October 4, 2000
WITH COMPUTER STOCKS DROPPING, HAVE A LOOK AT EMC
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amDON'T say I didn't warn you. Back in July, this column said Wall Street was starting to get nervous about the personal computer business. "Some investment people [are] very concerned...
DILLER'S FORMER NO. 2 NAMED PARTNER AT BOSTON VENTURES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amAfter 90 days of retirement, Barry Baker, Barry Diller's former No. 2, has landed a new job. Baker, 48, former president and chief operating officer of USA Networks, was named...
BRANSON EYES VIRGIN: HE WANTS OLD LABEL BACK; SO DO BMG, JIVE
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOne of Richard Branson's biggest regrets in life is selling off Virgin Records, and now he may be looking to turn back the clock. The eccentric British entrepreneur is gearing...
PSEUDO FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY WHILE IT BUYS TIME, SEEKS BUYER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amPseudo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The streaming entertainment site, which pulled the plug Sept. 18 and laid off its 175-member staff, headed for the safety of bankruptcy court...
TECHS IN TANK; NASDAQ OFF 113
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe daily guessing game over technology shares created more losers yesterday. Investors stampeded in the final hour of trading and dumped their big techs instead of sticking for the long-term....
BUGS BUNNY IS BAILING: WARNER BROS. PLANNING TO SHUTTER 3 NY STORES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amWarner Brothers is closing its Fifth Avenue flagship, but it may not stop there - the movie studio is also shopping the leases for its 42nd Street and World Trade...
VIVENDI DENIES REPORT OF CANAL CHIEF'S EXIT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amDoes the pressure of its impending merger with Seagram have the top ranks at Vivendi running for the door? The latest report coming out of Paris has Canal Plus Chief...
SLAM-DUNK FOR RUSSELL'S BOOK ; DUTTON BID GETS GREEN LIGHT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE'S no Sports Illustrated cover jinx for former Boston Celtics great Bill Russell. The star who had been out of the limelight in recent years was the cover story of...
KLEIN HAS A TIP FOR AOL, TW; PARTING SHOT AT GATES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amFresh out of his old job as assistant attorney general, Joel Klein, had some words of wisdom for AOL and Time Warner last night. "Is there going to be a...
THE BANGLESBOUNCE BACK: UPDATED 'EGYPTIAN' STANDS TEST OF TIME
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amIT WAS just another manic Monday at Irving Plaza when the original Bangles reunited for a one-night gig, 11 years after they decided they couldn't stand each other anymore. Their...
FOOLING MOTHER NATURE
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY call it "franken food." Also genetically engineered, genetically modified, biotech, gene-altered and transgenic food. Any way you put it, contend Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston, more and more of...
ABC CARPETS STORE WITH EATERIES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amCHEF Douglas Rodriguez' new Pipa restaurant will open this Friday on 19th Street, at ABC Carpet & Home. It's his second restaurant in the building. The tapas eatery will serve...
FRIED INTESTINES, ANYONE?
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amFUNKY BROOME 1/2 176 MOTT ST. (AT BROOME) (212) 941-8628 THE menu at Funky Broome is so big, one could conceivably dine at this Little Italy newcomer every night from...
SUITE ABOVE IS BELOW PAR
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amRESTAURANT ABOVE ½ 234 W. 42D ST. (IN THE TIMES SQUARE HILTON) (212) 642-2626 'EWWWWW," two of us groan simultaneously on tasting pepper-poisoned "mint-infused lemonade martinis" at Restaurant Above. "The...
'BUTTERFLY' STARS SOAR, BUT FLIGHT IS MEANDERING
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE BUTTERFLY COLLECTIONPlaywrights Horizons, 416 W. 42 St., (212) 279-4200. Through Oct. 15. 'THE Butterfly Collection" is an occasionally absorbing portrait of a family in Connecticut in crisis. As directed...
'LOSERS' OFFERING A WINK TO KINKS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Loser's Lounge will celebrate the U.K. pop group the Kinks in a four-night stint at the Westbeth Theatre beginning tonight. Besides the usual gang of losers, many of them...
RIESLINGS RISE TO ANY OCCASION
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amAT Nancy's Wines for Food, a gemutlich little shotgun flat of a shop on Columbus Avenue, you have to walk past a wall of German Rieslings - about 100 of...
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH ; 'TIGERLAND' A STAR-MAKER FOR COLIN FARRELL
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amCRITICS have compared him to James Dean, Marlon Brando and a young Robert De Niro. Now they're talking about an Oscar nomination for Colin Farrell's star-making performance in "Tigerland," Joel...
