Once all of the games were finished on the Gold Coast, Kelley moved his work station to the hotel in Sydney and began working in his personal room, which the crew dubbed the “High Performance Center.” There, Kelley would file the footage he would receive twice daily; each player on every team would have his own tape, and each team was color coded so that Larson, Moesche, and Walton could analyze the tendencies of pitchers or look for weaknesses in opposing hitters. This was the information that would be critical in helping Lasorda understand what he was up against, going into each game. As
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