European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes tuesday october 22,19911991 world series game 2 the braves Long night in a nutshell Ron Gant appears to be pushed off first base then tagged out by Kent Hrbek. First base coach Pat Corrales had to restrain Gant Glavine braves have backs against the Wall by Tom Saladino Minneapolis apr Tom Glavine knows All about Atlanta s scoring slump. The braves 20-game Winner and leading by Young candidate is 0-3 in this Post season but in two of those games he pitched Well enough to win Only to have the braves hit poorly enough to lose. Glavine gave up Only four hits sunday night and retired 15 batters in a Row at one Point but Home runs by Chili Davis and Scott Leius accounted for All of the Minnesota runs As the twins beat the braves 3-2 to take a 2-games-to-none Lead in the world series. In Glavine a last Start he was beaten 1-0 by the Pittsburgh pirates in game 5 of the no playoffs. A i Felt Good from the Start a said Glavine. A i Only made two mistakes and they took advantage of  the braves meanwhile squandered several scoring opportunities and managed to score Only on two sacrifice ies. A a it a very frustrating a said Glavine. A i pitched Well enough to win both games. Now we re 0-2 rather than 1-1 and our backs Are to the  Davis hit a change up with a Man on in the first inning for a 2-0 twins Lead but the braves tied it with sacrifice flies by Brian Hunter and Rafael Belliard. But the braves could have had More with a clutch hit managing Only the one run in the second after David Justice led off with a single and Sid Breames double sent him to third. Hunter followed with the rib Fly to right but Bream did no to try to Advance to third on the throw Home and was left stranded at second. Another Opportunity was lost in the third when Lonnie Smith reached on a one out error by Leius. After Terry Pendleton flied out Ron Gant singled to left sending Smith to third. On the play however Gant was caught at first when twins Pitcher Kevin Tapani grabbed the cutoff throw from left and threw to first Aseman Kent Hrbek who appeared to Knock Gant off the base. But he was ruled out by Umpire Drew Coble. Scott Leius settled it with this Solo Homer in the eighth. Commentary Are twins fans losing their intensity Minneapolis Kent Hrbek is not complaining mind you but he docs see signs of complacency setting in with the fans of the upper Midwest. He does no to see a go twins sculpted in the lawns As he drives through the twin painting doors this a win time cities. People Are not twins on their garage around. Those Homespun artistic touches were Staples of the 1987 hysteria that saw Hrbek hit a grand slam a the ultimate sensation a he says in the sixth game As the twins won All four Home games and the world series. The twins won their fifth series Home game in a Row on saturday night 5-2, As Hrbek hit a Homer against the Atlanta braves and Minnesota was hoping for six last night. But Hrbek sees signs that the fanatics Are not quite so fanatical As they were in 1987. A somebody told me lbs said the Decibel level has gone Down from 125 to 118,�?� Hrbek noted. By such finite degrees is enthusiasm measured. It was always somewhat of a phenomenon that the fans from Minnesota and surrounding territories could Rouse themselves for a few hours of mania. This is after All Lake Wobegon country immortalized by storyteller Garrison George Vecsey Keillor where the daily salutation goes something like a they How a it going a a ooh not too  it took the scandinavian settlers a great Deal of Energy to Ford the Rivers and push through the Prairie grass. There is no sense getting too excited it might Start snowing again. The twin cities Are changing. Glitzy apartment buildings Are being erected within Yuppie walking distance of Modem Glass and steel towers in downtown Minneapolis where you can scarcely see the fabled Foshay Tower. The new skyscrapers have not yet ruined the Charm of the Urban lakes and Parks where people jog or play ice hockey depending on the weather and where at certain bewitched hours one can still see Mary Tyler Moore tossing her Beret. There is a sri lankan restaurant in the Uptown District and an ethiopian restaurant at the Westbank Section of Minneapolis and a vietnamese restaurant in underrated St. Paul so it Isnit exactly Kevin Costner hunkering Down in a deserted army outpost. In fact some locals Are afraid that the unusual Cycle of National sports events Here a the Stanley cup finals of hockey last Spring the . Open of Golf last summer the world series the super bowl of football in january and the final four of College basketball next Spring a will attract too much attention to this civil place. A visiting journalist is frequently asked to play up the Long grim Winters. Even a hater of phony baseball must acknowledge that on a Chilly october evening it is life affirming to be in the Bright and 68-degree metronome where fans still wave White Homer hankies and drown out All civilized dialogue. For the braves who have just gone through a few months of whooping and hollering in Atlanta the world series was an abrupt change. The players had Only a few hours to go from winning the Pennant in Pittsburgh late thursday night to playing the twins on saturday. A the roof the turf the funny Walls stuff like that a said Atlanta manager Bobby Cox. A but tonight 1 did no to think it had any bearing on the  the braves May also have missed the familiar chanting and chopping motions of the fans Back Home. American indians and their supporters wisely seized the presence of the braves to draw attention to these gestures and other examples of what they claim Are demeaning caricatures Ana nicknames in sports a the Washington redskins for instance. The few braves fans who tumbled off the Delta flights soon got the Point that it might be a Good idea to hide their foam rubber tomahawks and save their chops and chants. There May have been a psychological dome on the braves emotions. But Hrbek also Felt Subtle regressions among the twins fans since 1987. This is a local boy who used to fall asleep at night with the lights from the old metropolitan stadium shining through his bedroom window or so the legend goes. Big Beefy Herbie still hears the cheers from 1987. A i done to think it could Ever be like that a he said. A maybe in Atlanta this year that a what it feels like. But to have 60,000 people jammed into the Ball Park celebrating the world series or to have 1 million fans come to the Victory Parade that can never happen like that  he and his teammates would Settle for slightly diminished numbers on a scale of 125 decibels to 118, in the meantime anybody got an extra set of ear plugs the new York times