Baseball Will Go On With Or Without Pete Rose
An Atlanta stadium obser ving a Braves loss notes fan behavior and mild superstition around Pete Rose's ban. The author argues the game and sport endure despite his exile, citing subdued crowds, solid pitching by Tom Glavine, and a 4 1 loss as evidence.
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Atlanta
Fulton County Stadium
Tom Glavine
St. Louis
Joe Magrane
Atlanta Braves
Peter Edward Rose
Rose
Ballpark
Ozzie Smith
Bart Giamatti
Dale Murphy
Smith
Braves
Glavine
Andres
Pete
Diamondvision
Mowhawk
Pete Rose
America
Drawdy and Perry Lead At Orville White Cup Series
Oswald Drawdy and Frank Perry fired strong rounds at Midland Valley Country Club leading the Orville White Cup with Crawdy at 2 under par 69. Aiken’s Ratcliffe and Augusta’s Tant shot 71 to tie for second as Schrader sits three back at 72 while the final round looms with tougher pin placements and a longer course.
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Graniteville
Oswald Drawdy
Drawdy
Clemson
Palmetto Club
Oswald
Midland Valley Country Club
Crawdy
Frank Perry
Aiken
Evin Ratcliffe
Augusta
Roger Tant
Aikken
Ron Schrader
Draway
Perry
Peachtree City
Kevin Ratcliffe
Midland Valley
Ratcliffe
Tom
USC Aiken
Johnny Seals
CSRA
Ron Schroder
Doug Hathaway
Hal Cohen
Lance Reid
Marc Weibel
Doug Faulkne
Winny
Summer Squall wins Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga in undefeated run
Dogwood Stables Summer Squall capture fifth straight win in the $234,000 Hopeful Stakes for 2 year olds at Saratoga. With Pat Day aboard he surged from sixth around the final turn to win by 1 1/ x lengths, earning $140,400 and boosting career earnings near $300,000. The Lukas entry included Sir Richard Lewis and Eternal Flight as runners up. Summer Squall, a Storm Bird colt trained by D Wayne Lukas, had earlier victories at Churchill Downs and Saratoga Special. Next start eyed: Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct 14, with a Breeders Cup run anticipated.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Dogwood Stables
Summer Squall
Saratoga
Pat Day
Richard Lewis
Angel Cordero Jr
D. Wayne Lukas
Carson City
Eternal Flight
Randy Romero
Storm Bird
Dogwood Stable
Lukas
Aiken
Dogwood
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Bashford Manor
New York
Lawson Y. Glenn
Belmont Park
Belmont
Glenn
Blausers Homer Spree Sends Braves Past Cubs 5 3
Jeff Blauser hit his first two homer game and drove in two as Atlanta defeated Chicago 5 3. Sergio Valdez earned his first major league win after relieving early starter Derek Lilliquist, and Oddibe McDowell added a leadoff homer as the Braves built a 4 0 lead before holding on. Cubs drop seventh in eight.
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Chicago
Jeff Blauser
Sergio Valdez
Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Oddibe McDowell
Blauser
Rick Sutcliffe
Braves
Dale Murphy
Derek Lilliquist
Atlanta
Lilliquist
Ryne Sandberg
Michigan Tops AP Top 25 Football Poll No. 1
Michigan leads the AP Top 25 football poll for the first time this season with 23 first place votes and 1,439 points edging defending champ Notre Dame. Nebraska Miami Southern Cal Florida State also earn first place votes as the rankings expand to 25 teams.
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Shicnigan
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
Ann Arbor
Nebraska
Miami
Southern California
Florida State
Southern Cal
Louisiana State
Auburn
UCLA
Arkansas
Penn State
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Zane Smith
Expos
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Cnemge
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