October 16, 2000
ON THE NEWSSTAND
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amJUST as Tina Brown's Talk magazine has been hitting stride, it gets upstaged by a mammoth special issue from her Vanity Fair rival Graydon Carter. This week, Carter unveils Vanity...
CHEVRON TO STITCH ON TEXACO'S STAR
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTexaco and Chevron's planned $45.4 billion merger that's expected to be announced today couldn't have come at a better time for the two companies. Oil prices are at record levels,...
FUND INDUSTRY SHAKEOUT
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amONLY the strong survive. As the stock market took ill this year, many fund managers were infected. Some managed to fight off the disease and have posted strong gains even...
BACK TO THE PAST
October 16, 2000 | 4:00am"TOO much information" is more than a catch phrase; it's also a reality. Nowadays stock traders can get instant stock quotes almost anywhere, from car computers to Palm Pilots to...
SUBWAY SERIES A WEB HIT
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amEVERYBODY'S out to make a fast buck. As most New Yorkers spent the better part of last week eagerly hoping and praying for a Subway Series, one money-hungry New Yorker...
AREN'T WE GREAT?
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amAS we said, everybody is out to make a buck. When Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine last week, McGraw-Hill Chairman and CEO Harold McGraw III lost no...
'WALL STREET,' THE MUSICAL
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amIT was one of those rare slow days on Wall Street when Jo-Ann Barton, a cash management clerk at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, decided to write a song about it....
HOW ARE THE PERKS AT YOUR JOB?
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amAMERICANS are known throughout the world for getting the least vacation time of all. Unless, of course, you work for The Motley Fool, where employees ''take as much vacation as...
TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE: THE BEST STOCKS TO BUY IN THE BIG MARKET SELL-OFF
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe seven-month-long market selloff - made worse by four days of heavy selling last week - has left many investors with a sour taste in their mouths. But strategists say...
BILL 'HIPSTER' GATES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amIS Bill Gates really having that much fun? Or is he just trying to convince the world that his legal woes are behind him? In recent days, Gates, the billionaire...
IBM STOCK BEARS WATCHING AS FIRM RE-VAMPS TO FACE RISING USE OF NET
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amLouis Gerstner finally surrendered earlier this month. The chairman and CEO of International Business Machines decided earlier this month that it was time for his firm to address rising Internet-related...
STAGFLATION OR INFLATION - IT'S STILL A MESS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTODAY we are going to learn a new word - stagflation. It's really not new to people who are old enough to remember the late 1970s: Jimmy Carter, President. Oil...
MILLER MAKES HER MARK WITH REDESIGN
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amNearly four years after Caroline Miller succeeded Kurt Andersen as the editor-in-chief of New York, she's unveiling a sweeping redesign today that puts her own stamp on the weekly. Many...
TRENDY N.Y. FASHIONS HAVE A NEW ADDRESS: BOUTIQUE DOT-COM
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amNOW it's possible to dress like a downtown hipster without going below 14th Street - in fact, without leaving your apartment at all.Some of New York's trendy homemade little boutiques...
IF GUYS HAD THEIR OWN VERSION OF 'THE VIEW' ; ONE FOR THE BOYS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amIS daytime TV ready for a male version of "The View" - co-hosted by Alan Thicke? He sure is planning on it. Next year, possibly as early as spring, Thicke...
THE STARR REPORT
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amDeaths resonate for Ch. 11's Cole "WB11 Morning News" reporter Kirstin Cole had a personal connection to the USS Cole which was hit by a terrorist blast last week. Cole...
SHOCKING TRUE STORIES; NON-FICTION TV COMES OF AGE IN TALES OF ROCKY, 'STRANGLER' AND HAUNTING
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amIN the last few days, I heard from the brother of the Boston Strangler, the couple who was driven out of the "Amityville Horror" house by evil demons, and the...
CLOTHES CALL IN PARIS: DESIGNS BEAT OUT CELEBS FOR ATTENTION AT FASHION MONTH FINALE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTHE four-week runway frenzy known as Fashion Month is over, with the last international shows for spring 2001 ending in Paris on Friday, after a breakneck tour of New York,...
BLEAKNESS OF BECKETT SINKS IN COMIC SANDS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTEXTS FOR NOTHINGClassic Stage Company, 136 E. 13th St., (212) 677-4210, ext. 2. Through Nov. 5. BILL Irwin comes down a chute to a bare landfill with two pools, a...
