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DETROIT (AP) — The Min-
[nesota Twins, bucking inexperi-
Jence and the odds, beat the De-
Itroit Tigers 9-5 Monday and won
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jnant in 22 years behind the pitch-
ling of Bert Blyleven and the all-
jaround play of Gary Gaetti.
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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
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■■■/ 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.
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ated his reputation as a big-game
pitcher, allowing five hits in six
innings — two by Kirk Gibson
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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.
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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.
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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.
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