6 CAPITAL TIMES September 20, 1991
Givler's Travels
Reporter doesn't know "Bo"
Mike Givler
Capital Times Staff
Well, here it is. The first edition of
Givler's Travels. Now many of you
may think this is a play on Jonathan
Swift's book about a sailor who gets
shipwrecked in foreign lands. Not so. It
is about the weird and wacky world of
sports, where anything that can happen
usually does.
Each article will feature unusual
happenings in the world of sports.
People will be recognized for the stupid
things they say or for just not knowing
which end is up on a golf club. And, if
you don't find this column to your
liking, all is not 105 t... you can still use
it to line your cat's litter box.
The first thing I wish to laugh about
in this issue is the sports reporter who
wanted to interview Bo Jackson on the
day of his return to the majors. The
reporter went up to number 8 (Jackson's
jersey number) who was standing next to
the batting cage, and started asking him
Bears, Flyers skate toward '9l-'92 campaign
Dave Ancharski
Capital Times Staff
As the Hershey Bears front office
busily prepares for what will be
Hershey’s 54th season in the the
American Hockey League, the
Philadelphia brass is equally occupied
with getting the Flyers into shape for
their silver anniversary campaign.
When training camp opened the first
week of September in Voorees, N.J., the
Flyers began their search for some
young talent to fill their diminshed
roster. This year's Bears could prove to
be the cream of the crop, which may or
may not be good news for their fans.
Many of the players who wore Hershey's
brown and white last season will be
See how many baseball trivia questions you can answer. SubMITT answers to the Capital Times office in room W 341 by SLIDING them under the door before
October 11,1991. The winner will be determined by the most correct answers. In case of a TY, a winner will be randomly drawn.
Questions:
1. Who has the most career pitching losses?
2. Who was the last American League switch-hitting MVP?
3. Who managed the most years for one team?
Name the first $lOO,OOO player.
List eight ways to get on first base.
6. Name the tallest and shortest players in major league history.
I 7. What is the minimum number batters a pitcher must face to be credited with a complete game decision?
I 8. Name the four members of $lOO,OOO infield.
| 9. Name the pitcher who surrendered Babe Ruth's "called shot."
how rehab was going and how he felt to
be back in the big leagues. Meanwhile,
Jackson was standing at first base taking
throws from the infielders and wearing
Tim Raines' number 30. So you
guessed it, Raines was answering the
reporter's questions.
My question for this sports dork is
how could you not know what Bo
Jackson looks like? Every time you
turn on the television set you see Bo
advertising for Nike or doing the Pepsi
Chill-out. Maybe the average person
might not recognize Bo on the ball field,
but a sports reporter... c'mon.
The foot in the mouth award goes to
the University of Georgia's offensive
coordinator for predicting the probable
success of the football team's scoring
punch. He said the Georgia team was "a
million miles away" from having any
type of offense. The following day the
Dawgs beat Western Carolina 48-0. No
offense? OK, OK, I know Western
Carolina is no Florida State, but the
following week Georgia beat LSU 31-10
given a long look by the Philly
coaching staff. Among them are
wingers Bill Armstrong, Claude Boivin,
Tony Horacek and Pat Murry.
Defensemen Dave Fenyves, Darren
Rumble and Kerry Huffman also have a
shot at making the parent club.
While it's too early to predict the
Bears' final roster for 1991-92, there will
be some Hershey favorites returning for
the upcoming slate. Tim Tookey will
once again don a Bears' sweater, as will
player/assistant coach Mike Stothers,
Brian Dobbin and Chris Jensen.
Dominic Roussel, Marc D'Amour and
Bruce Hoffort will compete for the
starting job in the Hershey nets.
Newcomers to Chocolatetown include
A 1 Conroy, a feisty centerman acquired
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and had over 300 yards passing for the
first time since 1972. Personally, I
think the Bulldog offense is just a little
bit better than he expected.
Speaking of offenses, or lack of one,
I'd personally like to see the Cincinnati
Bearcats play Pacific University in a
bowl game this year. Cincinnati lost to
our Nittany Lions 81-0 and Pacific lost
to California 86-24. The only question
would be the under/over line in Las
Vegas: would it be 167 or 24?
The stat of the issue is that 80
percent of the football teams who start
the pro season with a record of 2 and 0
make the playoffs, but I'm going out on
a limb to predict that Phoenix will be in
the minority this year.
Let me "Giv" ya a trivia question:
Who is the only baseball player who has
hit over 400 home runs in a career and is
not in the Hall of Fame?
Back to the news, the Cleveland
Indians tried out a new promotion last
week. They wanted to see how EMPTY
they could get Cleveland Stadium during
from the Adirondack Red Wings, rookie
defensemen Steve Morrow and Dan
Kordic, along with Corey Foster and
winger Jamie Cooke, a highly-touted
rookie prospect from Colgate
University.
During the off-season, Philadelphia
General Manager Russ Farwell made a
few trades which not only affected his
club, but the Bears as well. The Flyers
sent Craig Fisher, Hershey’s leading
scorer last season, to the Edmonton
Oilers in exchange for Corey Foster and
former Flyer enforcer Dave Brown.
Defenseman Shaun Sabol was traded to
the new York Rangers, blueliner Scott
Sandelin went to Minnesota, Guy
Phillips took his skates overseas, and
a home game against the Red Sox.
Well, there were close to 73,000 empty
seats during the rescheduled game, which
is more fans than most ballparks can
hold on a sell-out day.
I'm happy to see the baseball records
people have finally determined what
constitutes a no-hitter. A no-hitter is
now a game that lasts 9 innings or more
and ends in no hits. It took over 100
years to figure it out, but I think they've
finally got it.
Answer time. Dave Kingman has hit
400 taters, but probably will never get
to Cooperstown’s Hall of Fame because
he couldn't do much else. On the other
hand, Dodger first baseman Eddie Murray
will probably be the next player to hit
400 career homers and secure a spot in
the Hall of Fame. He'll join the shrine
not only because he hit 400 homers, but
because he played good defense and
helped build winning teams.
Until the next issue...may all your
slap shots hit nothing but the back of
the net.
Mark Bassen joined his brother in St.
Louis.
But Farwell isn't finished pushing the
trading button yet. The Flyers'
goaltending crease is a bit crowded with
veterans Ron Hextall, Pete Peters, and
Ken Wregget all bidding for the starting
role. Hextall will likely be the number
one netminder, barring any groin pulls
or contract disputes. Wregget is perhaps
the best trade bait the Flyers have in the
goaltending department, and will
probably be gone before their season
opens on October 4 in Washington. If
Farwell becomes brave enough to let
old-timer Peters go as well, that would
give either Roussel or Hoffort a one-way
turnpike ticket to back up Hextall
between the Philly pipes.
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