Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whiteyball means leading the majors, with the exception of the Rickey Henderson A's, in stolen bases, successfully employing the squeeze play almost two dozen times, and always sending the man home from third it also means third string catcher Glenn Brummer stealing home with two outs in the bottom of the twelfth and speedy Tommy Herr scoring from second on an infield...
Though the team's batting average is second in the league, the Redbirds have hit neither consistently, nor, more importantly, in the clutch. Admittedly, there have been some pleasant surprises: rookie phenom Willie McGee hitting .302; Lonnie Smith, an MYP possibility, excelling all around (.314, 119 runs scored, 65 stolen bases): and a defensive wizard, shortstop Ozzie Smith, hitting 25 points better than his career his career average...
...record-breaker Friday night in Milwaukee was typically audacious. In the third inning, he broke for second and barely slid under the tag. Afterward, Brock and American League President Lee MacPhail presented him with the base. Said Brock: "Rickey, you've carved yourself a niche in baseball history." Stolen the niche would be more like...
...focus of Operation Exodus and other campaigns. Insiders say that what the press had dubbed the Japan-scam sting operation was really a trap laid for Communist agents. In that case, the FBI arrested employees of Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and charged them with conspiring to transport stolen IBM computer secrets from California's Silicon Valley, near San Francisco, to Japan...
...secrets for fear of compounding the damage. "Most executives would rather bury the losses in earnings statements than admit that they've lost the family jewels," says New Jersey Consultant Menkus. Businessmen are also hesitant to sue because court cases can both reveal important details of the stolen material and provide an inside look at a company's security system...