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The American League has produced
a World Series winner for three years
in a row, so National League teams
have an incentive for winning one of
' their own this season.
The Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia
Phillies, NL pennant winners for the
past two years, will renew their rivalry
in the realigned NL East. Revenge
should push the Braves to the top of
their division with the Phillies close
behind them. The Montreal Expos,
Florida Marlins and pathetic New
York Mets will follow the Braves and
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The Atlanta Braves are still the
-strongest team in baseball, but as we
1 have seen in the past, having the best
team on paper doesn't mean anything
come October. Ted Turner hopes the
, recent acquisition of former Baltimore
, reliever Gregg Olson will be the nail
in the coffin he wants all other teams
put in. Olson will mop alter potential
Cy Young winners Tom Glavine, John
Smoltz, Steve Avery and last year's
winner Greg Maddux. Offensively,
the Braves will miss the bat of slugger
Ron Gant, but feel confident in their
young talent. Outfielder Tony Tarasco,
infielders Ryan Klesko and Chipper
Jones, and catcher Javier Lopez
are the future of this team.
The Philadelphia Phillies may have
traded a\Vav pitchers Terry Mulhol
land and Mitch Williams, but they still
have Curt Schilling, Danny Jackson,
Tommy Greene and Ben Rivera.
These starters will give the ball to
newly acquired Doug Jones in the late
innings this year. Philadelphia's new
reliever will continue where the "Wild
Thing" left off. I don't know if this is
such a good idea. Any team consisting
of tough-guy players Lenny Dykstra,
John Kruk, and "Dutch" Darren
Daulton isn't only a scary team, but a
pretty good team also.
The Montreal Expos may have lost
their ace in 15-game winner Dennis
Martinez, but as always, this team will
contend because of its expert personnel,
who will have their work cut
out for them if outfielders Marquis
Grissom and Larry Walker can't stay
healthy. The Florida Marlins are not
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for expansion status. This would give
them a legitimate reason for being
such a bad team. Dallas Green's team
may not be quite as bad as they were
last year, but I'm not complimenting
them either.
The NL Central should be conquered
by the Houston Astros. Astro
pitchers Doug Drabek and Greg
Swindell had less than impressive
records last season, and somehow
Houston still had the NL's second
best team ERA. Add strong seasons
from pitchers Pete Harnisch and 15game
winner Darryl Kyle, and you're
looking at another team from Texas
capable of making it to the Fall Classic.
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follow the Astros in this new division.
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a devoted cheerleader by the name of
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team that hasn't won a World Series
title for as long as just about anyone
can remember.
Cincinnati Reds owner Marge
Schott dismantled a team that won
the World Series only a few years
back. The Reds were 73-89 last season,
and received much less attention
than their troubled owner, or her
dog, received. Cincinnati lost both
Chris Sabo and Bip Roberts, but are
still in possession of Barry Larkin,
Kevin Mitchell, Hal Morris, and Roberto
Kelly. This isn't a bad team, they
just have a bad owner.
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bad. They only have one good starter
in Bob Tewksbury, and are lacking a
power hitter and a decent closer in
the bullpen. Even Ozzie "The Wizard
of Oz" Smith can't come up with
enough magic to transform this team
into a contender. No wonder St. Louis
fans are hoping for an NFL football
team.
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Ley
land is still mourning the loss of Barry
Bonds, Doug Drabek, Bobby Bonilla,
John Smiley and Jose Lind. The Pirates
were pretty good back in those
days. The key word here is "were"
The NL West will be won by the San
Francisco Giants this season. Sure
they lost Will Clark to the Texas
Rangers, but they still have sluggers
Barry Bonds and Matt Williams. These
guys can do it all. 1 bet they can even
pitch 10 times better than Jose
Canseco did.
The Los Angeles Dodgers may con
K-rifl in thi? r1ivi?inn if rtitrhpr* Orel
Hershiser, Ramone Martinez and Greg
Swindell can bounce back from a dis
appointing 1993- The Dodgers will al
so need Darryl Strawberry to be a fac
tor if they are going to contend this
season. Will Strawberry be healthy;
Even Tommy Lasorda doesn't know
the answer to this question. Howev
er, Lasorda does know that he haj
himself a great player in DeShields
and an even greater player in lasi
years NL Rookie of the Year, Mike Pi
a/.za.
The Colorado Rockies added twc
quality veteran players in Hllis Burk;
and Howard lohnson. but what the^
really needed to go after was pitching
In fact, they should of gone after;
whole pitching staff.
Are things looking up for this Sai
Diego Padre club? Probably not. Man
agement will just disappoint fan
some other way. Fans know how t<
make this team a contender again
They want Steve Garvey back, am
they want him back now!
Well, there's the NL picture. Hope
fully, your favorite team will be a le
gitimate contender this season.
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Mary McDonnell, Ed O'Neill, J.T. '
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former national champions who have '
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in recent years. Under pressure, Bell '
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played by Cousy, begin a search for i
(players who can turn their ailing pro
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Director William Friedkin's affecion
for the game led to his demands
or realism. In the central roles of the
Blue Chip" recruits, the filmmakers
lecided to hire athletes who had
iome acting ability rather than actors
vho would perform on the court
vith lesser skill.
"I wanted to look at the players in
his film and know that these guys are
eally playing," Friedkin said. "I wantid
there to be no doubt that you are
matching great athletes in competiion."
"The competition in this movie
lad to be at a very high level," said
Executive Producer Ron Shelton. "We
.ouldn't settle for average athletes.
Ot'c needed college players who could
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this summer was played for our
movie."
The players were divided into two
teams of college all-stars, coached by
Kentucky's Rick Pitino and USC's
George Raveling, along with a third
team coached by Indiana basketball
legend Bobby Knight. Prior to the
games, the players spent a week practicing
at Loyola Marymount University
in Los Angeles under the direction
of former NCAA Championship coach
Pete Newell and Dallas Mavericks'
scout Dick Baker.
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To prepare for his role, Nick Nolte
spent two weeks inside and outside
of the gym with Knight. He also studied
the motivational style of the late
Jim Valvano and soaked up tips on
game strategy from Pete Newell, the
film's technical advisor among others.
"Coaching is really a moment by
moment decision-making process;
there's no blueprint,'' Nolte said. "The
key to coaching is being able to use
your imagination. Read, react, create.
You also have to prepare, do your
homework, get the basics down. What
separates the master craftsman from
the average coach is his creativity It's
a thinking man's game."
Among other basketball notables
making appearances are Syracuse University
head coach Jim Bocheim, for- ;
mer UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, former
University of California coach
Lou Campanelli, NBA scout Marty
Blake and sportscasters Dick Vitale
and Todd Donoho.
The participation of individuals like
Knight, Raveling, Pitino and others,
who are still active in the college
game, is evidence that the themes addressed
in "Blue Chips" are of importance
to the majority of coaches
who run clean programs.
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Shelton, "Blue Chips" dealt with
themes of corruption, morality and
ambition that have been at the heart
of much of Friedkin's work.
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