DON’T CALL HIM HOBBS; JUST CALL HIM HOBBLING
“God, I love baseball.”Robert Redford in “The Natural” SAN FRANCISCO — Remember in that movie, when Roy Hobbs, Redford’s character, is lying in a hospital bed, a poison cheese ball in his stomach, and the doctor tells him if he...
Shape In A Drape Gets No Respect From A’S
OAKLAND, Calif. — It is not for me, as a sports writer with ketchup stains on his shirt and a screaming editor on the other end of the phone, to take sides in this World Series. But I am. Taking sides. Actually, I’m taking a front. Rick Reuschel’s front. Actually, just the part from his chest to his belt. I like it. Reminds me of my Uncle Mort, the pickle man from Baltimore.
U-M 10, MSU 7WOLVERINES WIN AN OLD-FASHIONED GAME OF CRUNCH
EAST LANSING — The ball sat innocently on the 1-yard line, as if to say,”Take me, I’m yours.” But who was it talking to? Michigan, who was guarding the castle? Or Michigan State, who was threatening to storm it? It was, after all, fourth down,...
FANS, ‘TIS SEASON FOR ALL SEASONS
It occurs to me that we are entering that magical time of year when every major sport on the face of the planet is in motion. We have baseball (the World Series), basketball (exhibition season), hockey (regular season, which might as well be an exhibition season),...
U-M 10, MSU 7WOLVERINES THE VICTORS IN A GAME OF SLIP, MISS, CRUNCH
EAST LANSING — It ended on fourth down, which, to be honest, was where the game was played all day. Dan Enos was scrambling for his life and he let a pass fly in desperation and Michigan’s Lance Dottin intercepted it as if he had known it was coming since...
Zombo Goes Solo, Gets His Wings a Man
Nobody asks about friendship. Players are traded, they come and they go, and who they’ll send postcards to is of no concern to management. Rick Zombo and Adam Oates were inseparable last year. Drove in together. Drove home together. You wanted to reach one and...
THESE 2 MITCHES WERE ITCHING FOR PITCHING
SAN FRANCISCO — Here I sit, brokenhearted, came for Mitch, he never got started.It is the middle of the fourth game of the National League playoffs, and all around, Candlestick fans are going crazy. Over in Oakland, they are toasting their new champions, the...
End Of Innocence Friends Haunted By Deaths Of Ionia Teens
IONIA — He didn’t see the bodies. Not when he arrived. Just the car, a 1972 Chevy Malibu, parked right where the phone call said it was, on a tractor path just off Frank Road. State Trooper Jim Rogers got out of his squad car and sighed. “Probably some guy fell asleep,” he figured. Happens all the time. It was, after all, Saturday morning, and most people don’t leave their vehicles overnight in a deserted field with the motor running.
Don’T Pick Against Craig
Pop quiz. Here’s the question:
1. Roger Craig is:
A) A baseball manager.
B) A running back.
C) The same person, in different shoes.
The answer, of course, is C), which explains why, when Craig talked to his pitcher in Saturday night’s National League playoff game, he said:
“X-screen red on three, ready, break!!”
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