2_Conthgeen SPORTS Canada's teams have winter to reflect Expos defy prediction Jays disappoint again By TOM MALONEY ‘The Canadian Press Fans can say what they want about the Toronto Blue Jays style of baseball, and they do. It's fundamen- tally unsound. The lack of killer in- stinct is agonizing. They rely too much on the homer. Etc. Etc. For the fourth time in six seasons; the Blue Jays brought it down to the wire Wednesday night In 1983, Doyle Alexander beat the New York Yankees on the second-last day of the season, a crisp sunny Saturday at Exhibition Stadium, for Toronto's first American League East title. In 1987. Detroit swept the Blue Jays in a three-game series at frigid Tiger Stadium for a two-game margin. The Jays’ seven-game collap- se that year has ever since defined their character like a label slapped on a Danana. Last season, Toronto defeated Baltimore in the first two games of a season-ending series at the tem perature-controlied SkyDome to seal the ithe. Onole fans cheered wikily for their team to exact revenge this week Even in 1986 and 1988, when Boston won the division, Toronto was im the fight up until the week before the season ended. Kelly Gruber has been with the Bluc Jays since 1986. Unlike most baseball players, he has always played in Sep- tembers that counted “It’s so emotional with this team, always up and down,”’ he said. “It's so physically and mentally exhausting. You never get a rest. “You'd like to be in a position where you can get ready for the post season (by clinching carty). But we lever get a chance to do that."” This September, the Jays made a startling comeback from a 6°:-game deficit. They stretched out a | \:-game lead with seven games left. But on a night when Boston lost, Toroato couldn"! beat Milwaukee. The Red Sox had new life. “People call us chokers and un derachievers,”” says manager Cito Gaston, who played his baseball career with the expansionist San Diego Padres and the sad-sack Atian- ta Braves. “I think it’s a compliment that 1483 Bay Ave Treit, 8.C 368-5606 Close your pool with our wintertime Omni Chemicals! “SERVICE IS OUR FIRST CONCERN © people are talking about you at all this late in the season. In baseball, you don’t come this way too often. It's fun. if you don’t let it cat you up.” Each spring the baseball magazines say that, om paper, Toronto has the talent to win the division. General manager Pat Gillick has a reputation for refusing to deal Prospects to obtain a veteran — such as Harold Baines or Willie McGee, both picked up by Oakland this year — who would help down the stretch. The policy may anger the fans who give the club constant SkyDome sellouts. But it keeps the team competitive, year after year. Making contributions this season were these players who started with two years’ experience or less: Glenalien Hill, Mark Whiten. Junior Felix, Luis Sojo, Willie Blair, Greg Myers and Todd Stoctlemyre MONTREAL (CP) — Last spring a magazine previewing the 1990 But when the final out was recor- ded in the 162-game season on Wed- nesday, the Expos had defied the Prognosticators by finishing in third place for the thifd time in the last four years, with an 85-77 record. ““People wrote us off, but this year we were a better ball club, had better chemistry, better everything than we had in 1989," said Expos manager Buck Rodgers. years of baseball in Montreal, someone has finally realized that the way to go is through the development of young players. You've got to keep bringing people up. turning them over and don’t look back."* Fresh-faced youngsters abounded on the 1990 Expos, who had at least one rookie in the boxscore in cach game they played. and had 15 first- year players see action during the season. adaptation to a new infield position were described by Rodgers as ““fabulous."" Larry Walker, a rookie outfielder from Maple Ridge, termed his initial when I came up with, say, a runner at third and less than two out.” But Walker still managed 19 home runs, tying a club record for a rookie set by Andre Dawson in 1977. He also drove in 51 runs and showed enough left-handed sock to leave Rodgers en- that “‘we may have finally found the fifth-place hitter we've been looking for all these years.”” The pitching staff, whose earned- run average of 3.37 was the best in the league, also had plenty of input by rookies. Reliever Bill Sampen, ob- tained from the Los Angeles Dodgers organization for $50,000 in the major league draft’ last December, emerged as the club’s top winger with 12 vic- expos tories. Chris Nabholz, a lanky left-hander, went 0-6 at the Class AAA level but astounded almost everyone by going 6-2, with a 2.83 earned-run average, after his recall to the majors The most consistent starter was Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd, a develop- ment as surprising as the play of the rookies. The fragile right-hander had previously been a frequent disabled list visitor because of circulatory problems in his shoulder. But he made a stirring comeback, posting a 10-6 record and a 2.93 ERA and pitching 190.2 innings, the most he’s tossed since 1986. While the remarks were mostly complimentary in describing the team’s season, the fact remained that when they closed in on first place in the final weeks of the season, they wilted Toronto looks for winner TORONTO (CP) — Cail it the Los: City — ix lost a bad for Expo 2000, it lost the 1996 Otympics and now us baseball team has lost. Again “They say bed things come in threes: we've had our three." Toroe- to Mayor Art Eggicton said. “We have nowhere to go but up.” Suill, Montreal and Vancouver have had work!’s fairs. Toronto hasn't Moatreal and Calgary have staged October is TRUCK MONTH! 