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Today Jersey Whitey, Carolina Slim, Alex the Greek and other pungent monikers of old sharks are simply quaint and colorful, and Minnesota Fats is the name of the overstuffed sandwich served at the Billiard Club. Still, mainstream pool will not wash away its old legacy. Slang like "snookered," "behind the eight ball" and "bad break" still means misfortune or treachery. The sport's new respectability may sadden those who savor the raunchiness of the old dives. For it was there, in the ramshackle shelter of the pool hall, on the margins of society, that one could, with luck...
...division titles just as much as raw talent does. Unquestionably one of the most talented teams during the last several years, the Yankees have probably forfeited two pennants because of George Steinbrenner's tirades, threats or dismissals. A single team leader, such as a George Brett, Willie Stargell or Whitey Herzog, can still make the difference between a good ball club and a championship team...
...Clint Courtney, Billy Hunter, Jimmy Piersall, Larry Doby and Roy Campanella, they were as preliminary as Jack Dempsey's first fights under the name Kid Blackie. In the Ring book, Martin's official record begins in 1957 at New York City's Copacabana nightclub, where Yankee Teammates Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer and Johnny Kucks were toasting Martin's 29th birthday at the same time that a Bronx man named Edward Jones was celebrating the end of the bowling season...
...Louis Cardinals' Manager Whitey Herzog knows that Ozzie Smith will play almost flawless defense at shortstop...
...press the point, with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, Dayley came in to save the game. This may be stretching poetry a bit far, but that is the World Series. For the way he marshals the forces of Vince Coleman, Ozzie Smith and Curt Ford, Manager Whitey Herzog is celebrated as a thinker. ("The game of baseball's been awful good to me ever since I stopped trying to play it.") But the older Cardinals manager, Coach Red Schoendienst, still likes to flutter his fingers at the opponents in a tried-and-true hex. Something was working. With...