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==In popular media== On [[Thanksgiving Day]] 1981, Winfield sang "[[Manhattan (song)|I'll Take Manhattan]]" atop the Big Apple Float at the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]].<ref name="z103">{{cite web | last=Berkow | first=Ira | title=WINFIELD LOOKS BACK ON SATISFYING SEASON | website=The New York Times | date=1981-11-30 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/30/sports/winfield-looks-back-on-satisfying-season.html | access-date=2025-01-25}}</ref> In 1985, the [[video game]] ''Dave Winfield's Batter Up!'' was released on computers by Avant-Garde, a producer of interactive [[educational software]].<ref name="murray" /> The game featured a 55-page manual co-authored by Winfield<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindstrom |first1=Robert |title=PC disk steps up to plate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-pc-disk-steps-up-to-plate/164606569/ |access-date=3 February 2025 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |date=11 July 1985 |pages=20}}</ref> and was marketed as an educational tool aimed to teach players about batting. The game was conceived after Winfield was seated next to an Avant-Garde investor on a cross-country flight.<ref name="murray">{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=William D. |title=Sports Instruction Enters Computer Age |url=https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1985/11/02/Sports-Instruction-Enters-Computer-Age/3948499755600/ |access-date=3 February 2025 |agency=[[UPI]] |date=November 2, 1985 |language=en}}</ref> During the [[1994β95 Major League Baseball strike|1994β95 MLB strike]], Winfield and a handful of other striking players appeared as themselves in the November 27, 1994, episode of ''[[Married With Children]]'' (Season 9, Episode 11).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642206/characters/nm0934889 |title='Married... with Children' A Man for No Seasons (TV Episode 1994) - Dave Winfield as Dave Winfield |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>
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