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Giamatti wore a pink shirt and a lavender tie and a well-coiffed silver beard. They were and are two very differ ent men from two very different worlds. So how strange it seemed Thursday that their lives had grown so inextricably intertwined. How strange it seemed, somehow, that it was the man from Yale who could stand at the podium in the New York Hilton and boast of having saved the beautiful and exciting game of baseball. And how strange even eerie it seemed that it was Rose, the man who once embodied that game, who found himself an outsider in the only world he had known for three decades.

Its sad that Pete Rose turned out to be the person he turned out to be, historian Eliot Asinof, author of a book about the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Eight Men Out, said after Thursdays developments. Pete Rose used to be a legitimate hero. He was a ball figures of all time. Not many people on this planet could tell you anymore what Ford Frick did as commissioner, or what William Eckert did as commissioner. But now they will always remember Bart Giamatti.

They will remember him the way they remember Kenesaw Mountain Landis. They will remember him as the man whose first swing of the bat knocked Pete Rose out of the ballpark. If there is anybody, Giamatti said Thursday, who thinks I wanted to go through this when I first became commissioner, with regard to one of the greatest players in the history of the game, theyre wrong. But he had no choice, and he endured. Please see Rose, page D2 great ballplayer.

You had to admire him. He did so much with the limited talents he had to work with. He was the best. But now that he has fallen, he has fallen in a way thats really quite despicable. And thats sad." Its sad that after all those hits and all those awards and all those pennants, Roses baseball career may have ended Thursday in a hotel ballroom rather than on a ballfield.

But that was one of the many bizarre twists this story took Thursday. None was more bizarre than that Roses fall will help turn Bart Giamatti, a man from the very unbaseball-like land of academia, into one of the most famous base- i Friends feel sorry for Rose By Clifton Brown New York Times News Service The last time Tim McCarver spoke with Pete Rose, the two men were standing around the batting cage in Cincinnati earlier this season. Rose was reluctant to discuss the allegations that he gambled on baseball, but he did tell McCarver what he thought of A. Bartlett Giamatti, the commissioner of baseball. Pete told me that in the end, he thought Giamatti would be fair, said McCarver, a Mets broadcaster and Roses former teammate in Philadelphia.

I dont know if he feels that way now. But he did then. The end, as Rose put it, came Thursday, when Giamatti announced that Rose was permanently barred from baseball. As the baseball world reacted to the news, people who know Rose cannot imagine how baseballs hit leader will adjust to his new life, banished from the game he loves. More than anything, I feel remorse for Pete, McCarver said.

Baseball has been such a big part of Petes life, not just his adult life, but his entire life. To know how much this is going to devastate him has to give you a feeling Please see Friends, page D2 Grossman to sign five-year contract with Chargers By Tod Leonard Times-Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO Defensive end Burt Grossman, the Chargers No. 1 draft choice, has talked a good game of football for the last month from the comfort of his home in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Now hell get a chance to put his muscle where his mouth is. Grossman, the flamboyant, outspoken University of Pittsburgh graduate, flew into town late Thursday night after agreeing to terms over the phone earlier in the day with the Chargers and Steve Ortmay-er, the teams director of foot- Grossman ball operations.

Grossman was expected to sign the contract today. Ortmayer would not discuss the terms of the deal, but Grossman said it will pay him about $610,000 per season over the next five years. If I dont play up to my potential and get $3 million for it, then Im a wasted pick, said Grossman, 22, said after arriving at Lindbergh Field. But I think I can step in and play right away, and I think the coaching staff does too or they wouldnt have paid me a lot of money. Burt is not shy, said Chargers defensive line Coach Gunther Cunningham.

Thats why we picked him; there is something extra there with him that a lot of guys dont have. Im sure hell be ready for the challenge. I talked to him (Thursday), and he sounded like he has something to prove. The 6-foot-6, 265-pounder will not be a timid rookie who is unsure of himself. The Sporting News called him the most colorful player in the college draft and he hasnt disappointed since being taken by the Chargers.

In print, hes ripped his own agent, Richard Woods, whom he later fired; the Pittsburgh Steelers (I never liked them); Troy Aik-man (I think John Elway gets my attention more); and Tony Man-darich (Who is the flake I have said a lot, but thats to be expected from me, said Gross-man. I make big statements to put pressure on myself so that I have to live up to it. Ive been making remarks since I was in the ninth grade. I guess I always speak whats on my mind. But the final decision is going to come down to how I play.