THE STARR REPORT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00am'Laura' goes south at Carolina station More trouble for "Dr. Laura" and its host, Laura Schlessinger. WKFT in North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville) has become the first major-market station to downgrade "Dr....
COME BACK & MEET THOSE DANCING FEET
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSOON "42nd Street" will be on ... 42nd Street.A big-budget revival of Broadway's quintessential musical comedy will open this spring at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, The Post...
TRAMP CHAMP; AARON SPELLING PUTS THE TRASH OUT WITH 'TITANS'
October 4, 2000 | 4:00am"Titans" Tonight at 8 on WNBC/Ch. 4 (Mildly cheesy) MAN, I wish I loved "Titans," because - between you and me - I've been suffering from lactose deficiency anemia (cheese...
TED TURNER THROWING WCW OUT OF THE RING?
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTED Turner is looking to dump his money-losing World Championship Wrestling, according to published reports. The WCW -featuring pro-wrestling stars such as Goldberg and Sting - has been losing the...
FACING THE MUSIC: DVD AUDIO COULD OUTPLAY CDS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amWILL compact discs go the way of vinyl records? The Warner Music Group has just announced it will offer releases in a new DVD audio format - the first major...
ONLY IF YOU'RE BORED
October 4, 2000 | 4:00am"Sheena" Premiere: Saturday at 2 p.m. on Fox/Ch. 5 Regular time: Saturdays at 5 p.m. No rating "Queen of Swords" Saturdays at 5 p.m. on UPN/Ch. 9 No rating IF...
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT - BUT THE WHO AIN'T
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WHOMadison Square Garden, Seventh Avenue and 33rd Street. Shows tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. IN THE last gasps of The Who show at Madison Square Garden last...
CON ED MERGER 'OK' IS TIED TO RATE CUT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - The Public Service Commission's staff recommended yesterday that Con Edison be allowed to merge with Northeast Utilities - if Con Ed slashes its rates by $1.4 billion over...
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS IT WASN'T: BIGGEST DEBATE WAS HOW COLD TO KEEP ROOM
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON. WE HAVE entered the land of make believe, boys and girls. The plane upon which real presidential campaigns are waged. You walk into the University of Massachusetts, where something...
FREEZING OUR MAJOR-LEAGUE A--ES OFF
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON. WE HAVE entered the land of make believe, boys and girls. The plane upon which real presidential campaigns are waged. You walk into the University of Massachusetts, where something...
RIVALS KNOW DEBATE MAY DETERMINE FATE: THE LEAD'S ON THE LINE IN BOSTON
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Everybody saw it as the hottest debate in decades, a verbal slugfest that could pick the next president. "These presidential campaigns tend to be about moments - and...
LET THE SPIN BEGIN
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amWhat the two campaigns emphasized after the debate: GORE'S SIDE said the vice president won because: * Gore went into more specifics -- such as on the Yugoslav elections, prescription...
1ST PLACE BUT 2ND BEST: 'GIANT' SHADOW COVERS YANKS' BAY AREA FOES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amA's fans can't get no respect. Oakland might have snared the American League West title, but the big, bad Yankees are still favored to beat the A's in their AL...
TRUSTEES OK BIG RAISES FOR SUNY HONCHOS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - SUNY's Board of Trustees has authorized huge salary hikes of up to $100,000 for its well-paid top officials, The Post has learned. The raises were quietly approved last...
N.Y. TOURISTS FACE TORTOLA SLAY RAP
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amFour U.S. tourists, including two New Yorkers, pleaded not guilty yesterday in a British Virgin Islands court to charges they murdered a Connecticut artist and model. The defendants face trial...
CITY COP FERRIED DRUG CASH: FEDS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amA Bronx cop and his wife helped launder more than $1 million in drug money for Colombian drug lords, federal authorities said yesterday. Officer Homero Zapata and wife Liliana Lopez-Zapata...
TEST-TUBE BABY IS BRED TO SAVE HIS BIG SISTER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amA desperate Colorado couple used a groundbreaking genetic technology to create a test-tube baby who would have the perfect bone marrow to save their dying 6-year-old daughter. Pint-sized Molly Nash...
SLOBBO SET TO CRACK DOWN ON PROTESTERS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSerbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic pushed tensions in Yugoslavia to the brink last night as his government prepared to take "special measures" against opposition forces trying to get him to accept...
HILL HOPS OFF THE FENCE TO TAKE A SWIPE AT ARAFAT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday dropped her neutral stance on the recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians - and demanded that Yasser Arafat act to halt the bloodshed. Clinton's comments were...
