October 1, 1999
GREENSPAN: THE FED CHIEF IN A BUBBLE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amAMERICA is going to have to do the unthinkable. When the Dow falls to 10,000, Washington will be forced to rig the stock market. Not that this sort of thing...
BILLING FRAUD A SIGN OF GROWING IDENTITY CRISIS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amAlex Adams, a 29-year-old Manhattanite, never saw the Sandra Bullock movie "The Net." He doubts he would have found it entertaining, since Adams has been a victim of identity fraud,...
STEPPING OUT COLE HAAN TRIES POLISHING IMAGE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amWhimsical straw handbags with fake cherries; shapely mules with peek-aboo fabric; and chartreuse patent leather purses. This is not your mother's Cole Haan. The 71 year-old company, best known for...
MONEY FOR NOTHING? DEN PAYS EXECS BIG FOR NO REVENUES
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amMost workers at Internet start-ups spend years slaving away in darkened rooms, earning nothing and eating Cheetos, waiting for an IPO or buyout to make it all worthwhile. The folks...
MARTS GAIN, BUT SEE LOSS FOR QUARTER
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe markets rallied nicely yesterday, but not enough to erase the losses of a down month and a down quarter. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 123.47, or 1.21 percent,...
NEWSWEEK'S JONATHAN ALTER REJECTS TOP JOB AT GEORGE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amNewsweek columnist and NBC News pundit Jonathan Alter says he has turned thumbs down on an offer to be editor-in chief of George, the political lifestyle magazine founded by the...
TIME WARNER BYPASSES OWN MUSIC LABEL FOR WEB RELEASE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTime Warner is jumping on the music-Internet bandwagon - bypassing its own music labels to launch a new CD direct to the web. Warner Brothers' film division is releasing two...
SEC THREATENS TO BLOCK IPO BY NYSE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission is turning up the heat on the New York Stock Exchange. A top SEC official said yesterday her agency could block a Big Board IPO...
VILLEROY ADDING MORE ONTO ITS PLATE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Villeroy & Boch leaves its Madison Avenue space next January to make way for the red-hot designer Michael Kors, it won't just move to another location. The venerable, 250...
WTC SALE SIDELINED; BUT PA OK'S DEAL ON BUS STATION AIR RIGHTS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA New York-New Jersey border war is holding up the sale of the World Trade Center and other projects on both sides of the Hudson, officials charged yesterday. The Port...
A LION'S SHARE OF'MAGIC' IN 3-D BOX
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amSIEGFRIED & ROY:THE MAGIC BOX 'SIEGFRIED & Roy: The Magic Box" in IMAX is a match made in movie heaven, because 3-D is the perfect format to tell the story...
VIBRANT STYLE AND CONTEMPORARY BEAT IN EVIDENCE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amDANCE REVIEW THERE is plenty to cheer about at the Joyce Theater, where Ronald K. Brown's Evidence company opens the theater's 1999/2000 dance season this week. And the audiences are...
'NEW DAY' DAWNS; STING EXPLORES LOVE ON LATEST DISC
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amSTING has just finished practicing his song "An Englishman in New York" and looks worn out. He sticks out a sweaty hand out to greet a visitor to the small...
AMATEURISH 'PLUNKETT'? JUNK IT
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am'PLUNKETT and Macleane" should have been good, swashbuckling fun - a buddy action comedy set in the era of three-cornered hats, pirate boots and overflowing bodices that happens to star...
BIG FUN TO BE HAD AT 'EPIC PROPORTIONS'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHEATER REVIEW I'VE always cherished two old New Yorker cartoons about Hollywood and antiquity. In one, hundreds of extras are sprawled on couches during a Roman banquet; the caption reads,...
JUST KID STUFF
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" won't tickle anyone much above the age of 6.The first full-fledged "Sesame Street" movie in 15 years is a by-the-numbers musical targeted almost entirely...
'HOTEL' HAS ROOM TO IMPROVE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am'NEW Rose Hotel" represents the sadly failed union of two cult sensibilities. It's a low-budget adaption by director Abel Ferrara (who made "Bad Lieutenant" and the brilliant "King of New...
