European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine up from Medicine Hal Jersey indians warm up in View of world Trade Center towers youre Able to think of yourself As a professional life in the minor s what a difference the Hudson makes by Murray ci1ass new York times offs of Clouds hover Over the twin i Lowers of the world Trade Center in new the Silvery and f glistening even at this seem to Rise out of the Trees lining the perimeter of Roosevelt Sundlum in Jersey the people who play base Ball at Roosevelt stadium can see the twin towers across the Hudson behind the Centerfield the people who play baseball at Yankee stadium and Shea stadium cannot see the twin towers behind their Centerfield Walls or behind any stadium Walls even though they play right in the City of new but Many differences exist for the people who play at Roosevelt stadium in Jersey City and those who play at Yankee and Shea stadiums in new the most significant is that while the Yankees and the mets Are peopled by major league the Jersey indians Are minor league Middle Echelon minor league players at even worn or Ute they Are minor league players playing in a major league which Means they Are paying the major league prices of this area with minor league the involuntary contrast in their lives presents a dilemma to these class a players they could be playing for the same salaries about a month and spending less Money in other Eastern league cities Quebec City and three Quebec Waterbury and West and but then they  have the opportunities for entertain ment and enlightenment that they have in the new York 1 loved Benny the Indium Captain and third baseman said of his first visit to new he is the brother of Bob former mets infielder now Wilh the Kansas cily it was different from die impression i had of new York 1 found myself i  mind living Here if i had the it was enjoyable seeing All the different kinds of i heard some languages in Central Park 1 never heard we went into the big  get out of the car because there was no place to said Garry a 23yearold outfielder from we drove around and i was impressed with Central Park the Little league Guys throwing a soccer game going with garbage cans or the and those taxis with the horse am 1 bad never ii the indians wad wide eyed nah they ant to be excused be Cwm minor league players Are most accustomed la playing in placet that have like Wauson Ana Lethbridge us Lutonia and Medicine with some they Are also accustomed to playing in places where life exists Only in the Rooming House and at the Ball where the sidewalks Are rolled up at 19 where the loudest noise at night is someone and where everybody knows everybody else As if they All were members of the same in of the Cleveland indians organization and three belonging to the Toronto Blue jays play in Jersey across the Hudson River from new and ambivalent feelings abound about their new in Lula sport last Tim the 22year old we lived in a three bedroom apart ment that Cost tin a month and it want even a mile from the bait now we pay j3s5 a month for a one bedroom apartment and it lakes us approximately 25 minutes to get to the some people might find it difficult to believe that the indians Lead the Eastern league in Wilh an average of fans a game despite their last place August 1977 the who pay 11 for children to and f3 for adults mainly come from new jerseys Hudson they seem to prefer the minor league Indi ans Ike major league or because they can sit closer to the action and feel far Man involved in the team plays nearly every Day of the so there Hast been much time for the players to Vastl new but some of them look advantage of a couple of Days Alt in two ventured across the one group saw the then took in the musical another Fatt awed sightseeing with the Muhammad All the that group was led by Rico the 23yeamld second who was raised on Staten Island and has to be considered the Resi Dent expert on new York they were scared to to into new they didst know what was going to he but he visit turned out Danny a graduate of Oklahoma after the we wound up near the theater where they had the Tony awards and we saw All sorts of inter Esting people Liz Barth Leonard Liza we were like autograph hounds run like the Massari is limited in his pocket Book and complaint about the High Cost of maybe the Yankees can afford thaw be but we he is not comforted when be ii told the Yankees complain about the Massari likes the idea of playing in the new York 11 makes me feel a Litile closer to reaching the he 23yearold outfielder because youre in an area if you look at it baseball Origi the rivalry of the giants and the the Yankees All the great learns were you feel closer to youre Able to think of yourself As a professional ballplayer playing compared Wilh Medicine the stars and stripes Page 1