European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. November 22, 1986 the stars and stripes fag 23  meaning of valuable is key to map in baseball Moat judgment Calls Are More objective than subjective even for the most Nitro dec thre rooter. Ball or strike. Safe or out. But no Nutter who it awarded the most valuable player plaques each year the subjective voting invariably stirs the coals in baseball s hot stove. Seldom have the coals bunt into flame u they Nave this year. And in one Man s opinion Gary cuter deserved to win in the National league instead of Mike Schmidt but Don Mattingly did not deserve to win in the american league instead of Roger Clemens the difference it in the interpretation of the word valuable As opposed to outstanding. Schmidt and Mattingly each was outstanding but Carter and Dement each was More valuable in the Rise of the met and the Boston red sox. By the All Star game break the National league East race had been decided. The mets had a 13-game Lead. More than any other mets player. Carter had been responsible for that commanding Lead. He had driven in 65 runs with 16 Homen and a .235 average while shepherding the mets Young pitchers. From there the met coasted to their eventual 2 i game bulge Over the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the season. When the mets had a 9-2 record during the last two weeks of August while Carter was on the disabled list with a damaged thumb some people took that to mean that Carter could t be so valuable. When the National league East race was being decided earlier Carter not Schmidt had made the difference. With the mets in command at the All Star break Schmidt had driven in 66 runs Only one More than Carter with 19 Homen and a ,281 aver age. When the met Catcher went on the disabled list on aug. 16, the mets had opened a Lead of Irvi game a comfortable Cushion for de Hearn the backup Catcher. If the Meu had been required to protect a Lead of say. 1h games instead of 16 a surer Heam and All the other mets would not have been quite so comfortable. What put a Damper on things for me Carter was saying wednesday of his chances was when i went on the disabled list. I was leading the league in runs batted in at that  Carter finished with 10s runs batted in 24 Horn ers and a .255 average. But in the National league voting he was a Distant third behind Schmidt and Glenn Davis of the Houston astros. With his 37 homers and u 9 runs balled in Schmidt surety was the National league s Best player last season. Bui the Phillies third baseman was no Tiu most valuable player. Davis with 31 Homen and 101 runs baited in was More valuable to the astros in winning the National league West title in Arace with the san Francisco giants than Schmidt was to the Phillies far behind in second place. And on a Meu team that soared above its divisional com petition Carter and Keith Hernandez were More valuable than Schmidt Hernandez who finished fourth received two first place votes both from the Meu beat writers on the map committee Jack o Cornett of the record in Hackensack nj., who had Carter second and Dan Cas Leuvano of the Newark Star Ledger who had Carter third. Hernandez s value was based primarily and valid a on his leadership qualities. At the All Star break when the National league East had been decided the mets first baseman had driven in Only 38 run with 6 homers Well behind Carter in each category. For stats Hernandez s big month was August whence batted .368 and drove in 26 runs but by then the divisional race was Over. Carter was awarded Only one first place vote by Joe Goddard of the Chicago Sun times. Don haltingly meanwhile was awarded five first place votes in the american league balloting int none was cast by either of the two Yankee beat writers on the committee. Moss Klein of the Star Ledger put the Yankee fint baseman thud behind Jim Rice and Clemens and Bill Madden of the d�8r a Pul Nim Ful behind Clemens Rice do a Decinces of the Angels and Dave Righele the Yankee reliever. Fittingly a landslide map a year ago has questioned the value of Clement or any starting Pitcher compared to that of an everyday player he wondered what a team does the other 130 games when a starter is sitting around waiting to Pilch again. But going Back to Connie Mack baseball people have estimated pitching to be Worth anywhere from 60 to 90 percent of a team s strength. Nobody controls single game As much u a Pitcher. Especially dominating Pitcher As Clemens was. In i 24-4 re Cord Clemens won games that ended or averted a red sox losing Streak that s value. To be consistent anyone who argued in 1978 that Ron Cuidry of the Yankees should have been the map instead of Rice after a 25-3 record should agree now that Clemens deserved this year1 award. To avoid contusion maybe the baseball writers association of America should recognize the