NEW 'DEAD' HEAD
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amONE of the fall's most eagerly awaited new musicals changed directors this week, just days before the first public performance. "The Dead," which begins previews tomorrow night at Playwrights Horizons,...
AS A TEEN COMEDY, IT'S WORSE THAN CLUELESS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am'DRIVE Me Crazy" recycles the teen romantic comedies of the last few years, from "Clueless" to "She's All That," and it's easily the worst of the lot. This isn't because...
'LAW & ORDER' BOSS PLANS REALITY CHECK
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amLAW & ORDER" creator Dick Wolf is applying his winning crime-and-punishment formula to a syndicated reality show. The show, which does not have a name yet, would take true crime...
CHEERS FOR 'HAPPY'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am'HAPPY, Texas" was the hit of the Sundance Film Festival - and for good reason.It's a funny and occasionally poignant movie that gives Steve Zahn ("Out of Sight") a starring...
NO ANTIDOTE TO 'NIGHTLINE' GERM ATTACK
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am"NIGHTLINE" is poised to prove that sometimes even the best news programs make bad decisions. Over the next week, if previews of tonight's and Tuesday's installments of "Biowar" are reliable...
DAVE'S THE LATE-NIGHT DARLING ...AND JAY'S FEELING THE PINCH
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHE late-night wars have taken a turn, with David Letterman's "Late Show" on CBS picking up ratings steam - and Jay Leno's top-rated "Tonight Show" leaking viewers on NBC. Ratings...
NO 'MYSTERY' WHY 'ALASKA' CHARMS-IT'S AN ICE LITTLE MOVIE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amMOVIE REVIEWS 'MYSTERY, Alaska," which tries to cross "Slap Shot" with "Northern Exposure," doesn't quite achieve its goal, but this overgrown little movie does offer solid laughs, engaging performances and...
TV TICKER
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amHe's toast Say good riddance to "The Mike O'Malley Show." The freshman sitcom became the season's first fatality yesterday after being axed by NBC. "Mike O'Malley is a very talented...
SABRINA TALKS TO ALL THE WRONG PEOPLE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHE publisher of Archie Comics is still waiting for an apology from the witch without a stitch. Magazine pinup girl Melissa Joan Hart - who is also the star of...
DELICIOUS COMEDY OFFERS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WELL
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHEATER REVIEW IF nothing else, the sparkling one-man tour de force "Fully Committed," at the Vineyard, enlarges our vocabulary. Mark Setlock plays Sam, a "reservationist." That is, he sits, in...
A CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT 'THREE KINGS' DELIVERS SUBSTANCE WITH STYLE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHREE KINGS Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube. Written and Directed by David O. Russell. Running time: 115minutes. Rated R. At the Lincoln Square, the Village VII, the Kips...
RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER CHECHNYA, ; DESPITE WAR VOW
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amRussian troops have moved into Chechnya - even though the rebel southern region has warned Moscow that a full-scale assault would mean civil war. "Combat operations in Chechnya are already...
SAFE POWER? TRUST IT AS MUCH AS A TAME SHARK
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amAKIRA SHIMIZU got on a train in his native Japanese island of Hokkaido with a short sword cane tucked in his belt and assassination in his mind. "I wanted to...
GOV. TERMINATOR? ARNOLD EYES CALIF. RUN
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe Terminator may be saying hasta la vista to movies and busting into politics. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's considering a run for governor of California in three years. "Oh, yeah,...
BOONE BACK AT ART'S CUTTING EDGE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amGlamorous gallery owner Mary Boone has transformed herself from the contemporary art scene's downtown darling to its new Uptown Girl. The diminutive dealer dubbed "queen of the art world" in...
COP KILLER CONVICTED AFTER 22 YRS.
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe family of a cop slain 22 years ago finally got justice yesterday when a Brooklyn jury convicted a wannabe mobster for the killing. "You rot in hell!" the cop's...
