September 18, 2003
SILLERMAN BUYING TWO LOAN FUNDS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBob Sillerman, the former big-shot New York talent promoter, is getting into the less-glamorous business of asset management. Sillerman said yesterday that he is buying two funds from Barclays Bank...
BOSS MAY BLOCK NETS' B'KLYN SHOT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner doesn't want another pro sports team in New York City. Steinbrenner, the principal Yankees owner and key member of the YankeeNets partnership, is adamantly opposing a plan that...
SALES ARE BUBBLING UP FOR INDIE CELEB QUENCHER FIJI
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWhoopi Goldberg drinks it. So does Pierce Brosnan. The cast of "Friends" consumes cases on the set of the NBC TV show, and famed New York City restaurant Le Cirque...
GRANO GETS A PINK SLIP FROM UBS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Grano, the former Green Beret commando who ran PaineWebber's brokerage for a decade, is out of a job. The 55-year-old former Army captain resigned as head of brokerage operations...
TURMOIL AT NYSE - WALL STREET RELIEVED AT END OF BIG BOARD CIRCUS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWall Street breathed a sigh of relief as an embattled Dick Grasso finally stepped down as chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange. "People see greed, and they...
TARGET: NYSE BOARD - BIG CHANGES DUE FOR MEMBERS AND FUNCTIONS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWith Dick Grasso gone, the New York Stock Exchange Board that approved his $190 million compensation package will likely be next in the hot seat. Reform plans already in the...
HOW DRAMA UNFOLDED IN BOARDROOM
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amNYSE directors praised Dick Grasso to the skies before sticking the knife in him in a boardroom showdown yesterday. J.P. Morgan Chase Chairman William Harrison opened the emergency afternoon board...
MCDONOUGH, LEVITT LEAD PROBABLE SUCCESSORS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amAs the clock ticked down on Dick Grasso's tenure at the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street speculated about his possible replacement. At the head of the list of dream...
HOST OF THE TOWN - ONCE REJECTED BY NIGHTCLUBS, UNIK NOW RULES THEM
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amAT the Rosa Cha fashion show on Saturday, a towering man with dreadlocks takes a seat beside singer Toni Braxton and whispers in her ear. The "Aida" star bursts into...
FOR SROS, GO TO AOL
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amPSST - want free tickets to the hottest shows in town? AOL can get them for you. Nearly 5,000 free tickets to three-dozen Broadway shows - "Hairspray" and "Nine," among...
'HEAVIER' TOPS CHARTS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJOHN Mayer's "Heavier Things," the follow-up to his Grammy-winning, 3 million seller "Room for Squares," cakewalked to the top of the album sales charts. The earnest pop singer/songwriter's sophomore disc,...
EXPECT ANOTHER KISS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWATCH out, Madonna and Britney, Emmy's back in town - and she's craving attention. Don Mischer, who's producing Sunday's Emmycast, won't say if the "Did you see that?" Madonna-Britney MTV...
DR. PHIL BACK ON DAVE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amDR. Phil McGraw is making a return to David Letterman's "Late Show" - seven months after his triumphant first appearance on the show scored big ratings. McGraw, the host of...
RITTER TRIBUTE STRIKES GOLD
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amABC's tribute to John Ritter Tuesday was the most watched show of the night. Almost 14 million viewers tuned into the ABC News special, "A Life of Laughter" anchored by...
PLANE SCARED - TERRORISTS DON'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST TOUGH SUPERMODELS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00am"Threat Matrix" [ ] (three stars) Tonight at 8 on ABC ---- WHAT would you get if the models fell out of the J. Crew catalog and took over the...
KNIGHT MOVES
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amLONG before "Mamma Mia!" there was "Chess" - the ABBA musical that didn't quite take Broadway. (What? No one wanted to see a Cold War story of love and betrayal...
BIGGS' EASY: JASON'S JUST LOOKING FOR LOVE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJASON Biggs can't get a date - and it's not for lack of trying. "I just want someone who's nice," the 25-year-old star told The Post. "I'm looking for someone...
STARR REPORT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00am"Entertainment Tonight" has landed The Bangles to play at its annual "ET" Emmy Awards shindig, sponsored by Glamour magazine. The group has a new album, "Doll Revolution," hitting stores Sept....
