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soon
A f t e r a s h o rt 3 0 y e a r w a it , th e
A s tr o s a re h o t on t h e ir t a i l
E ast • B ra v e s
R o okie Lopez w i l l c a tc h ,
S c o o te r w a s f in a l ly e n s h rin e d by a s tro n g
and m aybe, f in a l ly K e lly w i l l g e t som e
v o te o f the v e te ra n s C o m m itte e , even
t im e in le f t
w ith o u t th e b a llo t o f h is lo n g tim e
w i t h th e b e s t new ta le n t
cham pion, Ted w illia m s , w h o w a s
W o rld C h a m p io n s h ip s b e fo re 2 0 0 0
The b e s t te a m in th e gam e,
A t le a s t th re e
h o s p ita liz e d
READER MAIL
A lw a y s co m p a re d to Reese, R is s u to 's
A m e r ic a n League
W est - T exas
P a lm ie ro . F ra n co ,
UPPER I JOT EDGE
n u m b e rs w e re in f e r io r , b u t th e re a re
ISSUE in the future
a lw a y s th e n in e p e n n a n ts , se ve n W o rld
G onzalez. C anseco, and R o d rig u e z w e re th e
S e rie s t i t l e s , and a l i t t l e th in g c a lle d MVP
h e a rt o f t h is H is p a n ic le d te a m la s t y e a r
in 1950
T w o a re tra d e d and one is h u r t
IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME
by 5 K Ryker
Add to a ll t h is th e m any y e a rs o f
r e a lly g re a t b ro a d c a s tin g c r e d e n tia ls , and
Look out sports fans' Professional Baseball
is on ,ts way to Cannon Beach
In a recent
Or iffy , Cannon Beach was named the recipient of
a new expansion teem
E ast - B lu e J a y s
town in America was tying. cheating, or trying
c o u ld la y dow n a rig h t- h a n d e d d ra g b u n t
th a t w o u ld leave you s h a k in g y o u r head
f i r s t s ig n o f w e a kn e ss
A w a rd s
The citizens of Cannon Beach have acted
quickly on this matter A town meeting was held
last week to discuss the details After a heated
debate, a compromise was r eached, and the new
team w ill be known as the Cannon Beach
Tourons (Y our beloved editor voted for The
M a ile rs )
Nl - MVP, David Justice
I d tr ip my mother I II help her up,
brush her off. te ll her I'm so rry But mother
don't moke it to th ird
- - I bo Durocher
Cy Young, Or eg Maddux
Rookie. B rian B arter
M anager, Bobby Cox
Batting Champ. Gregg J e ffr les
Cardinal In fle ld e r.
Comeback, Rick Sutcliffe
HR s, Justice
193 7
Cavenham Industries lias generously donated
p ro p erty for the ballpark
R BI's, fre d M cG riff
It w ill occupy the
recently c le a r-c u t land near Ecola Creek
Leo
It has
b r u ta l b a llp la y e r o u t o f th e Ty Cobb m o ld ,
most popular architects Ground breaking for
the Ebbett and Shays Sports Dome w ill begin in
p o s s ib le t w ic e as dan gerous because he
It is scheduled for opening next
A
spokesper son for the firm said the design w ill
E R A , Rene A ra.ha
The L ip ' D u ro ch e r w a s a savage,
been designed and reamed rtfter Cannon Beach s
season (g iv e o r ta k e 6 months)
B u t th e O rio le s w i l l
c r a w l uo t h e ir back lik e r a b id d in g o s at th e
And if th a t's n o t enough, t h is guy
to steal votes Or iffy awarded the team to
