Kramer May Have A Dome Good Game
* Detroit 21, Chicago 20: Now look. If Erik Kramer has a good game, the first person around here who asks”Why can’t we get a quarterback like that?” I slap.
* Indianapolis 24, Washington 6: Let me get this straight. The Skins are paying millions to Heath Shuler, hundreds of thousands to John Friesz, and they’re starting a guy named Gus Frerotte at quarterback? Gus Frerotte?
DREAM FINISHAL HOLDS OFF NL IN TWINBILL; INTRUDERS ARE THE ONLY LOSERS
WAHIAWA, Hawaii — The coffee pot was nearly empty by the time the last players staggered down to breakfast.”Ohhhhh man,” Lenny Dysktra moaned, rubbing his eyes. Kirk Gibson sniffed as he filled his cup. “I hope I can see the ball this...
DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT . . .
Julie Croteau, who pinch-ran in Game 2, and Lee Anne Ketcham, who hasn’t thrown a pitch yet in the Series, were invited to the teams’ barbecue Wednesday night, and they sat around trading funny stories with the major league stars.”Remember in 1985,...
Yogi’s Boo-Boomysteries Abound — Such As, Why Did Berra Send Bonds?
DATELINE UNKNOWN — The crack of the bat was sweet and true — a solid hit, extra bases for sure — and as spectators rose in a collective “oooh,” Barry Bonds began to run.
It’S A Game Again! Somewhere, The Sun Is Shining On Baseball
DATELINE UNKNOWN — This is how it began. They put their hands on a bat, one at a time, rising up the neck, a black hand, a white hand, a young man’s hand, an aging second baseman’s calloused fingers, up, up, until there was room for just one more. All eyes turned to, of all people, Michael Jordan, who smiled, because it was his turn. He grabbed that handle like a climber grabbing a mountaintop.
“We’re the home team,” he declared.
“National League bats first,” Ryne Sandberg said.
The Word From On High: Buddy’S No Miracle Man
* Washington 12, Arizona 9: When Buddy Ryan went to the desert, they compared him to Moses. They were right. It’ll be 40 years before that team will be good again.
* Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 7: Another fun Sunday night at the Shula house.
LIONS HAVE ANOTHER GREAT FALL — SPLAT!
The hands on the clock had come to this: critical time in the Detroit season. Third down, two yards to go, the San Francisco 49ers with the ball and the Lions trying to get it from them. If the Lions held, they could force a punt and have nearly two minutes to make a...
Perfect Tv Parents Finally Let Us Down
Most of our mommies are gone here on TV Street. We come downstairs and there’s no breakfast anymore, no bacon, no eggs, no toast, no pancakes. None of us knows what’s happening. But it’s been going on for a while, and we’re getting tired of eating doughnuts out of the box.
First it was that nice family down the street, from “The Donna Reed Show.”
They woke up one day and Donna was gone. Never came back. Her kids were real upset. There was nobody to cook those nice dinners and mend the Halloween costumes.
I ADMIT, BEATING 49ERS IS WISHFUL THINKING
* Lions 23, 49ers 21: Hey, baseball’s gone. Hockey’s gone. Let me dream a little, OK?* Indianapolis 17, NY Jets 14: In one of those wonderful little sports agate moments, I saw this under the injury report for the Colts: “Jon Hand (leg), out.”*...Stay Connected
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