European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Mccarver hits Homer in the Booth the Box score for game 1 of the National league playoffs showed no Home runs. Bui hat was Only on inc Field. Up in the Broadens Booth Abc s Tim Kcf arc sent one Hying into the parking Tot. In commentary1 so ported one could have sworn it was scripted Mccarver surveyed the los Angeles dodgers Outfield in the ninth inning tuesday night and said i can l understand Why inc Outfield is so deep. They re playing deep and defending against the Gary Carter of five years  and no sooner were the words out of Mccarver s Mouth than new York mils Catcher Carter dumped a game winning hit in front of Center fielder John Shelby who failed to make a diving catch. Although inc Ihrck Man and a Micro Stone format is ill suited to any announcer s talents even the considerable ones of play he play Man Al Michaels and analysis Jim 1 Almer and Mccarver they were in top form throughout the broadcast. Among the three it is usually Michaels who provides a few nuggets Worth quoting hut Palmer got off at least to Good lines tuesday. After Michaels mentioned mets manager Dave Johnson s Uncertain future with the club and then spoke of an ovation he received at Shea sodium anyhow touched Johnson was by the fans response i Almer said he d be even More touched by a three year  later after shots of Johnson and dodgers manager Tom Lasorda looking worried Palmer said mindful of the managers commercials for competing upset stomach remedies this could be the series of Trie dueling antacid  on the other hand viewers who Haven l stocked up on antacids May want to turn Down the sound when inc american league playoffs Are on play by Ray Frager play announcer Gary Bender s cliche Ridden com inc diary is Tough to stomach at any Lime but forcing him on us in such an important sporting event is unfair. How do you spell Relief it cd a Al a in game t of the american league series Render did t get much help either analysis Joe Morgan and Reggie Jackson added Little. In fact for much of the game Morgan babbled on so much he did the seemingly impossible pushed Jackson into the background. At limes inc Cam Era work seemed lost when nol providing picturesque shots of vessels on inc Charles River. Al least twice.,the cameras simply missed the play once showing the Conler fielder on a Fly Ball Loeft and another Lime swinging wildly around inc infield i search of a routine ground Ball to third. Then again maybe abcs american league 1 in leave it id More knowledgeable folks to figure out Why viewers across the country did t watch the olympics in inc expected droves. What Little 1 gut to see of abcs coverage was first me. In two cases stars May have been born in Abc s analyst ranks swimming s John Nab Rand gymnastics Bari Conner we re exc Cllon t. Using sports writers turned out to Hea Good move also particularly in the Case of boxing s Wallace Matthews a reporter with new Day in new York was t it great o Sec a microphone Wilming sports announcer acting incan in nest to god reporter still some critics said viewers were turned Oft Liy Abc s prime time coverage specifically Host Bry ant Gumbel. Who was said not to exude enough warmth in the Jim Mckay tradition. Well Mckay has a lot More going for him than warmth and if gum hot to can l scent like a Guy you d want to have at the dinner table so what umbel is an informed intelligent nearly flaw less broadcaster. Those who would prefer nut to watch him because he does t make mistakes Are like the people who Don t like pro basketball lie cause the players Are Tot Good. In each Case the argument makes Little sense. Al Michaels camera Crew knows Only top Well it s working Wiilus Esteam. And finally just when you thought the end of the regular season meant an end to orioles jokes one last shot from late night smart Aleck David let Lerman baseball was an exhibition sport in inc olympics this year sort of like in was in Balti  hurricanes Are team Irish fans love to hate by Richard 1ioffkr is Angeles times College football Miami football Couch Jimmy Johnson tells a Story that s almost Loo Good to be True. He says he got a Call at his office from someone identifying himself As a notre Dame freshman. This was before Miami s game with Florida state about six weeks before the notre Dame game which is set for oct. 1 5. I m beating the  he kid explained. Johnson puzzled said what or something like that. Yeah the kid said "1 hate you  few notre Dame fans have been Able to gel that organized even though Miami is a particularly hated rival. But fighting Irish fans arc making up for lost time. Johnson whose teams have beaten notre Dame by a combined score of 113 20 the last three years reports six to 12idlers a Day from last minute haters some of them arc cute some Are irritating he says. A lot of them i would t let my Mother  the top ranked hurricanes have had a week to catch up on their mail they Reidle this weekend while fourth ranked notre Dame is at Pittsburgh. Johnson has used the week off to beat the Rush in a different Way. Figuring that notre Dame conch Lou we Are not a great football team Holt will be bad mouthing the Irish any Day now John son has gone on record with this this is the greatest notre Dame we be seen since i be been  he s beating the Rush. He loves them now. Life in the big ten it probably won t figure As dramatically but last week s tic Between Iowa and Michigan slate had to Schum Buchler thinking about Michigan s 10-10 lie with Ohio state one that Cost his wolverines a trip to the Rose bowl. It was Back in 1973, and because of the tic. Both teams finished with records of 7-0-1 in the conference and 10-0-1 Overall. Because Ohio state went to the Rose bowl the year before Schembechler expected the conference to Send Michi Gan. But the athletic directors put it to a vote and. Presumably because Michigan quarterback Dennis Franklin had a Bro Ken Arm. Decided to Send Ohio state a year later inc big ten changed inc selection procedure even though Ohio state came through with a rare Rose bowl win More or less justifying its Deci Sion. These Days most big ten coaches favor a tie breaker never mind a Post season Vole. I be always been in favor of one Iowa s 1 Laden Fry said. Added Michigan state s George per is let s have one similar to the one they have in inc  the Only one hesitant is Ohio stale s John Copper whose learn was walloped by Illinois last week. The Way we re playing i Don l think ii s a very Good idea he said. When you re 2-2 and 0-1 in the dig ten As Ohio state is. A lie sounds  life continued the buckeyes play Indiana saturday 8 30 . On an to a Day that could be of some interest to cosmologists. It was a year ago that the hoosiers stampeded Over Earlc Bruce s team. Prompting he coach to Call the defeat. Miami has clobbered notre Dame the last three years. They meet again oct. Is Ohio state s first to Indiana in 36 years the darkest Day in Ohio slate  the hoosiers 3-0-1 rank fifth in the nation in Rushing 10th in scoring and 12th in Telal offence. Ohio slate which lost to Pittsburgh 12-10, in addition to Illinois 31-12. Has had trouble on de sense you might say. This could be a veritable solar eclipse. Oregon coach Rich Brooks follow ing coach of the year Dick Macpherson of Syracuse to inc podium at inc nation Al collegiate athletic association s foot Ball preview this is kind of like Twiggy following Dolly Parton Twiggy apparently has filled out some. Brooks who look Over a disastrous pro Gram in 1977, has nursed Oregon to respectability. His team is ranked in the top 20 and is undefeated going into saturday s game against us life in the Hac-10 the conference which has the no. 2 and 3 teams in the country in Urcla and us is not just top heavy. The league is 2,1-4 against outside opposition. This league is incredible Brooks said. It s always been a Good league but this year i Don t think there s any ques Tion hat from lop to Bottom no league can come close to he Pac-10." this season s Garcal winning Back you never heard of is Oklahoma stale s Barry Sanders a Junior the cowboys hoped might someday fill in for he de parted Thurman Thomas How Aboin right now Sanders is leading the nation in Rush ing Wilh 639 Yards 9 per carry All Pur pose running with 309 Yards a game and scoring with 11 touchdowns. Thurman who Sanders strength is in his legs which he developed by running stairs Wilh his older brother. Byron a running Back at Northwestern "1 guess i m built Low Lothe ground he said. His coach. Pat junes said he Lake your breath away because you think he s going to score every