JUDGE WRITES FINAL CHAPTER ON VILLAGE HOME OF POE
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amNYU to tear down old home.Horror of horrors! In a 17-page decision that could be titled "The Fall of the House of Poe," a Manhattan judge has ruled NYU can...
NEGOTIATIONS TURN INTO COLD WAR
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - So much was riding on last night's presidential debate that nothing was too petty to quibble over. The debate was micro-choreographed right down to the amount of chill...
GIRL SAYS 2 BOYS RAPED HER IN HS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amA 15-year-old East Harlem high schooler told cops she was raped and sodomized inside a school bathroom, police said yesterday. The attack occurred Monday afternoon at Central Park East HS....
PAROLE PANEL LETS LENNON KILLER ROT IN JAIL
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amA parole board yesterday denied John Lennon's killer his freedom - and branded Mark David Chapman a remorseless maniac who loved wallowing in his notoriety as the man who blew...
SCHOOLS ADDING 'COPS' TO TRACK DOWN TRUANTS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe NYPD will dispatch more than 100 new school-safety agents to help track down truants throughout the city. "I want to get this up and running," said Raymond Diaz, the...
RUDY ANGLING FOR $1M BOOK DEAL
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani - getting serious about his literary intentions - is talking to a number of super-agents about representing him. Sources say the mayor is hoping for a $1 million...
RUDY URGES CALM AS CONFLICT HITS HOME
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani has summoned local Jewish and Arab leaders to City Hall this morning to defuse tensions resulting from clashes in the Middle East. "The mayor is very concerned about...
L.I. DIOCESE NIXES VOTER FORUMS OVER ABORT ISSUE
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amLong Island's Roman Catholic diocese has abruptly canceled 20 candidate forums this month because of a new policy barring abortion-rights supporters from addressing church groups, The Post has learned. A...
PRINCIPALS: HEAT'S ON TO BACK SUPT.
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amPrincipals in Brooklyn's School District 15 complained yesterday that embattled Superintendent Frank DeStefano is pressuring them to back him up - even as the school-board chief gave him lukewarm support....
INJECTING LEVITY INTO A CASE THAT'S NO LAUGHIN' MATTER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amIAN JAMES ERNEST WILSON was as stunned as if he had been run over by an elephant. "Did you have a relationship with Gail Katz Bierenbaum?" he was asked in...
MEDICAID SCAM WAS 2ND MOTIVE: WITNESS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amDr. Robert Bierenbaum had a second motive to murder his wife - she was threatening to expose him and his cardiologist father as Medicaid scammers, a witness told jurors yesterday....
SECOND EX-CON PAL OF PRIEST EYED IN CHURCH RIP-OFF
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe retired pastor at the center of a $2 million Queens church rip-off befriended a violent ex-con - giving him a job at the parish and taking him to his...
THIS TRAIL OF ETHICS HAS 'SLIPPERY SLOPE'
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amMedical ethicists yesterday said the case of Colorado parents who chose an embryo to produce a child capable of serving as a transplant donor raised thorny issues about the creation...
WHO WON ROUND ONE? ; BUSH SCORES ON DECENCY
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE scrappy and lively debate last night showed both Al Gore and George W. Bush at their best - indeed, it was one of the best and most substantive debates...
PUNCH KILLS PARKING-LOT EMPLOYEE
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe manager of a Times Square-area parking lot was killed when an irate driver punched him so hard, he fell and cracked his head on the ground, authorities said. Methis...
NO DEBATE: BAR PATRONS ARE GAME FOR BASEBALL
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThere was no debate in the city's bars last night - nearly every television was tuned to the Yankees playoff game. While Al Gore and George W. Bush sparred over...
FANS 'GOTTA HAVE FAITH' - KEEPING ANXIETY AT 'BAY' AFTER LOSS BY YANKS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amAngst-ridden and anxious Yankee aficionados agonized as the Bombers autumn slide continued yesterday with the pinstripers losing Game One of the American League divisional playoffs, 5-3, to the As in...
AL AND GEORGE FIRE THEIR BIGGEST GUNS - HOLD NOTHING BACK IN 1ST OF THREE DEBATES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Veep Al Gore and George W. Bush came out slugging last night in their first crucial debate, trading blows over who's the biggest phony in the race. The...
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS IT WASN'T - BIGGEST DEBATES: ROOM TEMPERATURE AND PODIUM SIZES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON.GEORGE W. had at least one good thing to say about Al Gore. He praised him for loving his wife, Tipper. It didn't last. Bush immediately stuck a knife in...
