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By MURRAY TOWNSEND
The Canadian Press

When is a great manager not a great manager? When
he's managed more years than Roger Clemens has been alive
and hasn't won a pennant.

Gene Mauch has managed for some gruesome teams —
like the 1969 Montreal Expos. But during Mauch’s first 20
years, his teams finished better than fourth place only
twice.

Mauch holds the major-league reeord in managing
futility — 25 years without a pennant. However, he has won
two division titles with the California Angels, including last
season. Both years featured the excellent pitching staffs
imperative to win with Mauch's style of managing.

His game is to sacrifice runners into scoring position
and hope for a base hit to drive them in — sound baseball
strategy before artificial turf and designated hitters.

The problem with the sacrifice is that a team gives up
outs whiles usually eliminating the possibility of a big inning.

That's why the Big Bang Theory has come into
prominence with managers who have recognized the
importance of that big inning.

These managers — like former Baltimore manager Ear!
Weaver, who always said his best strategy was the
three-run homer — save their bunts for either weak-hitting
pitchers or for close games in the late innings.

Naturally, there are more sacrifice hits in the Natiunal
League, where the pitcher must bat. Pitchers account for
more than two-thirds of the National League sacrifices, but

Mauch’s Angels, with 21 sacrifices so far this season, have
used the bunt more than half of all the NL teams.
ONE ENOUGH

In the first 633 games in the majors this year (to June
1), runs scored in one inning were enough to win 263 games
or 40 per cent. Much depends on pitchers holding leads, but
it illustrates how important the Big Bang Theory has
become.

So far this season, there have been 278 innings where
four or runs have been scored, and if you add 371 three-run
innings, it works out to more than one inning of three or
more runs per game.

A four-run inning — about one every 2% games — will
almost guarantee a victory. Teams that have had a four-run
inning in a game have a 214-39 won-lost record.

That means over one-third of all victories have the big
inning to thank.

In the American League East, first-place New York and
second-place Toronto have the fewest sacrifices with four
and five respectively.

In contrast, Texas, last in the AL West, has the most
sacrifices and among the fewest innings of four or more runs.

In the National League West, half the front-running
Reds victories have come in games where they've had a big
inning. The NL East leader, St. Louis, has the second
highest number of big innings after Cincinnati,

The sacrifice bunt will always be part of the game, but
here's a message for fans who start to leave the stadium in
the eighth inning with their team down by a lot: the Yankees
scored 12 runs in an inning this year, so hang around.

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Oiler fans indifferent

about it,

Lakers run past Celtics

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers’
instincts weren't dulled a bit by an eight-day layoff.

The Lakers, running the fast break at every
opportunity Tuesday night took advantage of the leg-weary
Boston Celtics for a 126-113 victory in the opener of the NBA
championship series. It was the first game since May 25 for
Los Angeles, which swept Seattle in four games in the
Western Conference finals.

“It was apparent that we had a lot of energy,” Lakers
coach Pat Riley said. “Our running game was sharp
especially in the beginning.

“I was concerned about timing, but it obviously didn't
take long to get it down.”

The No. 1 speedburners for the Lakers were James
Worthy and Magic Johnson.

“It was crucial for us to control the tempo,” said
Worthy, who had 33 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds and
finished 16-for-23 from the field. “It's hard to completely
control the game against the Celtics because they keep
coming at you.

“But we were able to control the tempo and intensity.”

“Because of our quickness, we got some easy baskets, no
doubt about it,” said Johnson, who added 29 points, eight
rebounds and 13 assists while not committing a turnover.
“But when you're in the game, it’s hard to tell if the
difference is that dramatic.”

SHARP SHOOTING

The Lakers, who had an NBA-best 65-17 regular-season
record and have won 12 of 13 playoff games, hit 55.6 per cent
of their shots for the game and 60.4 per cent in the first half.

Detroit and Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference playoffs,
never caught up after Los Angeles scored the first nine
points of the game.

Their running game was totally spectacular,” Boston
coach K.C. Jones said. “Neither one of us scored in the first
minute or so and I guess Magic and Worthy said, ‘Enough of
that, let’s run.’ They did just that and after that it was a
romp.”

Celtics forward Larry Bird, who scored 32 points, said
the Lakers’ speed may have been deceiving.

