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after 82-80 year
HOUSTON (AP) — Hal Lanier
was fired as manager of the Astros
Sunday after a disappointing season
that ended with Houston losing 13
of its final 17 games.
Lanier, 46, said he was told about
an hour before the game, a 5-1 loss
to the San Diego Padres. Fired along
with Lanier were third-base coach
Denis Menke, bullpen coach Mark
Hill and hitting instructor Gene
Clines.
“Managing is the hardest job in
baseball/’ Astros owner John Mc
Mullen said in a statement distrib
uted in the press box at the start of
the ninth inning. “It is the culmina
tion of all the possible pressure on
an individual.
“Hal Lanier has been a first-class
citizen and done many positive
things for the organization. We feel
at this time, however, it is best to
wipe the slate clean and start over
again.”
“I’ve had three great years with
this club but this is not a happy time
for anyone,” Lanier said. “However,
I don’t hold any bitterness toward
anyone. Dr. McMullen had a job to
do. He and I have been friends and
we’ll continue to be friends. I think
I’m the best competitor in this game.
John McMullen just felt there
needed to be a change.
“He has the right to be disap
pointed. He was committed that we
wanted to have a pennant winner.
We were still in the race in Septem
ber, but I don’t think any manager
could have come in here and won
the way we were scoring runs.”
“I can’t see anything ever being
tougher than this,” General Man
ager Bill Wood said. “However, the
manager is the chief on the Field. He
sets the tone and direction of the
team, and we just didn’t get it done
this year. We thought we had over
come some of our problems, but
they seemed to bubble up to the sur
face even more than before.”
Astros players sensed Lanier’s fir
ing.
“I don’t think anyone was sur
prised,” outfielder Terry Puhl said.
“That’s not to say it should have hap
pened, and it’s not over yet. There’s
going to be a general houseclean-
in s-”
“It’s not for me to say if it was fair
or not, but we did not perform well
in the last month of the season,” No
lan Ryan said. “We stayed in the race
as long as anyone, but when we fell
off, we fell off abruptly.”
Lanier’s fiery, aggressive style of
baseball seemed to recharge the As
tros in 1986. Lanier was named
manager Nov. 5, 1985, promising
the same wide-open base running at
tack he learned as a third-base coach
under Whitey Herzog in St. Louis.
The Astros won the West Division
by 10 games but lost to the New
York Mets in a six-game playoff,
dropping the final game in 16 in
nings. Lanier was named major
league manager of the year by the
Associated Press and National
League manager of the year by the
Baseball Writers Association of
America.
But the Astros have faded in the
stretch the past two seasons. In 1987,
Houston was one-half game out of
first place on Aug. 24 but lost 26 of
their final 37, finishing 14 games out
of first place. As late as Aug. 9 this
year, the Astros were one-half game
behind first-place Los Angeles.
After one loss, Lanier kicked over
two large garbage cans, sending re
fuse flying, and shouted as players
returned to the clubhouse after a
frustrating loss. After another loss,
he made the players take an additio
nal two hours of batting practice.
Cunningham passes,
rushes Eagles to win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ran
dall Cunningham passed for two
touchdowns and ran 33 yards for an
other to rally the Philadelphia Eagles
from a 16-point first-quarter deficit
to a 32-23 NFL victory over the
Houston Oilers Sunday.
Cunningham completed 24 of 38
passes for 289 yards, while the Ea
gles’ defense held Houston’s usually
explosive offense to 206 yards — 55
running and 156 passing.
The Oilers led 16-0 with 6:39 left
in the first period. They blocked two
punts, one for a touchdown and an
other resulting in a safety, and
scored on a one-yard rollout by
Cody Carlson. •
Cunningham then started the Ea
gles’ comeback with a 14-play, 75-
yard drive capped three seconds into
the second period with the first of
three field goals by recently acquired
placekicker Luis Zendejas. It was a
22-yarder.
Cunningham then took the Eagles
67 yards on five plays, throwing the
final 38 to wide receiver Cris Carter
to make it 16-10 with 10 minutes left
in the half.
