Show In Left LeftField Field ie By Corey Bullock Sports Editor Being a mascot is a dangerous business You have to learn how to jump off of a trampoline and dunk the basketball or learn how to dance on the top of the dugout You even have to learn how to take quite a bit of abuse from the crowd You dont don't have to tell the Baltimore Orioles Mascot that In a game during the first of August he was attacked by a fan who had obviously had one too many drinks The fan of all things was an off off duty duty police officer from New York Officer William Bilello from Suffolk County punched out the overstuffed Bird after admittedly drinking Bilello was not arrested because a misdemeanor misdemeanor misdemeanor mis mis- demeanor not witnessed by a cop is not an offense in Maryland Maryland what a peaceful place to live No one ever likes to lose but everyone knows that it has to happen once in a while Well the Uni United ted States' States Softball team had played international games and they had won all of them They had never lost When asked how a lose might affect affect af af- af- af feet them they would probably have responded I dont don't know Well all good things must to come to an end In a game during an international tournament in Atlanta Atlanta- Team USA U.S.A. lost to China in extra innings 1 0 ending their streak of consecutive victories in international international international competition But oh how sweet revenge is Team USA U.S.A. beat China 8 0 to claim the gold medal in the ment They now have a record of Not bad The highly spirited and very talented Miami Dolphins' Dolphins linebacker lineback lineback- er Bryan Cox has been through a alot alot alot lot and been called many things But he has never been called a aRinger aRinger aRinger Ringer The organizers of a national national national na na- na- na slow-pitch slow Softball tournament tournament tournament ment did just that they called him hima a ringer The East St. St Louis Ill Magnums Magnums Magnums Mag Mag- are accused of using phony police ID cards to sneak civilian players onto the team during the police-only police Softball tournament in Dayton Ohio Tournament officials say Cox was one of the civilians No Danny Glover is not the manager and this is not the Disney box office hit Angels in ine the e Outfield The California Angels are for real As of Sunday August 12 they were leading the American League West Westby Westby Westby by ten games over Texas and Seattle The Angels roster is not filled with a lot of has been players like in the movie It is filled with young talent that has compiled the fourth best record in the Major Leagues and made believers out of us all The outfield outfield outfield out out- field for the Angels does not consist of supernatural beings or does it The combination of Tim Salmon Garrett Anderson and Jim Edmonds are probably the best outfield tandem in resent memory Veteran designated hitter Chili Davis has the third best batting average in the Major Leagues The Angels are no longer the doormat of the American League and are my pick to represent the AL in the Fall Classic Then they will have to tomake tomake tomake make a sequel Angels in the Outfield Outfield Out Out- field too In case you have been wondering wondering wondering wonder wonder- ing about the baseball owners have been doing in the past little while here is your latest update The owners held a meeting last week to discuss finances attendance and expansion It seems to me that the owners are forgetting that they still do not have havea a labor agreement with the players Maybe instead of avoiding the issue they should discuss it and come up with a resolution Here is a little something from the dumb criminal file Former NFL NR quarterback Art Schlichter already serving an 18 month federal sentence for bank fraud will go on trial October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 17 in Hamilton County Ohio for writing bad checks It sounds like he was trying to win a role in the sequel in Dumb and Dumber |