BLOCKPARTY: TAKING BACK BLEECKER
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amNOW that the tourists gone for another year, it's time for New Yorkers to reclaim their favorite streets, confident in the knowledge they won't be assailed by hordes of digi-cam-waving...
L.I. PIRATES DRIVE OFF WITH 80G BOAT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBold pirates on Long Island have driven away with an $80,000 speedboat and trailer that was parked next to the owner's home, police said. The boat buccaneers commandeered the bright...
POT TRUCK PUTS L.I. ON HIGH ALERT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amPolice conducting routine safety checks on trucks on Long Island came up with a suspicious duo in a rental truck that caused the cops to call in a SWAT team...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA dumber-than-dumb crook was nabbed after he returned to the bank he robbed to deposit the stolen cash into his account. Jesse Leonard Youngblood, 36, will now be cooling his...
DELUSIONAL 'SADDAM' DEMANDS WE SURRENDER
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A new audiotape allegedly from Saddam Hussein declared that mounting U.S. casualties are beginning to "eat away at the enemy like wildfire," and called on U.S. forces to...
SEEING RED WHEN SEEING BLACK ON STATEN ISLAND
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amTHE street rules in the deep South Shore of Staten Island are simple: A young black man roaming the territory will mostly likely get the "once over" from the young...
WISEGUY GETS 8 YRS. IN EXTORTION
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA powerful wiseguy in the Luchese family will spend the next eight years in prison for extorting the owners of a popular Long Island restaurant after he helped rid them...
CLARK LAUNCHES BATTLE FOR PREZ
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark yesterday declared himself a candidate for president - promising to "talk straight" and quickly hitting President Bush on the economy. "My name is...
KORS' DUDS ARE REAL BLAST
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amSIX days of back-to-back fash ion shows is enough to make anyone need a vacation. So when Michael Kors devoted his spring/summer collection to clothes appropriate for a luxe holiday...
GATIEN'S KID CLUBS COPS WITH $1M SUIT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amHer dad had plenty of problems with cops - now Jennifer Gatien is looking to get even. The daughter of deposed and deported nightlife impresario Peter Gatien has filed a...
CHUCK SEEKS SAUDI PROBE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday called on the feds to investigate and freeze the assets of a Saudi charity that hosted a meeting in which a top Hamas leader...
HILLARY AND HUNK PUSH NEW NUMBER
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A week after Republicans kicked actor George Clooney and his HBO "K Street" production team out of the Capitol, Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday welcomed him back to speak...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A teen was charged with accidentally shooting his girlfriend with a gun he claimed he got for protection, police said yesterday. Kendall Nisbit, 17, and girlfriend Solina Geddes...
SUSPECT FAILS COURT COKE TEST
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island office manager busted on charges she helped bribe New York State Labor Commissioner James McGowan tested positive for cocaine when she came to court to be arraigned....
MISHAP PAINTER EYE$ GREEN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA 32-year-old bridge painter who fell off the Kosciusko Bridge in July is suing the state for a whopping $20 million. Miroslav Marinkovic charged in the lawsuit that the state...
A SEA OF TEARS FOR SLAIN QUEENS FAMILY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amScores of friends and relatives gathered before four caskets in a Queens church yesterday to remember the lives and mourn the deaths of the family members slaughtered in last week's...
MIKE: MAYORS SHOULD LIVE IN OWN HOMES
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg, who has shunned living in Gracie Mansion, said all future mayors should follow his example and find alternate lodgings while in office. The city-owned Upper East Side property...
B'KLYN MAN DROWNS IN FLORIDA LAKE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man vacationing in Florida drowned in a lake after he fell off an inner tube towed by a friend's 19-foot pleasure boat, police said. The body of Gabriel...
GEN. IS HILL'S ACE IN FOX HOLE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBILL CLINTON's effu- sive praise for new Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark is sparking chatter that he sees the good general as a place-holder for wife Hillary, safeguarding her option...
TOT-SLAY DAD PLEADS GUILTY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA former police cadet who killed his 3-year-old daughter because she soiled her pants pleaded guilty in Staten Island Supreme Court yesterday to second-degree murder, officials said. Matthew Herrnkind, who...
MIKE WON'T TELL ON ILLEGALS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amFacing mounting criticism from immigrant communities and pressure from the City Council, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday strengthened his "don't tell" policy on someone's immigration status to "don't ask, don't tell." Bloomberg...
