European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. June 1,1983 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Piniella and Steinbrenner shuffle now that Lou Piniella is no longer the Yan Kees general manager he s the obvious Choice to be recycled sooner or later As the next Yankee  historian of inc  shuffle might As sume that. And even George himself might assume that. After All in discussing his future As a Yankee employee with no specific role Piniella talked about managing again. I d like to Mannge again he said. And there s a very Good Chance i la be a manager  Nolick thai Pinilla did t say anything about wanting to manage the Yankees again. He knows better. As a Reward for being a Good manager with Good but not great Yankee teams for the previous two seasons he was punted upstairs so that the Prin Cipal owner could hire Billy Martin As manager for the fifth time. As much As he wants to manage again Piniella is too smart to expose himself to Sec inbred Ner s tantrums again. But by his nature Piniella belongs in a dugout not behind a desk in an office where he never appeared comfortable in a suit and tie. Woody Woodward one of 10 former Yankee Gen eral managers during the Steinbrenner regime and who is now the Philadelphia Phillies general manager is understood to covet Piniella As the Phillies next manager perhaps soon. If the while sox were to desert Chicago and relocate next season in , across the Bay from Tampa where Piniella lived until recent years they surely should consider him. And now that Piniella has put himself on the managerial Market the Toronto Blue jays the bos ton red sox and the Kansas City royals might think about him. But there is one scenario in which Piniella could return As the Yankee manager. If his Yankee Tea were to slip out of first place or Steinbrenner were to dismiss Martin for the fifth Lime the principal owner might be tempted to persuade Piniella to re turn to the dugout to finish the season. Piniella is under contract to the Yankees through the current season the final year of the two Yea manager s contract he signed after the 1986 season. He never signed a new contract As general manager. Dave Anderson As Long As Piniella s contract is in effect the Princi pal owner could order him o fulfil in by managing. Despite their grip on first place in the american league East the Yankees Are susceptible to a slump. John Candelaria has a sore . Rich Rhoden has been ineffective. Dave Righetti has been shaky. And for most of june the Yankees will be opposing three of their primary challengers Cleveland Detroit and Boston. Once the season ends if not sooner with Slein Brenner s Blessing Piniella is expected to leave the Yankee organization. It s their loss not his. In the front office Piniella found himself in the same crossfire Between Steinbrenner and Martin or whoever the manager May be that has taken the fun out of the Job for so Many Yankee general managers. One reason Steinbrenner thinks he is the general manager. Another reason Martin thinks he should be the general manager. One of Piniella s problems was convincing Slein Brenner that Dave Winfield should not be traded no matter How much the principal owner resented the 36-year-old slugger. We explored the marketplace Piniella said. The outfielder in Houston Kevin Bass is a goo player but he could t do for us what Winfield s doing. We have the right chemistry on this club with infield in right Field. I did t want to Trade win  has the principal owner agreed i think so Piniella said. Piniella described Martin As not the easiest per son to work  especially when Piniella mad trades for players that Martin had not particularly wanted such As Rafael Santana Don Slaught Rich Ard Dolson and John can Dilaria. But for Piniella another real problem was adjusting to Yankee front office hours. You have to be there at 9 30 in the morning he said. And if there s a night game Al the stadium you were there until Midnight Thos Are the accepted working hours for significant front office personnel in any baseball Organiza lion. Some clubs Grant a Little leeway in the morning after a night game. But at Yankee stadium the front office people Are expected to be there by 9 30, no matter whal Lime they got Home after the night game. All i was doing said Pinilla who has settled in Allendale . With his wife Anita and three Chil Dren was driving Back and Forth to he  Piniella is willing to Pul in the hours. Bui he pre fers to put in the hours As a baseball Man. As a manager in a dugout. As an assessor of players eras an occasional Balling instructor. Not in a front of fice. My Forte is evaluating Talent Piniella said. Not gelling bogged Down by  for All practical purposes Bob Quinn is the new Yankee general manager. Quiet and Friendly he a accustomed to paperwork. Now 51, he spent 12 years in the indians organization. He also has a front office Pedigree. His father John was the Gen eral manager of the Phillies and the Milwaukee braves his Grandfather . Was the general manager of four major league clubs. Since the Steinbrenner takeover in 1973. There have been nine previous Yankee general managers Lee Macphail Gabe Paul Al Rosen Cedric Tallis. Gene Michael Bill erg sch Murray Cook. Clyde King and Woodward. Of the nine Only Rosen led during the season shortly after the All Star break in 1979, the Yankees Nightmare year when Thurman Munson was killed in a plane crash. Perhaps significantly Rosen de parted about a month after Martin had been rehired for the second Lime. In analysing the departure of All those Yankee general managers inc