6B Wednesday, September 20,1995 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Baseball format alters standings The Associated Press NEW YORK — Without realignment and the expanded playoffs, the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs would be batting for first place in the National League East with sub-500 records. Colorado, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston and the New York Yankees would have no chance for the postseason, and Cincinnati would have just a glimmer of hope. Montreal and the New York Mets, hopelessly out of it under the current system, would be in a pennant race. When the new format was instituted last year, critics claimed that sub-500 teams would be able to win the World Series. Ironically, the way things worked out, that won't happen under the new format but might have happened under the old system. On Monday night, Cleveland would have become the first team to clinch a playoff spot if the old format was still in use. "Everything would be different," said Boston Red Sox chief executive officer John Harrington, the architect of the new postseason format. Before 1969, it was all simple. There were no divisions, and the pennant winners met in the World Series. For the next 25 years, each league was split into two divisions, and the division winners met for the right to play in the World Series. Now, with wild-card berths and eight teams qualifying for the postseason, one can't figure out the October schedule without a chart. Cleveland, in the postseason for the first time in 41 years, now has to win two post-season series before it gets into the World Series. Under the old plan, the Indians would have been one series away. "You could run into a club that has a dominant pitcher," Indians general manager John Hart said. Still, he likes the new system. "Sure, there's a lot of ways to think about it," he said. "For fan interest, it's absolutely a success." Atlanta would lead Cincinnati by 5 1/2 games in the National League West. The Rockies would trail by 13, the Dodgers by 14 1/2 and the Astros by 15 1/2. If the old alignment still existed, the Phillies would lead the NL East with a 66-67 record, one game ahead of the Cubs at 64-67. The Expos and Mets would be tied for third, 4 1/2 games back with 12 left to play. Cleveland would lead the American League East by 12 1/2 games against the Red Sox, 23 games ahead of the Yankees. Only the American League West would be similar: the Angels two games ahead of the Mariners, $3\cdot 1/2$ ahead of the Royals and four ahead of the Rangers. "I think it's a success," acting commissioner Bud Selig said. "It will only get better." Trading light as NBA opens Summer lockout was expected to cause many personnel moves The Associated Press NEW YORK — The expected flurry of trades didn't happen when the NBA returned to business after a 2 1/2-month lockout. That doesn't mean it won't happen soon. Only two trades were made Monday when the league formally resumed operations at noon EDT, allowing teams to make deals for the first time since the July 1 lockout. Owners approved the six-year collective bargaining agreement by a 24-5 vote Friday, paving the way for the season's preparations to begin. The league's general managers began working the phones again, negotiating with free agents and dealing with their own disgruntled players. The Raptors traded B.J. Armstrong, their first pick in the expansion draft, to Golden State for two players and the rights to three 1995 second-round draft picks. The Golden State Warriors and the expansion Toronto Raptors were the first teams to do business, completing a six-player deal that appeared to be negotiated in June. "五ive for one is a good deal any way you look at it, and we got some talented players, too." Toronto coach Brendan Malone said. Toronto, which begins play this season, obtained centers Victor Alexander and Carlos Rogers and the rights to forwards Dwayne Whitfield, Martin Lewis and Michael McDonald. Also Monday, the Sacramento Kings traded center Frank Brickowski to the Seattle SuperSonics for guard Sarunas Marciulionis and forward Byron Houston. All three were traded last offseason as well. Detroit reportedly is set to trade the rights to first-round pick Randolph Childress to Portland for forward Otis Thorpe, and Trail Blazers guard Rod Strickland also may be headed out of Portland. Another possibility in the works is a deal that would send Brian Williams from Denver to the Los Angeles Clippers, completing a draft-day deal that involved rookie Antonio McDyess and Nuggets veteran Rodney Rogers. The New York Knicks' first order of business was to begin negotiations with free-agent forward Anthony Mason, winner of last season's Sixth Man Award. "I think this is the No. 1 priority. It certainly is the most pressing issue right now," a Knicks representative said. "We just both want to get it done as quickly as possible to our mutual satisfaction." While the New Jersey Nets added two assistant coaches, of greater import is the status of Derrick Coleman. The agent for the star forward said Coleman wanted to be traded, and the team's owners would discuss the matter this week. The new assistants are Stan Albeck, who coached the Nets from 1983 to 1985, and Clifford Ray, who was head coach Butch Beard's teammate on the NBA champion Warriors in 1975. Kevin McHale, the Minnesota Timberwolves' vice president of basketball operations, hopes to have No.1 draft choice Kevin Garnett signed as soon as next week, thanks to the rookie salary cap in the new labor agreement. Garnett, trying to jump from high school to the pros, is to play Joe Smith, Golden State's No. 1 pick, Saturday in a one-on-one game on the undercard of the Shaquille O'Neal-Hakeem Olajuwon promotional matchup in Atlantic City, N.J. "It'll give him a sense that you're not in Kansas anymore," McHale said of Garnett's game against Smith. The league also confirmed the McDonald's Championship would take place as scheduled. The first tournament pitting champions from the world's top basketball leagues will take place Oct. 19-21 in London. The sixteam event features the Houston Rockets (NBA), Sheffield (England), Real Madrid (Spanish, European champion) Buckler Bologna (Italy), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) and the yet to be determined Australian champion. "Hakeem is arriving in London on Tuesday to help us gear up our promotions," NBA European representative Ray Lalonde said. "It's been difficult to promote an event when you're not sure the event will take place." Slim chance for title does not slow career of heavyweight boxer The Associated Press BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Larry Holmes knows it's not likely that he'll get another title shot, but the 45-year-old former heavyweight champion isn't ready to get out of the ring vet. Holmes fought journeyman Ed Donaldson, a Mobile, Ala. policeman, in the feature bout at Casino Magic last night. "Don King is in control of a lot of it these days, and he and I aren't seeing eye to eye, so I'm not sure what's in store," Holmes said Monday. "I'm still in it for the fun of it. I enjoy the game. With the way it's going today you never know. If I get a couple of wins, then another shot might happen." But Holmes knows that, realistically, his last title shot probably came in his last fight. Holmes lost a 12-round unanimous decision on April 8 to then-WBC heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, who has since lost the title to Frank Bruno. That was expected to be the last fight for Holmes, the heavyweight champion from 1978-85, who had lost four title attempts in his comeback before yesterday's match. "Oliver fought well, and I didn't fight very well," said Holmes, who had a 61-5 professional record with 40 knockouts before yesterday's bout. "I could have fought better, but he beat me and that's behind me now." Holmes was back on the Mississippi Gulf Coast against another little-known opponent, Donaldson, who moonlight as a boxer, had an 11-4 pro record with nine knockouts entering last night's fight. Holmes, who was scheduled to get less than $200,000 for the Donaldson fight, said that he was not interested in fighting anyone in a life or death situation. "I want to fight again in October, November and December," he said. "I'm not fighting top 10 guys anymore. I'm not looking to fight Riddick Bowe. These guys are journeymen. They want to learn." Holmes has said that he didn't plan to fight anymore after 1955. 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