Cannon Beech by default
I lik e t h e ir in f le ld a
lo t. and any sap can p ic k th e Sox a g a in
gam e he lo ve s
I, seems every other
Can th e y
w in 7 Yes
C e n tra l - In d ia n s
you com e up w it h a l i f e th a t has been
d e d ic a te d to e x e m p lo ry s e r v ic e to th e
announcement by Baseball Commissioner
November
The de e p e st te a m
K's, Jahn Smoltz
Saves, Rand/ Myers
AL - M V P , Junior
w a s h a lf as ta le n te d
Cy Young, Kenny Rogers
B e st kn o w n f o r h is N ice guys f in is h
la s t ” q u o te , D u ro c h e r s h o u ld be
M anager, M ike Hargrove
Prnk le, Manny Ramirez
Batting Champ. Roberto Alomar
blend well w ith recent building trends, she cited
re m e m b e re d as w e ll fo r b e in g th e m a n ic
the Stuffanie Inn and the Tourist Scoop as
p e rso n n a w h o fu e le d th e le g e n d a ry 'G as
examples
HR s. fra n k Thomas
House Gang" C a rd in a ls o f th e t h i r t i e s
R BI's, Junior
T ickets w ill be available after the new year
Comeback, Roger Clemens
S ure, t h is gang o f h i l l b i l l y re p ro b a te s had
E R A , Wilson Alverez
baselines w ill be designated as season tickets
Tex. D iz z y , Pepper, R ip, D ucky and W ild
1 hey w ill be available to locals only at a
B i ll , b u t h is to r y s u g g e s ts it w a s Leo w h o
k 's , Randy Johnson
Saves, Tom Henke
moderate p rice
led by e x a m p le o f to o th , n a il, h ig h s p ik e s ,
I r e a lly h a te to p o in t t h is o u t. b u t la s t
and no p r is o n e r s
y e a r th e Cubs w e re 4 3 -3 1 in n ig h t gam es,
1 2 6 0 seats behind home plate and up the
To qualify as a local,
individuals must meet any two of the following
requirements
t ) Own property w ith in the
H is m a n a g e ria l re su m e is w h a t h is
city lim its 2 ) B ea long-term renter w ithin
the c ity lim its 3 ) Have a permanent job w ithin
e le c tio n re s te d upon
the c ity lim its 4 ) Be on a firs t name basis
gam es, and 2 0 0 0 w in s
w ith the denizens of the porch
Any disputes
over localness w ill be decided on by a m ajority
vote of the customers tn B ill's on a Monday
abo ut D u ro ch e r
I t 's a fu n n y th in g
E v e ry th in g b io g ra p h ic a l
I ve re a d about h im c o n s ta n tly m e n tio n e d a
night
The rem aining 2 ,0 0 0 seats w ill be available
s u it o f c lo th e s
to the general public
th e R e d s7 S u its o f c lo th e s
Prices for these seats is
expected to be the usual 15 0 1 markup in the
summer Tickets for games after lab or Day
w ill be discounted 5 0 1
In related news, rum or on the porch has it
that Ben Dueber is negotiating a contract w ith
the team for an unpr « «te n te d amount
We here
a, the Edge wish him w e ll, and hope to see him
play for the hometown teem
S eey'all a, the
and 41 - 4 7 in th e su n s h in e
2 4 y e a rs . 3 7 3 9
Quiz
1) Last year Bar ry Bonds
lad the National league in
C o n tra c t c la u s e 7 A s u it
slugging and on-base
P la y e r f in e 7 H it t in g in c e n tiv e 7 A b e t on
percentage Who was the
last guy to do this7
A) W illie May-.
