) Red Wings. The game was finally called at 4:09 the next morning with the score tied 2-2. Since then, Koza, 26, has caught up on his sleep-and spun a few dreams. "I've been thinking about being the hero," Koza said...