SCHOOLGIRL GETS DESK, BUT NO CLUE TO POLITICS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amA 15-year-old Florida girl got her 15 minutes of fame during last night's debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush - and found it all a bit "confusing." Kailey...
'NET RESULT: IT'S A SPLIT DECISION
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe Internet was buzzing with partisan bickering last night after Al Gore and George W. Bush squared off in their first presidential debate. "Let's give Bush a hand. He kept...
BUSH WHACKS AWAY AT GORE'S CHARACTER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Character isn't supposed to be a hot issue anymore, but it was at the first presidential debate - and the issue scored for George W. Bush as he...
GEORGE: SCARED? NOT US!
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - George Steinbrenner wasn't uptight at all when he spoke with Joe Torre and GM Brian Cashman yesterday. But earlier in the day, The Boss was rather annoyed about...
HIGH ANXIETY FOR TORRE & BOMBERS: JOE'S HOPEFUL YANKS CAN TURN SLUMP AROUND
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Last night was the fifth time in five years that Joe Torre prepared to lead the Yankees into the postseason. Three of the last four trips, including the...
ROCKET & A HARD PLACE: REVIVING YANKS WOULD WIN CLEMENS FANS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - If he had spent the majority of his career anywhere but Boston, Roger Clemens would have arrived in New York with rose petals being thrown at his feet....
MARINER BOMBS SINK SOX: MARTINEZ, OLERUD HRS SLAM CHISOX
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 1 / 10 INNINGS Mariners 7 White Sox 4 CHICAGO - Edgar Martinez, who still swings one of the sweetest bats in baseball, left a bitter taste in the...
NETS ALREADY STRUCK BY INJURY BUG
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amQuick, let's play word association. What do you think of when you hear: "New Jersey Nets?" Losing. Empty arenas. Bad shooting. Worse defense. Hideous amounts of injuries. Valid answers all....
POST-EWING ERA BEGINS ... AND KNICKS HARDLY MISS BIG FELLA
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amKnick players weren't singing "Ding-Dong, The Witch is Dead," but there were hardly tears flowing yesterday as they spoke of life without their former aloof tri-captain, Patrick Ewing. Larry Johnson,...
ALL JINTS NEED IS DIET OF CUPCAKES
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amAS LONG as the arrow is pointed upwards, this will all turn out fine for Jim Fassel and the Giants. Lo and behold, despite the dreariness of the past two...
TUBBY TROOPS LEAVE VG FLABBY-GASTED
October 4, 2000 | 4:00am"They're fat," coach Jeff Van Gundy bluntly said of the physical state the Knicks are in as they reported to SUNY Purchase yesterday for training camp. With all the obstacles...
BLUESHIRTS SEND AWAY MALHOTRA, BRENDL
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amIf the Rangers actually open the season in Atlanta Saturday night with the roster submitted to the league yesterday, the Blueshirts will start with 15 of their 21 skaters age...
HEAVEN IN THE TEXAS HILLS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amGLEN ROSE, Texas - Paradise is different things to different people, but if you are a sportsman who loves shooting upland birds over a beautiful working dog, then paradise is...
CAMBY'S DOUBLE PAIN: KNEE STILL ACHY; IRKED AT TRADE TALK
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amMarcus Camby wasn't in the best of moods on media day yesterday. First, the right knee that haunted him during his subpar 1999-2000 season still is giving him discomfort. Second,...
EARLY LOOK AT BREEDERS' CUP
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs is exactly a month away, so it's not too early to begin handicapping the eight big races that will decide year-end champions....
KNICKS SIGN FELTON TO GUARANTEED PACT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amFelton Spencer is not the answer to Patrick Ewing, but he's not training-camp filler, either. The 7-foot Spencer, 32, has signed a guaranteed contract for the veteran's minimum of $1...
COX QUIET BUT DEADLY
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amHE'S been seen a lot this season, but not heard. Indeed it's been a different kind of year for Jets linebacker Bryan Cox, a perennial member of the NFL's All-Loquacious...
AGBAYANI LOOKING TO START SOMETHING
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Benny Agbayani, who will bat leadoff today with some flutters in his stomach, agrees: He can set the tone right away against Livan Hernandez. "That is a...
MENDING LUC: I'LL BE STARTER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amIf Luc Longley is to replace Patrick Ewing as the Knicks' starting center - and he says he will - he's already got the being-hurt part down Pat. Still, the...
EARLY DEFICIT CAN'T STOP HOLY CROSS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amH.S. SOCCER Paul Gilvary had an unusual feeling creep up on him yesterday: concern. The Holy Cross soccer coach guided his team to a state championship a year ago and...