I can say anything I want if I play great. You know, everybody looks over it; Lawrence Taylors proved that with all hes done. But if I turn out to be a flop and have a great mouth, Im sure theyre going to be disappointed because I dont get paid to talk. Grossman, the eighth pick overall in the draft, is only the fourth player among the NFLs top 10 picks to sign a contract. The long No man may violate baseballs integrity By Frank Dolson Knight Ridder News Service Babe Ruth left; the game went on.

Lou Gehrig contracted an incurable disease; the game went on. Baseball has survived without Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby, without Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, and without Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. It will survive, and continue to flourish, without Pete Rose. No one is bigger than the game. If only Pete Rose had understood that, maybe he would have read those warnings against gambling posted in every big-league clubhouse, and would have taken them seriously.

Maybe none of this would have happened. Its tragic that he thought he could get away with it, said former Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning, now a Kentucky congressman. ragic, yes. Surprising, no. There are, we have come to discover, two Pete Roses.

The first one, the Pete Rose who got all those hits, won all those games and played on all those championship teams, was the great American dream come to life: a man who, through sheer determination and hard work, made himself into the premier baseball player of his generation. The second one, the Pete Rose weve been reading about the last several months, is the great American tragedy come to life: a man who thought he was bigger than the game he played, and a product of an age in which our sports heroes are pampered, stroked and, too often, led to believe they can do anything they choose. On the field, in the dugout and in the clubhouse, Pete Rose, the player, epitomized the very best in baseball. He was the ultimate overachiever, a player who, quite literally, would do just about anything to win from screaming at an opposing pitcher to running over a catcher to score the winning run in an All-Star Game the night after having dinner with the Please see Baseball, page D2 i Tne Associated Press (top right); after shoving umpire Dave Pallone in 1988, Rose is suspended for 30 days (bottom left); Rose discusses his lifetime ban from baseball (bottom right). A review of the Rose years Rose runs over catcher Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the 1970 All-Star Game (top left); Rose surpasses Ty Cobbs career hit total of 4,192 i doses ttFdDtafoles jMstt Ibepmoinig None of the jurors raised a hand.

The grand jury investigating Roses taxes recently subpoenaed Paul Janszen, who says he placed Roses bets on baseball and other sports with bookmakers. Janszen, who became an FBI informant, has reportedly given federal agents up to 100 tape recordings, some of which could prove damaging to Rose. The two cases could keep Roses name in the headlines for months. And that, experts say, is exactly what he does not need. The best thing for Pete Rose right now is to get out of the limelight, said David Bums, president of Burns Sports Celebrity Services, a Chicago company that arranges endorsements for athletes.

If he can get his name out of mind for a while, he would have a much better chance of rebuilding his image in the future. Please see Troubles, page D2 on charges that he was part of a ring that smuggled cocaine from Florida to Ohio. He also was accused of failing to report income from the drug operation on his tax returns, and of falsely claiming winnings from a northern Kentucky race track on his taxes to protect the actual winners, who allegedly include Rose. Gioiosa has pleaded not guilty. During pretrial preparations, Gioiosas attorney asked for information from baseballs investigation of Roses gambling, and for information from the federal governments investigation of Rose.

How damaging that will be to Rose remains to be seen. Pete Roses shadow is going to be involved in this case, Judge S. Arthur Spiegel told the pool of 62 potential jurors Thursday. I want to make sure all of you can decide this case on the evidence. Is there anybody who cant be impartial? By Glen Macnow Knight Ridder News Service The announcement of Pete Roses lifetime ban from baseball ends the sports six-month struggle with one of the most wrenching episodes in its history.

It does not, however, signal an end to the travails of Rose. Hours after Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti announced Roses permanent ban, jury selection began in the cocaine-trafficking trial of Roses former housemate, Thomas Gioiosa. In addition, a federal grand jury in Cincinnati is looking into whether Rose declared all of his income including gambling winnings on his taxes. Other headlines figure to further batter his public image.