“You always look fast when you're shooting layups,”
Bird said. “Everyone looks fast on the fast break. They had
four or five good runs and that’s too many to give them.”

The Celtics are trying to become the first team to
repeat as champions since Boston won two straight titles in
1968 and 1969.

Worthy, who averaged 30.5 points against the
SuperSonics and was hitting 63 per cent of his field goal
attempts in the playoffs, hit 13 of his first 15 shots in the
game as the Lakers raced to an 81-60 lead with 7:47 left in
the third period.

Byron Scott had 20 points and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
added 14 points and 10 rebounds. Robert Parish had 16
points and Kevin McHale 15 for Boston.

Bird hit 11 consecutive shots during one stretch of the
second and third periods and he and Danny Ainge led a
short-lived Boston rally after Worthy hit two baskets in an
8-0 streak that gave the Lakers their 81-60 lead.

Bird was 7-four-7 in the third quarter and Ainge hit
three 3-point goals as the Celtics cut the 21-point deficit to
95-83 with 1:59 left in the third quarter. But Worthy hit two

EDMONTON (CP) — Thunderous

post-game cheers and street battles
ing Ei ‘s NHL

ship win on Sunday night gave way to

seeming indifference on Tuesday as the

Oilers “paraded” the Stanley Cup

through the city.

Sitting on folded metal chairs set up
in groups of four in the truck boxes, the
players waved at about 5,000 people
who turned out for the 10-block official
celebration of the team’s champtonship.

As the 40-second cavalcade passed,
people looked at each other in the
realization that it was over.

“Too exciting,” said a bemused man
pushing a baby in a stroller. “A
one-minute parade. Come all the way
down here for that.”

The cup had spent its first night in
Oilers’ captivity being nuzzled by
strippers at a bar across the street
from Northlands Coliseum.

That was at the whim of Mark
Messier, the free-spirited centre who
took the metre-high silverware bar-
hopping on Monday.

Each Oiler gets to have a day with
the Cup; so some fans may yet get
another close-up look of the sort
Messier provided Monday night.

In 1984, the first time the Oilers won
the Stanley Cup, a cheering throng of
up to 100,000 lined the sidewalks four
and five deep as a beer-drinking Mark
Messier shook hands with well-
wishers.

This year, people got a nonchalant
wave.

Still, they were a good-natured
crowd and most headed to city hall to
join a few thousand other fans for a
final glimpse at the team and Cup,
sparkling brilliantly in the sunshine of
a blustery prairie evening.

“I love the Oilers,” said Mona
Loshack, clutching an Oilers pennant.

“They're absolutely unbelievable at-
hletes and they don’t make themselves
strangers to the city.”

It was a family-oriented affair, far
tamer than the spontaneous gathering
of 30,000 in downtown Edmonton on
Sunday night after the Oilers beat the
Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 for their third
NHL championship in four years.

It also lasted longer than the parade,
more like nine minutes.

Club owner Peter Pocklington en-
dured a brief round of boos with
aplomb.

“There's no better city in all of North
America than Edmonton, Alberta,
because we've got the greatest peo-
ple!” he told the fans.

CHEERS GOACH

Glen Sather, Oiler president, coach
and general manager, was cheered.

“I think we've got a great city,” he
said. “I think we've got the greatst
hockey team in the world.”

Team captain Wayne Gretzky said
“It’s nice to see the appreciation and
see everyone show up. Thank you very
much.”

Scores of orange and blue balloons
were then released, bearing the Oilers
team colors into the sky.

“They're great,” said an admiring
Jeff Williams. “Just get rid of Glen
Sather, they be even better.”

Williams gave a thumbs down while
most of the crowd cheered the coach
who has guided the young team to all
three of its Stanley Cup triumphs.

Lyle Currie of nearby Fort Saskat-
chewan had brought his two small
children dressed in Oilers jerseys.

“Never saw them,” he said. “They
speak on the stage for 30 seconds and
then are whisked away in vans that
nobody can even see them in.”

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“We have to keep in mind that all we did was light a fire
in the Celtics,” Riley said. “Hey, they're the defending
champions. They'll come back stronger.”

