Word: sox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...things a manager has to do," Martin said after making four uneventful trips onto the field yesterday as his New York Yankees held off the Boston Red Sox...
THERE are many other similar great moments captured by Angell in this book. Although Red Sox fans like myself cringe at the thought of reading about the 1986 World Series, Angell, a fellow Red Sox supporter, makes his "Not So, Boston" chapter bearable with a detailed recall of Dave Henderson's clutch homer in the American League Championship Series against the Angels and "Rocket" Roger Clemens' glorious summer...
...beers," Mets Pitcher Dwight Gooden shrugged shortly after he left a drug center last year. "I know the people at Smithers tell you to stay away from everything -- beer, whiskey, chewing tobacco, everything. But beer's not a problem with me." The Padres, Dodgers, Pirates, Angels and White Sox have yanked all the alcohol out of the clubhouse. Padres Reliever Goose Gossage reacted like Hagy and is now with the Cubs. "Poor Babe Ruth," Gossage grumbled. "He couldn't play today." Sure he could. But at least off the field he would have a harder time leading the league...
...those O's-and-21 Baltimore Orioles, who have become a butt for jokes this past month because of their ineptitude. Thankfully for the collective psyche of O's orange wearers, they broke the slump with a 9-0 crushing of the White Sox last week...
Shinagel's analogy is flawed. When an intoxicated Red Sox fan leaps onto the field, strides across right center field, bows to the crowd, then gets arrested, it isn't newsworthy. The game is momentarily delayed, then play resumes. But if a Red Sox game had to be cancelled because of rabid fans running across the field, however, you can be sure the press would report...