BRAVES SELF-DESTRUCT: 1ST-INNING FIASCO HELPS CARDS TAKE 1-0 LEAD
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 1 Cards 7 Braves 5 ST. LOUIS - This year, Atlanta didn't wait for the NLCS or World Series for its annual postseason woes to kick in. This time,...
COX PUZZLED BY ATLANTA'S BIZARRE START
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amNLDS NOTEBOOK ST. LOUIS - The Braves claimed they weren't still reeling from being an out away from locking up home-field advantage only to blow their season finale 10-5. Maybe...
METS BRING HEART TO SAN FRANCISCO ; IT'S HAMPTON VS. HERNANDEZ IN PRESSURE-PACKED OPENER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - It is time for these Mets to respond in a pressure spot. It is time for them to play relaxed. They should have learned by now pressing...
'CHOKE' TAGS HANG OVER PIAZZA, BONDS
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - The best of the four Division Series gets under way today at Pac Bell Park, where the Giants and Mets, teams rich in glamour and subplots, begin...
DUSTY'S MANAGING TO MAKE ENDS MEET
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Dusty Baker is the greatest manager never to win a post-season game. He also is the most hip. Before last night's press conference at Pac Bell Park,...
HAMPTON NEEDS TO PROVE HIMSELF
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - This is what the Mets got Mike Hampton for last December. Not just to make him a rich man with his next contract or prove that they...
KENT MIGHT RIDE OFF INTO SUNSET
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - How much does Jeff Kent want to win a championship? The ex-Met and current MVP candidate said last night that if the Giants win the World Series,...
BAKER CHOKES ON BONDS QUESTION
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Dusty Baker has had enough of the talk about Barry Bonds choking in the playoffs. Bonds is a lifetime .200 hitter in the playoffs with...
MAHOMES LEFT OFF ROSTER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amPOST EXCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO - The Mets will go with 10 pitchers on their 25-man playoff roster and have decided to leave long reliever Pat Mahomes and pinch-hitter Matt Franco...
LOU PSYCHES OUT SOX
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amGame 1 / 10 Innings Mariners 7 White Sox 4 CHICAGO - That wily, old skipper, Seattle manager Lou Piniella, picked his moment to psychologically pulverize the White Sox in...
TIMO'S HAMMY READY FOR ACTION
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Timo Perez, who tested his right hamstring, thinks he is ready for the postseason, though Bobby Valentine wasn't prepared to say if Perez was fit to play...
EDGAR'S BLAST OLD HAT
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amALDS NOTEBOOK CHICAGO - Edgar Martinez has done this so many times his Seattle teammates have come to expect it. When the Mariners need a clutch hit, Martinez delivers. "I've...
MAGIC GIVES BYRON BIG THUMBS-UP
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amMagic Johnson called ahead, wanting to know if he could sit in and watch his old buddy Byron - er, make that "Coach Scott" - run his first day of...
BOMBERS OFF TO BAD START: CAN'T SHAKE SLUMP AS A'S TAKE OPENER
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 1 Athletics 5 Yankees 3 OAKLAND - They lied. After insisting they would be OK when October arrived, and the feebleness and tightness that suffocated them during the final...
JOE LOOKS FOR SPLIT DECISION
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The Yankees will board a flight after Game 2 of their Division Series against the young, wild A's either standing on equal footing with them or standing in...
TOO OLD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL ; AGING BOMBERS NOT THE CHAMPS THEY USED TO BE
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - It was great while it lasted. The dynasty, that is. It started with John Wetteland closing games and Cecil Fielder clearing fences. There was Dwight Gooden's no-hitter and...
STEAKS HIGH FOR BOTH NEW YORK CLUBS: YANKS, MET GM MEET IN S.F. BISTRO
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Since the Mets and Yankees are staying only blocks apart in San Francisco, they were bound to run into each other Monday evening, a free night...
ROCKET THROWS AWAY CHANCE TO BE LOVED
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - If he had spent the majority of his career anywhere but Boston, Roger Clemens would have been greeted in New York more wildly than Charles Lindbergh. If he...
SOJO'S GAFFE WAS PIVOTAL PLAY
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Luis Sojo gives the Yankees a much more accurate throwing arm than Chuck Knoblauch and a more complete defensive presence at second base. Yet, Sojo being indecisive in...
THIS TIME, IZZY'S ONE LEFT STANDING
October 4, 2000 | 4:00amOAKLAND - When he last pitched against the Yankees, Jason Isringhausen threw two pitches, the results of which inspired the backpage headline "Bang, Bang, You're Dead!" Bernie Williams and David...