Word: trebelhorn
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...glad developments, though, the happiest were in Milwaukee, where a couple of strangers named Tom Trebelhorn and Juan Nieves momentarily turned the American League East upside down (restoring Cleveland to the bottom). On a drizzling night in Baltimore, Nieves no-hit the Orioles last week for the Brewers' ninth victory in a season begun perfectly. "Games like this can make a grown man cry," said Trebelhorn, 39, the most anonymous skipper in the major leagues...
...minor-league catcher, coach and manager, Trebelhorn somehow withstood a thousand bus rides from Boise to Walla Walla without becoming very tobacco splattered. He is a substitute math teacher in the off-season and is as reasonable as he is unrecognizable. When Rookie Catcher B.J. Surhoff was called out for straying from the base path, Trebelhorn raced to the umpire, saying, "Look, you know the rule and I know the rule. But the players don't know the rule and the fans don't know the rule. So we have to stand here and argue awhile, O.K.?" "Treb" came...
...Trebelhorn is not an inflexible headmaster. His normal rules include neckties on team flights, the announcement of which brought a gasp. O.K., he said, "start the year with ten wins in a row, and we'll all lose the ties." When the tenth victory came against Texas, the Brewers unbuttoned their collars and sighed dreamily, "Just...
Baseball shakes off its sad start, especially in Milwaukee, where a pair of strangers named Trebelhorn and Nieves lift the Brewers...