European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 04, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes saturday april 4, Lysyz indians exit Arizona with win saturday april 4, 1992 by the associated press Tempe Ariz. The Cleveland indians led by Paul Sorrento ended 46 years of Spring training in Arizona on thursday with an 11-8 Victory Over the Seattle  indians will shift their Spring training operations to Homestead Fla., next season. The mariners whose Sale is pending to a japanese led group of investors played their final exhibition Home game after 16 years in Tempe. The California Angels exhibition baseball will move to Tempe from Palm Springs calif., next Spring. The mariners still do not have a Spring training Home for 1993. Cleveland scored eight of its runs in the seventh and eighth innings six of them off Calvin Jones 1-3. Sorrento a basis loaded double capped a five run seventh inning that put Cleveland ahead 8-6. Pirates 8, rangers 3 port Charlotte Fla. A Jay Bell Andy Van Slyke and Jeff King hit rib singles during a four run first inning As the Pittsburgh pirates tagged Kevin Brown and trimmed Texas. Expos 4, mets 3 West Palm Beach Fla. A Marquis Grissom scored from third base on a wild pitch by reliever Tim Burke in the 10th inning and Montreal beat new York. ,. Mets starter Bret Saberhagen limited the expos to one run on eight hits in six innings. Twins 6, White sox 5 fort Myers Fla. Rookie Pat Mahomes made another Strong pitch for Minnesota a fifth starting spot in a Victory Over Chicago. Cardinals 5, astros 4 St. Petersburg Fla. A Ray Lankford went 4 for 5 and scored the winning run in the Bottom of the ninth inning As St. Louis beat Houston. Reds 10, Blue jays 2 Plant City Fla. A Glenn Braggs drove in five runs with his first two homers of Spring training leading Cincinnati rangers Catcher Geno Petralli is late with the first inning tag As pirates runner Andy Van Slyke crosses the plate thursday. Over Toronto. Phillies 2, orioles 1 Clearwater Fla. A Wes Chamberlain hit a two run triple in the Bottom of the ninth inning rallying Philadelphia past Baltimore. Yankees 6, braves 5 fort Lauderdale Fla. Ber Nie Williams hit a Solo Home run with one out in the ninth inning off Alejandro Pena and new York Defeated Atlanta. Cubs 9, Brewers 1 Mesa Ariz. Newly acquired Sammy Sosa homered and drove in two runs As Chicago got 13 hits and routed Milwaukee. Sosa went 3 for 5 with a double in his second game with the cubs since being traded with Ken Patterson by the Chicago White sox for George Bell. Tigers 10, royals 6 Haines City Fla. A Rich Rowland and Mickey Tettleton homered and Tony Phillips had three hits and drove in three runs As the Detroit tigers beat the Kansas City royals thursday night. The royals dropped their 17th game a club record for losses in Spring training. Rowland a Rookie Catcher battling for a roster spot hit a two run Homer in the seventh off Luis Aquino. It was Rowland a third Homer in 35 at bats. Tettleton homered in the tigers five run sixth. Terry Shumpert and Wally Joyner committed errors in the sixth leading to four unearned runs. Phillips single in the first scored Dan Gladden who opened the game with a triple. Phillips added a two run double in the sixth. George Brett and Kevin Mcreynolds hit Solo Home runs for the royals. Tiger left hander Frank Tanana picked up his first Victory despite giving up five runs in six innings. Canada devastated by loss of life s blood nil strike deals a Gigantic blow to country s fans by Jeffrey Ulbrich Toronto apr Canada without hockey in april at Stanley cup time ainu to fair he Aldo Isidori leaned Back in his seat at Toronto a Uptown sports cafe a sort of Wall to Wall television Arcade for sports junkies and tried to sort it out in his mind. A a in la Lell you what its like a he said. Quot Canada without hockey is like Canada without  the nil players strike has devastated canadians from Vancouver to Halifax. The first walkout by the boys of Winter in the 75-year history of the league is a blow that could change the face of the country. Who knows without Quot hockey night in Canada Quot a saturday night television ritual the population May surge nine months from now. The explosion of boredom May even cause a Rise in the National crime rate. Quot what a the Vatican without catechism a asked John Bourne a wildlife specialist with the Alberta department of agriculture. Quot out Here hockey is the heart and soul of the country. It keeps us going from october until  in Quebec City where some French canadians even take out Bank Loans to buy season tickets for the woeful Nordques depression is a threat according to or. Benoit Beaulieu a professor of literature at Laval University. Quot if there is no hockey widespread Moros eness May set in a he said. Quot they must have their  the Stanley cup playoffs Are More than just a rite of Spring in Canada. About 75 percent of the no la a 560 players Are Canadian. The game is a Way of life. Hockey in Many respects is life. Quot it is not possible to imagine what Canadian life would be like without hockey Quot wrote Doug Beardsley in his 1987 Book Quot country on  Quot even the most jaded fans know that the game Means something More than the pure pleasure of identifying with their favorite athlete or team. When they Are there in the Montreal forum or Maple Leaf gardens or the North lands coliseum for a few hours each week they enter into a mythical world beyond their Day to Day reality. Hockey began Here in the mythic. As a result what can be said mythic ally about the game applies to us our culture and our  Mike Fox is a Middle aged High school French teacher in the Northern Ontario Community of Levack and has played hockey All his life Quot i think for us the importance of hockey is the fact that its a game that enabled us to endure the Winter a Fox said. Quot it made Winter fun. Quot there Are probably going to be a lot More people going out for walks now that Spring is Here. I think sales of Tennis balls and Golf balls will increase. And maybe some fathers will be getting out and playing Road hockey with their  prime minister Brian Mulroney May even find it easier to keep his mind on politics in this Spring of Many discontents though Given his druthers head probably rather watch the Montreal canadians. Quot those of us who were raised on playoff hockey Are going to be disappointed if we can to see the teams on the tube a the prime minister said meanwhile Back at the sports cafe in Toronto manager Steve Hall says the strike is certainly going to take a chunk out of his business. Quot when you take away hockey night in Canada its like Cereal without milk a he said. A a it a a dry feeling. Baseball season starts monday but we Are 162 games from anything exciting a maybe mused Hall its an Opportunity for some of the More minor sports to get some to time. A come on Contact Curling a he cheered looking around his half empty bar usually packed on a wednesday night. Meanwhile in the Back Booth Isidori a 25-year-old deliveryman and Tom Sandras an accountant pal figured most of the regular wednesday night crowd was Home sulking. Quot i play hockey four Days a week i just love the game up much a Isidori said. A a it a the Only sport we really have As canadians. When the Stanley cup is on there is a sign Over Toronto a do not disturb for seven  a among the major issues the players still want resolved Are such things As free Agency the size of the entry draft playoff Money and the split of Money from licensing products such As hockey cards. That a a quantum leap from the Day rocket Richard probably the most famous and Best loved Canadian hockey player of All said a we played hockey because we loved it. Anything we got paid was considered a