I t w a s lik e
c u rre n c y d u rin g h is te n u re w it h th e
D o dgers and G ia n ts Leo w a s b u s te d by
has the only three home
D ) M ike Schmidt
New York t a ilo r s m u s t have g o t fe d up and
2 ) Who collected the most
B) Joe Carter
C) George Bell
d ropp ed a d im e on th e poor b a s ta rd
stolen base, for a switch
D ) Cecil Ftelder
F ord F ric k in 19 4 7 and suspended f o r a
ye a r f o r c o n s o rtin g w i t h g a m b le rs
I9 6 0
The
The n ig h tm a re o f 19 6 9 w a s s t i l l
t h is fo ru m to d ru m up s u p p o rt fo r a
m a n a g in g jo b in th e M a jo rs
A ll he w a n te d
to do w a s ta lk b a s e b a ll and p ro v e he w a s
s h a rp as e v e r, w h ic h he o b v io u s ly w a s n o t
L e tte rm a n , h is ig n o ra n ce fla p p in g lik e
s h i r t - t a i Is, le v e lle d h is c y n ic a l s c a lp e l on
t h is o ld m an and m ade h im look th e fo o l
-h itte r 7
A) Vince Coleman
8 ) Any smell child knows
B) M aury W ills
C) T im Raines
p la y in g on h im , and he w a s t r y in g to use
Spook Jacobs was the firs t
player to collect four hits
D ) Max Carey
in his M ajor I eague debut
3 ) Which of these pitchers
on open,nq cte/ Who is the
only other hitter to do
this7
did not hur I two n o -h itte rs
m an e season7
A ) A llie Reynolds
A) Delino DeSbeilds
B ) Howard Ehmke
C ) J im Maloney
C) Steve Finley
B ) John Olerud
D ) Travis Fryman
D ) V irg il Trucks
It
9 ) Name the only player to
w a s d i f f i c u l t to d e te rm in e w h ic h w a s
4 ) Who had the most
hit an openinq day grand
m o re p a th e tic , th e o b s o le te s k ip p e r
homers as an Indian7
A) Hal Trosky
slam, twice in different
p le a d in g f o r h is jo b , o r th e s m ir k in g
p rim a -d o n n a jo n e s in g f o r r a tin g s
Leo D u ro ch e r d ie d O ct 7, 199 1, w i t h in
years
A ) E ric Söderholm
B ) L a rry Doby
C) Al Rosen
B) E llis Valentine
C) Sixto lezcano
D ) Earl A v e rill
D ) M ike I vie
th e c o m m u n ity c o n fin e s o f P a lm S p rin g s ,
th e hom e o f S in a tra and Hope and a ll th e
s t a r s he d e s p e ra te ly a d m ire d
If I had my life to live a ll over again. I'd
hove ended up a sp o rtsw riter
Richard Nixon
There, but for the Or ace of God . .
• M r Baseball
g iv in g h im
I f he w o n 't t a lk to th e p re s s ,
l ‘m r e tu r n in g th e fa v o r
to hit e Wor Id Ser tes homer
and s till lose the game7
A) Jose Santiago
B ) Claude Osteen
1 0 ) Who is the only
ballplayer to hit safety
twice in one inning, in
th e ir firs t ML game, on
C) Don (killett
opening d a /7
D ) M ike Garcia
A) B illy M a rtin
B ) Eddie Stanky
6 ) We all know the Mets
C) Bobby Doerr
0 ) Danny Murtaugh
lost 1 2 0 games in 1 9 6 2
not have a winning record
against them7
P re v ie w
W est - G ia n ts
E xtra Credit
Who was
the firs t Chief Executive to
throw out the firs t ball on
National League
But
I f Bonds g e ts
la z y , P o rtu g a l bom bs and W illia m s s lu m p s ,
UPfLL LETT EDGE (MIL 1*1 Vf
5 ) Who is the only pitcher
Which wee the only teem to
one m o s t u n h itta h le p it c h I have p e rs o n a lly
And th a t's a ll th e ink I'm
7 ) What recent slugger
run opening day7
A) Fred M cG riff
in a g u e s t sp o t on D a vid L e tte rm a n , in
w itn e s s e d
D ) The Cubs
B) Stan Musial
The la s t tim e I sa w Leo D u ro ch e r w a s
S te v e C a rlto n - - T h is g u y 's s lid e r w a s th e
B) The P h illies
C) The Cardinals
C) Hank Aaron
game
H a ll- w a tc h
A ) The Astros
th e Gods c o u ld g e t w e ir d and th e D odgers
c o u ld c o n te n d w i t h in te r e s t in g new
Opening d a /7
A4Sw€kS ON fA6£ IS