European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and strides thursday october 31, 1985 baseball needed the royals by Thoms w Sui i. Wishin ctn i Oil sen Iff a Smik \ 7li inks. We needed thai. Alicr drug mls i a stupid strike Cul Louing on the in turn of ws4, baseball Reidy fur the Kansas cily royals we needed the most preposterous postseason in history to end in the crowning of the marvelous awful spunk Lucky royals is u inner of the world series Are tie i he worst team Ever in take the series let s Liucc so. These j us deserve in he remembered. Was theirs the never say die comeback pct Furmanck in b.iseb., his inv Al s or elem in -.is, Jisa fad that no series dinner Ever before survived my win or to h Jine Slop i a i out there we re in Yin to forget the Al of cry won five must win James before the series Eer and then lust the first to to the new York Yankees let s not let the facts Pel in the aay of a fairy tale Mel my lust . Id s Iun orc about 10 teams bal a complied i us tit Landisi it s almost Imp Isi ble in compare decrees of difficulty in recent times give me the 7k Yankees any Day me Kansas City its due no team Ever did More eth less or Lead to die out of deeper Doles to do it than the is i Al s hear it for a loaf of Brett r. Slice of and a Pound of Dalboni. We Don t even know Darryl Motley Ami Dane Lori. But when it conies to heroes they re our kind of Guys. Whoever thought the nation s sixth graders would be Able to pass ,1 spelling Bee on Saberhagen Fiu Britva Quisenberry and Concepcion let s be honest. Could the royals have won the series if the Tarp thai ale is. Louis had t broken a microscopic Bone on Vince Coleman s knee .1 Don t be silly. Tito land rum who batted Only ,3 0, produced Only three runs in the commentary whole series c Oleman can create that Many in one havoc riddled game. Could the royals have won without the Fine work of Joaquin Andujar 1 no Way. They should vote the Cardinal astronaut a full share could Kansas City Hae won without Don oink incr .1 maybe so but maybe not. To. St. Louis looted like i never recovered from the american Lead due Umpire s bad Call in game it. Which let the Mcadoff to Al reach base in the Tii Nib inning of a pame. Kansas cily won 91 regular seas i Barnes and had to is uce i a had from stones to do it it had the sixth Best record in baseball and dial s about right. The reason we like the royals the reason their Triumph will warm baseball fans so much More through the Winter than a Cardinal Victory would have is the nature of the people who won. Who really cares about Talent thai the Blue jays cardinals Yankees mets and May he even he dodgers could beat them Over a Lonj fair season sometimes it s better when the Best learn does t win. The royals owner does t have himself drawn around his Ballpark on a Chariot of Beer kegs nor does he have an odious commercial Jingle blaring Over the a system be tween pitches. Royals stadium is not a Tacky testimonial to he glories of peddling Beer. It s a Beautiful Ballpark full of water fountains. The royals manager does t denigrate teams before he plays Hern and then deny his Chc upshot quotes Kulil they re played Back to him on u tape recorder. He does not push blame toward his players and away from himself. He does t accuse umps of deliberate prejudice when there s no evidence of it. Me does t Lay on the Charm for the National to cameras and once he gets Back to his office. Bad Mouth the team that just beat him when Dick Howser of the royals makes a hard decision my gets second guessed nationwide he stands like a Little Soldier in one spot for an hour and politely humorously tells anyone who asks just Why he did what he did and Why he d Doil again. The royals Are easy to like file org Breit Frank White and Hal Mcrae the soul of the team since 73 ate hard nosed icon Cost and smart. They play Hurt and they be swallowed pos Lucason losses in 76, 77. 7n. 80. 