Davey Lopes, Base-Stealing Maestro, Is Dead at 80

Davey Lopes, an All-Star second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers who was one of the most successful base stealers in baseball history, died on Wednesday in Providence, R.I., near where he grew up. He was 80. A spokesman for the Dodgers said his death, in a hospital, was from Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. []