THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 5, 1996 TAG: 9607050252
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BOB MOLINARO
LENGTH: 56 lines
Nutty: Since a woman recently had a contact lens knocked loose by a bag of peanuts at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, vendors there are prohibited from throwing sacks of goobers in the stands. This is bad for business, of course. As anyone who goes to baseball games knows, peanuts taste better when they've been tossed your way by a vendor.
All wet: If Albert Belle turned up as a Gatorade vendor, fans would have more to worry about than flying bags of peanuts.
Weather report: With all that rain in London, NBC should dump Dick Enberg and John McEnroe and bring in Willard Scott to cover Wimbledon.
Net results: If seedings mean anything, Todd Martin is your next Wimbledon champ, but the shaky pick here is Richard Krajicek.
Strange move: Guess George Steinbrenner re-signed ex-Met Darryl Strawberry after learning that Ed Kranepool was not available.
Attention reader: This week's column has been designated an Olympic-free zone.
Don't say: In last season's Kentucky media guide, Antoine Walker, drafted No. 1 by the Celtics after leaving college following his sophomore year, has this advice for kids: ``Stay in school.''
Life's lesson: Says Charlotte Hornets point guard Muggsy Bogues, who is returning to Wake Forest after nine years to earn his degree, ``I've been a hypocrite. I've been telling kids to stay in school.''
Age appropriate: In the last week, 17-year-old Kobe Bryant has been characterized as arrogant, obstinate, fickle and selfish. It's official. He's guilty of acting like a teenager.
Image disaster: Since being drafted by the St. Louis Rams, running back Lawrence Phillips has wasted little time updating his resume - oversleeping and missing a team meeting, arrested for drunk driving, trashing a vacation condo. Nebraska must be proud.
The old college try: NFL courtroom celebrities Michael Irvin and Brian Blades have one thing in common - they both played for the University of Miami. Not the biggest surprise, is it?
Money talks: The designated hitter will never be phased out in the major leagues as long DHs make the second highest average salary by position behind first basemen - $3.5 million to $4.12 million.
Showbiz today: Whose idea was it for actor Kelsey Grammer to sing the national anthem at the All-Star Game? Guess the cast of ``Friends'' was busy.
High finance: In order to go after free agents Juwan Howard and Gary Payton and stay under the salary cap, the Miami Heat may offer Alonzo Mourning a relatively modest one-year contract, then give him a long-term deal next season equal to the gross national product of Chile.
Numbers crazy: Just read that Eddie Murray has hit home runs in 32 different major league ballparks, tying him with Frank Robinson and Rusty Staub. Only baseball would keep a statistic like this.
For what it's worth: A lawyer who is trying to pull together support for a new baseball stadium in Milwaukee once represented Jeffrey Dahmer.
Small stuff: If you find yourself complaining about the selection process for baseball's All-Star teams, it could be a sign that you don't have enough to do. by CNB