81 and 84 without losing their Confidence drive or leadership. Dan Quison Berry not Only is the b a Relief i Imber of his time but a gentleman who Minimi in his importance mourns whenever he lets Down his males whom he considers the real players and is a truly funny fellow. Some royals have won tougher contests than baseball games. Wilfie Wilson went to jail behind a drug rap and came kick a stronger Man. Lonnie Smith has beaten a bad cocaine habit. Lor at least the last 10 years the royals have concentrated As much on building a team with character As they have on amassing Talent or signing free agents. Many times like the 77- 83 Baltimore orioles whom they resemble they have narrowly tailed and been Lold they would never be world champions until they had More swagger More muscle and less Good humor. Too soon the royals will have to begin replacing some of the 35-and-Over crowd that has Given the club its tone John Wathan cd Reg Pryor White log Mcrae Jorge Orta then like the now inert orioles they May find How mysteriously difficult it is to build a learn that is significantly belter than any objective analysis would indicate. Whether the Kansas City royals Are the Best team in baseball is a question of definition. But that they represent what is Best in baseball is beyond doubt. Ball on the Loose Iris Angeles raiders quarterback Marc Wilson loses the Ball As he is hit by san Diego linebacker Carlos Bradley in the first Quarter of an nil game in the los Angeles coliseum. The raiders who won the game 34-21, Rico Terud the Ball. Aba from Page 21 started at Forward for the kicks and scored four Points. The Hawks who jumped to a 24-12 Lead after the first eight minutes led 27-21 after the first Quarter As Wilkins scored eight Points. Kevin Willis Basket and free throw gave Atlanta its biggest Lead of the first half 50-33. With 3 11 left. Trailing 57-43 at half Lime. The kicks could come no closer than 10 Points the last time at 63-53 on Patrick swing s held Gnu i with 8.49 left in the third Quarter. Atlanta up hi-65 after three quarters enjoyed its largest Lead 83-65, on Willis Bas Ket to open the fourth Quarter. Randy Wittman scored 15 for the Hawks while Ray Williams added 14, tree Rollins 13 and Willis 12. Guard Darrell Walker paced new York with 28 Points while Ewing in his second Aba Start scored 19 Points and led the kicks with 10 rebounds. Ernie Grunfeld came off the Bench to score 10 Points for the kicks. Bucks 119, 76ers 117 Milwaukee Sidney Moncrief can Ned a 15-foot jumper in the final seconds tuesday night to lift Milwaukee past Phila Delphia. Moncrief had 23 Points in All and Paul press by scored 2h for the Bucks before foul ing out in the final two minutes. Spurs 124. Jazz 112 san Antonio a fiery Alvin Robertson pumped in 23 Points and David Greenwood grabbed 20 rebounds As san Antonio turned Back Utah. It was the first Victory of the year for the spurs who lost their opener to the los an Geles saturday. The Jan who lost their opener to Houston fell to 0-2. Bullets 97, cat alien 90 r1chf1rld. Ohio Dan Roundfield scored 13 of his 17 Points in the third Quarter leading Washington Over wingless Cleve land. Roundfield helped turn a 49-46 halftime advantage to a 75-59 bulge at the end of three periods. Manule Bol the Aba s tallest player at 7-foot-7, had 6 Points his first offensive production of the season for the bullets. The Rookie Center had 1 rebound blocked 2 shots and collected 4 personal fouls in 10 minutes. Pistons 124, nets 107 Pontiac Tripucka scored 27 Points including 19 in the second half and Bill and John Long added 24 apiece to Lead Detroit Uver new Jersey. The Victory was the second in three panics for Detroit while new Jersey fell to lakers 133. Mat cricks 115 Dallas Rookie . Green and Mike Mcgee teamed fur 20 Points in the fourth period helping los Angeles whip Dallas. With the lakers holding a 103-100 Lead at the Start of the final period my hit two 3-Point shots and Green battled for offensive rebounds to key a 14-2 Streak thai put the game away. Los Angeles oils cored the Mavericks 30-15 in the final period. Dulls 111, warriors ids Oakland Gene Banks scored a Basket and two free throws in the final 15 seconds to help Chicago defeat Golden state. Warriors guard sleepy Lloyd who finished with a game High 32 Points hit a 3 Point Chot with 1 02 left in the game to lie the score 105-105. But bulls Center Jawann Oldham scored on a lip in and Banks added a Layup to put Chicago 3-0. Ahead for Good. Clippers 119. Trail blazers 113 los Angeles Derek Smith scored 28 Points and Franklin i dwards added 17 to Lead los Angeles past Portland. Smith and Franklin playing in place of holdout Norm Nixon combined for 19 Points in the final period to Complete a comeback by the clippers from a 14-Point deficit in the second Quarter. Nuggets 142, suns 127 Phoenix. An. Alex English scored 12 of his 34 Points in a Pivotal third period As Denver rallied to beat Phoenix. Denver now 3-0, to tiled 82-73 at half time and 90-83 with 9 11 left in the third Quarter before English s jumper with 5 29 remaining put the nuggets ahead to stay at
