October 15, 2000
METROPOLITAN TOWER HITS SCALDING HOT NY MARKET
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amON THE BLOCK:Developer Steve Ross will put the sales office for the Park Imperial condos, which are under construction, on the 53rd floor of Carnegie Hall Tower.New York Post:Tamara BeckwithTHE...
RFR TAKES MANHATTAN - NEW SEAGRAM BUILDING OWNERS ROSEN AND FUCHS BUYING UP THE BOROUGH
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY may not appear in the headlines as often as Donald Trump, but the German-born real estate duo of Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs have been quietly building themselves a...
REMNICK RAIDS TIMES MAG POACHES MOSS' MIDEAST EXPERT
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick has swooped down on Adam Moss and The New York Times Magazine to grab a new Middle East expert: the veteran writer Jeffrey Goldberg....
TIME INC. PASSES ON LAW & ORDER
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amOther publishers may soon have the chance to snap up Law & Order - the magazine. Time Inc. has turned thumbs-down on the proposal that executives got a first look...
THE TOWNHOUSE THAT MIGHT GO FOR A WHOPPING $30M
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE priciest townhouse on today's market is a $30 million, seven-story Beaux Arts building at 10 E. 62nd St. If the 1910 mansion sells for its asking price, the owner...
WHAT I WATCH
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTONY LoBIANCO Actor I'm only interested in sports and politics it's got be live and current. CNN is a favorite. MARIO CUOMO Former governor of New York I look for...
SAILING AWAY: MODEL YACHTERS BUILD THESE BOATS FOR RACING
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amLast weekend was a beautiful day in New York, warm and sunny with a slight breeze -- an ideal time for taking out the yacht. The model yacht, that is....
SCRIPTED DREAMS: HOLLYWOOD HOPEFULS BATTLE FOR $1 MILLION IN A STAR-SPONSORED WRITING CONTEST
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Jonathan Helfgot moved to New York from Minnesota in the summer of 1999, his dream was to write a script for the big screen. But he soon found that...
SIGNS OF THE TIMES: CITY STREETS GET A NEW LOOK
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amNo, you're not color blind -- the signs, they are a changin'. The next time you're on Wall Street, stop and look up. The Downtown Alliance, a neighborhood group, has...
THE THONG SHOW: PAGE SIX WRITER JUDGES A BODACIOUS BIKINI CONTEST
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amLast weekend, in a galaxy far, far away known as the bikini contest circuit, I judged a competition in which a bevy of buxom beach babes battled for the title...
A CHILD STAR IS BORN: ANOTHER STRONG PERFORMANCE IN 'PAY IT FORWARD' HAS HOLLYWOOD BUZZING ABOUT HALEY JOEL OSMENT
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amIn Hollywood, he's known simply as The Kid. Watching Haley Joel Osment wriggling in his chair - kicking heels that fall just short of the floor and fidgeting with the...
OSMENT FANS: ANOTHER SURPRISE ENDING COMES 'FORWARD'
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amHaley Joel Osment's break-out film rang up $300 million at the box office largely because of the twist in its tail. "Pay It Forward," the talented tyke's first film since...
TINSELTOWN'S FAVORITE GOOF 'BEDAZZLED' WITH SMARTS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amBrendan Fraser is a walking contradiction. The heavy-lidded hunk is best known for his goofy, self-mocking roles in cartoonish, big-budget comedies. His work often appeals to the lowest common denominator....
PRINTS CHARMING
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThinking of stocking your wardrobe with only monotone clothes this season? Not so fast, hot rod: Solids are so last century. This fall, it's prints -- the wilder and more...
SEINFELD'S OTHER HALF DOES A HIGHWIRE ACT (LOOK, NO SCRIPT!) IN A NEW HBO SERIES THAT'S... JUST HILARRYOUS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00am"Curb Your Enthusiasm" Tonight on HBO at 9:30 WHAT do you get when really funny people and their really funny celebrity friends all play themselves on a comedy about their...