GOP'S FLIER BIDS TO MAKE SURE SUHA HUG HAUNTS HILL
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSTATE Republicans are moving to exploit Jewish fears over Israel's security with a new mass mailing reminding voters of Hillary Rodham Clinton's embrace of Suha Arafat, The Post has learned....
NEW YORK LEADS WAY IN REDUCING VIOLENT CRIMES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - New York led the nation's 10 most populous states over the past five years in reducing violent crime, FBI figures released by the state yesterday showed. The FBI...
HE PLIES THE FRIENDLY SKIES WITH GOOD FOOD
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amONE of the world's most important chefs came to my apartment and cooked me lunch the other day. And he made me airline food. And I enjoyed it. The chef,...
CHUCK MAY FACE HILLUVA PROBLEM
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - On the day Charles Schumer becomes the "senior senator from New York," he might find himself in the shadow of something much bigger - freshman Sen. Hillary Clinton...
PREZ'S LIES BOOST PERJURER
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amA federal judge has ruled that if President Clinton can request leniency after lying under oath about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, so can an Arizona man charged with perjury...
D.C. BRACES FOR FARRAKHAN RALLY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe latest incarnation of Louis Farrakhan - kind, gentle and inclusive - takes center stage on The Mall in Washington today with the Million Family March for "atonement, reconciliation and...
WHAT BUSH CAN'T SAY ; THE FAILED MIDEAST POLICY BEGAN ON HIS DAD'S WATCH
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN it comes to the violence in Israel, George W. Bush says that in a crisis, America must speak with one voice. Politics, he says, should stop at the water's...
TURF MAN WANTS HOMEGROWN SERIES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amFor Rick Delea and his family, a Subway Series would literally be a field of dreams. Delea and Sons Sod Farm in East Northport, L.I., supplies the lush Kentucky bluegrass...
PLAY WITH A COBRA, AND YOU'LL GET BIT
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTODAY in Sharm el-Sheikh, Bill Clinton's National Security Adviser Sandy Berger must be mumbling, "What was I thinking?" Yesterday on "Meet the Press," Berger observed that "Twenty-five U.S. ships have...
COLOMBIAN ENEMIES WILL TALK PEACE TODAY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amColombian guerrilla and government leaders will meet today to discuss their country's bloody civil war - and a $1.3 billion American aid plan aimed at shutting down the drug trade...
EVEN TOUGH SALTS FIND RETURNING SWEET
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amCHUCK KELLEY is a tough war veteran, but he can't win the fight against his emotions when he describes a fighting man's homecoming and why it's so important. His voice...
PLANE RETURNS PASSENGERS TO SAUDI ARABIA AFTER HIJACK
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe weary passengers and crew of a Saudi jet hijacked to Iraq headed back to the Saudi capital of Riyadh yesterday - as the air pirates said they'd seized the...
SCHUMER: PUMP UP SUV GAS STANDARDS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWith a potential energy crisis on the horizon, Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday that automakers should be forced to boost the fuel efficiency of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and minivans....
MISS AMERICA ADMITS SHE WAS IN IT FOR THE MONEY, HONEY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amAngela Perez Baraquio admitted yesterday she wasn't interested in making history as the first Asian Miss America - just money. The devoutly religious, boogie-boarding rock musician said she even withstood...
JUDGE'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST 'HARMLESS'
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amA judge in the Miss America Pageant failed to reveal a potential "conflict of interest" he had with a contestant who made it into a final round, officials acknowledged yesterday....
GOP WOMEN OUT TO BOOST BUSH ON EVE OF DEBATE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush is betting his mom, his wife and his former rival's wife can help him lock up women voters - but first, he and Al Gore...
U.S. DOWNPLAYS ANY CHANCE OF PEACE - GROWING FEAR THAT ARAFAT'S LOST CONTROL
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Today's 24-hour peace summit in Egypt opens amid a kidnapping, gloomy predictions and rising U.S. criticism that PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat isn't "in control." Despite the Club Med-style...
HILL RALLIES CITY'S BLACK VOTERS IN CHURCH TOUR
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio campaigned at opposite ends of New York yesterday - the first lady shored up her base support at black churches in the city while...
SHIP'S WOUNDED GET TEARFUL WELCOME - KILLERS MAY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON TAPE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWeeping kin waving U.S. flags and singing "America the Beautiful" welcomed home bandaged sailors from the terrorist-hit USS Cole yesterday - as FBI probers eyed video that may have caught...
YANKEES STILL LOOKING FOR CLOSURE - EL DUQUE TO PITCH GAME 6 IN BRONX
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amYankee fans vowed to "Get 'em in Da Bronx" after the Bombers lost to the Mariners 6-2 yesterday and failed to clinch the American League pennant. The Yanks now lead...
