| Show q' - 1WW‘it1sMm‘tNnaidliWMludiWi i i t t i 4 ) w 1 S gialt gallc gatititittne t3113° 4 4 A I Section 1 I Monday October 22 1990 D - do5 LI di For Recorded Scores ' ' 1 Page 1 Sports Information o Call Local Call 237-200- II 1 1 t 4014M01110411011111MENNIMMIEMOiliN I I 4 4 r i '' --r-- - 1 - -- - '1 ' k I 11 N 1- ' - 1 ' -- - -- ' -- -' --- : - - ' 7: '' -- "' ' - -' ' ----r 0 - '" s'we''''' - 7 ' All Sett: - - AP Baseball Writer ' OAKLAND Calif — There probably are people still waiting for the Cincinnati Reds to blow the World Se ries hoer oeoxkpl net n i Athletics to ral- - ft til i CI ly to win it i4 : One day after one of the most 111stunning upsets ever there's only one question going around baseball: How did the Reds do --- ' te ' 14 1 1 1 IV - ute : t ' 'i 1 I ''' ' ' ' - - ti ''' — 1 i )1' ' - ' ' - - ''' r 1 - 1 i - I 0- - 0- -- s I — ---- -r :14 1fk a (t r' Ak it or-- i 41 - : e ot -- ''' 4 Ii -- 41 t ' - j '" 4 " ' t 1'Plk Ire tottittsgttttatotatt441tttttatti - -- - ''4gt: Z - —Associated 'km ' 7:' Press Photo Oakland outfielder Rickey lIpnelprenn" reflects his team's weeklong frustration after striking out Saturday night' i 0 Still Z l' r1 - I r ""' roltatettMrt111MOTtterr4"1 ‘ I ? i if 901511"Putp 4 4' Wit5ttrAtiatt F ' c 1 t - 1 t -1 T t t t 34 ' k i '1- the series the A's were took leads into the Twice they were ahead going into the eighth but Oakland blew it both times and Dennis Eckersley was not in the game either time when it slipped away "How can you go wrong when you ' have a Randy Myers asda a 11 ?!:TDibyl? le d out there?" P i l 1 done the job for us all year They are one of the major reasons we're here" In the clincher Jose Rijo was pitchand had retired 20 ing a d hitstraight batters when to the came Baines Harold plate ting in the ninth with one out and nobody on base Piniella walked to the mound slowly "I can honestly say that when I went out I was undecided I just wanted to talk to Jose" Piniella said "I asked him how he was feeling He told me to do what I thought was best so right away I went to the bullpen "Baines is a great hitter We only had 14 complete games all year With Randy and Dibble out there you're almost in a situation where you're forced to bring those guys in" Piniella brought in the Myers and Jose Canseco who did not start because of an injured finger batted for Baines "I knew La Russal was going to hit for Baines with Canseco but it was only a situation where the game could be tied as opposed to having a situation later on where someone was on and tCansecol could win the game" See D-- Column 2 '- ga - - - 7-- ---- : 1:"'"'-'1-- - ' ' : 4 ! 4 ' ' 4 : '' Irty'' - 1 4- 1 t '1 fr ‘ ' '4' - irl'w-4- ' '7 ' t ' ) 'orPct Pg's A' ' - 11 r 4 te A i i '' 11 i t 1 0 A two-hitt- 1 1 left-hande- 2-- ' t t' is ot did this team which had ball since the first played below-50- 0 week in June manage to beat the defending champions so easily? ' "It has to do with how you're peak- ing as you come into the series" Oak- land manager Tony La Russa said af- ter the Reds finished a shocking sweep with a 1 victory "But I give credit to Lou He had his club peaking at the right time" Nevertheless it was Oakland that came into the World Series with at0- game winning streak in the postsea- son after a sweep of Boston Cincin- nati had to struggle in the playoffs beating Pittsburgh in six games But from the instant Eric Davis hit a two-ru- n homer off Dave Stewart in the opener the Reds seized control They became the first team to sweep a club that has swept through the playoffs "We were the aggressive ballclub for four games" Cincinnati manager Lou Piniella said "We were the ones that really dominated play" Hitting pitching fielding — the Reds were better by a lot And in somewhat of a surprise Piniella managing for the first time in the World Series was far better than the - ' - eRi ugGsshotaihnhigne It? How i - r - - - 2! more experienced La Russa on and off ale field ' In the battle of the bullpens it was Piniella who made the moves to get the Nasty Boys into the game while La ' By Ben Walker ' $ Aggressive Cinchmati Hot At Just the Right Time a- t ! 