GREEKS STRUGGLE WITH COMPLEX 'OEDIPUS'
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amOne of the pitfalls of being a drama critic is having to identify the superlative: We are constantly asked what is the best show on Broadway or what is the...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: NATALIE RAITANO
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amNatalie Raitano plays a sexy weapons specialist on the hit series "V.I.P.," but her special weapon in real life has been hard work. The Pittsburgh-born beauty spent her childhood studying...
PIANIST SINGS OF AMAZIN' GREATS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets are sweet music for Robert Mosci. As a singing pianist at a posh East Side hotel, Mosci belts out the team's official theme song, "Meet the Mets" after...
SUBWAY SERIES IS BAD NEWS FOR BOSS SUBWAY SERIES BAD NEWS FOR THE BOSS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amABIT of friendly advice to Mr. George M. Steinbrenner III, Principal Owner, New York Yankees: You don't want this, Boss. You think you do, but really, you don't. You know...
WHY TONI'S BIG NIGHT WENT BUST
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amFans had their bubble burst when R&B star Toni Braxton backed out of a British awards show at the eleventh hour - but it was reportedly something else bursting that...
STATE SENATE RIVALS GET DOWN AND DIRTY
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - A bitter and nasty race is underway in The Bronx where the wife of a former state attorney general is looking to unseat longtime Republican state Sen. Guy...
REEFER MADNESS FOR HER ROYAL HIGH-NESS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amBritish stoners giggled with glee last week after a pot-legalization advocate handed an unwitting Queen Elizabeth a bouquet of marijuana buds - which she accepted with a smile. "I was...
CHRISTIAN TRIBUTE TO BE PAINTED OVER
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amA playground mural that serves as a touching tribute to Brooklyn youths who died before their time has to come down because it features Jesus Christ. The artwork of religious...
WEARY PREZ CAN'T SUMMON OPTIMISM
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amPresident Clinton will join in tomorrow's Mideast summit in Egypt, but he sounded little hope for real peace talks. Clinton, looking weary with dark circles under his eyes, said at...
TWO HIT BY DARTS IN WEST SIDE DRIVE-BY ATTACKS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTwo men were struck with sharp, dart-like objects, apparently fired out of a car, in attacks five minutes apart on the West Side early yesterday, police said. The bizarre drama...
A MOMENT FOR CHEERS AMID FLOWING TEARS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amAT A time when the country is wracked with pain for our fallen heroes, I suddenly wanted to wash my soul in the waters of the righteous. There he was,...
SLOBBO ALLIES CHANGE TUNE ON TRANSITION
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amBackers of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, desperately trying to cling to power, have proposed drastic revisions to a previously agreed transition plan, reformers said yesterday. Vladan Batic, a leader...
BOY ADMITS GUILT IN AIDS ATTACKS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe AIDS-stricken Coney Island boy who sexually assaulted four young children, including a 3-year-old boy, in an angry attempt to spread the disease, has pleaded guilty to sodomy, The Post...
NYPD TAKING DNA LESSON FROM SCOTLAND YARD
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe NYPD has sent a group of cops to England to study the scientific DNA techniques of Britain's detectives, who are considered the world's most technologically advanced, The Post has...
2 SHOT AT TIMES SQ. BASH AFTER RAP SHOW
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTwo bystanders were wounded by gunfire early yesterday during a post-rap party at Mars 2112, the Times Square futuristic theme restaurant, police said. Jermaine Jones, 23, was shot in the...
HERE, IT'S AN HONOR TO DEAL WITH TRAGEDY
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amDOVER, Del. WHEN it comes to the death of military personnel, Dover is the gateway to our country's consciousness and patriotism. For years, thousands of servicemen and servicewomen killed on...
A MOURNFUL HOMECOMING FOR HEROES
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amHomecoming was never supposed to be this way. One by one, the bodies of five of the 17 sailors killed in an apparent terrorist attack on the USS Cole at...
JOHN'S PIANO MAY SELL TO TUNE OF $2M
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amImagine bidding $2 million for a piano. That's exactly what one of John Lennon's most prized possessions is expected to fetch when it hits the auction block Tuesday - making...