SHEA FANS: PICK UP THE PACE, BOMBERS!
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amDamn Yankees! That's what Mets fans were fuming before last night's game four National League Championship Series game at Shea Stadium, furious that their hated rivals failed to clinch a...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WEEK AHEAD: Suddenly, the question is whether Democrat Al Gore can bounce back after losing Debate 2 to Republican George W. Bush - big-time. Bush tops national polls by...
METS & YANKS JUST ONE STOP AWAY - EACH NEEDS A WIN FOR SUBWAY SERIES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amStand clear of the closing doors! The Mets and Yanks are each one win away from giving their fans the Subway Series ride of a lifetime after the Amazin's zapped...
HORNET JUICE LET GYMNAST TAKE WING
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amA Japanese Olympic gold-medalist stung her competitors in the marathon by secretly downing the stomach juice of giant killer hornets, scientists revealed today. Naoko Takahashi drank the juice after tests...
SHIPS' WOUNDED GET TEARFUL WELCOME - KILLERS MAY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON TAPE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWeeping kin waving U.S. flags and singing "America the Beautiful" welcomed home bandaged sailors from the terrorist-hit USS Cole yesterday - as FBI probers eyed video that may have caught...
FIREMAN RESCUED FROM BLAZE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amA firefighter was in serious condition early today after he was pulled unconscious from the basement of a burning Queens gym. The blaze broke out at about 11 p.m. in...
TEDDY'S KID EYEING A RUN FOR CONGRESS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amAnother Kennedy has his eye on Washington. Word is that Ted Kennedy Jr., son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and nephew of Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-Md.), is interested...
'KID' TRAINER DISSES BAILEY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amDon't invite Hall of Famers Scotty Schulhofer, trainer of Lemon Drop Kid, and jockey Jerry Bailey to the same dinner party anytime soon. Not after Schulhofer slammed Bailey, who rode...
DAYNE DOESN'T IMPRESS SMITH
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amRon Dayne doesn't feel like a rookie anymore. But the Giants rookie, despite posting the first 100-yard game of his career in yesterday's 19-14 win over Dallas, did little to...
'CUGAT' KING OF JAMAICA
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amDespite a slow pace set by Mandarin Marsh, King Cugat was able to wear down the pacesetter and win the Grade 2, $200,000 Jamaica Handicap by a nose yesterday at...
DAYNE AND DEFENSE PICK UP BIG BLUE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amGiants 19 Cowboys 14 The ingredients were there for one king-sized Giants victory. A big, beautiful, impressive, lopsided, decisive victory. There were five - count 'em, five - interceptions of...
AIKMAN'S STILL DALLAS' NO. 1, DESPITE 5 INTS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amAs the Dallas Cowboys lick the wounds opened by the Giants yesterday, they will also be trying to mend a brewing quarterback controversy. "Troy's our guy, and I felt we...
DESPITE FIVE PICKS, 'BOYS HANG TOUGH
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amEven after intercepting five balls yesterday, the Giants almost let one slip away. The Cowboys, without enough pencils in the Texas school system to erase all of their negatives exposed...
BLUESHIRTS PAY FOR LAPSES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe Rangers took the path of least resistence Saturday night in Pittsburgh and look where it got them - on to the ice at Rye yesterday morning for a no-nonsense...
BOOS SLOWS DOWN UTES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWagner 22 New Utrecht 7 New Utrecht head coach Alan Balkan thought he had something on Wagner. All year long, his team had been able to run outside on opposing...
GIANT TURN OF EVENTS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amOnce again a game, if not a season, ended too soon for Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn. On the first play from scrimmage in yesterday's 19-14 win over Dallas the Cowboys...
SPREE WILLING TO 'LEAD'
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell is going to act like a captain even if he's not named one. "These guys know if I have something to say, I'm going to say it," Sprewell...
MCGWIRE STILL THE SHOW: BIG MAC DRAWS ATTENTION DESPITE LIMITED ROLE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amHE MAY not be in the Cardinals' everyday lineup and has been a virtual non-factor in the playoffs thus far. But Shea Stadium still stops when Mark McGwire enters the...
IT'S HAMPTON OR THE HIGHWAY: MIKE GETS CHANCE TO EARN HIS KEEP
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThis is why the Mets wanted to put a black, blue and orange "NY" cap on Mike Hampton's head. Exactly, for games like tonight. Game 5 of the NLCS at...