NO HARD FEELINGS FOR EX-FOE KLEIN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBill Gates and Joel Klein have buried the hatchet. Klein, when head of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division under President Clinton, prosecuted Gates and his gigantic software firm Microsoft...
CITY REPORT CARD - COPS' 911 RESPONSES SCORE LOW
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amIt took slightly longer for cops to respond to 911 calls last year, according to the latest report card on city agencies issued yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg's office. The semi-annual...
W. DRUBS ALL DEMS IN SURVEY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush holds a comfortable lead over Democratic 2004 wannabes - as well as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - in a poll released yesterday. Bush holds a 15-point...
2 FIRED AT VENUS SISTER
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amAt least two gunmen fired at the car carrying the slain sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, with one bullet fatally striking the woman in the head, officials...
THE 'LIGHT' STUFF PLANNERS UNVEIL THE SLENDER, AIRY LOOK
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amDowntown rebuilding officials yesterday trumpeted an improved Ground Zero plan with an expanded trade center site that lets in more light and air to the former home of the Twin...
GIULIANI BUTTS IN TO BASH CIG BAN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani spoke out yesterday for the first time against the city's strict anti-smoking law, saying he doesn't think it was right for New York. In a TV...
MASTER SELF-PROMOTER WIPED OUT BY THE WAVE HE RODE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amDICK GRASSO was good at what he did. In fact, he was great. The only problem is what the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange excelled at had nothing...
BLOOMBERG BONDS GET A BOOST
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg won another round yesterday in his legal battle with Gov. Pataki over his efforts to sell $500 million in bonds to help finance the city budget....
HORSE RACING RUNNING AWAY WITH $: HEVESI
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amState Comptroller Alan Hevesi yesterday accused the New York Racing Association of being "out of control" and "poorly run." His 51-page document, titled "The New York Racing Association: The Case...
HELL-RAISING 'CANE: COAST PREPARES FOR ISABEL'S 105-MPH FURY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amOld Glory was stowed away in the White House basement and officials raced to batten down the hatches as Hurricane Isabel roared toward the Eastern Seaboard yesterday. "We are working...
SLASHINGS AT 2 CITY HS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amTwo students were slashed outside Brandeis HS yesterday when a gang-related, bottle-hurling fight erupted outside the troubled Manhattan school, officials said. It was one of two violent flare-ups at city...
CLOUD HANGS OVER FAMED RAINBOW RM.
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amSomewhere over the Rainbow Room - way up high - there's a leaky roof and other problems that have led to a $40 million lawsuit. The operators of the landmark...
FLOODGATE$ OPEN HERE - BILLIONAIRE GIVES $51M TO CITY SCHOOLS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBill Gates got a big thank-you from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday after agreeing to donate $51.2 million that the city will use to open 67 new, smaller high schools - believed...
ID SCAMMER GETS 4 YEARS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Pakistani man who allegedly sold authentic immigration documents - charging customers up to $27,000 a pop - was sentenced to nearly four years in prison yesterday. The permanent-resident cards...
THE CLOSING BELL GRASSO ISOUT AMID FIRE$TORM
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amNew York Stock Exchange chief Dick Grasso quit last night amid thundering criticism over his $190 million pay package. The 57-year-old CEO resigned from the world's largest stock exchange during...
PLAYERS FINALLY ON SAME FIELD
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amAESTHETICS aside, the revised master site plan for Ground Zero released yesterday shows that all the key players finally mean business about getting the job under way. The Port Authority,...
BIG BROTHER IS NOT WATCHING
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Librarians' fears that Big Brother is a Big Snoop appear to have been exaggerated. A newly declassified Justice Department report, obtained by The Post, reveals that federal agents...
BLOOMY 'RAISES' TEACHER HOPE$
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amTeachers and other city workers should be "optimistic" about getting raises - as long as their unions agree to productivity improvements to help pay for them, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
A SEA OF TEARS FOR SLAIN FAMILY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amHundreds of friends and relatives gathered before four caskets in a Queens church yesterday to remember the lives and mourn the deaths of the family members slaughtered last week in...
BIGGER IS BETTER - PLANNERS UNVEIL EXPANDED WTC SITE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amDowntown rebuilding officials yesterday trumpeted a new and improved Ground Zero plan by architect Daniel Libeskind that hinges on a significantly expanded World Trade Center site. Libeskind and officials from...
