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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1987
Page
9
Television listings show the Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers at 7 30 p m on ESPN and Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins in Game 2 of the AL Championship Series at 8 30 p m on WAGT and WIS.
Local high school games begin at 8 p.m. Oday Strom Thurmond visits Keenan Friday October 9 A C Flora at Aiken South Aiken at C A Johnson Midland Valley at Orangeburg Wilkinson Airport at North Augusta Batesburg Leesville at Silver Bluff Wagener Salley at Blackville Hilda H K T at RSM Dixie at Wagener Salley USC Aiken plays soccer at Methodist Saturday October 10 at 2 p m.
Augusta officials launch a broad promotional push as the Macon Pirates move to Augusta in a bid to revive minor league baseball after 25 years. Len Monheimer and Bill Heaton announce the transfer, with the club joining the South Atlantic League.
In Atlanta at the AT&T Challenge Ivan Lendl outlasted John McEnroe 5-7 6-4 7-6 while Jimmy Connors defeated Paul Annacone 6-1 6-4. Edberg beat Stenlund 4-6 7-5 6-1 and Meci defeated Pernfors 7-6 6-4 in round robin play. Connors faced taunts about his age before sweeping Annacone in the second set.
CNN reports at least a dozen Oklahoma coaches and athletic staff accepted new cars from dealerships in exchange for football tickets valued around 400 dollars. Cars were licensed as dealer vehicles. Oklahoma Tax Commission probes dealer plates. Barry Switzer denies wrongdoing and says he sees no problem with the arrangement. Former players say they were misquoted by Dallas Morning News.
Minnesota overcame Doyle Alexander as Gary Gaetti slugged two homers and Don Baylor delivered a decisive eighth inning single followed by a Brunansky two run double. Kirby Puckett and Steve Lombardozzi also contributed, lifting the Twins over Detroit 8-5 in Game 1. Bert Blyleven will start Game 2 against Jack Morris.
San Francisco's Jeffrey Leonard, nicknamed Hac-Man, thrashes St. Louis pitching with two homers and three singles as the Giants and Cardinals split the first two games. He relishes the boos from Cardinal fans and seeks to lift his sputtering season into October form amid a tense, edge driving showdown.
Coaches stress the stakes as Midland Valley Orangeburg Wilkinson Lexington Greenwood and Irmo battle for Region 3-AAAA leadership at 1-1. Dwight Smith notes no dominant team and says a turnover could decide games. Wagener Salley eyes a playoff push in Region 4A with Blackville Hilda awaiting and a tough early schedule.
In childhood, the World Series arrived through a thin white wire in a classroom earphone as students listened to Sandy Koufax and Harmon Killebrew. The piece reflects on daytime games, past schedules, and the shift in how the series is consumed amid rising TV revenues and ratings.
A memory of the fall of 1965 when the Dodgers beat the Twins in seven games. A school day interrupted by a hidden transistor radio, the class on hold for the World Series, and a teacher’s drawer closing like a final out. The narrator recalls Koufax and Drysdale, a popular second grader shamed by the lesson, and a girl who never reached the majors or got an apple.
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