THE DONNA DIALOGUE: WHY I'M IN 'MONOLOGUES'
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amON Tuesday night, Donna Hanover, the first lady of the city of New York (and yes, she's still the first lady), begins her three-week run in "The Vagina Monologues." This...
SKYJACKERS FORCE SAUDI JET TO IRAQ
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTwo skyjackers seized a Saudi plane yesterday and forced the pilot to fly a Middle East tour of terror that ended in Iraq, where the 105 passengers and crew were...
NAVY HAD BEEN WARNED ITS SHIPS WERE TARGETS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amU.S. intelligence agencies were warning for months that American warships in the Persian Gulf were prime terrorist targets - and particularly vulnerable in the Port of Aden, The Post has...
TENSIONS MOUNT AS ARAFAT FREES TERRORISTS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amANALYSIS JERUSALEM - Israel's military-intelligence chief warned last night that "the wholesale release over the last few days of suicide-bombing experts by Palestinian authorities has given them a green light...
DUBYA KEEPS BUILDING ON LEAD, POLLS SUGGEST
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amGeorge W. Bush relaxed at his Texas ranch yesterday, but he had presidential rival Al Gore on the run - as new national polls show Bush cementing his lead in...
SOME BIZ WOULD STRIKE OUT IN BOROUGH BRAWL
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amNot everyone is rooting for a Subway Series. Not hotels, since there won't be any out-of-town fans. Not movie theaters, who could take a big hit if there are games...
HITLER'S PET DIRECTOR MIFFED AT JODIE 'BIO'
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amA highly-controversial German director - Hitler's favorite filmmaker - is fighting actress Jodie Foster's attempt to make a movie out of her life. Leni Riefenstahl, 98, fears the as-yet-unwritten script...
STATE BLASTS BAD CARE AT BX. NURSING HOME
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amA city nursing home fared the worst in New York in a state Department of Health report that cites widespread inadequacies in elder care. Workman's Circle Nursing Home in Co-op...
IT'S NOT HISTORY ANYMORE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE violence in the Middle East didn't hit home for me until Friday morning, nearly 18 hours after the lynchings of two Israeli soldiers in a Palestinian jail. It happened...
LAZIO TV AD MOCKS HILL: WHAT'S SHE EVER DONE?
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio yesterday halted his "all-positive" campaign, uncorking a pair of ads featuring tongue-tied New Yorkers struggling to think of anything Hillary Rodham Clinton has done for the state. The...
WOULD BILL LAUNCH MISSILES TO PULL AL FROM THE FIRE?
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amNOW is the time for all medicine factory employees in the Muslim world to stay home from work. At least until after Tuesday night's final presidential debate. Given the Clinton...
DEBUTANTES THEY AIN'T HOT YOUNG HEIRESSES PARTYING UP A STORM
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY'RE young and sinfully gorgeous with multimillion-dollar trust funds, and their families are household names. But their penchant for nightcrawling - some of them in micro-minis, fishnet tops and four-inch...
SCANDAL OF 7 FAMILIES CITY THREW ON STREET ; SCANDAL OF CITY EVICTIONS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amON Sept. 26, police officers from the 7th Precinct knocked on the doors and ordered all the residents in the buildings at 181 and 185 East Houston St. to be...
STOCK PROS: DON'T LOSE GRIP ON ROLLER-COASTER
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amInvestors should close their eyes to unfolding world events in the weeks and months ahead when it comes to their stock portfolios. If they pull out now, they'll probably be...
TV BUTCHERY CHILLS PROSPECTS FOR CALM
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. 'I DON'T want to watch how the Palestinians lynched my brother - but I want all the TV audience of the world to," Tania Brinberg told Israeli military emissaries....
JINTS GLAD TROY'S IN BOYS' POCKET
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The numbers cry out for a change. Clearly, Randall Cunningham (quarterback rating of 91.6) is far more effective than Troy Aikman (rating of 49) when it comes to...
'CARDIAC' OR COMATOSE? BELICHICK, RAY ARE OLD PALS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES FOXBORO - In an indirect way this week, Bill Belichick credited himself, not Bill Parcells, for Jets' backup quarterback Ray Lucas' career advancement. Note, too, how Belichick never...
