Night baseball lights up majors after seven decades
Jerry Nardiello, sports editor emeritus, recalls how night games began in 1935 after Larry MacPhail and Bill McKechnie tested Armco Field. Clark Griffith opposed, New York Giants balked, Cubs lit last, Roosevelt switched on Crosley Field. Derringer beat Bowman 2-1 as crowds rose and night baseball became permanent.
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Cincinnati
MacPhail
Middletown
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Old Armco Field
Washington Senators
Clark Griffith
Griffith
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley Field
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Powel Crosley
Crosley Field
Paul Derringer
Reds
Joe Bowman
Philadelphia Phillies
Open tennis upset as Myskina falls in France
Defending champion Anastasia Myskina is eliminated from the Open by Maria Sanchez Lorenzo while top seeds advance. Also notes Buckeye Tim Schafer cited for disorderly conduct and writer contact details listed for the Sports section.
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Anastasia Myskina
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo
France
Buckeye
OSA
Tim Schafer
Lebanon coach leaves to coach Sandusky Perkins
Lebanon high school football coach Dave Brausch accepted the Sandusky Perkins offer to move his family and work in an administrative role. Brausch, 43, noted a difficult decision after 10 years with Lebanon, where he built a 90-24 record and won a 1998 state title. He will join a Division III program in the Sandusky Bay Conference.
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Lebanon
Dave Brausch
Sandusky
Perkins
Erie County
Brausch
Sherry Buccieri
Sandusky Bay
Tle
Rock Farlow
The
Warriors
Reds fire relief pitcher Graves in quiet clubhouse farewell
Cincinnati Reds designated right hander Dan Graves for assignment ending an eight year run and drawing sharp reaction from teammates. Sean Casey lamented the move calling it wrong and shocking while Graves’ private affair left others near tears as the club faced an abrupt parting.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Danny Graves
Graves
Sean Casey
Casey
Tradeoff Reflections on Danny Graves Release
Danny Graves drew teary regret from players and officials as the Reds faced his release. Dave Miley and Sean Casey voiced mixed views on performance, options, and the decision despite Graves recording 10 saves in 12 chances. GM Dan O'Brien cited failed ninth inning outings as breaking point.
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Graves
Sean Casey
Danny Graves
Paul Wilson
New York
Indians
Dan O'Brien
Pistons rout Heat in Game 1 of Eastern finals
Detroit defeated Miami 90 81 as Pistons matched up well against the Heat. Tayshaun Prince Hassett outsized Wade Rasheed Wallace drew outside shots and Chauncey Billups led with 18 points while Shaquille O Neal scored 20 in his return. All five Pistons starters hit double figures.
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Miami
Detroit Pistons
Tayshaun Prince
Dwyane Wade
Rasheed Wallace
Chauncey Billups
Damon Jones
Miami Heat
Shaquille O’neal
Detroit
O'Neal
Wade
Heat
Prince
Stan van Gundy
Billups
Richard Hamilton
Ben Wallace
Pistons
Alonzo Mourning
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Dave Miley
LSV
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Luis Alvarez
Associated Press
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