CITY PAYS LISA'S BIRTH MOM 985G
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amAlmost 12 years after the death of Lisa Steinberg, the city yesterday settled a lawsuit the tragic little girl's natural mother had filed, agreeing to pay nearly $1 million. Michele...
GUN LOBBY STRIKES WHILE THE IRONY IS HOT
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amMARY BOONE would be scandalized. Early reaction from the gun-toting community suggests that pistol-lovers might come to the art-dealing diva's defense. Boone was arrested Wednesday for handing out 9-mm. cartridges...
STUDENTS ATTACK AUSSIE EMBASSY IN INDONESIA
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amStudent protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta yesterday, angered over the Aussies' lead role in the multinational peacekeeping force in East Timor. Some 500...
AL GORE, CHEVROLET SALESMAN; THE VEEP'S CAMPAIGN SEARCHES IN VAIN FOR A 'HEARTBEAT'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amFORGIVE me if I toot my own horn a little, but when it comes to Al Gore, I told you so. Five months ago in this space, on April 14,...
WORKFARE WOMEN RIP 'HARASSMENT'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amCity officials violated the law by ignoring sex-harass complaints from participants in the welfare-to-work program, federal officials charged. Several women in the Work Experience Program claimed they were harassed by...
MURDERED BRIDE LAID OUT IN WEDDING DRESS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA tragic New Jersey bride yesterday was laid out in the same white gown and veil in which she was killed on her wedding day as tearful family, friends and...
FIRST LADY NOW A BITTER HILL FOR HMOS TO SWALLOW
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday unleashed her sharpest attack to date on HMOs and health insurers for putting profits ahead of patients. Appearing at a small rural hospital in...
PREZ OFFERS PRAYERS AND CRACK U.S. CRISIS TEAM
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - White House officials said a crack American emergency-response team is ready to help Japan deal with its nuclear disaster. "We have a nuclear emergency-response team that deals with...
SKYSCRAPERS SWAY IN KILLER MEXICO QUAKE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA powerful earthquake jolted southern Mexico yesterday - killing at least 15 people, damaging hundreds of buildings, tearing apart bridges and making skyscrapers sway. The 7.5-magnitude quake - as strong...
POLICE THINK MOM HOLDS KEY TO ARSON MYSTERY IN QUEENS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amPolice believe the answer to how four members of a Queens family died in an arson fire lies with the mother who survived. Detectives said they wanted to reinterview Brinda...
BUG BATTLE BLOODY IN QUEENS, A SEWER POINT IN MANHATTAN
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amQueens "hot zones" for mosquito-borne encephalitis were abuzz yesterday over blood-sampling surveys, as health officials confirmed four more cases caused by the dreaded West Nile virus. Ground-spraying will resume tonight...
FALSELY ACCUSED TUNNEL 'RAPE' DUO WANT APOLOGY
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTwo young New Jersey men accused of a double rape at the notorious Tunnel dance club were cleared of all charges yesterday - and say they want an apology from...
RADIATION MAY THREATEN FOOD IN U.S.: EXPERTS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amJapan's worst nuclear accident could raise radiation levels in the United States and poison our food, experts said yesterday. But they were quick to note that the accident is not...
EX-OFFICER: 'BLUE WALL' BEGINS AT THE ACADEMY
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe Bronx cop who helped prosecute fellow officer Francis Livoti says the infamous "blue wall of silence" starts in the Police Academy - when instructors tell recruits not to rat...
LESBIAN COP FILING $5M HARASSMENT SUIT
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA lesbian cop who celebrated a high-profile marriage in Central Park is about to file a $5 million suit against the city, charging harassment by her fellow officers and supervisors,...
EXPERTS TO CUNY: KILL REMEDIAL ED
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA report by a panel of national experts hired by the state Education Department gives a thumbs-up to controversial plans by the City University of New York to remove remedial...
TRUMP: 'I'D BE THE KIND OF PRESIDENT U.S. NEEDS'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe man who seems bent on plastering his name over every major building in the world wants to give America the best leadership it's ever had. Donald Trump says he'd...
