European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday july 8, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Andy Macphail has twins on a Roll As a teen Ager he worked in the Concession catacombs of Yankee stadium checking out the Sou Venir hawkers. Yearbooks Caps to shirts dolls. In those Yean Andy Macphail earned Aboul 125 a game. If the crowd was Small and sales were slow he would watch a few innings from the lower right Field stands. Monday night he returned to Yankee stadium with the Minnesota twins at age 34 the Young est executive vice president in Lely on the bait of Cook s . Thon fears Astro Days Are ended Houston a shortstop Dicki Ethon plagued by vision problems since a 1984 beaning said monday he is not ready to retire but he doubts he will Ever play for the Houston astros again. Thon. Who left the team Friday i Philadelphia and returned to Houston because of his Eye problems said he plans to continue therapy and Hopes for some improvement i feel sad because i wish i could have done More for the learn Thon said at a news conference at the Astrodome. I feel a Loi for this team. I fee i la always be one of although he said he does t know what is going to happen to his baseball career he said "1 Don t want to say i m going to in april 1984 Thon was hit by a Pilch in the left Eye. Since then he has suffered vision problems and has left the team several limes including during Spring training earlier this year. The vision pub Roii Imit Maje play ing baseball scary because he could not Sec the Ball like he once did Thon said i Don i know How i did he said adding Hal continuing to play posed threat to him and he was afraid he would gel Hurt again. In 32 Garnet Thon was hitting .212 with one Homer and Ibric . Whose contract Epim at the end of Ihl season has been placed on uu1 a Sua fied i and the astros have i eau from Tucson 10 Uke his plate. The 29-year-old Thon said he talked to ii til ral m linger Dick Wagner on monday about his decision to leu c the Irani