by Young awards As honouring the most valuable Pitcher m each league. But when the by Young was instituted in 1956. It was for the outstanding Pitcher in both leagues not the most valuable. To simplify the situation maybe the baseball writer should create a separate award for the outstanding Batter in each league while retaining the eligibility of both batters and pitchers for the map award. When a Pitcher is As valuable in leading his team to Law divisional title As Clemens was this year a Pitcher deserves to be the league s most valuable player. Tim a f a Tuth Navratilova Advance new York a fifth seeded Pam Shriver upset an angry Hana Mand Liskova and top seeded Martina Narau Lova crushed West Germany s Bettina Bunge thursday night to set up one semifinal match of the is million Virginia slims Tennis championships. I played a Hundred matches and i be never been cheated like this before Mandrikova said in a statement after falling to Shriver 4-6, 7-s, 6-1. "1 Don t want to take anything away from Pam the no. 3 seed from Czecho Slovakia said. I was playing my Best ten Nis at the beginning and i Felt i was being cheated. I can fight to a certain moment but then it s too  pm b pcs shrew comeback Winner Navratilova the world s top ranked layer had no problem disposing of Unge 6-2, 6-4. The victories by Navratilova and Shriver set up a semifinal singles meeting at Madison Square Garden Between Dou Bles partner. The Winner of sunday s fowl billed u the richest women s Tennis tournament will receive 1125,000, with the runner up earning $60,000. Mandrikova known for her mood swings and inconsistency was alternately Brilliant and troubled in her match with Shriver and it was her Moody temperament As much Shriver s attacking style that sent Mandrikova out of the tournament alter she became flustered with several line Calls. Until the seventh game of the second set Mandrikova was racing toward the semifinals. She began in near perfection display ing the Type of play thai took her to the . Open women s singles title in 1985.mandlikova, of Czechoslovakia the third seed in the 16-player Field raced out to a 4-1 Lead breaking Shriver in the fourth game. And when Shriver from Laulhe raffle my broke Mandrikova in the ninth game pulling to within 4-5, the Czecho slovak just closed out the first set by breaking right Back with three dazzling passing shots. When Mandrikova grabbed a 4-1 Lead in the second set winning 12 consecutive Points at one stretch she appeared to ready to close out an Early night. It was not to be. The tide turned in the seventh game As Mandrikova suddenly could t find a fint serve. Shriver made her pay for it attacking the second serve and taking the net ready u slam winning volleys. Shriver broke Mandrikova in the 10 Point game Only to lose her own service at love in the eighth game. But this time. Shriver aided by two Mandrikova s serving problems Brake right Back. Mandrikova had two doubt fault two of nine she would serve in the match offsetting her 11 aces. The service break began a four game run for Shriver which gave her the Sec Ond set. And it included two Calls that rankled Mandrikova. She began the opening game of the final set with her ninth Ace and capped it with her 10th. Shriver matched that with her own love game. Then Shriver gained the tint service break of the decisive set the last Point coming on a Mandrikova s eighth Dou  she walked around the Umpire s chair following the changeover of slammed the Cnair with her Racket dry tar ing a warning from Umpire Charles  3ale,. Mandrikova did t win another game. Connors beats Schultz in Houston shootout Houston a top seeded Jimmy Connors ranked seventh in the world Defeated Bud san Dpi 7-6, Houston shootout. Connor who advanced wednesday tit Ostium Giammalva defaulted be a Friback injury funded to an Early Lead against Schultz trailing s-2, Schultz settled into a rhythm and tied the set. 5-s. He won in of the first eight Points in the tiebreaker but he could t Cli a set winning seventh Point at 6-6. Schultt under hit two Over Heads and then missed a drop shot to give Connors the advantage. Connors will met Scott Davis Friday night in a quarterfinal match. Third seeded Aaron Krickstein combined his powerful forehand with an aggressive return of serve to beat Richey rcnebei�6-3,6-2, the 19-year-old Krickstein who be came a pro at 16, took advantage of five Cirvice break and Reneburg s 18 in forced errors. Reneberg opened the Sec Ond set with a service break by hitting several shots deep to Kiick Stem t Back hand for Winner. But Reneburg s could t hold the Lead. Krickstein was to play Eliot Tel Cher Friday. In other second round matches sixth seeded Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugo Slavia served his Way to a 7-6 7-36-3 Victory Over Marty Davis and Derrick Rostagno advanced by eliminating Lerf shiras6-2,m