European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday Juty 31, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 of $3 who wants trouble Jim Utke a ballplayer who gets run Over by a Tarp might be Fleet but not necessarily Swift. Looking Back that incident should have been the tip off that vines co Leman was going nowhere fast. Because baseball deals Aren t made in Hindsight it s easy to forgive the new York mets their original sin of signing the free agent from St. Louis in 1989 and paying him $12 million for tour Vears. But the refusal to Cut their losses at some Point since is not. By turning a deaf ear or Blind Eye to a lengthening string of bad words and worse deeds the club s management has allowed him to become the inspirational Leader of an out of control band of very in Meny mets. Worse still there appears to be consider Able foot dragging in new York s front office about the Prospect of putting some distance Between itself Novince. After some foot drag Njg of his own Coltman apologized thursday for his involvement in yet one More troubling episode. This time a 2v4-year-old girl sustained second degree Burns and abrasions under her right Eye and lacerations of the Cornea when powerful firecracker allegedly thrown by Coleman went off near a group of fans last saturday outside dodger stadium. Since the incident occurred i Haven , nor have i been Able to think about anything else cold Man said. I want everyone to know that i now real ize that my actions on july 24 were very inappropriate. It was never my intention to bring harm to throughout the Brief Shea stadium news Confer ence Coleman looked genuinely penitent. Reading from a statement he talked about his own two Young sons and held hands throughout with his wife by Neue. But he was ushered out before he could take any questions leaving the sense that everyone on the club is still Short on answers. Penitent Mel oot few a Vine Oteein a Csc i i family i Al reporter the i at Motif fire Cracker my very earlier this week tact titty a Fred Psi Mofal manage Joe Mcllvain called the fit he also declined to say a the to Tab actively seeking a Trade for Coleman a \d.\?a Calls tax jus outright release � react fiary an american l Eagn is Fleran to tvs Ger Way insisted on anonymity said Frky thl of Ken was not being shopped prot my no of Tafert to two sur prise anyone at $3 Milf in a year by it to buy to trouble what did Surprise this tatic Tiffin mfr a flow far Down the line new Ywuc to is in Wzmt-4 prepared to go with cold ten. News of Ebarra tag m far tout the mets is becoming a regular feature on the eve Fng news. Maybe the pranks would seem funny if people weren t getting Hurt. Al s gotten so bad and so pervasive that the Law is now peeking Over the mets shoulders. And if the Mcaa were somehow put in charge of baseball for ,1 Day the mets already would have been cited for Lack of institutional control. It s one thing to get into dust ups with umpires coaches and the manager. Or to prattle on As cold Man did last season about being misused and How the infield at Shea was keeping him out of the Hall of Fame. And who knows maybe he actually believed it. After All one of those automated Tarpaulin rolling machine rolled Over Coleman s leg the year he was the Rookie base stealing Champ for St. Louis and that kept him out of the 1 985 world series. But it became something else when he hit Dwight Goodwn in the shoulder while practising his Golf swing in the clubhouse if april causing Gooden to miss Bis Start. And it became something else when he got himself into the Middle of this latest incident. And something else again when his teammates either encouraged by Coleman s antics or else trying to divert attention from them undertook some serious Misbe having of their own. The Cost of keeping Coleman should be apparent by now and the meter is still running. Despite his Public apology thursday a lawsuit from the family of the Young girl appears to be a virtual certainty. And among the parties expected to be named Are Cole and the mets. According to a source the mets recently made a discreet inquiry to the player relations committee management s bargaining Arm about possible repercussions should they decide to Susie he Coltman. Wetter late than never. \ but Why not save everybody some. Trouble and just cat him Loose now. 1- r t kerplunk world s top 3 lose in Canadian open est ranked this year s by the associated press Montreal the world s three i Tennis players have made an carry exit Canadian open. Top seeded Pete Sampras nol 2 Jim courier and no. 3 Boris Becker were All use thursday in the third round of the hard court stadium. It s disappointing but Fiat s the Way it goes some times said Sampras the Wimbledon Champion and no 1 player in the world. Sampras was beaten by unseeded new Sealander Brett Steven 7-6 8-66-3. I thought he was a Little off his game Steven said. He timing was courier lost 6-3, 6-2 to 30-year-old Mikael perfors of Sweden. It just Means i can beat the Good players Wiki they play bad perfors said Becker lost 7-5, 7-6 7-3 to Todd Martin a 22-year old american who has rocketed into the world s top 20 this year. Martin played an excellent match said Becker whose match was delayed twice by rain. He s had Many matches in the last few weeks and he was really Sharp. I need to play some matches to get on Center court Lith seeded Andre Agassi beat fifth seeded american Ichael Chang 7-6 7-36-3. Fourth seeded Ivan Luji who has won the Canad an open six times beat american Aaron Krickstein 6-7 7-96-1, 6-2. / i probably Haven t played too Many tournaments As often As i be played Here Lendl said. I just seem. Comfortable Here and enjoy Korda of the czech Republic the sixth seed advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 Victory Over 12th-seeded Henrik Holm of Sweden. He was scheduled to meet lend in today s quarterfinals. % Agassi is paired with Martin while perfors plays eighth seeded Alexander Volkov of Russia a 6-1, 6-4 Winner Over Switzerland s Jakob Hlasek. Pro Tennis i Steven matched with renew Eric who Aptt South Africa 6-3, 6-Xmartinez gain Stratton Fofol Fuff Aff vib Chita Martinez blew into women s hard court a thrashing Jar i in ram r 1martinez the Wor 4 txrvri43 minutes to dispatch to it had been battling Jet Las � her second round mar a 7 against Ingram. I m. ,-r.uciv yesterday. 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