European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 32 the stars and stripes sports wednesday August 4,1993 Little g by the associated press Baltimore three unlikely he roes teamed up monday night to give the Baltimore orioles an improbable Viktory. Jeff Tackett a late inning replacement for injured Catcher Chris holies singled Home the go ahead run in the seventh in Ning As Baltimore rallied to beat the Mil Waukee Brewers 7-5. Two other Seldom used players Sher Man Obando and Jack Voigt homered for the orioles who were close to drop Ping their sixth game in the last seven be fore scoring three runs in the seventh. There Are a lot of times when the big guns Don t do it for you so sometimes it sparkle in o s Victory T ". _ m american league takes the Guys coming off the Bench Voigt said. Everyone on this team has to be Able to Tackett picked up his first rib since May 20, the Oft injured Obando was play ing in Only his third game since May 24 and Voigt started the night with Only 17at-bats since june 24. When a team is going Good it seems like there s a new hero every night Tackett said. Somebody gets the base hit somebody else gets the Home run. It s a pick me up for the entire . Surhoff homered doubled twice and drove in four runs for the Brewers who have lost five of six and 14 of 20. Mark Williamson 6-2 allowed two hits in 2v innings in Relief of starter Fer Nando Valenzuela who gave up five run sin 5vv innings. Gregg Olson worked the ninth to earn his 27th save. Rangers 9, White sox 8 Arlington Texas Pinch runner Manuel Lee capped a witless ninth inning rally by scoring on a wild pitch and Texas stopped Chicago s six game winning rangers who scored five runs in the sixth inning on one hit trimmed Chi Cago s Lead in the Al West to 4v games Over Kansas City and Syi Over third place one out Jeff Schwarz 2-2 walked Julio Franco and Lee came in Torun Scott Radinsky then relieved and walked Pinch hitter John Russell. Don pall got Dean Palmer of a ground out to first base moving the runners up. Pall wild pitch on a 1-1 count on Doug strange scored Lee. Chicago had tied the score 8-8 in the ninth off Tom Henke 5-3. With one out to Jackson struck out but reached first on Geno Petralli s passed Ball. Steve sax Pinch running for Jackson score from first on a double to right Field by Lance Johnson a. Has mind on game by Harry Atkins Detroit a if history is any gauge Lou Whitaker will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame one , however is not much into history. He simply concen trates on what he does Best play Don t think about baseball his tory stuff Whitaker never been to Library or bought a Book on base Ball if he did he would find that Only eight second basemen All in the Hall of Fame have driven in1,000 runs and that Only four of Whitaker those played 2,000 games at the eight Hall of Farmers Are Nap Lajoie 1,599 rib Roger Hornsby 1,584charlie Gehanne or 1,427eddie Collins 0,300 Bobby Doerr 1�47frankie Frisch 1,244tony Lazzeri 1,191 and Joe Morgan 1,133. Why should this interest Whitaker More than 2,100 games at Sec Ond base Whitaker has 979 career Bis so there is a Chance he will reach 1,000 before the end of this season. If not it will come Early next , of course Whitaker in t worried found out about How Many Bis 1 needed from a Guy i Texas a reporter who was asking me questions Whitaker says before that i never knew about it. It s the same Way 1 found out about having 632 extra base hits. Read it in the frankly Whitaker does t think much about the Hall of fam these Days. He thinks mainly of playing baseball of trying to Hel the Detroit tigers in his 17th sea son in the major leagues. If i make the Hall of Fame i la treat in like i did graduation from High school he says. That was a big thing for me at the Lime. If i make the Hall then that will be big to the same Token he does t think about driving in runs either. It just happens. Record $173 i on of s for Angelos Feam by Peter Alan Harper new York a a group led by Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William Dewitt submitted a winning $173 million bid for the Baltimore orioles during a bankruptcy court auction monday. The bid the most for any professional sports franchise ensured that the base Ball team will remain in its new stadium in downtown Baltimore. The previous record Price for a base Ball team was the $106 million paid last year for the Seattle mariners. The to Price for a football team was $140 million Tor the Dallas cowboys in 1989. The Angelos and Dewitt groups which had offered separately to Purchase the team bid together at the hearing and topped an offer by Jeffrey Loria a new York Art dealer who also owns the okla homa City 89ers, a triple a farm team of the Texas rangers. The Angelos group includes movie director Barry Levinson author Tom clan by broadcaster Jim Mckay and Tennis player Pam Shriver. Dewitt is a part owner of the Texas rangers and theother members of his group called the . Group include two other part own ers of the Texas rangers. The Sale must be approved by 10 of 14american league clubs and 8 of 14 National league clubs. If that approval in Given further litigation is possible. If the Sale is approved Dewitt and theother part owners of the rangers must sell their shares of the Texas club. Another prospective buyer Jean Fugett jr., chairman of tic Beatrice inter National holdings inc., declined to sub Mit a bid although he was represented at the president Larry Lucchino congratulated the winning group and prom Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and Cincinnati businessman William Dewitt beam happily after making winning bankruptcy bid for the orioles at auction monday. Ised full cooperation to ensure a smooth and orderly the orioles went up for Sale when majority owner Eli Jacobs a venture capitalist was forced to file for bankruptcy court Protection after defaulting on More than $44 million in Loans and personal guarantees to Banks earlier this year. When the winning bid was acknowledged by . Bankruptcy judge Corneli us Blackshear spectators in the packed and sweltering courtroom erupted in applause. In a stairwell news conference after the hearing Angelos said what happened Here today is bringing this baseball club Back to orioles won at Home monday night beating Milwaukee 7-5.the Brewers predecessors the Seattle pilots were the last major league base Ball team to be sold in bankruptcy court following the 1969 season. They were bought by a group headed by Bud Selig now chairman of the ruling executive Council and moved to Milwaukee where they became the Brewers. Frank Robinson knows the dewitts by the Baltimore Sun Baltimore the Dewitt name May be new to most Baltimore orioles but at least one top team official assistant general manager Frank Robin son has had some experience with the family it was not positive. Robinson played for the Cincinnati reds from 1956 to 1965. Bill Dewitt or. Owned the reds from 1961 to 1966. His son Bill Dewitt jr., will be the orioles new vice chairman for baseball if the Sale is approved. Robinson repeatedly declined to com ment on anything related to the Sal monday night but in his autobiographical Book on racism in baseball extra innings Robinson devotes a chapter to his Rocky relations with the elder Dewitt Aman Robinson derisively refers to As Bill to Bill Dewitt players were just chattel Robinson wrote after an account of his arrest on a minor handgun violation in 1961. Dewitt declined to bail Robinson out of jail that night telling sportswriter that he d see me in the morning according to Robinson. Much of tha animosity Between the men seemed to Center on contract negotiations. For example Robinson said he expected to get a substantial raise after the 1961 season when he batted .323, hit 37 Home runs and was named National league most valuable player. Robinson who was then making $30,000, said Dewitt offered him a $2,500 raise. Robinson asked for $20,000 More. You would have thought i had lifted his Wallet. It took me five strenuous de meaning negotiating sessions with Biloche Arwitt before i managed to get a raise of $12,500," Robinson wrote. Dewitt accused him of being a troublemaker and failing to Hustle Robinson wrote. By the Lime he was traded Robin son said i d had enough of Bill