51 eiA s - - -"' - ' ' 1 ' - t --- i 1 I x - ' 1 I l ' 1 7 - ' t i -- ' - Gip " 1 t i ' - - -- I 1 343i N 11 1t I - 1! ' 1 left-hande- d i 1 t I t t ' : : —Associated ' ' Press Photo Manager Lou Piniella gets congratulatory kiss from team owner Marge Schott after Reds became world champions 2 ) I Hype's Not Always On Target ' - ' t i - ' ' ' two-gam- 330031° : - ''41 4 i ‘ - it ''''"' L" ' II i — -- 't 4 ': t ) i 4eit 1 i44 1 z - ' 1 i' 2 : CE 7 pm Browns ' ) p - It 51ooney t a a 144 ' A A ' s ' ' ' ''' s 4t ' 7 0: ) N: A t 1 4 l ' i e lk - i -' r - 0" 4 ''' ' 4- - -- ' - - 7700 p I ": 1 l' 1 '7 ' t' 1 ' ' "' r 7 I I 1 -: --- I — I ---4- I — I : --- -- 1 -- --- -- - NFL Football Bengals at 4 11 7 i : i -- 7''''' ' 41 ' :7 47' : 71 i ' ' ' s 't 4 big-pla- y 1 v ft k - i 12- ' '' 4a100' ii 4''' - p ' Ilk 't 'AN " '''' 1 i k 'IS q '1 '' VA - ' ' I At- - - 1 ' I 'qs '7:e''''' k?1- - e el ' 3 1 '"” t - 14"a1774:' -- S 0 4700 e 0 it ' 'IL ' - ‘000000 I 40 - 7 —United Press Interectionol Rams linebackers Kevin Greene left and Brett Faryniarz combine to pancake Falcon quarterback Chris Miller into 1 ' Photo the turf Sunday for a sack Miller was hit so hard on the play he dropped the football and Los Angeles recovered Unbeaten Giants Steal Win From Cards Tribune Wire Services something Which is exactly what he and the New York Giants did They had stolen a game from the Phoenix Cardinals d Matt Bahr's field goal on the game's final play capped a comeback in the final 3:21 and lifted New York to a victory over the Phoenix Cardinals Sunday giving the undefeated Giants their best start in franchise history "We can consider ourselves lucky and fortunate" Parcells said "I can't recall us ever being down by that much with that little time to go and coming back like that" New York ) looked like a beaten team after Al Del Greco kicked his fourth field goal a 45- yarder with 8:38 to play putting Phoenix (2-20-1- 9 (6-0- ' ''')ct"cdAkklee ' Nov 3 ot San Diego St Nov 10 at N Mexico Nov i7 Byu 1 U defense of a year ago into a unit that ranks fourth in the Western Athletic Conference overall ' and is second in scoring defense "Our goal each game is to get at least four turnovers and we got four today — three picks pass interceptions and a fumble recovery Two of them led to scores for us" said ' ' ' t ' Utah sophomore defensive tackle Mike Lewis recovered an errant Min- pitchout midway of the 'ourth Wayne quarter to set up a d Lamm le field goal and junior cornerback La Von Edwards' pass intercep"They were covering us and playing good defense d Brad Foster TD tion set up a But at the end everything seemed to come together with 6:11 to play to ice the plunge The defense held and the offense responded" Utes' first home win of the 1990s With no timeouts and 71 yards to go Hostetler ' McMackin whose Utes have low- ered their defensive yield per game got New York going on its final drive by hitting Mark Ingram on a crossing pattern to the by almost 160 yards over a year ago Phoenix 45 A holding penalty advanced the ball praised the efforts of reserves "When AD Anthony Davis Utah's five yards tackler reinjured his ankle Three plays later Hostetler who hit 11 of 21 leading Howard Reeve and Frank Bonifacio Malittle-use- d Lionel 180 for found passes yards came in and played outstanding for nuel on an d completion with about 13 secus Since we bad moved Kava Afu to onds to go the defensive line from middle lineThe Giants rushed to the line as the clock kept backer those guys bad to play well" running and Hostetler took a snap and grounded