And Rose may be hurting himself through his persistent marketing of his own sports memorabilia. Gioiosa was indicted in April in Cincinnati Please see Chargers, page D3 ESPN plans season of fantasy football From A wire services OK, sports fans, lets watch this fantasy video: Heres Rob Lowe heres an Atlanta hotel room heres oops, I put in the wrong tape. TV SPORTS Today 5:30 p.m. Baseball The California Angels have moved to within two games of the American League West-leading Oakland Athletics. They begin a three-game series tonight against the Texas Rangers.

The Angels Kirk McCaskill, seeking his 15th win, battles former California pitcher Mike Witt (10-10). Saturday Kirk 3 p.m. (D Little League World Series It has been five years since the last American team won the Little League championship of the world. This years hopes rest on a team from Trumbull, Conn, which will take on a squad from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It wont be easy.

Far Eastern teams have won 18 of the last 22 World Series titles. Sunday 1 p.m. Golf The long, difficult Firestone Country Club course in Akron, Ohio is the site for the fourth round of the World Series of Golf. The defending champion is Mike Radar Reid, who just two weeks ago let the PGA Championship slip away on the final three holes. Complete weekend sports listings on Scoreboard, page D5.

to use the reverse-angle replay and now the first to televise the most delicious nostalgic question since, Whatever happened to Which team is greatest? Pittsburghs 78 Steel Curtain? Vince Lombardis 66 Packers? Shulas 17-0 team in 72? Reputations, as well as egos, are at stake as the teams head to a Fantastic Four playoff Oct. 22 and the Dream Bowl on Oct. 29. Paul Hornung, a 66 Packer running back, called Sabol and half-joked, You bleepity-bleep, we better not lose. Staubach wrote Sabol saying he liked the promotional video but that only in your imagination could The Refrigerator have sacked me.

And Shula? Well, hes phoned Sabol in recent months, too. Three times. Maybe he doesnt call just to talk about this, but each time hed say, How are those 72 Dolphins coming out in that Dream League youre doing? Sabol said. Hes made the point that the undefeated team never got the credit it de-, served. The Dream Season is no casual study.

Sabol polled all 28 NFL coaches on every game to see if, say, the 82 Redskins would beat the '55 Browns. He considered tendencies, injuries, weaknesses. He interviewed coaches and players on potential game plans. For instance, Shula said he would defend Namath differently after playing, and losing to, the Jets in Super Bowl 3 while coach of the Baltimore Colts. In the pregame show to the 72 Dolphins-68 Jets game that airs Oct.

8, Shula said he wouldnt allow Namath to complete the short-range and medium-range passes that we did in the Super Bowl, Sabol related. After this information is accumulated, it is fed into a computer program. Each game is then played by computer 100 times before determining a winner. Then comes the constructive film editing. Games arent full-length; they are edited for highlights and run 35 minutes (with a 15-minute pregame s(iow and five- Please see TV, page D3 the 77 Cowboys (Sneak preview: The Fridge, an 85 rookie, sacks Roger Staubach, who retired in 1979).

The purpose is to find the greatest team ever or provide fun for fans and NFL types while trying. Why, on the bookshelf behind Dolphin Coach Don Shulas desk sits the promotional video of the Bear-Cowboy opener. Shula popped it into his office VCR the other day and asked a few assistants in. They watched Stau-bachs jaw drop when The Fridge went into the Bear backfield for the goal-line offense and their jaws dropped, too. They were shaking their heads because they couldnt figure oDt what they were watching, Shula said.

It stirs up the imagination because it looks so real. Dream Season, to be sure, is as real-life as illusion can be. It is the two-year creation of NFL Films President Steve Sabol, and that should end all questions of quality. Sabol was the first to create the -sports blooper films, the first to put film footage to music, the first TV sports notes Now. Lets try again: Heres Joe Namath back to pass for the 68 New York Jets Heres the rush from the 72 Dolphins No-Name Defense Namath under pressure! Pumps right! Scrambles left! Oooh! Hes buried! White hankies wave as Namath lies on the Orange Bowl field! Whats this? A folk hero of the '60s sacked by local heroes of the 70s? On picture-perfect video? This is the Dream Season, a fantasy league created by NFL Films where you watch the 20 greatest teams play on TV in amazingly true-to-strife film footage.

Eight feature games will air on ESPN at 5 p.m. Sundays starting Sept. 3, when the 85 Bears meet I fc.I.hi I.