common denominator is if George does t gel you Billy will. Tih. Yolk thn.1 Mears earns record $804,853 at indy Indianapolis a Rick Mears who won the Indianapolis 300 for the third Lime on sunday was awarded a record 1804,833 monday night from a Puree of 15.02 million the richest prize package in Auto racing history. Prize winnings were announced at the annual Victory dinner at the Indiana convention Center. Mears total for the win Ning Pensec racing team broke the former reran of $581,063 to Bobby Rahal in 1986, and the total purse topped the former record of $4,49 million set last year. Al Unser who finished third added $228,403 to the Pensec winnings and teammate Danny Sullivan who was 23rd, earned $214,378. Emerson Fittipaldi who was elevated from seventh to second with a successful protest of a penalty earned 1333,103 for his runner up finish. That was a difference of $186,700 More than Raul Bocskel s winnings of $148,403 for  Andretti pocketed $192,753 for fourth Rahal earned i 151,453 for fifth and Jim Crawford collected $ 170,503 for sixth. The smallest prize total was $95,753 to Tony Bettenhausen. Who finished 33rd. Last year the smallest winnings went to 31 is place Kevin Cogan and 32nd-place Randy Lewis with 190,763 apiece. Mears Victory was a record seventh Forfar owner Roger Punske and the winnings by the three Penske Drivers this year raised the Punske team Drivers total to $6,077,857 in his 20 years As a car owner. In Mears 11 years at Indianapolis he has earned a total of $2.47 million second Only to Unser a $2.55 million in 23 years. Four Lime Winner a. Foyt who finished 26th, earned $98,853 and pushed his career total to $ 1.93 million. Even with All of pc Sec s Success at Indi Anapolis sunday s race still had him spooked until the moment Mears look the Check ered Flag. Pensec awoke from a troubled sleep at 3 . Sunday eight hours before the Star of the 72nd Indianapolis 500, worrying that the Day could become As he Pul it monday the biggest disappointment of my life instead the owner of the most successful team in indy car history was Rel Ishing his latest Triumph. Something could have happen we Punske said monday. Things went so Well Here All month that we were think ing about All inc things that could go wrong. We even took some pieces out of the cars and sent them to California for  need t have worried. After sweeping the front Row in qualifications the three Punske racing Drivers Mears Unser and Sullivan led 192 of the 200 laps and Mears and Unser finished first and , who dominated the first half of the race crashed after an aluminium fas later that stabilizes the front Wing snapped , it was just another pc Sec Day Al the Speedway where Mark Donahue first gave him a Victory in 1972. Since then he s won with Mears in1979 and 1984. Bobby Unser in 1981. Sullivan in 1985 and Al Unser in 1987, on sunday while Sullivan and unscrew re running Strong in the Early stages of the race Mears was struggling with a handling , who spent the race directing the operation in Mears pit said on each of the first three slops we made some major changes to the front wings the wheels and the rear Wing Wicker. On the third Stop we got it right and the car just jumped right  inc car was right Mears used some of the record 14 caution periods Lomale up a lost Lap and eventually pulled away to a Victory Over Fittipaldi by 7.076  official race results posted monday by the . Auto club the Only change in the standings involved Rich Voglr and Rookie Rocky Moran. Moran was Erc dilo with an extra top giving him 159 and moving him past Vogter into 16th place. Celtics from Page 21 the third Quarter the first six on free throws to Lead 68-60 going into the final 12 minutes. It s hard to say Why you come out and play that badly for the first half Laimbeer said. The menial intensity just was t there. We just Don t make things easy. Everything for the Detroit pistons is  Bird refreshed from his Long rest in the third Quarter scored the first seven Points of the fourth period narrowing the deficit to 68-67. But Dennis Rodman scored on a fasl break Layup Drew Bird s fifth foul and converted the free throw for a four Point Lead. Boston responded with six consecutive Points for a 73-71 Edge before both teams went into another scor ing drought. Neither team scored for three minute until a Dunk by John Salley tied the score at 73 with 4 25 left. Johnson who finished with in Points tied it for the last time 78-78, on a jumper with 1 13 remaining setting up another frantic finish. I Don t even remember the last two minutes out there Bingo said. It was just crazy. I was just glad to see in Over and us  Dantley trying to Loop a High inbound pass to Sal Ley under inc Basket nipped the Ball instead through the hoop with 50 seconds remaining. The Baskel of course did t count and Boston loot Over. Johnson missed his first free throw with eight seconds remaining but made the second. I really thought we could come in Here and win Johnson said. I was always confident after a timeout it looked like Laimbeer the Only Piloo with a hot hand would Lake a shot from the lop of the key but he passed off and Dumars the hero of game 3, took an off balance jumper which was Short. But like everything else in this bruising series eve the final shot was controversial. The pistons thought Boston s Robert Parish was guilty . The prerequisite for goal lending is thai the Ball has to have a Chance to go into the  referee Darell Garretson said. It was Short. The Ball was clearly outside the rim. It would not have gone in the Basket. Therefore in was definitely Noi