NOW RACE IS ON TO CLIMB ABOARD
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amIT IS SO close now, they can taste it and smell it and feel it. Now, the pressure really starts to build. The Mets and Yankees are each one good...
CARDS FEEL GOOD ABOUT HANDING BALL TO HENTGEN
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amPat Hentgen hasn't pitched in over two weeks, and when he did, he didn't pitch well, bereft of his starting catcher and closing out the season with back-to-back losses. But...
CARDS WON'T FOLD AS EASILY AS GIANTS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amFOR the Mets, the playoffs have finally arrived. The Giants series didn't really count. Anyone who starts Marvin Bernard in center field and bats him leadoff can't be taken seriously...
SECOND SEASON SECOND RATE: EXTENDED POSTSEASON CHEAPENS RECORDS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amFORTY-SIX years ago, Charlie Dressen, the manager of the Dodgers, watched a New York Giants outfielder named Willie Mays rob Bobby Cox of an extra-base hit at Ebbets Field. Said...
PIAZZA'S POPPIN' AGAIN: YA GOTTA BELIEVE IN THESE SPUNKY METS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amMIKE PIAZZA is stinging the ball again. Roger Clemens is coming off a one-hit, 15-strikeout shutout. Yankee fans and Met fans despise each other, though it is a shallow hatred...
HURTIN' PIAZZA'S AMONG THE KNEEDY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza has patella tendinitis in his right knee, the same ailment that has kept Mark McGwire out of the Cardinals' lineup. The difference is that while Piazza...
METS CAN INK HAMPTON & A-ROD - OF SAVINGS MAKE BOTH SIGNINGS POSSIBLE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amREGARDLESS of the outcome of the National League Championship Series against the Cardinals, the Mets are determined to make an even louder impact in the offseason than they did in...
TONY KNOWS WOES AGAINST LEFTIES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amCARDINAL NOTES While to a man the Cardinals have downplayed or flat-out denied their struggles against lefties - they've been anemic all year against southpaws and lost Games 1 &...
BOBBY'S COY ON HAMPTON
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amBobby Valentine continues to play the "I ain't telling the other team nothin' game." He does it using proper grammar, though. Deep in his heart, Valentine has to be happy...
YANKS HAVE MORE WORK TO DO - NEAGLE AND NELSON GRANT M'S A REPRIEVE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 5: Mariners 6 - Yankees 2 SEATTLE - Six Jeff Nelson pitches produced five Mariner runs and applied the brakes to the Yankees' Subway Series Express. Asked to extract...
JUSTICE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT PRAISE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Reggie Jackson congratulated David Justice behind the batting cage here Saturday. This postseason, Justice passed Jackson as the player with the most playoff contests under his belt. But...
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? - THE YANKEES DID YESTERDAY AT SAFECO
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - In the best of times at Safeco Field, the fans stand and chant and woof along to Who Let The Dogs Out?, a reggae anthem that has become...
YANK PEN GOES TO DOGS - MARINERS FINALLY CHEW UP BOMBERS' STINGY RELIEF CORPS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Who let the dogs out? Joe Torre. He had his pit bull, Jeff Nelson; and his rottweiler, Mike Stanton warming up and his wolf, Mariano Rivera gnawing on...
FASSEL BENCHES TOOMER; FOR JUREVICIUS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Prior to this season, the Giants believed Amani Toomer, coming off a record-breaking season at receiver, was ready to challenge for Pro Bowl status. The season has not...
MARTIN'S THE MAN AGAINST PATS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amJets 34 Patriots 17 FOXBORO - It's been a mere matter of days since turmoil and uncertainty seemed to be seeping into the Jets' season like an insidious virus. And...
TRICKY AL PULLS MO OUT OF HAT
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES FOXBORO - Another week, another trick play by these Al Groh Jets. Faced with a fourth-and-two from the New England 22 late in the second half yesterday while...
YANKS HAVE MORE WORK TO DO: NEAGLE AND NELSON GRANT M'S
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amGame 5 Mariners 6 Yankees 2 SEATTLE - Their safety net stretches from the Pacific Northwest to The Bronx and is woven by the talented arms of Orlando "El Duque"...
YANKS LET THE DOGS OUT ; MARINERS NOW HAVE BITING CHANCE TO WIN
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - In the best of times at Safeco Field, the fans chant and woof along to "Who Let The Dogs Out?" a reggae anthem that has become a fight...
NEAGLE GETS THE SQUEEZE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Four walks in less than five innings to go along with three runs and three hits doesn't look good in the box score. However, Denny Neagle's take on...
