European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 5,1988 the stars and still i Page 25 sports analysis a Amer Fri base a s next thinker by Thomas bos Well of the Washington Post new York when he Speaks bar Tell Gia Tea Ltd Lias he resonant commanding voice of a Man accustomed to the lectern and podium. As a professor of literature Al Yale As president of Yale and As National league president his idiosyncratic an often pyrotechnic Girt with the language a been a source of Power. Giamatti could Charm a subpoena server or bamboozle a supreme court Justice. He can say nothing and make it sound Good for say something and Knock your socks off. Once in a great while however. Giamatti so voice leaps an octave and for a second be comes a High Pilch cd childlike Celebration of Delight. When this Hap pens the subject is usually his lifelong infatuation with baseball. That passion no this academic books like i his new a free and or dared space or any sin Gle accomplishment in his two years As no president is the reason that a week from now Gia Raili probably will Bartlett Gnu Maltiben elected the next com missioner of baseball. The sport s owners hired Himi n 86 because he had brains a and Energy. Now they want him to be the Boss because the sense How deeply he has fallen in love with the game. Giamatti s Long affair with baseball has to shinto a marriage. Of when i took this Job i d seen a lot of Baskall indy life cared about it and thought i in about it. Well 1 was in the second Grade in set  Giamatti Silling behind his la fan Lique wooden desk overlooking Park at "1 was Happy to accept Trot i cautiously mad offer by the National Lead because i wanted to learn new things about of Felling i cared about. And1 care about this Sai Sia Malli his voice shooting upward on the Kuji five words. How people go about their plea fryc is As important to me As How they go . The Larfet thins l pc Learned is the enormous grip thar this game has on people the extent to which in really is very important. It goes Way Down deep. It really does bind together. It s a cliche an sounds sentimental but i have now seen in from the inside. I think i underestimated the depth of this historical  suddenly the voice goes up As though Giamatt were surprised with his own unabashed unqualified words.  he said baseball is very Good. It is no life threatening. It is not a pollutant. It is an Unal Loyed Good. Of course there arc passions involved but passion is Good if it is directed toward a Noble end. There s nothing bad that accrues from baseball realizing that has been the most rewarding part of All  sports commissioners Are supposed to , a fellow who within 2 minutes drops Raj a frences 10 Marcel Proust Robert Frost the  him Ras Homon and the Heison Benj Tiri Ciple of uncertainty might be expected to my tact his intellectual flanks a trifle belter. A thai Giamatti will be Peter Ujj Friori s hand picked successor As commiss Oncu most certain. Sufficient votes May be lined in Jpn next week s sum Mer meetings in Montreal. Up Naili could then be come de Facto commission Many months before Ueberroth s contract e\ap8s after the 1989 season. But would  a Good commissioner several years ago be laughed uproariously when it was suggested to june might be Al one and the same Lime the rap overqualified and under qualified Man on i Hist of possible replacements for  -.-Linly, Giamatti and Ueberroth arc almost an . From negotiating to contracts to Market to dealing with drug testing to supervising , Ueberroth came to his Job with enormous experience. In everything he was a problem solver unencumbered by theoretical baggage. Tough combative when necessary imperious when opposing Bossy owners Ueberroth operated on the inductive theory that what works is probably what s right. Giamatti is the deductive Type. A flashy deep thinker with a passion for logic and Justice he wants to figure out by mind muscle what is morally an theoretically Correct then pursue it. For years when they were both at Yale Giamelli relished playing the Liberal Devil s advocate to conservative judge Robert Bork in Friendly dinner debates. Some would say such abstract thinking can make for poor policy. And they might cite Giamatti s contributions to the new balk Rule and his 30-Day sus pension of Pele Rose As examples. Giamatti May or May not be qualified to Handlei he business of baseball labor management wars ownership in fighting Public relations damage Itroia Etc. However he is probably already butt lifted to oversee the integrity of the game out Fiel than any commissioner in decades Jef teachers Are learners first and or Natl studies baseball like a future general Jet str. He already leaves Kuhn and Ueber role Pyffe Dusi As a Monolo Aist on technical trends nne game. His idea of heaven is to Grill Coji in umpires for All their bottled up Wisdon in the last a Mars baseball has been Lucky in its commission Hon the game faced Law suns supreme cd encases and congressional scrutiny of it Sanli tax Eplion. It had a lawyer on lop Kuhn. Non baseball faced an economic crisis that de ended lower salaries higher attendance and in creased to revenues baseball had a Leader who Wasa master marketeer an old to hand and perhaps a co conspirator in a perfectly orchestrated example of monopolistic collusion. Docs baseball need a thinker now the guess Here perhaps the Hope is that the game will be fortunate again. Uebber oth is handling the next Mega to Deal Tii self and in would be unthinkable for