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Friday, October 20, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Players resume Series practices with 'hollow feelings'
Giants, A's to give winnings to cleanup
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — While jackhammers and drills fixed Candlestick Park, the Bay area began putting back the pieces of its earthquake-striken World Series yesterday.
In San Francisco, the Giants played a simulated game. They went through the motions without the sticks that punctate team practices.
"This is my job, so I'll go out and play. But it's not the best of circumstances. first baseman Will Clark拼搏 will feel comfortable for a while."
At the Oakland Coliseum, the athletics worked out without outfielder Rickey Henderson, who didn't show up. Before the team took the field, it voted not to celebrate with champs in the series, which the A's lead 2-0.
"We don't think it's appropriate" designated hitter Dave Parker said.
Baseball is still hoping to resume the Series on Tuesday at Candlestick, provided the stadium is ready. There is a six-inch crack in the upper deck in right field, but that is being played and apparently poses no danger.
Commissioner Fay Vincent said last night that the Coliseum had been certified by the city as ready to play.
Candlestick is expected to be certi-
ledge Monday.
An NFL game scheduled for Candlestick on Sunday between the 49ers and New England, however, was shifted 35 miles south to Stanford's stadium.
"We're in the process of jackhammering the stands, but everything is cosmetic," said Jorge Costa, vice president for stadium operations.
Giants manager Roger Craig believes that sort of.
"From what I hear about the stadium, it's perfectly safe, and I'm not afraid of it — really." Cralg said. "I'm managing from second base."
If all goes normal, Games 3 and 4,
and 5, if needed, would be at Candlestick.
Games 6 and 7, if needed, would be back in Oakland.
Vincent said that he had not yet met with San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos but that he planned to during the weekend. He said that he had been told by police officials that they should be able to provide enough manpower Tuesday to handle baseball's security needs.
When asked if the traditional travel day would be retained when game sites are switched, Vincent said, "My personal preference would be not to go."
He said the original game times would still be in effect.
The Coliseum sustained no visible damage. Some lights were fixed in the scoreboard, but it was business as usual.
Of course, this will never be a normal World Series. No matter who
OAKLAND, Calif. — The question of whether to resume the World Series was not multiple choice. There were only two answers, yet no one could say whether they picked the right one.
Players question start-up
The Associated Press
the sun shined warm over the Oakland Coliseum yesterday, but it did the same at Candiestick Park on the other side of the bay two days earlier when an earthquake killed hundreds of people.
If the bright sky or the green, freshly mowed lawn or even the familiar crack of wood denting horsehide was supposed to be an omen, no one was foolhardy enough to say so.
"I mean you can do," Dave Henderson said, pulling off his Oakland A's cap and running a hand through his sweaty, close-cropped hair, "is show your face.
"I mean, I'm a professional athlete. I can't do much to dig people out and bring people back. But you can show your face. And smile."
Eight-year-old Daniel Burgess was smiling already. He had a lousy season in the North Oakland Little League, and so yesterday he did what millions of kids before him have done for a 100 years. He snuck into the ballpark to watch
may be posed up a new wedge. On any other autumn afternoon, Daniel would be at school and his mother, Ffi., would be at work as a court reporter. His classes were canceled, and she quit her job right after the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed. The aggravation of finding another way into San Francisco's downtown financial district seemed too, too much.
batting practice and maybe pick up a few tips.
They had set off from home that morning in search of groceries, but the route that carried them past the Coliseum turned out to be the only excuse they needed.
But every time Daniel was asked whether the World Series should resume, he only smiled shyly and looked at his mother.
"He wants to say 'yes,' " she said, interpreting his grin.
"To be truthful, it isn't going to be the same."
McWeir said. "I don't know how it can be the same."
"It should be interesting to see how many people who had tickets in the upper deck will be back."
Yesterday, the classified section of a local newspaper carried more offers to sell Giants' tickets than it did for Fords and Chevys combined.
Perhaps quite a few won't.
Indeed, much if not most of the celebration has gone out of the Series already. The A's voted to forsake champagne in the locker room if they fulfill expectations and win two more games. Even Jose Canseco has vowed to donate some of the proceeds from his opportunistic 900 hotline to aid victims of the tragedy.
But is that enough?
because it is enough.
"I don't know," said Oakland catcher Terry Steinbach. "The bottom line is if the players don't show up, there would be no game."
"It's strictly personal," Steinbach said. "I can't make my wife go. But I know my family will be with me in spirit."
The pictures of Steinbach leading his sobbing wife, Mary, off the field in the aftermath of the earthquake were the most memorable to Candlestick. She has told him she won't return.