The Eagles, 2-3, took the lead 17-
16 with 2:22 left in the half on a 16-
yard pass from Cunningham to
Gregg Garrity just inside the back
end-zone line.
Philadelphia increased its lead to
20-16 with six seconds left in the half
on a 39-yard field goal by Zendejas.
Cunningham completed five passes
in the 11-play, 53-yard drive.
With 8:36 left in the third period,
the Eagles went up 27-16 on a 33-
yard scramble by Cunningham after
he was unable to find a receiver.
Houston, 3-2, took a 7-0 lead 2:07
into the opening quarter when line
backer Eugene Seale blocked a punt
and Cris Dishman picked it up and
ran 10 yards into the end zone.
Eighty seconds later, linebacker
Walter Johnson blocked an Eagles
punt, the ball rolling out of the end
zone for an automatic safety that
made it 9-0.
Houston boosted its lead to 16-0
on a five-play, 64-yard drive with
Carlson scoring from the one with
8:21 left in the first quarter.
Houston drove 98 yards on eight
plays and three penalties for a
touchdown 5:10 into the final pe
riod. Mike Rozier scored from the
two to cap a drive in which Carlson
completed five consecutive passes.
Carlson completed just eight of 25
passes for 150 yards, underthrowing
and overthrowing wide-open receiv
ers all afternoon.
On the ground, the Eagles held
Rozier to 20 yards on eight carries
and Allen Pinkett to seven on three.
Cunningham, in addition to his
33-yard touchdown run, scrambled
for 26 yards for a total of 59 on three
carries. Keith Byars accounted for
17 yards on 15 carries.
Cunningham connected with six
receivers, including tight end Keith
Jackson, 8-for-66, and Carter, 2-for-
58.
On the Eagles’ first scoring drive,
Zendejas’ 22-yard field goal, Cun
ningham completed passes of 6, 19,
12, 11 and 23 yards.
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Walker leads Cowboys
against Saints tonight
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hers-
chel Walker will worry about renew
ing an old rivalry with Sam Mills
Monday night, then consider issuing
another challenge to heavyweight
boxing champion Mike Tyson some
time in the future.
Walker leads the Dallas Cowboys,
2-2, in both rushing and receiving.
Mills is a Pro Bowl inside linebacker
with the New Orleans Saints, 3-1.
“Yes, sir, I remember Sam Mills
from the USFL,” Walker said. “Very
well.
“He is a very hard-nosed line
backer. He’s the type of linebacker a
lot of people would love to have on
their team.”
At 5-foot-9 and 225 pounds. Mills
is the smallest interior linebacker in
the NFL.
“He’s one of the guys who will
show you that size doesn’t matter,”
said Walker, 6-1 and 225.
Mills played for Jim Mora with the
Philadelphia-Baltimore Stars, then
moved to the Saints and rejoined his
coach when the USFL folded.
Walker was with the New Jersey
Generals, and Mora remembers him
well.
“We played him a bunch,” Mora
said. “1 think we were 5-3 against the
New Jersey Generals.
“He caught a little dink pass one
time, and he took off, and our sec
ondary guys looked like they ran
about 6-flat, he’s so fast,” he said.
Walker has done pretty well for
the Cowboys, too — averaging 23
carries and 100 yards a game, plus
catching an average of five passes a
game for over 46 yards a contest.
“Without doubt, without question,
a superstar,” Mora said. “He’s
strong, big, powerful, fast, he can
catch, he can block, he can beat you
in a lot of ways.
“You really have to be at the top
of your game defensively to stop the
guy-”
During the offseason, Walker
danced with the Dallas ballet and ex
pressed an interest in fighting Ty
son. The joke was that it would be
smarter for Walker to fight the ballet
troupe and dance with Tyson, but he
said he wasn’t kidding.
“Last year, I was very serious
about it. I haven’t thought about it
much lately, since this is football sea
son,” he said. “With the offseason, I
may think about it again.”
“I boxed a little a long time ago,”
he said. “I’m more into martial arts.
I’ve been doing that about 10 years.
“I’m just competitive. It’s the kind
of person I am. I believe the Lord
gives you just so much talent, and
the more you do with that talent, the
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