TIGER STADIUM, SEPT. 1, 1990 -- Ever since Cecil Fielder hit his 62nd home run of the season last week, things have been pretty crazy around here. You can't get near the stadium. The line forms before dawn -- reporters, mostly. From New York, London, Moscow. About 900 reporters are here from Japan, and all they want to know is how many yen it would take to get Cecil back there for another season. At last count, they were up to 873 billion.
That sound -- clank! -- you heard -- whompf! -- from inside -- thud! -- the Palace -- whifff! -- was, believe it or not, the NBA Eastern Conference finals. At least that's what they call it in May. In February it's just a game where a lot of people miss their shots.
News Item: Pistons coach Chuck Daly will meet this weekend with NBC Sports executive producer Terry O'Neill to discuss Daly joining the network as an NBA analyst next season.NEW YORK -- "Good morning, Chuck. Great to see you.""Thanks, Mr. O'Neill.""Terry. It's Terry. Have a bagel. Say hi to our lawyers.""Geez. There's a lot of them.""Thirty-seven. The others couldn't make it. Now then, Chuck, we're very excited about you joining our team. We see big things for you at NBC. Really big things."
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.