him to retire before a new labor contract exists. After the dust or strike settles comes Gia Malli. What will face him in the 90s? in Large part it will be he theoretical question baseball has shoved aside because of its turbulent 80s.is there enough Talent available to make expansion a Wise course when and where should in take place should there be realignment and new divisions what about wild cards the worst idea Ever to haunt baseball salons when if Ever will the do Rule be unified what financial Structure can be built to stabilize salaries Al a tolerable level How can teams share revenues to a greater degree As new Parks Are built How can baseball respect its traditions by moving Back toward grass Back toward irregular Fence configurations and away from domed Parks Giamatti Calls the 1890s the great age of baseball invention when the Basic Grid of the game was  the 1990s May be an Era of reinvention for baseball. Will the sport of the future be played on grass or turf inside or outside with pure Pennant races or wild cards with 10 men on a Side or nine with flawed umpires or robotic instant replay wit Safe stadium conditions or Rowdy crowds like those that infest soccer with 26 teams in two leagues or 32in four a sport cannot ask itself questions More Basic. I baseball Ever needed Clear thinking concise arguing and depth of passion it is now. Sky Kings cruise past crusaders 28-6 Raf upper Heyford England does upper Heyford have a Tough de sense thai question was answered saturday As the sky Kings 2-0. Walked up an Down the Greenham common crusaders 1-d, 28-6 in the United kingdom sports conference. Figure this Greenham common s Al Phonso Washington carried the Ball seven limes for Only in Yards. Not Tough enough fellow crusader James Woodhouse ran 24 times for 12 Yards. At that Pace i Greenham common started on its own 20 Yard line it would take 160 plays to reach the goal line. Overall Greenham mustered a meager26 Yards on 42 rushes. How about the passing defense you ask figure this the sky Kings gave up Only 43 Aerial Yards 23 coming in the waning seconds of the first half while using a pre vent defense on 4-for-20 passing. The sky King defense not Only held the crusaders to a stand still but in setup the first upper Heyford touchdown. Sky King linebacker Ron Twille blocked Mark worser s punt. Upper Heyford recovered the Ball on the Green Ham common 2. Larry Epperson bowled into the end zone two plays later Chris Jensen booted the first of his four extra air Force football Points kicks for a 7-0 Lead with 807 Leftin the first Quarter. Crusaders quarterback Mark Fishe found receiver Juan Lewis with a 13 Yard scoring pass with .27 left in the Quarter capping a 50-Yard, 7-play drive. The kick failed for a 7-6 score which stood through halftime. Greenham common never saw pay dirt again As Twilley tackle Harold Al will end Nat Wheeler and linebackers am Warnick lighted the defensive pres sure and the sky Kings unleashed a Little defensive pressure. With 6 01 to go in the third Quarter sky King halfback Mark Crawford busied through for a 14-Yard score and14-6 Lead. Upper Heyford hit for 14 last Quarter Points As quarterback Chet Singleton lobbed a 4-Yard pass to halfback Charle Holland 10 Cap a 36-Yard, 11-play drive with 10 40 to go. Then defensive end Noland butter snagged a pass from fish or and look it in from 16 Yards out. Warriors 14, flyers 12zweibrucken, West Germany of Leral Page ran 54 Yards after taking lateral from Ray Matthews to score the game winning safety with 14 27 left after Jesse Johnson blocked Lindsey s Point after  also intercepted a Kevin Brown pass at the Warrior 28 with 3 28 left to Seal the Victory. Spartan 46, Al Moraf Alconbury England Reg Gie Taylor threw three touchdown passes two to flanker Michael judge As the Alconbury spartans crushed the Fairford Falcons 46-0 saturday. Fairford s Day started on the Down swing when the team bus had Brake problems. Those problems we minor compared to those that occurred on the  running Back Chris tale Richard Morgan and Michael Woods Al scored from inside the Falcon 5-Yard Tine and Morgan kicked three of Bis four extra Points to run to a 21-0 Lead in the tint  Hampton snared a pass from Taylor for a 24-Yard score then Morgan cashed in on a 2-Yard school boosting the score to 33-0.Alconbury concluded its scoring in the third Quarter Al Taylor found judge witha pair of 7-Yard passes. Alconbury amassed 365 Tola Yards 05taylor connected on 16-of-30 tosses for 192 of his team s 204 passing Yards. Wood finished with 34 Yards on 11 runs Morgan picked up 18 on six carries and tale had 19on eight tries to Lead the 161-Yard team Effort. Judge nabbed eight passes for 79yards, including a 31-Yard reception. Fart bad had a minus six Yards Rushing and 40 Yards passing. Quarterback Craig beavers went 3-for-l 5 for 31 Yards. Rockets 16, Baron id Pitburg a West Germany the defeat marked the first time the Barons had lost two straight games beginning 1 season since sept. 27,1969.rhein-main broke a scoreless dead lock Early in the fourth Quarter on Gary Wallace s 25-Yard Field goal following a Fumble by Tilburg s Robert Wendling Onishe Baron 15. Then Boyd Vaughn blocked a punt picked it up and scampered 20 Yards for a touchdown. With 6 48 logo. Rocket quarterback Tor Hill picked up 21 of his 29 Overall Rushing Yards on a Quarter Back keeper to. Wallace added the kick fora 16-0 Lead. Arn sports television pro football los Angeles run to Greta by 3 jul. Tuesday