San Francisco's Pat Sheridan will have to settle for the same. Like many of the ballplayers, he endured a few anxious moments Tuesday night because he was unable to find a loved one in the stands. His wife, Melanie, is now back in Detroit.
Sheridan raced through the crowd and found her. Once reunited, they rushed to the car to begin an almost-futile drive back into the city, where they had left their 3-month-old infant with a baby sitter in a hotel.
wins, it will be remembered for tragedy more than triumph.
"Nobody wants to play right now," Oakland first baseman Mark McGwire said. "I know I wouldn't play if they asked us today."
Both teams plan to practice every day until the Series resumes. With a forecast of rain for the weekend,
Oakland manager Tony La Russa said the team would train in Phoenix, Ariz., if necessary.
Henderson, who has a history of skipping workouts, was absent and the Athletics said they didn't know where he was. La Russa said he had left a message for Henderson on his answering machine.
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"He's very good," Bingham said. "He's one of the better pitchers in the Big Eight, and that makes him one of the better pitchers in the country. Most of the other guys just had more experience."
Renko
minutes before game time, will start Game 3, whenever it is played. Scott Garrelts, who was hit hard in the opener, will pitch the fourth game.
Crediting Bingham with success
"I could tell right away that Coach was a winner and that he was going to do whatever it took."
Renko credits Bingham with much of his success, not to mention that it was Bingham who talked Renko into coming back to Kansas after his freshman season, when the team finished 15-39-1.
"I thought about going to a juco or to Wichita State," Renko said. "In fact, I was set on doing that until I talked to Coach.
La Russa said he had considered bringing back Dave Stewart, who pitched a shutout in the opener, for a playoff win. The originally scheduled to pitch Game 3.
Bingham remembers that he called every player who was coming back and told them that he wanted people who wanted to be here and who wanted to be winners.
That is what Renko and Bingham both believe Kansas is going to be this year.
"The team has a winning attitude this year." Renko said. Coach has done a great job with the team, but he still fun this year than it was last year.
"We are beginning to mature.
We haven't played excellent this fall; we've played good. The difference is that in the past there has
Renko said that this team would be special to him because it's his senior season.
been pressure on us to win. This year, we are using this time to make ourselves better."
"I'm not upset," La Russa said. "I don't know if he gave the message."
Craig said Don Robinson, who was just about to warm up when the earthquake struck Tuesday 30
"Our group of seniors laid down the foundation for a program here," Renko said. "It's neat to see the people we are going to leave behind."
"He has an average major-league fastball, but he has plenty of stuff." Bingham said. "He has two outstanding-out-pitches — his
Bingham thinks that Renko has the mechanics and pitches to become a major-league pitcher.
The right stuff
Giants pitcher Kelly Downs also missed practice, but Craig said he had received permission to go to Salt Lake City for a personal matter.
If Renko does make it to the major leagues, he wouldn't be the first member of the family to do so.
slider and his curveball."
"He mentioned to me about coming to Kansas, but he never pressured me," the younger Renko said. "I honestly came here because I had the chance to play right away."
His father, Steve Renko Jr., pitched 13 years in the major leagues, starting out with Montreal and ending his career with the Kansas City Royals in 1982. He played for Kansas from 1964-65. Renko now sells real estate in the Kansas City area.
Supersonics
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"World of Tomorrow" exhibit for the 1962 World's Fair. As far as the Sonics are concerned, tomorrow has come and gone for the Coliseum.
They say they need a new arena to stay competitive in this era of sky-rocketing, long-term, guaranteed contracts.
Whitstis says the coliseum is longer the right place for the Sonics.
"It's doing the best it can do," he said. "But, unfortunately, our business is not what it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five years ago."
The Somes note that they play in the third smallest building in the NRA.
Whitsitt said the Sonics' phone has been ringing steadily with inquiries from cities that would like to host the team. Ackier talked to San Diego interests about moving the Sonics
"All of these cities that have new arenas or are building new arenas or want NBA basketball have been all over us like a cold sweat," Whitsitt said. "Yeah, we've talked to them. We have not solicited anything."
"I'm not going to give you the list. That makes it look like we're out shopping. We're not out shopping."
Ackerkey says the Sonics will not sign a new lease with the city for the Coliseum. Their Coliseum lease extends through the 1994-95 season although the Sonics could buy it out for $500,000.
Seattle will elect a new mayor Nov. 7. Mayor Charles Royer has stepped down and will be followed by either City Councilman Norm Rice or City Attorney Douw Jewett.
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