TIX BLITZ PUTS 'FINE' IN FINEST
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amCops blitzed motorists with a whopping 27 percent increase in summonses for speeding, running red lights, blocking intersections and other moving violations. The NYPD issued 1.4 million tickets in the...
BLEACHER CREATURES TIXED OFF AT BOMBERS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees' most diehard fans, the rowdy right-field Bleacher Creatures, said yesterday the team broke its season-long promise to provide playoff tickets to them if they behaved well. "They dangled...
RUDY READY TO ENDORSE BUSH TODAY
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amSIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Mayor Giuliani today will endorse George W. Bush for president - four days before a major fund-raiser for the Texas governor in Manhattan, The Post has...
CASH-POOR GORE GETTING A RUN FOR HIS MONEY
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Poor cash-poor Al Gore. The veep, who announced a major reshuffle of his flagging presidential campaign Wednesday, raised less money than either of his top rivals - surging...
THANKS, YANKS - BUT ALL BETS ARE OFF METS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amIt was the best of times and the worst of times for New York baseball fans last night - with the Yankees clinching the American League Eastern Division title and...
CITY GOES TO COURT TO HAVE MUSEUM EVICTED
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe city yesterday demanded that the Brooklyn Museum of Art be evicted over its "disgusting and vile" "Sensation" exhibit - due to open tomorrow amid tightened security and emotional protests....
AMMO-TIONS RUN HIGH - ART-GALLERY OWNER RIPS COPS OVER 'BULLET' BUST
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amDefiant art-gallery owner Mary Boone last night left jail after being busted over one of her controversial exhibits and headed straight to another battle site - the Brooklyn Museum. Boone...
URANIUM-PLANT DISASTER IN JAPAN - VAST CLOUD OF RADIOACTIVE GAS ESCAPES AFTER TERRIFYING 'FLASH'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amHundreds of thousands of Tokyo-area residents were threatened with radiation exposure yesterday after what government officials called the worst nuclear accident in Ja-pan's history raged out of control for almost...
TAINTED PAINTING VEXES VATICAN
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA painting in the Vatican's "Raphael Rooms" was not painted by the Renaissance artist, it was reported today. The discovery about the work - "Trebonianus Consigning the Pandects to Justinian"...
DOCS THINK THEY'VE FOUND AIDS RX
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amU.S. scientists believe they've found the Achilles' heel of the AIDS virus - a weak spot on its surface they hope can be invaded with new drugs to prevent infection....
A 'DRUM' ROLL, PLEASE: NOBEL GOES TO WRITER GUNTER GRASS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amGermany's greatest living writer, Gunter Grass, who gave poignant and powerful voice to his postwar generation, won the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. The Swedish Academy cited Grass' first novel,...
CLINTON BACKS CITY BID TO END SOCIAL PROMOTION
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton yesterday offered support for New York City's controversial decision to hold back thousands of failing grade-school kids, saying it would be worse to promote them. "We'll be hurting...
BX. SCHOOL FIGHTS TO BE FIXED NOT FLATTENED
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amA bitter battle between school officials over the future of one of The Bronx's best-performing schools has left its displaced students and teachers smarting - and demanding to return to...
JONSSON TO WEAR 'C' FOR ISLES
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amKenny Jonsson, one of the NHL's best defensemen, was named captain of the Islanders yesterday. "This is a very prestigious position and something we've given a lot of thought to,"...
STAKES WILL BE SIZZLIN'
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amWith the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup at Gulfstream Park just five weeks away, Belmont Park will host six Grade 1 stakes over the next two weekends that could stamp the...
ATWATER STILL MISSING IN ACTION
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am'This is a story about Steve Atwater. Searching for Steve Atwater. With the Jets playing the Broncos on Sunday in Denver, where Atwater played for 10 years and earned eight...
NEW LIMIT AHEAD FOR BASS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTO many striped bass anglers this may sound hard to believe, especially during this time of plenty, but the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council is looking to cut back on...
