European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 17.1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Cornu Narv ides of october haunt Bass astros lift Zaveson Trees struck of Man a Douai How Green ingot ill now withering on the ground another  they  successive Rise Homer Homer s words ring truer than Ever More than 1,800 years after he first wrote them. Bearing witness with artistic flourishes were the new Torii Mew and Houston astros wednesday afternoon the ides or october in that eighth wonder or the world the Astrodome. The game they played 7-6 in 16 innings May have dibs on the ninth wonder of the world. These two Goliath locked in i Battle of epic pro portions i Battle worthy or the creative talents of Cecil b. Mcmille and Flo Ziegfield a Bude with emotions that Woody Allen could fit into Block Buster movie. The ties of october like he ides of March for Julius Caesar would end up haunting the Anna and the bearer of bad tidings would be their right fielder Kevin Bass. You will read in other Quarter or the hero to Pat to almost hero again Road of Billy Vakher. From his monstrous Homer no relation to above in the i4lh to lie the game to his misjudging Dairy Strawberry s double in the top of the i6tn, then Back again to his rib single in the Bottom of the 16th to pull the astros within two. But at least Hatcher did something when he bad his Chance Tor almighty redemption kept the fire burning kept the astros Hopes alive. Kevin Bui who was to go 1 for 6 without a run scored or baited in was not so Lucky. In the first inning the astros were solidly hammering men starter Bob Ojeda putting him on the ropes  Riding Bun hard from the git go. Up 3-0 with Bas on third and Jose Cna on first manager i Lanier inexplicably called for the suicide squeeze. When Alan if by mined the bunt Bass was tagged out effectively lolling the astros Chance Tor an even bigger inning. Ban was to be caught Healing again later on a perfect Peg from dry cuter. It would get worse for the 27-year-old Redwood City calif., native once the game went into extra innings. Twice be bad dunces to Cut Down Darryl Strawberry Irving to score from second on medium depth singles to right. Twice he failed. The fint time in the 14th, Baas bombed the Ball on Willy Backman i Tingle then launched a bomb that almost went into the seals behind the plate. Strawberry scored on what should have been a dote play giving the Meu a 4-3 Lead. In the 16th, Strawberry was again on second when Ray Knight singled to Bass in right this time ban threw too far up the third base line and Strawberry plated the first of three new York runs that opened up a 7-4 bulge. So it was pure Hollywood for Houston when mighty Kevin strode to the Plale in the Bottom of ihe16th with the tying and winning runs on base. Hous ton built on Mush and with drainage problem caused by a construction Boom gone berserk in the 70s and 80s, looked More and More like poetic Mudville even in the dome. The Houston astros were the Mudville 9 in technicolor garb. If this was Hollywood ban would drive in both Ruiu maybe even hit the Homer of then Wai any Justice in the world the Man who came Over with Mike Madden and Frank Dupino in the Don Simon Trade in 1980 from the Milwaukee Brewers would win the game to make amends for his ways. The count went to 3-2, two outs runners moving. This was Picasso at the easel Tchaikovsky at the keyboards Barbi Bonlon in a Bikini. This was Art the Way god and Branch Rickey meant baseball to be. But Art in t always pretty. Beauty it in the eyes of the beholder and on this Day those eyes belonged to the men of new York. Instead of a storybook finish instead of a blast worthy of Frank Merriwell ban went fishing on a Slider thai was almost in the dirt. A another famous philosopher Robin Williams once uttered  a concept somehow what happened id Kevin Bass just in t fair just in i right. Someone As a matter of course had to lose. But it should not have been Kevin base Kevin Bass could now be classified As one of the successive failures Homer was talking about. His Leaf with its Green Promise of Spring is withered dead Fortis year along with the astros world series Hopes in the chill of autumn. There will be More Springs for this gifted right fielder More chances for bats to become one of Bose who Homer said would Rise. Bui for now. If one claims to be a human being your heart just has to go out to Kevin Bass. Some limes the storybook endings that you grow up with just Don t hold True in real life. And that is of so hard to live with. Boston from Page 21 and. When the red sox scored in the third the game was virtually , 24-4 during the regular sea son but unsuccessful in Nis first two play off starts left to a standing ovation inthe eighth. Schiraldi finished. John can Delaria suffered the loss despite allowing no earned  Barrett who hit ,367 with a team High 11 hits and played solidly at second base was selected the series most valuable  Dick Schofield s error Al Lowed Boston to Lake a 3-0 Lead in the second. Schofield backhanded Rice grounder in the Hole then overthrew first for a two base error. Don Baylor singled he bad at least one hit m every game to move Rice to  Dwight Evans walked Rich ged Ryan grounded to second sending. Rice Home. Dave Henderson received an intentional walk. One out later Boggs singled to  was hit by a Pilch in the third inning and awarded first by Home plate Umpire Larry Barrett. When the Angels argued. Barnell con pulled third base Umpire Nick Bremigan. The umpires then decided gedman swung at the Ball and returned him to the plate. Gedman struck out to end the  game 3, Umpire originally called California s Wady Tooer Jayc a Playa the Plale then reversed themselves. Boston extended its Lead to 7-0 in the fourth. Henderson reached on a three base error by Center fielder Gary pet is who ran � Jong Way leaped and just missed catching a deep  was Henderson who in game 5, accidentally tipped Bobby a chs drive Over the Wall for a Homer Henderson scored on a single by Spike Owen. Two outs later Sta Teton Drew a walk Andrice hit a three run  homered into the screen in leu to give Boston an 8-0 bulge in the evently and Ruppen Jones scored on an rib single by Boog deduces to the eighth Airaldi relieved Clemens after Jones opened the inning with a Tingle. We re Nof ashamed astros trying to keep morale Houston