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...movie palace and the ball park were the major entertainment centers. The new age of expansion clubs and megasalaries was coming on fast. Though TV was in the wings, radio ruled a fan's life. Teams still traveled by train and, in Halberstam's view, the clubs lost priceless cohesiveness when they boarded airplanes. For these old-timers, alcohol was the prevailing addiction. Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy hectored his players about the evils of drink and then went on benders himself. Kinder, whom Halberstam considers the American League's best relief pitcher of the time, was usually boiled...
...cute messages, and my personal favorite was the one that went, "Hello? [five second pause] Hold on, I'll check. [five more seconds] Sorry, he's not here, but NEITHER ARE WE! [hysterical laughing] So please leave a message." Unoriginal as it may be, that one received some priceless replies. However, we changed the message pretty soon...
Pope John Paul II signed one once after an outdoor Mass in San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Like Whitey Ford, who writes "Ed Ford" to conserve energy, the Pope went with "JP II." If he knows baseball, he might wonder what ever happened to that era of priceless memories when small boys leaned out over dugout railings and haunted stadium gates. A number of contemporary players, like the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser and Don Mattingly of the Yankees, boycott the cattle calls. "Every kid is looking for a moment or hoping for a word, but no one ever even glances...
...took office in 1981, was so significant. He not only called for a restoration of the Luxor Temple but also a halt to urban encroachments on all archaeological sites. If Mubarak does throw his power behind preservation, he may encourage the Egyptians to take charge of their own priceless heritage and other nations to lend a hand as well. After all, if the monuments of the Pharaonic civilization are allowed to crumble, the whole world will share the loss...
After enduring for thousands of years, Egypt's priceless archaeological treasures, from Abu Simbel to the Sphinx, are deteriorating badly as a result of pollution, pressure from tourism and the country's burgeoning population. In a century or two the antiquities may be gone, and the entire world will share the loss. -- What others can do to help...