Word: dodgerism
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...bases are about to be loaded with no one out. It is the bottom of the eighth inning in Dodger Stadium. Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden, pitching's young latitude and younger longitude, are dueling 1-1. With first base open, New York Mets Manager Davey Johnson is at the mound telling Gooden to walk Pedro Guerrero, who earlier hit a home run. Mapping tactics with the infielders, Johnson has scarcely a word for Gooden, the 6-ft. 3-in. centerpiece of the team. He is a slender stalk from Florida, a righthander. Even in repose, the impression...
Coming to bat for Los Angeles is Catcher Mike Scioscia, a contact hitter. "The bases are still drunk," Catcher Gary Carter calls out a reminder. "Let's get the double play," barks Third Baseman Ray Knight. Joey Amalfitano, the Dodger coach at third base, wigwags some semaphore to Scioscia, who flicks his helmet to signal message received. Gooden looks at Knight and mouths, "Squeeze bunt?" Knight looks at Amalfitano and says, "Too obvious." At first base, Keith Hernandez gives thought to visiting Gooden, but reconsiders. "What am I going to tell him? Bear down?" Bearing down, Gooden makes Scioscia foul...
...once known as Cap the Knife (when he was President Nixon's Budget Director) has become the target of congressional budget cutters. After a meeting last week at which Republican Senators could not get the Secretary to yield a dollar, Mark Hatfield of Oregon termed Weinberger "a draft dodger" in the war against deficits...
...improvement is a quiet, half-conscious affair. For many others, patriotism seems the natural, handy outlet for America's jaunty spirits and prosperous circumstances. Like any other kind of love, it is an emotional catchall for all sorts of hankerings and other sentiments. "Whenever I go to Dodger Stadium, I feel very patriotic, so proud to be an American," explains Susanne Anderson, 36, a Las Vegas casino bartender. "Nowhere...
...Gushiken cried the tears of a 27-year-old warrior who had been holding fast with more than chalk, not even Vidmar seemed to mind. The U.S. exhibition baseball team was able to square accounts (2-1) with those Taiwanese Little Leaguers, all grown up, without excessive jingoism at Dodger Stadium. Swivel-hipped Mexican Walker Ernesto Canto pleased everyone in the Coliseum with his grand sombrero. Admittedly, that "U.S.A.!" chant can sound a little sour in a 40-point basketball blowout...