The Celtics, who struggled to seven-game victories over

clinched the first game of the series, the third meeting in the
fianls between the two NBA titans since 1984.

The teams split their first two meetings in 1984 and
1985, and both have three titles in the 1980s.

Brewers on streak again

By the Associated Press

Well, here go the Milwaukee Brewers again.

Led by Glenn Braggs and his teammate, the Brewers
broke loose Tuesday night, rapping 15 hits in a 14-3 rout
over the Kansas City Royals for their fourth straight
victory. |

“We've been so streaky,” Braggs said after driving in
four runs with a pair of two-run, two-out singles. “It looks
like we'll be good in June.

“Everybody contributed in one way or the other. It's
the way we played when we were playing good. It's good
we're starting to play a little better ball now that we're
playing a couple of first-place teams: Maybe this will be a
little tuneup for us when we get to the Yankees.”

The Brewers, four games, back of New York in the
American League East, begin a four-game series with the
Yankees on Thursday. Milwaukee has had separate streaks
of 13 victories and 12 losses this season.

In other American League games, it was: New York 3,
California 2; Baltimore 9, Oakland 2; Boston 6, Minnesota 5;
Chicago 15, Texas 5.

The Detroit at Cleveland game was postponed because
of rain.

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and Salmo, all with 2-2
records.

Conancher managed to
place third after they posted
wins over both Cranbrook
and Salmo. They will also
represent the area at the
Midget C playdowns July 3-5
in Mission.

In tournament play, Red
Hots defeated Salmo 14-9 but
then dropped a pair of games,
1-0 to Golden and 14-4 to
Castlegar.

YANKEES 3 ANGELS 2

Mike Pagliarulo’s solo home run broke an eighth-inning
tie.

Pagliarulo hit his seventh homer of the season with one
out against Willie Fraser, 2-3. Dave Righetti, 4-1, pitched
11-3 hitless innings in relief of starter Rick Rhoden for the
victory.

The Angels tied it 2-2 in the top of the eighth on Devon
White’s solo home run.

ORIOLES 9 ATHLETICS 2

Terry Kennedy and Larry Sheets homered on
consecutive pitches in the seventh inning and Mike Young
drove home three runs in support of Baltimore stopper Mike
Boddicker as the Orioles snapped a four-game losing streak.

Kennedy and Sheets, who also had three RBI, homered
off Dave Stewart after Oakland closed within 2-1 in the top
of the seventh.

Boddicker, 5-1, has stopped Baltimore losing streaks of
three and four games earlier this season, and last year he
ended six losing streaks of two or more games.

RED SOX 6 TWINS 5

Bill Buckner lined a two-run single with two outs in the
ninth inning.

The Red Sox, who received 12 walks, rallied after Wade
Boggs opened the ninth with a single, Boston's first hit since
the second inning.

Jeff Reardon, 2-4, was the loser.

Tom Brunansky hit a solo homer and Ken Hrbek hit a
three-run shot for Minnesota. The Twins had won three
straight games.

Minnesota starter Juan Berenguer tied a team record
with nine walks in 32-3 innings.

WHITE SOX 15 RANGERS 5

Chicago's Greg Walker hit a grand slam and drove in
five runs to lead a five-homer #88ault.

Walker went 3-for-3 with a double and two walks and
scored three runs.

Harold Baines, Jerry Royster, Ken Williams and Ron
Karkovice also homered for the White Sox, who had 14 hits.

Bill Long, 2-1, won despite allowing 13 hits and five runs
in 72-3 innings.

Demers named
coach of the year

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Detroit Detroit, Demers guided the

KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — A rebuilding job is under way
on the right side of the B.C. Lions’ defensive line as the
Canadian Football League team enters the second week of
training camp.

James (Quick) Parker, named as the league's most
outstanding defensive player three times, has been sidelined
until at least mid-season by a knee injury, while the Lions
lost Mike Gray to the Ottawa Rough Riders in the league's
equalization draft.

Replacing Parker may be an impossible task. Two
players — left end Walter Ballard and tackle hopeful Mike
(Turbo) Taliferro — already have been moved from one
defensive line spot to Parker's right end position, only to be
moved back.

Head coach Don Matthews is currently pinning his
hopes on a pair of former linebackers, imports Gregg
Stumon and Tony Caldwell. Like Parker, both are small for
linemen (about 230 pounds), but possess good speed.

