European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bucs trip bumbling braves series shifts to Pittsburgh with pirates leading 3-2 by Ben Walker a baseball writer Atlanta a David Justice was headed Home with a run and even More important the momentum the Atlanta braves needed. On the Way though something happened. He tripped himself and his team and missed third base. The Alert Pittsburgh pirates saw baseball s biggest base running Gaffe since Mark let a Boner in 1908. So they let Justice scramble Home then calmly threw him out. The missed base did More than Cost the braves an Early Lead however. It symbolized their entire afternoon of missed opportunities in mondays 1-0 loss that sent the pirates Back to Pittsburgh with a 3-2 Lead in the no playoffs. �?o1 thought we had a Chance to get him at the plate but in be always said i d rather be Lucky than Good and we were definitely Lucky today a winning Pitcher Zane Smith said. Five times Brave runners reached third base and five times they did not score. Two were thrown out one on a blown squeeze and three others were left perched there including Tommy Gregg when Jeff Blauser hied out to end the game. A i know i touched it a Justice insisted. A it s the Only reason i kept going. A i stumbled but Man i know i touched it Quot he said. A usually i touch it with my left foot but because of the Angle i touched it with my right. It was ugly i  the umpires saw the same thing but saw it differently a the went around third held up and then broke Quot Crew chief Doug Harvey said. A the had a thought in his mind that he had missed third base. That was the Tipoff right  As a result no Brave touched Home plate at least not safely. So the series switches to three Rivers stadium where Doug Drabek a hamstring is healed and he s waiting to Start game 6 for the pirates tonight. Lvon with Pittsburgh a big three hitters stuck on empty Smith was Able to out Pilch Tom Glavic and this time the pirates held on to win the second 1-0 game of the series. For the first time in awhile and perhaps for the last time this year neither the braves nor their fans could gel anything going. Sure the crowd of 51,109 did its Best to chant and chop but there Wasny to much to cheer about As Atlanta s scoreless Streak stretched to 18 innings Hurt by a blown bases loaded no out threat in the second inning and Justice s mistake in the fourth. Jose Lind the no. 8 hitter in the pirates lineup singled Home the Only run in the fifth inning. It s Good he got the Job done. Barry Bonds Bobby Bonill inside sports giants fend off Steeles Page 25 Ranger tallies 500th in loss a Page 25 Tarpley Daniels seek advice a Page 26 Powell tops Owens list a Page 27 the stars and Stripe october 16,1991 b Page 28 David Justice kicks up Chalk on Fate til play at third. The Hill Case appears on Page 26. And Andy Van Slyke kept slumping making them witless in 27 at bats with runners on base. Bonds has managed Only three singles in 20 at bats with Zero Bis and is 0 for 13 with runners on. Last year he got just three puny singles in 18 at bats in the six game loss to Cincinnati. Twice the braves intentionally walked Bonilla to get to Bonds. Twice it worked. The Day however worked out Best for Pittsburgh because the pirates baseball Stop Road team won for the second straight Day in Atlanta following a string of seven consecutive losses. Smith and Roger Mason combined to scatter nine hits. Mason took Over after Pendleton a two out triple in the eighth got Ron Gant on a Popup and finished for a save. In the ninth Pinch hitter Gregg and Greg Olson singled with one out. Lemkes grounder moved Gregg to third and Blauser flied to right for the final out. Smith has allowed Only one run in 144 innings. That came after he was twice hammered by his former team in the regular season. Quot through the course of the season you get a Little bit of a dead Arm sometimes and i think that was the Case Quot Smith said. Meanwhile Justice whose wild throw sunday night led to the tying run in Pittsburgh a 3-2, 10-inning win again was in the Middle of the braves bumbling. Justice was on second base with two outs in the fourth inning when Lemke singled to left Field. Justice was running All the Way but he tripped As he neared third base and stepped Over the bag. Justice kept going and tip toed Home ahead of Catcher Don Slaughte Stag but it did no to matter. Nearly All of the pirates had seen Justice miss the base and third. Baseman Steve Buechele and shortstop Jay Bell were calling for the Ball. A i was jumping up and Down Yelling at Zane a Bell said. A if Zane Hadnot heard me i was going to the  while Justice stood Halfway to the dug out Smith calmly took the Ball from Slaught and threw to third where Umpire Frank Pulli was waiting to make the Call. There was no argument from Justice. A Why argue a Justice said. A it Wasny to going to change the Call. The Only thing that might happen is id get thrown out of the  it already had been a rough inning for the braves before Justice s Blunder. Justice reached on a two base throwing error by first baseman Gary Redus then stayed put when Brian Hunter was called out for interference when he failed to run on a chopper and got in Slaughte a Way. Cox argued that play and was out of the dugout again although halfheartedly when Olson argued that Van Slyke had not caught his sinking liner to Center Field. A on the interference Call the Man hit the Ball took a stride and then he stopped. He did no to make an attempt to run and they collided a Harvey said. A there was the catch in Center Field and Dana Demuth for the left Field line ran out and called it  the braves just like they did against Smith in game 2, loaded the bases in the second inning with no outs. Hunter Olson and Lemke reached. Again however Atlanta did not score. Rafael Bel Liard struck out and Glavine missed a two strike squeeze attempt which led to Hunter being tagged out for a double play. A Tommy Glavine is probably the Best bunter in baseball. Zane is a control Pitcher. Perfect situation a Cox said. A Glavine just missed the sign. He saw Hunter coming but it was too  too late for Glavine. And maybe too late for the braves. League takes charge of patriots Fox Boro mass. A the nil has taken control of the new England patriots for 3 1 Days allowing owner Victor Kiam time to make a $38 million payment to buy out a minority owner a spokesman for one of the team s owners said monday. An nil spokesman said the league would have no immediate comment. Kiam could not be reached for comment. A spokesman for the team said he knew nothing of the move. The extremely unusual move gives the league full control Over the operation of the team said r. Robert Popeo attorney for minority owner fran Murray. Kiam owns 51 percent of the team and Murray 49 percent. Quot the team will function normally a Popeo said. A there will be no changes that will be apparent to anyone. All of the people there will be in control of the team. Nothing will  Kiam missed an oct. 10 deadline to buy out Murray with a payment promised three years ago. Under terms of the agreement Murray was to gain control if Kiam could not meet the deadline. Kiam claimed the agreement gave him an additional 30 extra Days to come up with the Money but Popeo said there was no such provision. A we never accepted that a he said. Murray a has effective control of the franchise now through the league a Popeo said. Kiam also paid $300,000 to Murray on monday to cover interest and carrying costs Popeo said