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The EEC ah DETROIT (AP) — The Min- [nesota Twins, bucking inexperi- Jence and the odds, beat the De- Itroit Tigers 9-5 Monday and won Jtheir first American League pen- jnant in 22 years behind the pitch- ling of Bert Blyleven and the all- jaround play of Gary Gaetti. With the worst record of any I World Series team since the 1973 |New York Mets and the worst See related story, Page 10 road record of any pennant win ner, the Twins took two of three at Detroit to win the best-of-seven playoffs in five games. Tom Brunansky drove in two runs with a double in Minnesota’s four-run second inning, then homered with one out in the ninth — when the Twins scored their final three runs — giving him six extra-base hits in the se ries, including a pair of homers. ties g . The Twins will open the World r M I Yfl Series at home Saturday against ' J t iff 11/ either San Francisco or St. Louis. ■■■/ i Game 1 will be the first Series game played in a domed stadium. The young, high-spirited Twins — only five of whom had previous postseason experience — chased the old veteran, Doyle Alexander, twice a loser in these playoffs, with the four second-in ning runs. Gaetti had five RBI and scored five runs in the series. He hit home runs in his first two playoff at-bats in Game 1, and he pro vided defensive plays in Games 2 and 4 that saved runs. Perhaps his biggest contribution in this postseason was calling the play in Game 4 that picked the Tigers’ Darrell Evans off third base as Detroit was trying to rally in the sixth inning. Blyleven, meanwhile, perpetu ated his reputation as a big-game pitcher, allowing five hits in six innings — two by Kirk Gibson . . and a two-run homer by Matt common tradepoi Nokes in Detroit - s three-run holding up a states mecon’s unwilling ipaign i area tew political netwt lew South Coalition s 1988 campaign te ncludes many Net! but Friday night.' i pick up ADC sup? an informal iftij than 100 members hairman Joe Reed a think’whatever (ii 1984 has been in* ter.” ee Mayor Johns'’ imdale in 1984becai ;on had no chance ime,” he said, ^ a new Jesse Jackso; e mature and he'sif aroader base - fourth inning. Blyleven now is 4- 0 in postseason, with one of those victories coming in Game 2 of this playoff at Minnesota. He struck out three and walked two before Dan Schatzeder came on in relief to start the seventh. The Tigers’ fourth run came on an eighth-inning homer by Chet Lemon off Juan Berenguer. The home run was the 14th hit in the series breaking the playoff mark set twice in NL series. Jeff Reardon came on for the final four outs for his second save of the playoffs. He was also the winning pitcher in Game 1. The Tigers managed a ninth inning run on a single by Gibson, his third hit of the game. Alexander, who won nine straight with the Tigers after he was acquired in August, kept alive a reputation for big-game fail ures. He now is 0-5 in postseason with an ERA of 8.10. The Twins, who won only three of 13 road trips this season, came into the playoffs vast under dogs. They won the first two at home, however, then finished it here, ending Detroit’s bid for a second World Series appearance in four seasons. When the Tigers won the 1984 World Series, Gib son was the playoff MVP. He came into Game 5 with only three hits in 17 at-bats, though — a silent man until it was too late for the Tigers. Detroit’s cleanup hitter, Alan Trammell, was just 4- for-20. The Twins won it not only with hitting, however. The best de fensive team statistically in the league, they made one fine de fensive play after another to keep the Tigers off base. Kirby Puckett said it for his tea mmates the night before. “No body expected us to do any thing,” he said. “. . . But it didn’t worry us. We didn’t listen.” Young and emotional, the Twins beat not only the Tigers, but also the odds to win the pen nant. Stats don’t match 12th Man chatter By Anthony Wilson Sports Writer At Friday’s midnight yell practice for the University of Houston foot ball game, the yell leaders asked sev eral members of the 12th Man Kick off Team to speak to the crowd. Each one took microphone in hand and proceeded to give the usual spiel. We’ve all heard it before. Viewpoint Each one started with a hearty “How dy,” then went on to say how A&M fans were great, and how much the team appreciated their support, and how A&M’s conference opponents fear Kyle Field more than any other stadium in the conference, all of which is true. However, then the 12th Man members must have gotten caught up in the emotion and heat of the moment, because they said some in credibly foolish things. They talked about how they were going to mash, maul, mangle and generally be all-around tough guys once they took the field on Saturday. They were going to go out and kick a little butt and beat the ever-livin’ out of Cougar High’s smurf-sized re turners. Undoubtedly, Houston’s James Dixon, who is 10th in the nation in kickoff returns with a 28.7 yard av erage, must have been shaking in his tiny red turf-shoes. All the 5-foot-10, 185-pound Dixon did was return five kicks for 171 yards and a 34.2 yard average. In the fourth quarter, Dixon broke a return for 53 yards, the second long est ever against the 12th Man, before being dragged to the turf on a touchdown-saving tackle by kicker Scott Slater. If Slater had not stopped Dixon from scoring, his touchdown probably would have won the game for Houston. The point of all this can best be summed up by a quote by baseball great Pete Rose. When someone pointed out to Rose that he sure seemed to enjoy talking about what an outstanding player he was, Rose eloquently said, “It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it.” 12th Man, are you listening? You haven’t proved you can do it this year, so the bragging at yell practice was totally uncalled for. Unlike past seasons when the 12th Man was successful, its return cover age this year has been pathetic. In A&M’s three home games this season, the 12th Man has allowed 332 yards on 11 returns for a 30.2 yard average. By comparison, A&M’s kickoff coverage team for away games, which is comprised of varsity scholarship players, has given