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- <text id=90TT1413>
- <title>
- May 28, 1990: The Morning Line
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- May 28, 1990 Emergency!
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 19
- The Morning Line
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>By Priscilla Painton/Reported by David Ellis
- </p>
- <p> The baseball season is only six weeks old, but already
- America's second favorite game is in full swing: guessing which
- manager will be fired first. Here are the top contenders:
- </p>
- <p>-- John Wathan, Kansas City Royals
- </p>
- <p> The sport's highest payroll, including free-agent flop Mark
- Davis, has failed to produce a team strong enough to challenge
- the powerhouse Oakland A's.
- </p>
- <p>-- Russ Nixon, Atlanta Braves
- </p>
- <p> Managing this traditionally mediocre club is bad enough;
- having coach and heir-apparent Phil Niekro looking over your
- shoulder is worse.
- </p>
- <p>-- Davey Johnson, New York Mets
- </p>
- <p> Last year's second-place finish diminished his genius
- reputation, and this year's slow start and constant press
- scrutiny could cost him his job.
- </p>
- <p>-- Doug Rader, California Angels
- </p>
- <p> Take one hobbled infield, add an impotent batting lineup and
- struggling pitchers, and it probably results in another
- also-ran year for millionaire owner Gene Autry.
- </p>
- <p>-- Bucky Dent, New York Yankees
- </p>
- <p> There have been 17 managers in 17 years, and this former
- shortstop is just the latest subaltern to think he'll last the
- season in baseball's prime hardship post.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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