As the games dwindle down to a precious few, the baseball season already seems to have touched most of its lyrical bases. In last week's play-offs, catcher Gary Carter of the Mets actually referred to the Dodgers' Orel Hershiser "twirling a gem." Los Angeles manager Tommy Lasorda has been crooning about "the fall classic." Gonfalons have been copped, the World Series is afoot, and aging veterans and hopeful rookies are in full confluence.
To Los Angeles this year, the old catcher Rick Dempsey brought lessons and morals from two consecutive basement jobs at Baltimore and Cleveland. With a double here and...
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