ROGERS HAS HIGH HOPES
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amAsk Eddie Jordan, a former NBA point guard and now an assistant coach with the Nets, if 5-4 Shawnta Rogers is an NBA-quality point guard, and you get a "yes."...
UNION BRACES FOR POT-HOLE
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amRUMOR has it 29 NBA teams begin training camp early next week. The Players Association is nervously preparing for league testing of drugs. In a memo (dated Sept. 24) from...
BIG BLUE RELYING ON BROWN
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe Giants' running game has been by far the worst in the NFL; anybody who's watched them play didn't need a league stat sheet to be able to see that....
GIANTS LIGHTEN UP TO PROTECT BODIES
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES In light of some badly bruised bodies along the lines, the Giants eased back slightly in practice yesterday in hopes of getting a slight breather. "I don't think...
PLAYOFF TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The Yankees announced yesterday that tickets for the three home AL Division games will go on sale tomorrow through TicketMaster and the Yankee Stadium advance ticket windows. Tickets...
FOX TV LINEUP ON HOLD
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTomorrow's MLB coverage on Fox-Ch. 5 is contingent on tonight's results. If Houston and Cincinnati are tied at night's end, Ch. 5 will air Reds-Brewers at 1 p.m. If they're...
OTIS: SHOW ME THE BRONCS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES Otis Smith, recovered from his broken clavicle, continued to split time with Ray Mickens at right cornerback on the first- team defense in practice yesterday. "He looked all...
MORRISON AGENT RIPS LAMORIELLO
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amClaiming to have given ground only to be utterly rebuffed by an intransigent Lou Lamoriello, Brendan Morrison's agent yesterday slammed the Devils' GM. Then, he suggested that Morrison may have...
PENN NATIONAL CONTEST ON TAP
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTonight at Penn National Race Course, yours truly will attempt to continue the successful showings by Post handicappers in the 24th World Series of Handicapping. The contest runs through Sunday...
ONCE AGAIN, DETROIT READY TO TAKE WING
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHE NHL skates into the 21st century without Wayne Gretzky to serve as a bridge between past and future. Hockey's loss, the Rangers' loss, our loss. But the league will...
NOT AGAIN! CABLEVISION SHUTS OUT HOCKEY FANS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amYOU know the drill. You remember it from last year. The Rangers open tonight in Edmonton and the same Cablevision-created horror no-show is back. With the Yanks playing tonight on...
FOREST HILLS BOOTERS LEARN FAST
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amForest Hills 7 Lane 0 Forest Hills soccer coach Michael Windischmann called his team's 7-0 trouncing of Franklin K. Lane yesterday a "learning experience." His squad had trouble adjusting to...
DUDLEY MAY NOT BE READY
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amPatrick Ewing isn't the only Knicks center concerned about being ready for the season opener Nov. 2. His backup, Chris Dudley, who sustained a sprained medical collateral ligament in his...
RANGER$ OPEN FEELING HEAT
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amEDMONTON - They are as ready as they'll ever be to start the season, ready to take their first steps toward becoming a team. The Rangers had better be, too,...
NICE WHILE IT LASTED: METS' SEASON HAS NO MIRACLES LEFT
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amDO YOU believe in miracles? I don't. At least not baseball miracles. I don't believe in the 1999 Mets anymore, either. The math says it's not over yet for the...
ROGER FAILS REHEARSAL FOR PLAYOFFS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Not having pitched in a week, Roger Clemens knew he would have to find a way to harness the river of energy that was gushing through his body...
FLY BALL IN 11TH ELUDES DUNSTON
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amToo much speed and too little experience as a corner outfielder proved a lethal combination for right fielder Shawon Dunston and the Mets' playoff hopes last night at Shea Stadium....
REDS: TOO LATE TO STOP NOW: EYE SWEEP OF BREWERS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - The Reds arrived here at 3 a.m. yesterday after their long flight from Houston and a 4-1 loss to the Astros that left them tied for the NL...