16 SAFETY INSPECTED AND —_ RECONDITIONED FULL SIZE & COMPACT TRUCKS ON SALE! A3 4 ~ Otympics. Not Toronto. Edmonton calls itself the city of champions. Toronto doesa"t Residents of Camada’s largest city work up Thursday to a rainstorm and the realization there would not be another major kague becball game in thear city umeil mext spring. IT'S OVER, read a huge newspaper headline above a color photograph of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stied. bead im hand. Foe the fourth tame im the last six years. the Toronto bail chub had en- tered the fimal week of the season with a shot at adiwancing to the playoffs. They got imto the playoffs reice — in 198S and 1989 — only to fail to reach the Workd Series. ‘This year the Jays stayed alive unnil the final day, only to watch the American League East title go to the Boston Red Sox Of course, football is in full flight and the hockey season has just begun Then again, the CFL Argonauts have won the Grey Cup only twice in the last 38 years, and the hockey Leafs last won the Staniey Cup when Lester Pearson was prime minister, in 1967 Asked about the Leafs’ chances at Toroato recently last to the Ger- man city of Hanover the right to hold a worid’s fair im the year 2000" Last month & los: its bed for the 1996 Summer Games, which will be in Atlanta. Are Torontonians feeling like > “I don’t get a sense of a loser’s complex,” says Dr. David Weiss, a sports psychologist Instead, Weiss suggests short- suffering Blue Jays fans — the Red Sox haven't won a Series since 1918 and the Chicago Cubs since 1908 — are addicted to the team. “The most powerful way to get a community hooked is through imter mitrent reinforcement — it’s what hooks gamblers. You win oc casionally, almost at random ““With the Jays, they win, they lose. You never know which is going to happen THE NUMBERS aa WORM KY BAL Ace LOCAL NEWS this year. Denise Laurie, who was born and raised in Nelson, is teaching the elementary challenge program at the Twin Rivers~Annex. She taught in Nelson for six years and in Trail for three years. MORE NEW FACES The Castlegar News continues its look at new teachers in the Castlegar school district 7 Leanne McKenzie is taking on her first teaching job after com- pleting a bachelor of education at the Univeristy of Victoria. She is teaching a third-year primary class at Kinnaird elementary school. Robinson is a part-time music teacher at Robson elemen- tary school. She is retuyning to the Castlegar school Betriet after working for nine years in Trail. Church marks birthday Kinnaird Church of God in Castlegar celebrated its 25th year of service to the community with special services and celebrations on the Labor Day weekend Sept. | and 2. It was exactly 25 years ago on Sept. 1, 1965, that Pastor Ira Johnson and his family arrived to oversee the start of the work of the Church of God. Groundwork had already been laid through the establishment of a Sun- day school, conducted at first in the home of Isaac and Gloria Harms and later in the Kinnaird Hall. Kinnaird Church of God is af- filiated with the Church of God in Anderson, Ind. Major emphasis of this movement is upon the unity of all believers in Christ and upon holiness of life. Strong emphasis is placed on the authority of the Bible and the leading of the Holy Spirit in the lives of those who are obedient to the teachings of the Bible. Evangelism and strengthening of family life have high priority. Missionary outreach is also stressed through the world ser- vice budget which supports missions in more than 60 countries around the world. Six people from Kinnaird Church of God will participate in a work camp in !amaica in February 1991 Highlights of the anniversary weekend included greetings from ac- ting Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, ministerial representative Rankin McGougan, church council chairman Ede Kowalko and Johnson. Special music was provided by local musicians as well as by visitors from Oregon and Alberta. Keynote speaker for the Sunday afternoon ser- vice and for the Sunday evening banquet was Rev. Robert Hazen, president emeritus of Gardner Bible College of Camrose, Alta. During July 1968, Robert and Dorothy Hazen brought a ‘‘work camp” to Castlegar to help erect the present building of the Church of God Kinnaird Church of God is known as a friendly church and looks for- ward to many years of service to this community, Johnson says. Anyone looking for a ‘church home”’ is in- vited to become a part of the growing fellowship. “Our motto is; ‘to know Christ and to make him known!’ "’ Johnson Johnson duri at the Kinnai: Acting Mayor Lawrence Chernoff (right) congratulates Pastor Ira -< the 25th Church of God. 7] in early S Do you have deposits that are not earning much interest? Castlegar Savings Credit Union offers competitive rates on term deposits. You can invest from 30 days up to 5 years, depending on your circumstances. 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