COP KILLER UNCAGED - FAMILIES' FURY AS BOUDIN WALKS FREE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amInfamous '60s radical Kathy Boudin, convicted in the 1981 Brinks heist that left two cops and a security guard dead in Rockland County, walked out of a Westchester prison a...
GIULIANI BUTTS IN AND RAPS CIG BAN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani yesterday offered some surprising criticism of his successor's policies, saying Mayor Bloomberg's smoking ban isn't right for New York. In a TV interview in Dublin, Ireland,...
SLASHINGS AT TWO CITY SCHOOLS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amTwo students were slashed outside Brandeis HS yesterday when a gang-related, bottle-hurling fight erupted outside the troubled Manhattan school, officials said. It was one of two violent flare-ups at city...
ARNIE WILL PUMP $10M INTO CAMPAIGN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger disclosed yesterday that he'll shell out $10 million from his own pocket to bankroll the Total Recall effort in his drive to become California's next...
HELL-RAISING 'CANE - COAST PREPARES FOR ISABEL'S 105-MPH FURY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amOld Glory was stowed away in the White House basement, Air Force One skedaddled, and the federal government shut down as Hurricane Isabel roared toward the Eastern Seaboard yesterday. "We...
THE CLOSING BELL - GRASSO IS OUT AMID FIRE$TORM
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amNew York Stock Exchange chief Dick Grasso was forced to walk the plank last night amid thundering criticism over his $190 million pay package. The 57-year-old CEO was ousted during...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY HUDSON
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJust what does one have to do to get a river named after him? Henry Hudson knew. Read on to see how this famous navigator earned the honor. Henry Hudson...
GAL PAL IS SHOT BY TEEN IN ACCIDENT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teen was charged with accidentally shooting his girlfriend with a gun he claimed he got for protection, police said yesterday. Kendall Nisbit, 17, and girlfriend Solina Geddes, 15,...
8 YRS. IN MOB EXTORT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amA powerful wiseguy in the Luchese family will spend the next eight years in prison for extorting the owners of a popular Long Island restaurant after he helped rid them...
NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amFacing mounting criticism from immigrant communities and pressure from the City Council, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday strengthened his "don't tell" policy on someone's immigration status to "don't ask, don't tell." Bloomberg...
BLOOMBERG BOND BOOST
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg won another round yesterday in his legal battle with Gov. Pataki over his efforts to sell $500 million in bonds to help finance the city budget....
ROOKIE IMPRESSING ISLANDERS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWHEELING, W.Va. - Sean Bergenheim, who was selected by the Islanders in the first round of the 2002 Draft (No. 22 overall), continues to make a name for himself in...
TURN FOR THE WORSE - STEVENSON'S INJURY COULD LEAVE DEVILS WITHOUT TOUGH GUY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00am"The first three or four days had been good, but then it started flaring up again." - TURNER STEVENSON Turner Stevenson was a true Stanley Cup hero, coming back hurt...
HEILMAN GETS ANOTHER SHOT
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES CHICAGO - If Hurricane Isabel doesn't interfere, Aaron Heilman will get another chance to start on Saturday. Art Howe yesterday informed reporters that, weather permitting, Heilman will replace...
GRANT GOIN' INTO BOOTH
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWith his injury-plagued NBA career apparently nearing an end, Grant Hill is pursuing a career in TV. Hill, 31 next month, was at ESPN Monday in Bristol, Conn., where he...
STARTING TO JELL - BOMBER HURLERS HITTING STRIDE AT PERFECT TIME
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Watching the Angels circle the bases in last year's ALDS as if they were marbles unleashed in a bathtub remains fresh in the Yankees' psyche only because their...
SCHULTERS PLANS TO FOLLOW BIG BROTHERS' FOOTSTEPS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJAMAL Schulters isn't like most high school sophomore football players. He doesn't just dream of being on an NFL sideline. He's already been there. "I've been [there] lots of times,"...
LINCOLN LANDS CANARSIE STAR
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amTom Allen picked up the phone on the second day of school last week at Canarsie. On the other end was a coach from Boston University, one of many schools...
MAWAE TAKES HERM'S RIP TO HEART - O-LINE LEADER: JETS CAN, AND WILL, RUN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amPERHAPS the same master motivator who fired the Jets up to a 21-3 halftime deficit by telling them of a woman marathoner on crutches knew just the right thing to...
