European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and str ties a. I Jav a t a a a a a a a 1f a a a a. I a i k v it com Mene can t by Mike Pennor this a test Ini it has been Learned that the California Angels and the san Diego padres Are talking Trade a Tony Gwynn for Dante Bichette. Jack Howell and Johnny Ray. This just in it has been Learned that the Angels Are holding  the Tony Gwynn Trade to Sec if they can first sign free agent third baseman Garyga Etli. This just in it has been Learned that free agent third baseman Gary Gaulli is seeking a four year a five year maybe even a six year contract from the Angels. A. This just in it has been Learned that the Angels have acquired 35-year-old Pitcher Floyd Bannister which has nothing to do with Gael i or Gwynn except that Bannister could not get either on of them out. Is baseball a great game or what in the dead of Winter when baseball should be precisely the same a dead As in a door Nail As in an Atlanta Brave a the Hills and the valleys and the radio talk shows Are alive with the sound of split fingered phenoms and players tube named later. Baseball has been taking it lathe pocketbook lately risking red Ink for the Bud Blacks of the world but greed begets greed and baseball is the greed est game Ever devised. If Abner Doubleday did hot invent it p t. Barnum must have written a few memos. What other sport demands your undivided Devotion eight months out of the year a and then claims your soul in waivers for the other four there is no baseball off season anymore. Now there Are two baseball seasons Summerbell and Winter Ball. Winter Ball begins the Day Summerbell ends a technically its first pitch is the last one of the world series a and has a schedule that lasts until you can see the Whites of their press releases Winter Ball is scheduled All right even More carefully contrived and marketed than the preceding 162 games which More or less sell themselves. Winter Ball is Al about hype a a hot stove is going to generate hot air a and each month has its own device to keep the opiate of the masses on the top of the news november is for gift giving. Rookie of the year manager of the year comeback of the year map by Young a All strategically announced every few Days for maximum headline exposure. December Means the Winter meetings the All Star break of Winter Ball. For the rotisserie St rat-0-base-. Ball digest Elias analyst Junkie Christmas comes Early especially this year with the j5 new look free agents turned Loose we love Brett Butler along with Jack Clarks Mouth i hate Greg Riddoch and the expansion wars breaking out All Over Florida can anyone tolerate Orlando january is the leanest month dominated by tedious clerical Book work arid the Exchange of arbitration salary figures so baseball tries to Given things up by announcing its new Hall of farriers before the super bowl then february begins and its All arbitration outrage until the opening of the training Camp Gates. For As Long As newspapers have had sports editors sports editors have had one Rule to live by you can never have too much baseball i the paper. 1 strongly disagree personally i feel you can never have too Poge 21 19 four time National league batting Champion Tony Gwynn becomes a free agent after the 1991 season. Will san Diego Trade him to the Angels instead of paying him his Market value of at least $3 million a year much Calvin and Hobbes in the paper but  another Section if not another column baseball had its. Wiretaps in place Long ago and is constantly on the watch for new ways to fill that need which helps explain the senior league. Why did not football Ever think of this the nil has its super bowl then an All Star game everyone avoids like anthrax then hibernation until the april draft. The nil also has a draft in june but no one gives a flying puck about it. The Aba its off 0 season lasts three Days so what a the Point Tennis is a full fledged no filler added year round sport running from the australian open in january to the grand slam cup in december but on its Hest Day it cannot hold a Candle to baseball s hoi stove. Of course Tennis has one built in disadvantage. As Goodas the idea May sound w Ell never be Able to Trade Andre Agassi for a  be named later. With Winter Ball there a always a topic Worth beat tag to death. V a a quo who a working on a fourth pitch Down in Caracas. How s Orel Vershish cry a re hah coming along is Joey Meyer going to be the next Cecil fielder what Wil Jack Clark say today the Best thing about Winter Ball is that most of the time ifs More interesting than Summerbell. In Winter Ball the Angels Are just minutes away from an Oul Field of Tony Gwynn Tim Raines and Dave Winfield. Ill summer Tail the chill of reality takes grip and the Angels open training Camp will Fred Manvique Dave Gallagher and i a Loyd Bannister. Baseball has it so rigged that it cannot lose for winning. If gets caught with its hand in the collusion Jar Ami three years Jailer there Are three questions to the mind of every american Are Vve going to War Are we headed for a recession can Gary  i still go to his left if plays russian Roulette Witham million Conrads for 8-18 pitchers and then basks in the office gossip it spawns Chi i you believe Whit Mutt. Young s getting ?  / it a a its the greatest be in going arid its too easy to be sucked or be. Strong. Stand firm. Watch football. 1 o not believe the hype. Tony Gwynn would look pretty Good in an Angel uniform though. A a a a a ? los an go in a times. Kaiserslautern Germany a Sam Addison scored 28 Points and Jerry Moore added 27 us the Karlsruhe pacers beat Baum older 102-86 in saturdays second Day of the Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout Adt Jison paced Karlsruhe to a 36-34 halftime Lead before Moore juiced up the boards with a barrage of Points Maurice Moore added 19 for Karlsruhe the 1989 Usa eur basketball Champion. Baum older the reigning v corps Champion got a 20-Point Outing from Mike Neely. Mike Winson added 16. A Baum older the runners up a town tourney in last years army european cd a m p i on ships to c h up icon Nairn Borg kept within striking d i s fan e u n t in fat e i n the game in other games saturday Augsburg 94, Zadb Rieken 91. Willie Dickey a 32 Points  help the Yor towners overcome a potent Augsburg offence. Quot. Dewayne Williams banked in 24 for the crusaders while Roger Farrior had 19 and Charles Bates had 17 in the Victory. Joseph Wehner had 23 Points for  a army team. U. Kreuz Zaneh 89, Pir Masens 67 Jay Mclean scored 20 to Lead the chiefs to the w in. Quenton Rhodes added 18 and Ernest Scott dumped in 13 for by. James Carlyle had 15 arid Gerald Davis added 12 for the roadrunners. A Mannheim 92, Wurzburg 75 the Mannheim Mustangs took a 39-30 Hal Tinie Lead on the rattlers and pulled away after . / Norman Mayne led the Mas tangs with 26 Points followed by Michael Grimes 23 Points and Burleigh Millers 13, earn out Wright led the rattlers with 14 and Tony Hood added 12. Wiesbaden.70, Berlin 67, the Erie s led this close one 38-36 at the half. Lamar Oden had 23 Points Fife Miller added i land c Hris Williams scored 10 to Lead Wiesbaden. Bobby Goodin scored 23 for berlins combined army air Force team. Floyd Ward and Robert Larr added 12 each. A. A. A. The title game of this double elimination event is set for 7 p. M. F r i d a i t it a n i f n dec c Ssu y contest at 9 . J at iams w Wiesbaden a a Lamar Oden. 23 Points is. Berlin