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Even worse is what may happen to the Oakland Athletics this year. Oakland was a chic pick to win the World Series this season. However, the team has gotten off to a rough start and currently stands at 14-20-a whopping 11 games behind first place Seattle. As a result, if the team does not shape up, management may be forced to trade young players who could comprise a dynamic nucleus for years to come...
Sure, Jeff Nelson's loss will hurt. Without Nelson, the Yanks may not have defeated Oakland in the playoffs this year. Nelson was incredible in the pivotal Game Five against the Athletics, pitching an inning and a third, allowing no hits or runs and striking out two. He did not allow a run throughout the five-game series against Oakland...
...Franzoni says he has received a letter from a teacher in Oakland who was using the film as way to teach non-English-speaking students the origins of their language...
...child Amy, born in Oakland, Calif., in 1952, went through a tumultuous life, including, during her 15th year, the deaths of her brother Peter and her father John of brain tumors within six months of each other. She survived her enraged mother's decision, holding a knife to Amy's neck, "to kill me first and then kill herself." She entertained rebellious crushes on druggy, inappropriate boys as a way to drive her frantic mother further up the wall...
...some of America's great players, managers and their wives. Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken and Braves pitcher Tom Glavine dined on veal chop and salad in the old family dining room along with Yankees manager Joe Torre, Cubs skipper Don Baylor and Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's. It's the kind of group that can be put together when you're leader of the free world...