RANGERS NEED HELP IN GOAL - BLACKBURN INJURY CHANGES PLAN
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Mike Richter went down a year ago, the Rangers were caught short in net with Dan Blackburn as the only NHL-ready replacement within the organization. Glen Sather addressed that...
METS' SHIP SINKING - CUBS FINISH SWEEP WITH 4-HITTER
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amCubs 2 - Mets 0 CHICAGO - Art Howe shook up the Mets' lineup yesterday afternoon. Pardon the time-worn cliche, but he simply was rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic....
JETS STARING INTO THE ABYSS - PAST COMEBACKS WILL BE HARD TO DUPLICATE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBeing winless in New York is about as stressful as it gets in professional sports. The Jets, at 0-2, can put on as many brave we'll-bounce-back faces as they'd like,...
MOOSE: PLAYING TODAY'S A CROCK
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - Welcome to Knuckleball Airlines, and buckle up tight. Because of MLB's and the Orioles' idea to move tonight's Yankees-Orioles game from 7 p.m. to 12:30 instead...
MLB PUTTING MONEY 1ST, SAFETY 2ND
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Camden Yards is a beautiful park in so many subtle ways. Its charms include large flower pots overflowing with nature's beauty hanging from lamp posts stationed throughout the...
BARBER NOT WORRIED ABOUT FUMBLES
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Tiki Barber doesn't want to talk about it. He lost the ball again on a fumble in Monday night's 35-32 overtime loss to the Cowboys, after fumbling the...
'HE MADE ALL THE RIGHT CALLS' - GIANT GM LAUDS FASSEL FOR BIG BLUE OT DEBACLE
September 18, 2003 | 4:00am"[Fassel] figured out a way how to win the game. He made all the right calls." -ERNIE ACCORSI As the Giants went from losing to winning to losing, in agonizing...
JETS' OFFENSE OFF THE TRACK
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES The question about whether the Jets have found their identity on offense was being asked of several players yesterday to mixed theories. "I think we're still looking for...
BIRDS SPOIL WELLS' PARTY - BOOMER FALLS SHORT IN QUEST FOR 200TH
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amOrioles 5 - Yankees 3 BALTIMORE - Add this to the endless ribbon of statistical data that has polluted baseball: David Wells doesn't pitch very well on the eve of...
THE TEAMS OF THE CENTURY: SOME FRANCHISES CLING TO SPECIFIC GLORY YEARS. ONLY THE YANKEES ARE DEFINED BY SUSTAINED DYNASTIES.
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe brilliant light given off by reflections from 26 World Championship rings cannot be allowed to blind us. The difficult job is to pick the best Yankee era from five...
1921-28: MURDERERS ROW PUTS YANKEES ON MAP
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amOnce you see the names, you understand the results. Here was Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Tony Lazzeri and Herb Pennock. And there is why from 1921-28, the Yankees won...
1932-43:BOMBERS ROLL SEVEN IN MCCARTHY ERA
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amHere's when it starts to get ridiculous. When the Yankees became the YANKEES - the greatest collection of gold medallists in the history of sport. From 1932-43, the Yankees were...
1949-1964: FIVE IN A ROW, CASEY, PEFECTION AND THE M&M BOYS
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amIn 1948 the Yankees finished in third place, and quite simply, that doesn't fly around here. So Casey Stengel took over the club in 1949 and the Yankees went on...
1976-81: THE BOSS, THE COMEBACK AND THE BRONX ZOO
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amThey might have called it the Bronx Zoo, but hidden in the fancy nickname was a heck of a team. The Yankees had gone 11 years without a first-place finish...
1994- ?? : THE TORRE STORY AND THE JETER, BERNIE AND MO SHOW
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre's Yankees have been about stars like Clemens and Jeter, Rivera and Williams, El Duque and Soriano. But they've also been about the non-stars. Jim Leyritz in '96. Shane...
ONE FOR THE AGES:WITH ONE MIGHTY SWING, LEYRITZ PAVES THE WAY FOR THE CURRENT DYNASTY
September 18, 2003 | 4:00amThe irony is that what happened in the eighth inning that night was about Mark Wohlers' fastball. While compiling 39 saves in 1996, Wohlers' fastball had often bettered 100 mph,...