European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary a tale of two baseball franchises on the a gag is a clubhouse laugh enjoyed by a team fighting for first on the Yan a gag is what George Steinbrenner has stuffed into the Mouths of his front office people on their More significant than the even More significant than the each teams definition of the word gag is All anybody has to know these Days about the difference Between new Yorks two major league in the week of the one team continues to re surge with the other continues to deteriorate with another sellout crowd swarmed into Shea stadium recently for nostalgia night featuring a Giveaway of old Brooklyn dodger and new York giant in an indication of the ratio of their ancestral the mets had ordered Blue and White dodger Caps and Black and Orange giant but the primary reason for the sellout was the mets them not the Caps that went out of town but never out of style nearly 30 years earlier in the the mets had swept four games from the Chicago then on Friday night they jumped past the Montreal expos into a share of first place in the National league East with the Louis with saturday nights sellout and another big crowd that was expected the mets were predicted to go Over the million an average of about for their 33 dates so far this in the who were to return to the stadium monday night when Earl Weaver arrives with the Baltimore have drawn an average of for 28 the most the Yankees have Ever drawn is Mil lion in then an american league record but since surpassed by the California Angels with million in 1982 and the Detroit tigers last season with million the major league record is Mil set by the los Angeles dodgers in if the mets attract 3 million they will probably outdraw the Yankees by More than 1 million an embarrassing difference that would make Steinbrenner squirm More than if not inspire the Princi pal owner to new Heights of Dave Anderson while the mets were sweeping the Stein Brenner ordered his general Clyde and his vice president for baseball Woody to shut to use his Friendly the principal owner also ordained Billy mar tin to do All the talking for the Billy blew his Cork Over something he interpreted Clyde As saying about Bob Shirley the other and that not the principal owner 1 dont want anything to come from Clyde and in so tired of things being taken out of context and headline stories being made about things that have never been weve got to put a Stop to Billy will do the talking for the Yankees from now not Clyde not Woody not George not for Long be assured that the principal owner will continue to do the talking for the especially when Martin puts his foot in his Tapere As he must sooner or in his office before and after Martin tap records his conversations with the idea is to assure the accuracy of the managers but eventually such accuracy will prove to be More embarrassing to Martin than to anybody when a controversy erupted in the Martin could Al ways claim to be now the tape will be there for Steinbrenner to unless 18 or sometimes maybe somehow were to Davey didst mind confessing a strategic mistake into reporters tap recorders after Friday nights 63 Victory Over the i made a Bonehead said the mets manag alluding to the sixth 1 took it for granted that Jim Wohlford had been announced As a Pinch so i changed but when i realized that Wohlford haunt been that Miguel Dilone was still hitting and then he hit a 1 told my Guys on the pick me dont let me Mug this one this just pick me so they the mets not Only rallied for four but Doug Sisk pitched three perfect innings to lift his record to after the Johnson was watching Sisk on Ralph liners pos game television in one re Sisk fired a sinking fastball for a third Johnson that the old Doug Sisk right the manager that the Doug Sisk i Johnson talked about How 1 get 10 letters a and four Are about Doug than any other mets Sisk has been managed carefully by Johnson this the manager when i know the fans out there dont want me to use risks mail has been mostly As he sat at a clubhouse table talking about his simple Liis he told of the hundreds of letters mad maybe one in 10 was he the others he particularly remembered one no return address on the he it was written like a take one tylenol and one cyanide capsule per Sisk didst nor did he laugh when he talked about leaving Shea stadium through the bullpen exit recently and having a fan pretend to shoot a revolver at in his 117 appearances Over the two previous he had a total of 26 but in 22 previous Relief appearances this before and after a Brief demotion to the Tidewater farm the 27year old right hander had struggled with a 15 record and a Era with Only two noticing a reporters around Sisk Keith Hernandez the first baseman did you win the lottery better for the first time in More than two Sisk had won a and like All his other Sisk enjoyed Hernandez lottery but on the Yankees these a gag int new York times unbeaten Curry scores to Over Atlantic up Ald the cobra showing off one of boxing most Complete proved himself a viable Junior middleweight con tender saturday with a sixth round to Over Veteran Pablo the world boxing association welterweight improved to 230 with 18 Baez fell to of fort stopped Baez at of the sixth after a left Hook and right Cross to the head drove Baez into his own Curry jumped after belting Baez with both hands until referee Larry hazzard stepped in to give Baez a standing then stopped the end was merely a continuation of the pattern that began at the opening countering smartly and using Superior hand hit Baez with shots to the body and head at Baez Knees buckled in every round and his nose was bloody from the fourth round Baez never went Down but was Hurt at different times by crosses and right and left uppercuts to the the slow handed Baez Only landed a handful of clean shots and was often caught with a shot while setting up to throw a is expected to fight for the Junior middleweight title in september against one of three 154pound Thomas Hearns holds the Aba Mike Mccallum is the wac Champ and Carlos Santos wears the if he eventually wants to Challenge for Marvin haulers middleweight because of problems making its doubtful Curry will defend his 147pound title in Curry first Junior middleweight he stopped contender James hard Rock Green in two rounds March a photo unbeaten Junior middleweight Donald the cobra Curry lands with a straight right to the head of Pablo Baez in the fifth Curry went to the scale three times be fore making weight against but came in at at Friday nights weigh Baez weighed Curry won the welterweight title vacated 15round decision Over Jungok Hwang in february of he has defended it four knocking out Roger Nino Larocca and Colin Marlon Starling went the 15 Baez had won six of his last eight fights since being stopped by Hearns in four rounds in his Only losses since then were 10round decisions against Mauricio by sugar Ray Leonard when he captured a round distance against Curry in a title Bravo and Horace