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Boyd changes Sox as strike opens up jobs in majors NEW YORK (AP) Baseball has found its first big-name Strikebreaker. Dennis “Oil Can" Boyd, eager to prove he can still pitch at age 35, has agreed to join the Chica* go White Sox ami piny despite the strike, "Yes, it was a difficult deci sion.'' Boyd said Tuesday from his home in Winter Haven, Florida. ■ | felt shut i didn't .want to cross the picket line I've been through a couple of strikes and 1 know what those ore about But I wanted another chance to ploy ball, and if this is what it takes, then I’m going to do it.” Plus, there’s the promise of a nice paycheck. If he signs before (an. 20. Boyd and the White Sox can make any deal they want. After that date, ins contract will be between $115,000 and $275,000. Boyd, 78-77 with a 4.04 ERA in a flamboyant. 10-year career with Boston, Montreal and Texas, has not pitched in the majors since 1991. The right hander played last year in the independent. Class A Northern League with the Sioux City Explorers, and was 4-1 with a 1.89 ERA before his season was cut short by a blood clot in his right shoulder. Boyd, bothered by a similar blood clot in 1988 while with Boston, underwent surgery to correct the problem. He's been throwing since then and says he has recovered. Society needs reality check Kris Hk\r\ I'm noi the type of person who typically enjoys change 1 like to find a groove and then keep on rolling So, with this in mind. I've got to tell you that I'm not com pletely positive about 1905 so far. First Gary Larson decides to stop drawing his For Side car toons, then the post office rais es its rail's for the fourth time since 1 started mailing letters. To (up it off, an all-female crew Kit tlmg to bt the ! Inited States' rap resentative in tin' America's Cup is tin* talk of the sailing world Why is it so mnvsworlhy tii.it tins group of women is altempt ing to defend tint trophy all sailors vie for* I guess the answer lies in the question The key to this burn ing issue is that the combatants are a group of women. Not just one or two women, hut an entire crew of the supposed weaker sex is attempting to qualify for our country Tills idea seems to in* setting the sport of sailing on its ear I may not favor change, but I cer tamly don't always oppose it The tiling that particularly interests me about the all-female crew of America t is that, as a society, we are still focusing on the outer-stall of human beings Monday's holiday in recogni lion of M irim !.other King |r stimulated my thoughts on this group of individuals and their treatment across the nation Shouldn't wt< com entrnte on the abilities of the America i crew instead of their sex ' If these women were something Other than (.am a Man. would that make the story twice as important or newsworthy' It probably would in today 's soci ety and that theory’s exis tent e is something we are all responsible for It’s been said before, hut the mti itlti Why can't we just get beyond the outside and focus on making determinations from what is on Turn I HENRY, Kept 10 Rams migrate east to St. Louis ST. LOUIS (API Light years after losing tint Cardinals to Arizona. St Louis btu anm the new homo of the Rams Tuesday The Los Angeles Rams, wooed by one of the most lucrative deals in sports, are leaving Iwmkrupt Orange County for ,1 city that lust its first NFL fran chise because of lack of fan support. This time around, the city is offering a new domed stadium and incentives that could give the franchise a $20 million annual profit The Rams were projected to lose $ti million playing in An i heim this post season "Today is a great day for this community," St Louis mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. said at the long awaited news conference "For the last nine months we have been working around the < lo< k trying to bring NFL football to St Louis " If the league approves, pro football will return to St. Louis for the first time since 1<)H7, when the Cardinals left for Arizona. “The St. Louis Rams - how tweet it is." Bosley said. "Today is the day that the dream of a team of our own is now a reality." TRADING PUCES ■ wrwit The Loa Angeles Rams made it official 1 uesaay, announcing that the team « moving to St. Louis. ■ Quotable: “The St Louts Rams — how sweet it is.' - Freeman Bosley Mayor ot St. Louis Bosley. former Sen Thomas Kagle lon, who headed the FANS Ini: effort to lure the Ram*. I' S Rep Richard Gephardt, and other official# then signet! an oversized "relo t at ion agreement " "I have waited and wanted tins day to happen for a long time," Gephardt said "Let me tell you, we proved together the naysay ers wrong I am con fident professional football is going to be a huge sin l ess in this town When Rums owner (ieorgia Frontier**, who grew Turn to RAMS, Pa<}612 Charger star ‘Means’ business on path to Super Bowl SAN DIEGO (AP) — Anyone who thinks Nat rone Means is in his element whet) he’s stam peding over tacklers should have seen him after the San Diego Chargers won the AFC championship. Of course, when you’re a 245-pound clap of thunder with a lightning bolt on your uniform, you can lie the life of the party anytime you want As the celebrants around him in the visiting locker room at Three Rivers Stadium danced, screamed. even rapped a little us they mock ingly waved towels, the 22 year-old Means summoned up all of his accumulated wisdom, took a long puff on a huge c ig ar and said, “We're pretty good. Where are we going'" Had his teammates heard him, they would have responded as a chorus, "To the Super Bowl." But none of Means' buddies were close enough to know what he said. They all know what the "Nalrone Bomb" hus done for tin) Chargers this season. Me detonated at just the right time, finishing second in the AFC with 1.350 yards rushing, scored 1- touchdowns and made the Pro Howl in only his second NFL season. In the playoffs, he led the Chargers back from a 21 -fi half time deficit to a 22*21 win over Miami. Then he helped wear down Pittsburgh's staunch defense, several times laying flat defenders who strayed into his path. Means is as self assured as a grizzled veteran Not necessar ily cocky or boastful, but cer tainly aware of his importance to the Chargers and his ability to live up to the organization's demands. “Once they made the Hutts trade. 1 knew I was going to be the man." said Means of Chargors general manager Hob by Heathard's decision to deal top running back Marion Hutts on draft day to New England All Huits had done was lead (he team in rushing five straight years as the focal point of a power attack "After the draft, conch Ross came to my house in North Carolina i think it showed .t little something that he stopped there and he was talking to mu and rny mom lit) said I'd have the opportunity, that rny role would pick up in the offense and 1 would have the opportunity to start “I knew the chance was there, hut he didn't hand me the starting job. 1 think it kind of boosted my confidence, though, and it showed he would give me the chance to lx? the back "The training was rough, hut 1 knew what it was ail for. I could sacrifice for a couple of months to get everything right. It was worth it " As was making room for Means, a second-round pick from North Carolina. Neither Beathard nor coach Bobby Kuss worried about Mc.ms tak trig over "lie's a big strong guy who has breakaway speed and is not afraid to take a hit, because he knows he's usually going to come out of it Oh," Ross said. "He’s also a pretty good receiv er and a smart football player and a pretty guod blocker." And a turrifu talker Means means what he says, and isn’t afraid to stir up controversy or give frank answers to tough questions Such as on the matter of respect: "It's lime to start giving our selves some credit, because the way it’s been going, nobody else is going to give us credit until we start It's time we start pumping ourselves up a bit." Or on his quick NFL suc cess: "I think other people are more surprised by it. I'm not. I felt if I could get the hall 20-25 Turn to MEANS, PagelO January IK, l‘W5 Volume 96. 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