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Show Page THE DAILY HERALD, Prove, Utah, CIO Sunday, April 1, 1995 urists find 10 reasons not to e new season By CHRIS SHERIDAN AP Sports Writer The 1995 season is scheduled to begin Sunday night with major league imposters on 27 rosters and replacement umpires calling the balls and strikes. For baseball purists, however, things haven't been the same for some time. Here are the Top 10 reasons why, for some people, baseball already was full of replacements even before this sea: son: 10. REPLACEMENT GRASS. Also known as artificial turf, it's still in use at nine major league parks, down from 10 last year (Kansas City has changed to the real stuff). 9. REPLACEMENT TUDES. Also known as autographs for sale. Instead of having stars who would gladly sign a ball or shake a hand for free, major leaguers now are more likely to elude fans or charge for autographs. 2. REPLACEMENT Also known as the rock music loud, and sometimes commercials incessantly biared over loudspeakers between innings, ruining the relaxing character of the game for many fans. 1. REPLACEMENT FOOD. Also known as cheez. That stuff on your nachos is a that can't be called cheese. It's replacement cheese. Enough said. out-of-da- te By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer When it became apparent that baseball might begin the season with replacement players, a number of people inquired about what the impact would be on the record books. "They go in," said Seymour Siwoff, statistician extrordinaire at the Elias Sports Bureau and guardian of the game's greatest accomplishments. Impossible. This would be a slur on the storied history of the sport. Siwoff was implored to find a way to keep the interlopers out. "Oh yeah?" replied the king of numbers. "And then what do I do with Al Travers?" The man has a point there. e wonder, Travers, a owns his own piece of baseball history. It's right there in the record book. one-gam- Most Runs Allowed, Game: 24, Aloysius Travers, Detroit, On May 15. Detroit and Cobb Navin's attention in z hurry arjdv p played in New Yoj k, where some he decided that the recalcitraaf. fans began heckling the Tigers' players notwithstanding, the Tistar. Eventually, he had heard gers would field a team, one Way; enough and took off into the or another. Manager Hughie stands to go after the guy with the mugs was dispatched to assemoic . a squad, even though recruiting big mouth. Cobb pummeied the heckler, a players was not part of his job poor soul named Lueker. It was description. an act of revenge heartily enBy then, the team had traveled-- , from New York to Philadelphia '" dorsed by his teammates if not by the American League, which and Jennings headed for a loeaT frowned on players punching seminary to collect some prospects or, perhaps, suspects. He'. paying customers. League presithe' dent Ban Johnson moved swiftly, signed up nine of them to returned number and Cobb requisite suspending indefinitely. the team. Coaches Joe Sugderi,' His Tiger teammates, not always so fast to rush to Cobb's 41, 2nd Deacon McGuire, 48",'' ' defense, did so this time. If Cobb also suited up and the Tigers took- ' was out, they said, why then they the field for a game against itife .' ' were out, too. They went on Athletics. was One the of strike. replacements Again, the league wasn't Billy Maharg, who thought he'd"' ' amused and notified Detroit mango undercover by spelling his real ' name backwards." Graham agement that every game missed r would cost the franchise $5,000, He was hitless in his lone no small bit of change in those and was the only Tiger replace' days. That caught owner Frank ment to play again. Jej? May 18, 1912 (only major league game). ,. It was also the only major league game for a fistful of other fellows who masqueraded as the Detroit Tigers that day in baseball's first experiment with replacement players. Just in case the current proprietors think replacement baseball is some brilliant new scheme, they should be advised that, like most things, it is not original. The game has seen this act before and survived. Barely. In 1912, Ty Cobb was the best player in baseball, smack in the middle of a remarkable string of nine straight American League batting championships. He also had a temper and was not the friendliest of fellows. hair-trigg- -- 1 at-b- at er EATHER. Also known as air conditioning, found in the majors' five domed stadiums in Minnesota, Montreal, Houston, Seattle and Toronto. Goes well with replacement grass. i 8. REPLACEMENT TELEVISION. Also known as cable TV, on which 23 of the 28 major league teams show many of their games. Has partially replaced free TV, also known as channels W '1 -- ' - 4 .r'i 3. ; 7. REPLACEMENT COMMISSIONER. Also known as ud Selig, the "interim" replace- ment for Fay Vincent. That title has stuck for years, and baseball is no closer to hiring a leader. "in-tieri- 2i ' 6. REPLACEMENT AT- TENDANCE. Also known as All major league teams i)ow report attendance according tp how many tickets are sold, rather than how many people actually attend the games. 5. REPLACEMENT EYESIGHT. Also known as replay Scoreboards, they make going to a game more like sitting home and watching it on television. no-sho- I 4. 1 t r ) - ".' J" Vi-'- ' REPLACEMENT STRIKE- ZONE. Also known as the belt-to-kne- es strike zone, which umpires have adopted on their own instead of following the rule book, which says the strike zone extends from the numbers to the knees. ' 3. REPLACEMENT ATTI- - ; Provo firemen finish high Two members of the Provo fire department have returned from the 1995 World Police and Fire Games in Melbourne, Australia. They each finished high in several events which tested their physical endurance. ; Gary Jolley and Brent Tew were two of 7,000 police and fire competitors from 42 countries competing in 52 events. Olympic-typ- e ' Jolley competed in the triathlon, finishing 8th. He also competed in the 400 jneter freestyle swimming, grabbing 4th place, took 5th in the 50 meter butterfly, 5th in the 200 meter freestyle, and won a bronze medal in the 200 meter individual medley. Tew placed 12th in the team scuba fcvent and won a bronze in the fresh water angling, catching the largest rout of any foreign entrant. Cascade Fairways opener The 1995 opening social for the Cascade Fairways Men's League golf is slated for Tuesday, April 4 from 3 to 5 pjn. The cost to participate in the golf activities for yearly dues is $35. 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