'CARDIAC' OR COMATOSE? JETS LOOK TO REBOUND FROM LOSS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amFOXBORO - Who are these 2000 Jets? Are they the "Cardiac Kids" fun bunch who rabble-roused their way through four consecutive thrilling victories to begin this season? Or are they...
TODAY, THEY'VE GOTTA BE GIANTS: FASSEL - 'HUGE' EFFORT IS NEEDED
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amWinning is great. A share of first place is great. The Giants? Not great. From the outside looking in, they certainly appear to be where they want and need to...
NO FLASH IN THE PAN: FRESNO JONES JUST KEEPS ROLLING ALONG
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Dallas Green years weren't easy ones for anybody in and around the Mets. They weren't easy for Green because he was forced to manage the team the Mets put...
IT'S UP TO BOBBY: WILPON, DOUBLEDAY WANT VALENTINE BACK NEXT SEASON
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amCo-owner Fred Wilpon thinks he will have Bobby Valentine as his manager next season. "We're going to do it," Wilpon told The Post before Game 3 of the NLCS yesterday....
KILE'S A 4-MIDABLE FOE: CARD PUMPED FOR SHEA START
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amWhen St. Louis went out and rescued Darryl Kile from Colorado to be their ace, tonight is the game they got him for. When manager Tony La Russa rested Kile...
SAVING BEST FOR LAST: JONES PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER WHEN METS NEED IT MOST
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe nearly perfect Bobby Jones was in such a zone a week ago this evening that he walked outside on the cold night in shorts and a golf shirt oblivious...
METS CAN'T FORGET BIG-MOUTH CHIPPER
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Braves have long been dispatched from the 2000 postseason, swept in three games of the Division Series by the Cardinals. Gone with them seemingly was any motivation they might...
AND ON THE 7TH DAY, HE DOMINATED: WELL-RESTED ROCKET TOSSES HEAVENLY GEM AT M'S TO GRAB 3-1 LEAD
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 4 Yankees 5 Mariners 0 SEATTLE - Any doubt that Roger Clemens isn't a big-game pitcher is buried at Safeco Field where the Rocket delivered the best performance of...
BIG, BAD BOMBERS BACK IN BUSINESS: PINSTRIPE PITCHING, POWER DOMINATE ONCE AGAIN
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - It took eight post-season games for the real Yankees to surface. Against the A's in the ALDS, a series they were forced to go five games to win,...
BOMBERS GLAD TINO GOT HIS GROOVE BACK
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - If you are looking for the biggest reason the Yankees had emerged from a serious hitting funk entering last night's Game 4 of the ALCS, Tino...
M'S HAVE GARCIA UP THEIR SLEEVE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - You can say the Mariners are pinning their hopes on a wing and a prayer. But it's a pretty good wing they've got. It's the right arm of...
KINGS OF CONFIDENCE: REDISCOVERED RESOLVE MAKES BOMBERS TOUGH
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - As these playoffs wear on, the Yankees have steadily revitalized their game. For them, it always begins with a strong start, and Orlando Hernandez and Andy Pettitte have...
MARINERS HOPE BATS ARE DUE TO EXPLODE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - The only thing more dormant than the Mariners' bats is Mount St. Helens. But if Seattle manager Lou Pinella has some psychic capabilities whatsoever, the M's will erupt...
THE REAL MR. OCTOBER: RIVERA'S BEST WHEN GAMES COUNT MOST
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Whether holding post-season lineups scoreless for eight and nine innings at a time is really a feat comparable to doing it in one-inning doses, is immaterial. Whitey Ford...
ISLES HOPE ENERGIZED FANS WILL TURN OUT
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amIt was not the thing to do last season. Fed up with the deteriorated state of the team, Islanders fans stayed away from the Coliseum in franchise-record numbers. An announced...
DOO-IN' THE RIGHT THING ; NOW IN THE HALL, MAC HAS REASON TO SMILE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - "Is this great or what?" Bob McAdoo whooped at the outset of his hallowed Hall of Fame acceptance speech Friday night. At least I think it was...