METS REVERT TO 1998 FORM
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHE LAST five games could have been different this time around. This year the Mets could have turned the final five into making the NL final four. Wednesday night, in...
CHAMPAGNE AND TEARS FOR YANKS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amAL East clincher emotional BALTIMORE - A hat with the words "AL East 1999 Champions" across the front was pulled low on the brow but couldn't hide the moist eyes...
HANGING BY THREAD: BRAVES PUSH METS CLOSER TO EXTINCTION
October 1, 1999 | 4:00am11 Innings Braves 4 Mets 3 Last night was not a night to lash out in anger at the Mets, or to curse them for losing again and pushing their...
COOK'S GONNA BATTLE NL'S ONE-GAME BAN
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe National League fined Dennis Cook $2,000 and suspended him for one game yesterday for his heated argument with home plate umpire Alfonzo Marquez Tuesday night. Cook said he will...
WATSON LIVES OUT BOYHOOD DREAM
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -To all you 12-year-old Yankee fans who fantasize about one day getting the final out of a pennant-clinching game for the Bombers, you now have Allen Watson as proof...
EMBARRASSING UMP ADDS TO AMAZIN' WOES
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe disgrace at Shea last night was not limited to the Mets' continued demise. Phil Cuzzi, a rookie ump employed recently as a replacement when 22 senior umps were fired,...
V: I SHOULD'VE RESTED ROBIN
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amRobin Ventura needed his left knee drained prior to Wednesday night's Met game against the Braves. Bobby Valentine thinks the pain of the knee has contributed to the third baseman's...
COOK FIGHTS NL'S 1-GAME SUSPENSION
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe National League fined Dennis Cook yesterday and suspended him for one game for his heated argument Tuesday night with home-plate umpire Alfonzo Marquez. Cook said he will appeal the...
THE YANKEE SIPPERS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amGAME ONE Orioles 5 Yankees 0 GAME TWO Yankees 12 Orioles 57 BALTIMORE- Much like most of the season has been, the Yankees needed to get in their Grind-It-Out mode...
KOOZ: IT'S GOOD SIGN TO FEEL BUTTERFLIES
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amIt should come as a comfort to every Met pitcher who feels butterflies and finds himself tossing and turning on the eve of a big start that one of the...
AMAZIN'S APPRECIATE THEIR FANS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets were elated at the vocal support of the fans during the Braves series, and especially Wednesday in their 9-2 win. Before last night's game, John Franco made a...
ROBIN GOES FROM MVP TO EMPTY
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amIT WAS a little cruel joke within a cruel joke that is the end of this Met season. Robin Ventura took Kevin Millwood's first pitch of the fifth inning off...
LEDEE GAFFES IN LEFT, ON BASES HURT
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - The defensive problems that plagued Ricky Ledee earlier this year had subsided thanks to working and listening to outfield coach Jose Cardenal. However, along with a...
SLIDIN' VENTURA STILL MET MVP
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amTHE METS finally eight something good. In the fourth inning Wednesday, they experienced a conversion more drastic than waking up this morning to find out Pamela Anderson is pope. The...
LEDEE GAFFES HURT ON FIELD, BASEPATHS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - The defensive problems that plagued Ricky Ledee earlier this year had subsided thanks to working and listening to outfield coach Jose Cardenal. However, along with a...
WILD ROCKET FAILS PLAYOFF REHEARSAL
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amGAME ONE Orioles 5 Yankees 0 BALTIMORE - Not having pitched in a week, Roger Clemens knew he would have to find a way to harness the river of energy...
BOBBY V COPS PLEA: VALENTINE'S PEP TALK HELPS METS SNAP SKID
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amBobby Valentine has been criticized for lacking the ability to communicate with his players, but he showed great skill in that department Wednesday when he gave an impassioned speech to...
LEITER CAN DIAL UP MIRACLE FOR METS
October 1, 1999 | 4:00amANY MAN who earns $105 million to play baseball for seven years is going to be accused of doing it just for the money. He's going to be charged with...