Word: yeager
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like the San Diego Chicken in heat," said Johnny Carson of the first TV appearance of the Big Blue Wrecking Crew. Four members of the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers made up the group: Outfielders Jay Johnstone, 35, and Rick Monday, 35, Pitcher Jerry Reuss, 31, and Catcher Steve Yeager, 32. On the Crew's new single-to be released this week-side one's rendition of We Are Champions is bested in sheer painful execution only by the flipside, New York, New York. Admits Yeager: "It took us six hours to record and about 15 hours...
...next day, Jerry Reuss outdueled Ron Guidry, 2-1; the Dodgers led, three games to two. "Their catcher beat our catcher; their pitcher beat our pitcher," Steinbrenner carped. The Dodger catcher, Steve Yeager, hit the winning home run in the seventh inning, right after Pedro Guerrero had homered to tie. Meanwhile, Yankee Catcher Rick Cerone looked overeager to his boss. "Cerone took us out of two innings first-ball hitting," fumed George, "and everyone knows Guidry's ERA in the last three innings this season is over 10." Still, with Guidry steaming along on a two-hitter, would Steinbrenner...
While the MVP award was divided like the season into three roughly equal slabs-Yeager, Guerrero (five RBIS in Game 6) and Ron Cey-the "Penguin's" part will be remembered longest. Cey made noise in all of the Dodger victories, hitting three-run homers or turning bunts into double plays, but the most resounding sound was his beaning by Rich Gossage in Game 5. "Sounded like a hollow log," Goose shuddered...
...another break from tradition, three Dodgers--Cey, Guerrero, and Yeager--were voted the co-Most Valuable Players (co-MVPs) in the series...
...Dodgers' first run came off Tommy John in the top of the fourth inning when Baker, who singled to right with one away and moved to second on Rick Monday's base hit, scored on Steve Yeager's grounder that squeaked just through the left side of the infield...