The physical similarity to Parker isn't an accident.

“Our defence was designed on quckness of personnel,”
said defensive line coach Larry Donovan.

Parker, who is serving as a coach at camp, said a
smaller, quicker player “fits into the scheme of things
better.”

“If we find one, fewer changes will be needed.”

Stumon, who played one game with the Lions last
season, is currently the frontrunner for the job because of
his experience. He moved to end from middle linebacker
when camp opened a week ago while Caldwell, a veteran of
35 games with the National Football League’s Los Angeles
Radiers, has played the position for only a few days.

Third-year player Bennie Jones is vying for both the
end and tackle position. He's a little bigger, and
consequently a little slower, than the two ex-linebackers.

Griffey Jr. picked
by Mariners

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken
Griffey Jr. became the first
son of a major league player
to be the No. 1 choice in
baseball's free agent amateur
draft when the Seattle Mar.
iners picked the outfielder
Tuesday and signed him less
than 20 minutes later.

Griffey, 17, was at home in
West Chester, Ohio, with his
father, an Atlanta Braves
outfielder, during the draft
which was conducted in a
conference call from the
commissioner's office.

took Griffey because of his
physical talent without think
ing about how long it would
take for him to reach the
major leagues.

Mark Merchant, a short.
stop from Oviendo, Fla., was
the second pick, going to the
Pittsburgh Pirates. Merc
hant batted .419 this season,
scoring 49 runs in 28 games
and stealing 48 bases in 49
attempts. He struck out eight
times in 74 at-bats.

Willie Banks, a right
handed pitcher from Jersey

“He's got a chance at two positions,” Matthews said.
“We're going to go with the four best linemen.”

Matthews conceded that right tackle Rick Klassen and
right end Ballard virtually have jobs sewn up. In addition to
Jones, former Montreal Alouette Sandy Armstrong and
Taliferro are vying for Gray's tackle job.

Taliferro, six foot five inches tall, 275 pounds, has been
one of the most talked-about players at camp: With both size
and speed, Taliferro was briefly considered as a
replacement for Parker.

“He's the best big-man athlete we've ever seen,” said
Matthews.

“They looked at me at end,” said Taliferro, “but they
need a bull up the middle to flush the quarterback out.
‘That's what the coahes got me up here for — bull rushes.”

Taliferro joined the Lions late last season after the
demise of the United States Football League, but did not
play any games.

He tried out with Washington of the NFL in 1984, then
went on to Denver Gold and Arizona Outlaws in the USFL.
He has slimmed down to play Canadian football, dropping 15
to 20 pounds.

Armstrong, Taliferro’s competition for the tackle job, is
entering his fourth year the CFL. The six-foot-two,
240-pound player was acquired in the off-season as payment
for future considerations.

Klassen, now the line's elder statesman with six years
of CFL experience, hopes the upheavel won't hurt the line’s
effectiveness.

“There certainly is a lot of uncertainty in the line,” said
Klassen. “There's a lot more pressure on the veterans
throughout the defence.”

“To lose two players (Parker and Gray) of that stature
isn't going to make it easy. Hopefully the young guys will
come along.”

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In 1985-86, the Red Wings
had a 17-57-6 record, worst in
the league, but last season
they were 34-36-10 and fin
ished second in the Norris
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Detroit defeated the Chi:
cago Black Hawks four
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the Norris Division playoffs,
and rallied from a 3-1 deficit
against Toronto in the second
round to beat the Maple
Leafs 4-3.

Contract terms weren't
disclosed, but Griffey said
Monday he wanted a
$160,000 US signing bonus. A
baseball source said that was
an “accurate ballpark figure”
for what the Moeller High
School star will recqive.

The Montreal E: dra.
fted shortstop Deli De
Shields of Seaford, Delaware,
as the 12th pick overall, and
the Toronot Blue Jays picked
right-hander Alex Sanchez of
UCLA 17th overall.

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City, N.J., went next to the
Minnesota Twins, the first of
eight consecutive pitchers
selected.

Banks is 8-2 with a 0.92
earned run average with 15
strikeouts in 78 2-3 innings.

Banks is 8-2 with a 0.92
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