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Tuesday, October 7. 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Jackson questionable after hitting dugout wall
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BOSTON — Reggie Jackson, in the September of his years as a baseball player, may have lost his last chance to be Mr. October again because of a display of temper.
The 40-year-old Jackson has been the star of many post-season competitions and is being counted on by the California Angels to produce runs against the Boston Red Sox in their best-of-seven series for the American League pennant. But he injured his left wrist Saturday when he punched the dugout wall at Arlington Stadium in a fit of anger during the Angels' season finale against the Texas Rangers.
As a result, the Angels' sluggier may not be in top shape for tonight's playoff opponent at Fenway Park.
"He says he'll be all right." Angels' manager Gene Mauch said yesterday at Fenway Park before his team took the field for a brief workout. "He says he's a quick healer. Right now I don't know if he'll be in the lineup or
Jackson's temper tantrum came after he fouled out in the ninth inning against Texas' Ed Correa. According to Mauch, it was a pitch Jackson felt he should have crushed, and when he got back to the dugout he got rid of his anger by striking the dugout wall.
X rays taken of Jackson's wrist showed no break, and Angels' trainer Rick Smith diagnosed the injury as a bruised left wrist.
the loss of Jackson would be a severe blow to the Angels. Although he hit only 241 this season — in what could be his final campaign — he hit 18 home runs, including three in one game, and was especially hot during the final month of the season.
Sox fans get tickets
BOSTON — Thousands of chilly, bleary-eyed Red Sox fans ended their long vigil yesterday and scooped up coveted playoff and World Series tickets that had kept some of them in line for nearly a week.
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Up to 8,000 fans stood in a line that almost circled Fenway Park, and the rowdy crowd let out a roar when the ticket office opened at 9 a.m.
Eddie Angell, 29, of East Providence, R.I., was the first person in line at noon last Tuesday. After nearly one week on the sidewalk outside the ballpark, Angell had two tickets for box seats in Game Five of the World Series, gambling that the Red Sox will get that far.
"It ites fantastic to hold them in your hands," Angell said.
Moreover, Jackson earned the nickname Mr. October because of his ability to perform superbly in post-season competition. He has hit 16 post-season home runs, including six in AL playoffs, and was an important contributor to three world championship teams at Oakland and two more with the New York Yankees.
Although he is no longer the consistent slugger he used to be, Jackson still brings a sense of drama to the game every time he steps to the plate. The anticipation of Jackson taking his swings against Boston firebailer Roger Clemens tonight was expected to add great excitement to the game.
Eric Jackson, 19, a student at Harvard University in nearby Cambridge, managed to get tickets for Game Four of the World Series.
"I knew what the competition for playoff tickets was like in this town. It's fierce. I wanted to see if I could stand in line for a solid week, and I did it."
"It's awesome!" he said. "Take me now, Lord."
Playoff tickets in sports-mad Boston are at a premium because Fenway, a classic park built in 1912 and refurbished in 1934, seats only 33,583, much less than some of the more modern ballparks. Moreover, the Red Sox have not appeared in post-season play since 1975 — when they lost the World Series to Cincinnati — and have not won a World Series since 1918.
Team officials declined to release the number of tickets available to the public, but unofficial estimates put the figure at about 7,500 per game.
Playoff tickets sold for between $15 and $25, with World Series stubs priced from $25 to $40.
"I've got to believe he'll be there when the bell rings," said the Angels' Brian Downing. "He's been his usual self. He hasn't said anything about it to us. It's been a joke or two, a smile or two, mostly the same intense look on his face."
Mauch would certainly like to see Jackson in the lineup against Clemens. He needs all the help he can get against the right-hander, who posted a 24-4 record, including a perfect 3-0 against the Angels.
"Reggie's hit a home run off Clemens this year and be
struck out four or five times," said Mauch. "I'll settle for one of each tomorrow night. In fact, I'll give Clemens two strikeouts."
While Jackson's status is uncertain, Clemens pronounced himself perfectly fit for the series. Clemens sent a chill through all of New England last week when he was struck on the right elbow by a line drive off the bat of Baltimore's John Stefero and suffered a severe bone bruise.
It appeared for a while that the injury might prevent Clemens from being at his best in the series, but he insists he has made a full recovery.
"My arm is 100 percent." Clemens said. "It hurts if I push down on it real hard, but otherwise there's no problem. I'd like to think my frame of mind is fine."
The frame of mind of both teams has not been very sharp in recent days, however.
Both teams enter the post-season competition in a slump of sorts. The Red Sox were swept by the New York Yankees in a four-game season-ending series and the Angels lost seven of their last nine games, including Sunday's finale.
Boston's Wade Boggs, the major league's leading hitter, admitted the Red Sox played with a lack of intensity against the Yankees, but he expected the old spark to return tonight.
Ryan still can smoke 'em in after 4,100 pro-ball innings
"We won the East, and we know we are a good ballclub." Boggs said.
Mauch said, "If there's one team that can just turn it on whenever they want, it's us. We have a very unusual team in that respect."
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HOUSTON — A major-league career spanning more than 19 years, three teams and two leagues has taken its toll on Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan.
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So have an amazing 4,277 strikeouts, five no-hitters and more than 100 victories in each of the American and National Leagues.
But Ryan, who turns 40 in January, has not lost his trademark smoke. The hard-throwing right-hander from Alvin, Texas, still is capable of throwing a fastball nearly 100 mph, an even more amazing feat considering he has thrown more than 4,100 innings since first playing a big league game in 1966.
speed of one of his patented fastballs was 93 mph.