Edwards' second pick of the season the ball with three seconds to go Bahr then walked with eight minutes left in the onto the field and kicked his second field goal of came as a result of his education game duras a Giant the game and first game-winning the afternoon "It felt good going off my foot but you never "They UTEP had been setting us See D-- 3 Column 6 See D-- Column 1 i I one-yar- NFC Roundup Bill Parcells ran off the field at Giants Stadium looking very much like a kid who had just stolen MAN 19 Utah State a Oct213tik137uTEP23 McMackin A s"'"1' Sept 8 Ittah 35 OA imetoto 29 Fresno st 3iutan 7 sept Sept 22 Hawaii 19 Utah 7 Sept 29 Wyoming 28 Utah to Oct 6 Cololt 22 Utah I3 Greg McMackin whose staff has trans- formed the woebegone ' - Sept I Utah co- - ordinator : 4" ' Vs de- - fense" said defensive - 1 f )- -- - ' e) UTEP The result was a "big " win I We're a 1 k i: against - ' 1 7 1 3 7 k ' " 0 : A' ' 1 1 e - Utes 'ruined Big Plays Into Victory 1 ':' By Dick Rosetta Executive Sports Zditor The University of Utah football team reverted to its early season goal of making the "big play" Saturday - 4 ' f '''''' i:- - k 0 1 e Jr'- 7 ! 7 7 k 7 l - 4 - a - 0 ' 'N':!: t' 4 d se 04414 707''' rl 1 44 t lk 'r '7 ii Il ' i ‘ 4 'i I -- i 1 - N '4A--- ' - ka g ' ''--' r it '1 Sports Editor - - -- -- Or'S' - 0 ' 4' '6'74 3 T I 4 - t 1 -- ' ix440g lt ‘'' : - (1 1 i '3 '') i - r 31sonnimassinarmili ' ' 6 - 1 'I 44' 1 ' ''' 0g ' ! 4 I :' I e i'11f 'I I - 41 - i34 '' 07 '' ' - st- t '' ikt "I' t 3'x i'4g-- ''''' '' :' AY t '? ri - ' I i o '7 r serki a t ' '' zs :1 : ft-- - " ' - TV Sports exis-m : John 'A recent letter from Dr Jay Monroe Jensen of Salt Lake City de- scribes the relatively unknown side of Steinbrennep In part Dr Jensen writes "Afew years ago I was watching the Yankees in spring training in Florida and one morning Mr Steinbremier sat next to me I began the conversation and he told me the people of this nation desperately needed institutions to believe in and be proud gf He regarded the Yankees as such an institution The Yankees had always been a symbol of excellence and he regarded it as his duty to maintain that tradition "Thurman Munson had Just been killed and Steinbrenner spoke of his intention to establish a trust fund to educate the Munson children and support his widow He spoke of his efforts to help Billy Martin in his personal and prof!ssional problems and of his pride in the then-greYankees teams In conclusion George Steinbrenner in my opinion has been excessively and unfairly maligned He is my friend" Billy Martin's problems mentioned by Steinbrenner are especially his death in an car accident involving alcohol His many fights on and off the field were well reported And he and Steinbrenner seemed to have a love-hat- e relationship between Yankee owner and manager that hadn't ex isted for such a duration in baseball history But in a new video I Just purchased entitled "Billy Martin: the Man the Myth and the Manager" near the end of Billy's baseball saga Steinbrenner appears on cam-Se- e D-- 5 Column 1 1 ' -- ' it 1 A i ' Vancouver 3 Quebec 2 Calgary 2 Edmonton 1 Chicago 7 Minnesota 1 10-da- I ''' ' ' NUL 0-- 7 : immooll Iloradlb Washington 13 Philadelphia 7 LA Rams 44 Atlanta 24 Seattle 19 Kansas City 7 NY Giants 20 Phoenix 19 San Francisco 27 Pittsburgh 7 LA Raiders 24 San Diego 9 6-- ': ' - Dallas 17 Tampa Bay 13 Denver 27 Indianapolis 17 Houston 23 New Orleans 10 Buffalo 30 NY Jets 27 had two points one rebound two assists and five Eric Johnson and three rookies Andy Toolson Tribune Sports Writer' turnovers He also committed nine fouls and Mark Tillmon and Chris Munk The Jazz reduced their active roster to 14 Sun- made 1 of 4 field- - goal attempts Two of them will likely make the regular-seasoNewbern first joined the Jazz for summer day by cutting guard Melvin Newborn roster