Word: upshaw
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...five shutouts and win 17 games. Now his record is 10-7 with an earned run average of 2.54, but it is misleading to consider him the Blue Jays' only star. Jim Clancy and Luis Leal have been formidable pitchers, and the able hitters include First Baseman Willie Upshaw, Outfielder Lloyd Moseby and Cliff Johnson, the old designated hitter, whose varied sojourns included a memorable pause with the New York Yankees...
...position of czar. He fell on his face before, and he'll fall on his face again." Knowing his is a face that does not exactly warm the cockles of football fans' hearts, Garvey has frequently turned over the podium to Players Association President Gene Upshaw of the Los Angeles Raiders, Stan White of Detroit or Tom Condon of Kansas City. Other players have eagerly appeared on local TV, among them Brian Baschnagel in Chicago, Aaron Kyle in Denver, Mark Murphy in Washington, Jimmy Cefalo in Miami and Beasley Reece in New York. If nothing else comes...
...N.F.L. Players Association members who have objected have not merely been shouted down but threatened. "We get to see you on the field next year," N.F.L.P.A. President Gene Upshaw of the Oakland Raiders wrote to Denver Quarterback Craig Morton, after Morton had spoken out against the "55% solution." When asked later about the letter, Upshaw said, "If you want to look at it as a threat, that's just the way I meant...
Flores shepherds his unruly team with a gentle but firm hand. He has few rules-and enforces them strictly. The Raiders are familiar figures in Bay Area bars during their off-days, but Flores bans such revelry as game day approaches, levying heavy fines on miscreants. Says Guard Gene Upshaw: "Tom doesn't say anything if you screw up; he just cuts off your wallet." That his methods work was abundantly clear on Super Sunday. As Flores told his brother during the championship season, "Not bad for a Chicano grapepicker, is it?" -By B.J. Phillips