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Article: Weekend Layoff Gives Reds, Pirates Time to Heal-and Bicker
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- The Washington Post
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- October 8, 1990
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An entire weekend of idleness can do curious things to a baseball
playoff series.
For the Pittsburgh Pirates, the unusual two-day break gave third
baseman Jeff King time to heal and outfielder R.J. Reynolds the
opportunity to get hurt. It gave ace Doug Drabek a chance to
lobby-unsuccessfully so far-for a second start within a four-game
span, and it gave Barry Bonds a forum to continue attacking the
postseason schedule-makers.
The Pirates' opponents in the National League Championship
Series, the Cincinnati Reds, were equally restless-mostly as a result
of Manager Lou Piniella's incessant lineup tinkering.
Eric Davis was moved from left field to center field and back
again. Paul O'Neill, ...