Long Shot (65 page)
Authors: Mike Piazza,Lonnie Wheeler
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INDEX
Abbott, Kurt,
234
Abboud, Joseph,
115
Acee, Kevin,
166
Acta, Manny,
57
Adande, J. A.,
194
Aerosmith,
290
Affleck, Ben,
32
Agbayani, Benny,
201
,
205
,
216
,
231
,
240
,
251
,
255
Alderson, Sandy,
325
Alex (Best Dressed by Alex),
115
Alfonseca, Antonio,
223
Alfonzo, Edgardo “Fonzi,”
227
,
231
,
247
and contracts,
268
as hitter,
208
,
211
,
215
,
221
,
232
,
295
and Mets,
205
,
241
,
256
and World Series,
234
Alice in Chains (band),
327
Allen, Marcus,
119
All-Star Games:
(1993),
118
,
119
(1994),
129
(1995),
144
–45
(1996),
215
(1997),
226
(2000),
296
(2001),
242
–43
(2002),
266
–67
(2004),
296
–97
(2005),
310
in Japan,
153
Alomar, Roberto,
256
,
264
,
265
–66,
283
Alomar, Sandy,
310
–11
Alpine, New Jersey, house in,
199
Al Qaeda,
244
Alvarez, Joe,
64
,
66
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
70
–71,
78
Amelung, Ed,
20
André the Giant (wrestler),
26
Andrews, Shane,
219
androstenedione,
204
Angrisano, Juan Pablo,
339
Aniston, Jennifer,
228
Ankiel, Rick,
231
Anthony, Eric,
94
Anthony, Marc,
246
Anthrax (band),
204
Appier, Kevin,
241
Arocha, Rene,
103
Ashby, Alan,
94
Ashley, Billy,
72
,
90
,
94
,
131
,
134
,
144
,
147
Astacio, Pedro,
94
,
95
,
96
,
101
,
136
,
151
,
162
,
256
Atlanta Braves,
192
–93,
209
–10,
214
–16,
220
,
222
,
228
,
247
–49
Atlas, Tony,
26
AutoZone commercial,
202
Backlund, Bob,
26
Bad Company (band),
204
Baker, Dusty,
3
Bamberger, Michael,
176
Bane, Eddie,
181
Banks, Ernie,
116
Banyacskay, Joe,
27
Barbuscia, Lisa,
161
Barfield, Josh,
321
Barkley, Charles,
132
baseball:
arbitration in,
155
,
174
ballpark size,
253
changes in game,
250
–53
collective bargaining agreements,
154
“dirty slide rule,”
193
,
219
–20
equipment modifications in,
252
–53
expansion draft in,
171
expansion teams in,
251
Hall of Fame,
316
,
337
,
339
,
343
–44
increase in strikeouts,
253
interleague play,
161
–62
international competition,
339
Latin American winter leagues,
317
and nutrition,
251
player incomes,
252
player-management balance,
329
–30
players’ strike (1994–95),
127
,
129
–31,
132
,
133
,
137
,
139
,
213
players’ theme songs in,
327
–28
playoff shares in,
217
power surge in,
253
QuesTec system,
223
revenue sharing,
154
and September 11 attacks,
244
–48,
249
,
312
,
342
,
344
social relationships in,
217
–18
steroids and drug issues,
156
–59,
168
,
203
–4,
226
,
250
–51,
252
,
253
,
264
,
268
–69,
285
–87,
338
and weight training,
251
–52