'FEVER' FLIES TO FIFTH STRAIGHT
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amUndefeated 2-year-old filly Raging Fever came from just off the pace to win her fifth straight yesterday, taking the Grade 1, $500,000 Frizette at Belmont by 13/4 lengths under Jerry...
MORE AMERICAN UGLINESS: U.S. SOLHEIM SQUAD LATEST DISGRACE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amWELL, we did it again. It wasn't too big of a deal here because it happened over there, and because it happened on a baseball postseason and NFL Sunday. But...
'ALBERT' JUST GREAT IN COPPING GOLD CUP
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amAs trainer Nick Zito hustled out of the Belmont Park winner's circle yesterday, heading toward the paddock after his 2-year-old colt AP Valentine captured the Grade 1, $500,000 Champagne Stakes,...
KNIGHT IN THE CENTER OF FIGHT FOR MINUTES
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTravis Knight remembers the first time he played in the Hartford Civic Center as a freshman on the Connecticut basketball team. "My main goal was not to trip coming out...
WE'LL GET IT DONE; WILPON VOWS AMAZIN'S WILL KEEP BOBBY
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amCo-owner Fred Wilpon thinks he will have Bobby Valentine as his manager next season. "We're going to do it," Wilpon told The Post before Amazin's fell to Cards, 8-2 last...
TODAY'S BELMONT MENU: STAKES
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThere is no shortage of quality at Belmont today after Breeders' Cup Preview Day as there are three Graded stakes on tap, headlined by the Grade 2, $200,000 Jamaica Handicap....
REED SENDS OUT ; GET-WELL CARDS; REDBIRDS ROLL OVER RICK TO CLIMB BACK INTO SERIES
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 3 Cardinals 8 Mets 2 The coronation of the Mets as the National League Champions will not be happening tonight, instead they will be fighting to avoid this NLCS...
WE'LL GET IT DONE: ABOUT TIME METS GIVE BOBBY A DEAL
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amHE has out-managed the opposition, inside and outside the organization. Bobby Valentine has made his mark in this post-season and he is riding the wave - even with last night's...
REED SENDS OUT GET-WELL CARDS: AWOL METS AMAZINGLY BAD
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amIT was a day that felt more like mid-July than mid-October, a day filled with sun and hope and enthusiasm. This was supposed to be the Mets' day, their day...
ROCKED WHITE GETS STUCK IN 'TUNNEL'
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amAs Rick White was on the mound in the fifth, he felt like you perhaps do at about 6 p.m. on a Friday when you approach the Lincoln Tunnel and...
METS ARE COUNTING ON JONES ; PRESSURE'S ON BOBBY IN GAME 4
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe nearly perfect Bobby Jones was in such a zone a week ago this evening that he walked outside on the cold night in shorts and a golf shirt oblivious...
CARDS NEED KILE TO COME UP BIG
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amOne big reason the Cardinals went out and rescued Darryl Kile from Colorado was for games like tonight's. The big right-hander starts Game 4 of the NLCS tonight at a...
AMAZIN'S MISSED CHANCES
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTimo Perez and Edgardo Alfonzo singled to start the bottom of the first. Sure, Rick Reed had surrendered two runs in the top of the inning, but the Mets were...
CARDS DELIVER CLUTCH CARGO
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amMaybe it was as simple as finally seeing a right-hander. Possibly the Cardinals are just too proud, too good, to go out the way they had in Games 1 &...
METS PAY PRICE FOR FLAT PLAY ; ALFONZO: TEAM NEEDS TO FOCUS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThis is why Edgardo Alfonzo is the heart and soul of the Mets. After last night's disappointing 8-2 loss to the Cardinals at Shea Stadium, the second baseman stood at...
SUPER SULLIVAN POWERS FARRELL PAST MOUNT
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amEvidently, the only person who can stop Jason Sullivan is his coaching staff. The Monsignor Farrell running back has been running roughshod over the CHSFL the last three weeks, and...
BIRDS ARE FEELIN' ALL RIGHT: DON'T COUNT OUT LA RUSSA'S TEAM
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amRAY Lankford hadn't looked beyond Game 3 yesterday, so he wasn't sure who would be pitching Game 4 for the Mets today. "I guess we get a lefty," Lankford said....
