A Preview of the Playoffs
The Times, on Monday and Tuesday, will take a look ahead to the baseball playoffs.
Monday, Angel Manager Gene Mauch reviews his team’s season, and Boston Manager John McNamara, who was the Angels’ manager in 1983 and ‘84, is profiled--along with Don Baylor and Bill Buckner of the Red Sox and Doug DeCinces of the Angels. The troubled beginnings of the Houston Astros and the New York Mets in 1962 are also chronicled.
Tuesday, the Mets’ Gary Carter and the Astros’ Nolan Ryan are profiled.
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