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Sorry, Conspiracy Seekers, Job Change Seemed Natural

Sorry, Conspiracy Seekers, Job Change Seemed Natural

January 8, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
I can hear it now: "The ship is sinking! First Ernie, then Bill Lajoie! Look out, Tigers! The water is rising! It's all Bo's fault! Man the lifeboats!"Come on.This town has had enough flash floods over baseball lately, don't you think? The best thing we can do with this Lajoie story is to learn a lesson from the Harwell story, and not turn it into anything more than what it is: and right now, it is a man who has decided to call it quits after squeezing every drop of himself into baseball.That's all.
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Defusing Emotional Time Bombeveryone’S To Blame, No One Looksclean As Facts Of Firing Come Out

Defusing Emotional Time Bombeveryone’S To Blame, No One Looksclean As Facts Of Firing Come Out

January 7, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
Last week, a package came to Bo Schembechler's house. His wife, Millie, began to open it. Lifting a flap, she saw a wire. She froze. She thought about the mountain of hate mail they had received since Ernie Harwell was fired. She thought about the phone calls and even death threats. She stopped opening the box. "I hate to admit it," she said Sunday, "but I actually thought it might be a bomb."
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Only The Brokers Get A Happy Ending

Only The Brokers Get A Happy Ending

January 6, 1991 | Detroit Free Press
Jack and Jill went up the hill to figure out the economy.Jack said, "We're in a recession."Jill said, "No, we're not."Jack said, "How do you know?"Jill said, "How do you know?"Jack said, "Look at the unemployment rate. It's going up."Jill said, "Look at the prime rate. It's coming down."Jack said, "But the stock market has dropped 400 points in the last six months."Jill said, "It's gained 200 points in the last three months."Jack said, "Look at the cost of gas. It's skyrocketed. It's through the roof."
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