MIGHTY MAC GETS FIRST SERIES HACKS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets got lucky when they faced home-run king Mark McGwire in Game 2 of the NLCS in St. Louis. With first base open in the eighth inning, the Mets...
BENES' PLAYOFF DREAM FINALLY COMES TRUE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amAndy Benes was dreaming of this night when he sat dejectedly in his hotel room with his wife last season, a victim he says of a political game that robbed...
REED SENDS OUT GET-WELL CARDS: REDBIRDS ROLL OVER TICK TO CLIMB BACK INTO SERIES
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amGame 3 Cardinals 8 Mets 2 The rest of this NLCS will determine what yesterday meant. It might be an indication that this Mets team doesn't have that championship instinct...
HOLIK AND MCKAY TWO GOOD FOR DUCKS
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTheir trademark depth keeps the Devils from suffering too badly for too long. Just when they were starting to seriously feel the absences of Jason Arnott and Scott Niedermayer, particularly...
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO OWNS THE TEAM
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amFlames 2 Islanders 0 The night began with a thunderous standing ovation for Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar when they dropped the ceremonial first puck. With $187.5 million and a...
BENES' BAD SLIDE WASN'T PRETTY
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amCARDINAL NOTES Can't imagine what could make a pitching coach cringe and a team's collective heart skip a beat despite an 8-2 win? You should've seen Cardinal pitcher Andy Benes'...
EDGAR BACKS UP TALK WITH HIS WALK
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amAs well as Edgar Renteria had played all year, as stellar as the St. Louis shortstop had been this regular season, he told his Cardinal teammates that if they got...
JAGR FOUR-CHECKS RANGERS - OUTBURST DEALS BLUESHIRTS FIRST DEFEAT OF CAMPAIGN
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - This is what happens when the Rangers play like a loose confederation of individualistic dunces. More to the point, this is what happens when the Rangers play like...
THE NEW MR. OCTOBER: ROG EARNS HIS STRIPES IN FALL STYLE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Roger Clemens was never going to escape the stigma no matter how much he dismissed it or was disgusted by it. He was not going to be protected...
THE NEW MR. OCTOBER: M'S MARVEL AT ROCKET'S MASTERPIECE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - As psychics go, Seattle manager Lou Piniella has nothing on Dionne Warwick. "I just have the feeling we're going to start hitting the ball pretty good in the...
REED 'EM AND WEEP: RICK'S FAILURE SETS UP GAME 7 DECISION
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amNOBODY has won more games for Bobby Valentine during the manager's time with the Mets than Rick Reed (51-30). And that doesn't even include all those games Reed won for...
TINO: MISSED IT BY THATMUCH
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amOne inch, maybe two, and Tino Martinez pulls down Al Martin's leadoff seventh-inning line drive that broke up Roger Clemens bid for what could have been the first no-hitter ever...
HEY, ABBOTT: POSADA GOT YOUR MESSAGE
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Jorge Posada hasn't been around forever. Just long enough to know that the pitch Paul Abbott sailed over his head yesterday in the second inning was...
AUTUMN MISSLES FLY AT SAFECO: MARINERS CONVINCEDROGER'S HEADHUNTER
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Up until Saturday, the two teams in the ALCS had virtually thrown bouquets at each other. Last night, those bouquets became fastballs. Beginning with Roger Clemens' double dusting...
YANK LUMBER AWAKENS FROM SLUMBER
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - After 22 years of playing in a closet, the Mariners last season moved outdoors, to a great park big as the great outdoors. For a stadium that put...
'HEMINGWAY ON FISHING' LANDS FINE REVIEW
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amTHE MAIL was heavy last week thanks to The Lyons Press, which sent four books for review. After sitting down and going through them there was one definite keeper, another...
SURGERY FOR LECLAIR? FEAR BACK 'SPASMS' COULD BE DISC PROBLEM
October 15, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH-Better believe there is real concern in Philadelphia over the condition of John LeClair's back. Better believe there's real concern in the LeClair household, as well. The 31-year-old power winger,...