Notes on a Scorecard - June 1, 1994

No wonder Mike Krzyzewski is remaining at Duke instead of going to the NBA. . . .

He likes coaching good shooters. . . .

Some of the same people who think the NCAA three-point shot line should be brought out believe the NBA line should be brought in. . . .

The question isn’t why the Houston Astros released Mitch (Wild Thing) Williams, but why they ever acquired him. . . .

Now that Paul O’Neill’s batting average has dipped below .450, George Steinbrenner probably will put him on the trading block. . . .

I wonder if the wave will be performed at the three tenors’ concert next month at Dodger Stadium. . . .

The Dodgers, who need relief, might eventually call up Rudy Seanez, who is pitching well at Albuquerque. . . .

“Raul Mondesi swings at too many bad pitches,” Al Campanis said. “But of course, he’s just a kid.”. . . .

Campanis remembers another young outfielder, Duke Snider, who had the same problem. The Brooklyn Dodgers made him spend hours in the batting cage without swinging at a pitch. Snider would yell

whether he thought the pitch was a ball or a strike, and an umpire standing behind the cage would also make a call. . . .

Baseball crowds are as sensitive as batters--they boo when a pitch is a few inches inside and chin high. . . .

The Angels are one of the few teams that have a better record on the road than at home. . . .

Consider yourself a baseball fanatic if you watched all 4 hours 23 minutes of Detroit’s 11-inning 5-3 victory over Baltimore on ESPN Monday. . . .

It lasted as long as some of the doubleheaders that used to be played on Memorial Day. . . .

Don Drysdale would have liked Darren Dreifort. . . .

Unbalanced schedules--i.e., more intra-division games--are a must next season. That is the surest way to avoid the possibility of a team with a losing record winning a division. . . .

Fitting the description of a roller-coaster career is Andres Galarraga’s. . . .

Joe Torre is a good manager, but he was an even better TV commentator. . . .

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The Ivy League dominated a sport this year. Princeton won both the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse titles. . . .

Perhaps the greatest lacrosse player ever is Jim Brown, who also played some football for Syracuse. . . .

I guess letting Anna Kournikova, 12, compete in the French Open was OK, as long as it was in the junior division. . . .

The bad part is that Kournikova will be eligible to join the women’s tour the month of her 14th birthday. . . .

Roberto Duran, who will turn 43 on June 16, probably still has enough to beat Vinny Pazienza on June 25 at the MGM Grand Garden. . . .

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has turned down a proposal to install open scoring, which would have made officials’ cards public after each round. . . .

The trouble with the new National Best Seven bet is that there isn’t enough time between races. Sorry, just kidding. . .

Holy Bull should have run in the Preakness. . . .

Arcangues might be better on dirt than grass. . . .

Grand Flotilla’s winning purse in the Hollywood Turf Handicap Sunday was $275,000, meaning trainer Jenine Sahadi earned $27,500. . . .

A 2-year-old full brother to two-time champion grass mare Flawlessly was shipped from Florida to Charlie Whittingham’s barn at Hollywood Park recently. His name is Perfect. . . .

The top three men and women finishers in the Mazda-Orange County Performing Arts Center Triathlon on Sunday will qualify for the U.S. team in the Goodwill Games. . . .

Dave Scott, 40, six-time Ironman Triathlon champion, will attempt a comeback after a three-year retirement. . . .

“Hardwood Dreams,” a chronicle of Morningside High’s 1992-93 basketball season that is narrated by Wesley Snipes, will be shown on June 9 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and June 11-12 at noon at the Nuart Theatre in West L.A. . . .

A crowd of 70,000 is expected for the U.S.-Mexico soccer game Saturday at the Rose Bowl. . . .

Best of the NCAA football playoff ideas developed by a research group is an eight-team tournament that would begin with quarterfinal games on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. . . .

News item: Australian Boomers defeat George Washington, 97-63, in Wollongong, Australia. Reaction: What else would you expect on a kangaroo court?