Houston's league rivals would agree. Ryan was 12-8 in 1966 with 194 strikeouts in 178 innings and, despite being placed on the disabled list twice during the season for an elbow problem, he was clocked as high as 97 mph. The average
"I don't have the strength or stamina I had 10 years ago," said Ryan, who is scheduled to start Game 2 of the League Championship Series on Thursday in Houston against one of his former teams, the New York Mets. "But I think for 100 to 120 pitches, I'm still very efficient."
Ryan does not have any scientific or philosophical explanations for his ability to stay in the game as long as he has and still be effective.
"I think if you look back on anybody who had longevity, whether it be (Tom) Seaver or (Don) Sutton or Dave Lopes, you find one trait in all those people." Ryan said. "It's that they work hard and are dedicated to what they're doing. I think that's why sometimes we're able to continue as long as we have.
"I think I was just blessed with a certain body type and with the ability to throw a baseball. The other thing is I've made a point to study proper mechanics and be as mechanically sound as I possibly can. If you have proper mechanics, it doesn't matter what you do, you're going to be more successful, more consistent and put less stress on your body because of it. Hip rotation and leg strength plays a big part in throwing, but it all comes together."
Ryan also believes he has lasted in the game because he is a fastball eurv眼球 pitcher.
"I haven't thrown a pitch that has put a lot of stress on my arm," he said. "I have a change-up, but I only throw that about 10 percent of the time."
Aside from surgery in 1975 to remove bone chips from his right hand, Ryan has been virtually injury-free during his career. This season, Ryan was bothered by an elbow problem that required two trips to the disabled list, the second time against Ryan's wishes.
But Ryan came back strong and was even more effective. He even took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against San Francisco two weeks ago.
"The two weeks off helped my arm," he said. "I think being in the stage of my career where I was, I was able to come back and not get out of the groove. I think younger players or maybe me five or 10 years ago, I might have had a problem with it."
The doctor has ordered rest for Ryan in the off-season and Ryan is in complete agreement. For now, he wants to fulfill his goal of pitching in the World Series as an Astro. He was a member of the Mets 1969 championship team.
He'd love to pitch against the Angels, for whom he pitched for eight seasons.
"I think going back to Anaheim would mean a lot more to me than pitching in Shea Stadium because Gene Autry still owns the team (Angels)," he said. "There are still a lot of people with the Angels that were there when I was. I've been removed from the Mets for so long."
Lanier wants to stymie Mets
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HOUSTON — Hal Lanier represents the "Revenge of Whitey Herzog." He can accomplish this fall what Herzog must wait until next year to do — thwart the New York Mets.
Lanier, Houston Astros manager,
has brought his team to the National
League playoffs, which begin tomorrow
in the Astrodome. He has done it
by using many of the things he learned
in a four-year apprenticeship
under Herzog in St. Louis.
Lanier's coming battle with New York extends a deepening rivalry between Herzog and the Mets. Last year, Herzog guided the Cardinals to a narrow victory over New York in the NL East race, motivating his team with complaints over a lack of recognition from the East Coast.
"A lot of things we've accomplished this season I would have to attribute directly to my years under Whitey," Lanier said. "I would have been cheating myself and the team if I hadn't used the things I learned with him."
Herzog then spent the winter taunting the Mets, saying, "They still think they won it last year."
The Cardinals never contended this season and Herzog was the first to concede the NL East title to the Mets.
Nevertheless, a New York tumble engineered by one of his pupils could give Herzog a chuckle.
Herzog isn't alone. Not even the vastness of Texas could hold all the people rooting against the Mets.
"There are 24 other teams who will be Astros fans beginning Oct. 8," said
one member of the Philadelphia Phillies. "The Mets are the only team in baseball that high fives in BP (batting practice)."
One of 90 candidates for the Houston job, Lanier won it because Astros General Manager Dick Wagner is a big admirer of Herzog's. Lanier then energized Houston with several Herzog tactics. He tailored his game to the ballpark, strengthened his bullpen, and developed a young player. He also gave the Astros something they had lacked for years: chemistry.
"A lot of the strategies and knowledge I learned working under Whitey have helped Houston," Lanier said. "Last year in St Louis, we won the National League pennant together. But I have to say I'm very satisfied."
Orioles name Ripken manager
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BALTIMORE - Cal Ripken Sr., snubbed twice by the organization he has served for three decades, was named manager of the Baltimore Orioles yesterday and can become only the third man in major-league history to manage his son.
Ripken replaces Earl Weaver, who announced last month that he would leave the Orioles at the end of the season. Baltimore lost 42 of its last 56 games to finish last in the American League East, the first time the franchise wound up in the cellar since moving to Maryland in 1954.
"With this ballclub and this organization, we have to get back to doing things right." Ripken said. "I want this club to come to the ballpark each day, put the uniform on and go to work."
The hawk-nosed former third base coach, who also served with the Orioles as a minor-league manager, player and scout, signed a one-year contract. Financial terms of the pact were not disclosed.
Ripken was passed over for the job when Weaver retired for the first time at the end of the 1982 season and again when Weaver's successor Joe Altobelli was fired in June 1985.
Weaver ended his career Sunday, fifth on baseball's all-time list in winning percentage (.583) and 14th in victories (1,480).
The elder Ripken, whose son, Cal Ripken Jr., is a perennial All-Star for the Orioles, said he was looking forward to working with his star shortstop. The younger Ripken hit .282 this season with 25 home runs and 80RBIs while playing every inning.
"Anytime I can find someone to hit 25 homers and drive in 80-100 runs, I'd take 24 of them," the elder Ripken said.
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