CURTIS MAKES JETS THE BEAST OF EAST
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amFOXBORO - For the true answer to why they cannot compete with the Jets, all the Patriots needed to do during the 34-17 beating they were taking from their AFC...
O'NEILL PINCHED AGAIN BY TORRE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - For the second time in the ALCS and just the second time in his managerial reign, Joe Torre pinch-hit for Paul O'Neill in a critical, late-inning situation. For...
HAMPTON OR THE HIGHWAY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThis is why the Mets wanted to put a black, blue and orange "NY" cap on Mike Hampton's head. Exactly, for games like tonight. Game 5 of the NLCS at...
PERFECT NINTH IS GOOD SIGN FOR CONE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - At the end of a dark tunnel, David Cone pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning yesterday and saw a ray of light. "It felt good," said Cone of his...
KNOBBY COULD SEE ACTION AT SECOND
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amYANK NOTES SEATTLE - If Joe Torre wants to use Chuck Knoblauch at second base during the World Series games played in the NL stadium, Knoblauch isn't going to fight...
CARDS FEEL GOOD WITH HENTGEN IN THE HOLE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amPat Hentgen hasn't pitched in over two weeks, and when he did, he didn't pitch well, bereft of his starting catcher and closing out the season with back-to-back losses. But...
NELLIE HAS RUFF NIGHT ; YANKS NEED BETTER BRIDGE TO RIVERA
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Who let the dogs out? Joe Torre. He had his pit bull, Jeff Nelson, and his rottweiler, Mike Stanton; warming and the wolf, Mariano Rivera gnawing on raw...
LA RUSSA GAMBLES WITH KILE AND GOES BUST
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTony La Russa gambled St. Louis' present for big playoff payoffs down the road. The Cardinal manager ignored the numbers and went with his gut, starting ace Darryl Kile in...
AMAZIN'S CAN INK BOTH A-ROD, MIKE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amRegardless of the outcome of the NLCS against the Cards, the Mets are determined to make an even louder impact in the offseason than they did in either the regular...
TIMO TAKES IT FROM THE TOP
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Millennium Mets have traveled deeper into the playoffs than any Mets' team since 1986. And just like that '86 squad that had the fiery leadoff hitter in Len Dykstra,...
RACE IS ON TO BOARD TRAIN 1ST
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Mets fans were chanting "Yankees [stink]!" on their way out of Shea Stadium, even though last night's victims were the Cardinals of St. Louis, Mo., not the Bombers of...
FINE RUSCH JOB BAILS OUT JONES, METS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amGlendon Rusch's theory going into the NLCS was simple. "I've said all along that one of the keys of the series was keeping me out of the game," Rusch said...
BIG MAC REMAINS BENCH FIXTURE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe Cards lost Game 4 of the NLCS 10-6 last night, and once again, Mark McGwire got no official at-bat. He has just one in this series. The Cards had...
ZEILE'S GRAB COMES WITH TERRITORY
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amWho said Todd Zeile can't play first base? Zeile came up with a sparkler in the sixth inning of the Mets' 10-6 win last night over the Cards when the...
AMAZIN'S DOUBLE THEIR PLEASURE: TWO-BASE HITS PUT METS ON THE BRINK OF SERIES
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amGame 4 Mets 10 Cards 6 "One more! One more!" the fans were screaming and the Mets were thinking after last night's 10-6 win over the Cardinals in Game 4...
MIKE'S BAT GOES BOOM ONCE MORE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amMIKE Piazza wouldn't dare talk as if the Mets already had dispatched the Cardinals after a 10-6 victory that put them up 3-1 in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series....
NO KNEED TO WORRY: PIAZZA'S TENDINITIS IS 'FINE'
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amMike Piazza has patella tendinitis in his right knee. This is the same ailment, which has kept Mark McGwire out of the Cardinals lineup. The difference is Piazza has a...
JONES: I JUST DIDN'T GET THE JOB DONE
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amBobby Jones was coming off the playoff game of his life. He stumbled last night, but his teammates were there to pick him up. Such is the story of the...
TONY CAN'T GET MARK IN RIGHT SPOT
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amThose who arrived early enough at Shea Stadium to catch batting practice last night were afforded the pleasure of watching Mark McGwire take batting practice. Those didn't arrive that early...
HOLD IT, THERE'S STILL SPIRIT IN ST. LOUIS
October 16, 2000 | 4:00amSt. Louis has many reasons to point to for the 3-1 hole they've dug themselves in the NLCS. They can point to Darryl Kile's inability to function on three day's...