Word: virdon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rabid Seattle Mariners fan whose team was 14% games out of first place: "It's like a guy on death row, and all of a sudden they say, 'We're gonna commute your sentence.' It's a new lease on life." Adds Manager Bill Virdon, whose Astros were mired in third place after winning their division last year: "Every city has a chance to get back into baseball fresh. And a fresh start is what everybody needs at this point...
...Kaat. 42. is now pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals. 17. The Green Letter. 18. Eddie Cicotte of the 1919 Chicago White Sox pitched 300 innings that year, but he was banned from baseball for life when he helped throw the World Series to the Reds. 19. Bill Virdon of Houston. Frank Howard of San Diego and Frank Robinson of San Francisco. 20. Mickey Rivers [210] and Al Oliver [209] of the Texas Rangers. 21. In 1905. every game of the Fall Classic was a shutout. Christy Matthewson of the victorious Giants won three of the contests. His teammate "Iron...
Players can perform under somebody they like--Danny Murtaugh, Bill Virdon, and Gil Hodges are good examples. Maybe Zimmer was too friendly with the boys, but Houk has done it for years and he's had success. Anyway, as Sullivan says, he may not be the right man, but "you'll never know until...