two won't "We've got to get our numbers down" said camp in July But he was hindered by complicaLike Newbern Johnson's bid for another year Jazz coach Jerry Sloan "because Saturday we go tions from hernia surgery and sent home Ac- with the Jazz has been hampered by injury He to the East Coast and from there we go to cording to Sloan the injury played a part in his suffered a bruised heel early in training camp release Japan" and the 2 guard hasn't returned to action The Jazz play the Detroit Pistons in Toronto on "What hurt him was the fact he wasn't able to "The one thing with Eric" said Sloan "is we Sunday the Boston Celtics in Providence on Oct be with us this summer" the Jazz coach said "A know what he can do Obviously injuries) hurt e 29 and then journey to Tokyo for a of guys are ahead of him because of what any player in his position But there's nothing he series with the Phoenix Suns to start the regular couple they were able to do this summer" can do about it and there's nothing we can do season When he informed Newbem of his decision about it Our first concern is that he gets Asked if the Jazz would be down to the roster to keep playlimit of 12 by the time they leave for Toronto in Sloan encouraged the healthy" ing basketball five days Sloan said "We're thinking very seriresume action The Jazz 4 in the "If he works at his game and if he wants to Tuesday night against preseason ously about that" Charles Barkley and the continue he has some skills" Sloan said "I don't 'Mem at Las Vegas The two teams have a reBut back to Newbern A rookie free agent from Minnesota he played say that to a lot of guys But he has some skills" match Wednesday at the Salt Palace With Newbern's departure Sloan must make at total of only 11 minutes in the Jazz's first two The Jazz then hit the road for their final two exhibition games He didn't play in either of the two more cuts exhibitions and the trip to Japan In all they'll two last road trip that starts their 82- Barring any late player deals it seems that the endure a y In his brief preseason appearances Newbern group on the bubble includes second-yea- r guard game regular season ' - Zr -- 4 NFL n These are days of superlatives especially in sports and every few weeks an individual or team is tabbed as "the greatest" or at least the equal of the greats of the past Some of this is foolish "hype" or have you forgotten just a fort- night ago the Oakland A's were be- ing compared to the great baseball dynasties of the past? On the other side of the coin a few individuals especially are tabbed as d and maybe this is unfounded too t Take George Steinbrenner former majority owner of the New York Yankees Few will say many good words about him but at a meeting of the athletic directors at Marco Island Fla a few years ago I was very impressed by the man and so were the athletic directors Later in talking about Steinbren- ner to college athletic directors in Florida I was astounded at the amount of good he bad done for ' students and not just athletes in several colleges ': — By Steve Luhm all-ba- I ewl)erin 14 Left Wa ve jazz MORON 0 ahead "We struggled but we stayed together" Giants center Bart Oates said "As long as there was time on the clock we felt we had a chance" 19-1- The Giants made good on their final chances because Jeff Hostetler subbing for the injured Phil Simms finally started figuring out the Cardinals' new 34 defense that had baffled him since he took over in the second luarter Hostetler first drove New York 76 yards in eight plays finishing the march with a scoring pass to a diving Stephen Baker with 3:21 to play The Giants allowed the Cardinals one first down before getting the ball back with 58 seconds to play "I was a little discouraged" Hostetler said d 25-ya- rd er 2 fr I - I - : y 4 i t ! ! r tAW 0$0iffO1 tttgeMAA1AbdIk4AJ0twafA4fa 1!1441 |