up 150 yards on eight returns for a 18.8 yard average. Another startling statistic about the 12th Man is that Slater is tied for second place on the squad in tackles with two. The leading 12th Man tackier, Brian Edwards, has only three tackles. When the kicker is the second leading tackier on the return team, one tackle behind the leader, it’s not a good sign. Even opposing returners have lost respect for the once-feared 12th Man coverage team. Before the LSU game, sophomore running back Harvey Williams, who returns kickoffs, said, “I ought to break one against those guys.” Although Williams never got a chance to return a kick, teammate Sam Martin returned a kick 57 yards, the longest ever against the 12th Man. It is obvious the 12th Man is not as effective as it has been in past years. Its play against Houston almost cost A&M a crucial conference win. That is not to say that they are to blame for the close score. The offense was lethargic at best. But the 12th Man has consistently let opponents start drives with excellent field position. Therefore, the A&M coaches should give serious consideration to benching the 12th Man the rest of the season. The Aggies have three remaining home games. Two of those are against conference foes Arkansas and Texas. If A&M loses either of those games, their Cotton Bowl hopes will turn into toilet bowl reality. C The offense is- having enough roblems putting points on the ard. The team can’t afford to score, only to let the opposition score on the ensuing kickoff. The defense is playing about as well as it can, but it can only do so much when a team has great field position. The bottom line is that it would be a real pity to lose a championship due to special team play. NFLPA submits tentative proposal to owners ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The striking NFL players offered Mon day night to return to work if team owners agree to mediation and arbi tration of their contract dispute un der certain conditions. NFL players have been on strike for three weeks, but owners have continued to stage games by using replacement players the last two weeks. The decision by the player rep resentatives of the 28 NFL clubs fol lowed Sunday’s breakdown in con tract talks between the NFL Players Association and the NFL Manage ment Council, the bargaining arm for the league’s owners. The conditions mentioned by NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw included: • Reinstatement of all strikers to rosters for the rest of the year. • That the 1982 Collective Bar gaining Agreement would remain in effect until a new contract is reached. • All player representatives and alternate player representatives would be protected for the rest of season. • All issues currently on the table now would be submitted to media tion. After six weeks, all issues still outstanding would be submitted to binding arbitration. “The players feel this is the way to end the dispute,” Upshaw said. “If the owners are willing to agree (to the conditions), the players will re turn to work.” Upshaw was flanked by more than three dozen players, although a handful of the player representa tives left before the news conference without commenting. Boomer Esia- son, quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals, was among the players leav ing before Upshaw’s announcement. A spokesman for the Manage ment Council, Peter Ruocco, said in New York that the owners would have no immediate comment on the proposal. “We haven’t seen any proposal. We have no comment,” Ruocco said, adding there would not be a com ment Monday night, Upshaw, asked if this was a last- move kind of offer, said: “I would think so. “I would say, if the owners decline this, we are out for the duration, out for the year.” Jack Donlan, executive director of the NFL Management Council, had suggested mediation on several pre vious occasions, but the union said no each time. Upshaw said the dif ference this time would be that me diation would be followed by bind ing arbitration. An arbitrator would have the authority to reach a com promise on any point rather than choose one side or the other, as is the case in baseball salary arbitration cases. Upshaw said he was hopeful that the players could be back in time for next Sunday’s games. However, he said that if a return couldn’t be worked out by then, he hoped NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle would call off a third weekend of games in volving teams made up of replace ment players. )es repoi America th YORK (AP)—A® 1 * aest people are * lion — a whoppiif jump from last yes' money to wipe oil S. budget deficit, W e reports, on the list for the retail king Sam W ssets from his ft 5 stores nearly dot# ion. That is mo# ss national pro# lird World countnt 1 n is one of 49 bill# die list, nearly t# appeared there Iasi 1 * the 23 newcomers" ranks are a red ; ar fortune heiress 31 cruise-line owner^ »e dabblers in corf* ■s. ; stock prices and tt< ues played key # the ranks and # ealthy, the maga# <est list of the 400i 1 " .ns. U.S. budget defiii s $205 billion, i# ■licit was$1561)® tagon budget East meets West on the keys. Bella Davidovich was Russia's premiere woman pianist before emigrating to the U.S. This season she is touring with one of Europe's leading ensembles, the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Together with con ductor James Conlon, she will perform in Rudder Auditorium Tuesday, October 13, 1987 at 8 p.m. Mme. Davidovich has performed with the world's most distinguished conductors and appeared as soloist with the Leningrad Philharmonic for 28 consecutive years. Founded in 1918, the Rotterdam Phil harmonic has played in every major European and American music center, has toured the Ear East and in 1986 gave concerts in the Soviet Union. Maestro Conlon is in his fourth season as Music Director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic. A few good seats remain for this program among the most unique ever to perform at Texas A&M. Tickets are available on a first-come, first served basis. MSC Box Office • 845-1234 • Dillards Ticketron VISA and MasterCard accepted! 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