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Newsday from New York, New York • 149

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Newsdayi
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New York, New York
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149
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149 EGOS QE0 0HD QE0 00 9 IBASEBALURERORT Kent double ends plenty of nothing By Mark Herrmann STAFF WRITES They had spent the spring summer and early fall taking to new lengths so what else could have been left for the Mets? They took on a ride deep into the night and right into this morning It until the 17th inning (and 12:02 am) that someone touched home late Jeff double to deep center-scored Eddie Murray and brought an end to the longest game of their longest season If the 1-0 triumph over the Cardinals at Shea Stadium could make a person anxious (a couple hundred fans actually stayed to the end) imagine how it felt for Mets pitcher Kenny Greer He had been waiting all his life for it Greer the righthander acquired from the Yankees for Trank Tanana made his mqjor-league denit in the top of the 17th and got the ipp Dallas told me he want to put in a pressure Greer said manager Dallas Green had just run out of pitchers was more concerned about getting the ball over the plate I pitched in a that when last game began? Anyway he answered the bell (of the bullpen phone) the way any rookie would want to Greer struck out two of the three batters he faced then watched as Murray singled in the 17th advanced on Dave sacrifice and scored on hit The rookie left with an indelible memory albeit not a game ball think JefThitit too Greer said maybe people were too tired to go Bet Games like this one don't come along day The Mets carried on a scoreless game so long since Aug 19 1968 when they lost to the Giants 1-0 Tim Cardinals traded seroes for SQ lOng from the start of the game in 60 yetis they lost to the New York Giants 1-0 in the 18th on July 2 1933 Bobby Jones the Mists starter has peMme an authority on droughts He wasat his best last night and the best he could do was keep his team even It has been 3499 innings since the Mets have scored a run for him At least he helped himself going 10 innings allowing only four hits and col-lecting nine strikeouts had my ups New Book Details Dark Days Paul MoMor had a cocaine problem so bad In I960 that police were called to a Minneapolis house where Mditor was staying to see he was alive That tidbit Is in a new book Game Behind the Game Negotiating in the Big Leagues" by Ron Simon Mon-tor's longtime agent MoWor's use of cocaine was reported yeare ago after the arrest and conviction of a cocaine kingpin in Milwaukee but Simon for the first time reveals the severity of Mo-Mot's problem was ashamed He later told me That was probably the low point of my Excerpts of the book were run Tuesday in The Milwaukee Journal after the paper obtained a copy of the book Not coincidentally Moktor and his Blue Jay teammates were in town having clinched the AL East with a win against the Brewers Monday night "It's jurt unfortunate that after one of my most memorable days I have to turn around and answer questions like this" he said Mineso Reccesidera Return The White Sox intended to start Minnie Minoso tonight to make him a aix-decade player but baseball's acting head said the former star outfielder backed out of the plan Minoso Hated as 70 but claiming he's 67 was blocked from playing In 1990 by then-commissioner Fay Vincent who said it would bo a taros The reversal was approved by Bud Selig chairman of the ruling executive councH and AL president Bobby Brown never dreamed this would happen" Mmoeo said is not a down thing I love the game I gave al my life to It I Just hope I wake up (today and I'm alive to do Mnoeo last played in October 1 900 when he went 0-for-2 as a pinch hitter tor Chicago The Garnet RfetTs RC FarswsR George Brett drove In the lying run In tfie eighth Inning with hie last swing in Kauffman Stadium and Kevin KOelofski drove In the game winner In the ninth as tfie Royals beat the Indians 3-2 last night in Brett's last home game Norberto Martin's RBI single hi the 1 2th gave the AL West champion White Sox a 3-2 victory over the visiting Mariners Pinch-hitter Domingo Martinez drove In two runs with a bases loaded single in a four-run ninth as the visiting Blue Jays beat the Brewers The Tigers defeated the Rad Sox 6-7 In Boston Chad Kreuter broke a tie at 5 with a ninth-inning double his fourth RBI of the game Doug Strange had a three run homer and a career-high five RBI as the host Rangers beat the Athletics 11-6 Pedro Munoz singled in the bottom of the 10th to drive home Kirby Puckett with the winning run as the TwIns beat tfie Angela 3-2 Rookie Tim Pugh pitched 614 hit-less Innings before Billy Bean singled and the visiting Reds routed tfie Pa-dres64 Chris Nabholz had a season-high seven strikeouts hi five scoreless Innings and tfie visiting Expos turned a triple play in a 7-1 win over the Martina Dave Clark and Al Martin drove In three rune each as the host Pirates beat Philadelphia 9-1 In the Phillies first game after cfinching tfie NLEast The visiting Cuba eneured In 21 yeare AP Photo Little did Chico Walker left and Kevin Baez know when they dove in vain for a Bernard Gilkey foul ball in the first inning that still be playing 16 innings later and downs this Jones said I think I definitely made an impression just going out tbs end of the year with a good think the manager forgot by the time it all ended Jones impressed the hell out of me He pitched his butt off He had a great change a good breaking ball showed a lot of Green said the kind of pitchingyou can build Cardinals starter Rheal Cormier was as good against the Meta as Jones was against the Cardinals So were the first four St Louis relievers before Les Lancaster (4-1) gave up the run The Mets used four pitchers and had only Mike Maddux in reserve pitched Tuesday Green said think Joe Mac was going to pitch he said referring to Joe Mcllvaine the former minor-leaguer who now is Mets general manager At this point Greer was ready fee anything He had thought he was done for the year when Class AAA Columbus finished on Sept 3 But he was summoned from home two weeks later when the deal was announced not like he seen anything like last game before high school we played 17 he said pitched the last Jeff Innis the second Mets pitcher vaguely recalled overcoming a leadoff double in the 14th last night was pretty emotional at the he said about two hours later I thought I do anything I was just one of 12 pitchers who gave up no Marlins Hook Sheffield With $2245M i let Gary Sheffield play I to keep playing third 1 jit? tn sartl SJTHX ASSOCIATED PRESS enq Miami The Marlins agreed to rn basketball for fun and he agreed mbise for them ani love of hoops was one of the few hangups in ui negotiations that led to the four-year $2245 million con-b tract he agreed to yesterday 1 1 rail At age 24 he becomes baseball's highest-paid third baseman and best-paid player His salary will average $5612JS00 a year the 10th highest in baaebaU' Sheffield a native of Tampa obtained June 24 from San tr Diego in the salary purge made $311 million this vesaaon 86th on the Opening Dqr salary chart and had been eligible for arbitration this winter He could have become a free agent following the 1994 World Series money is not the he said joined at a news conference by his parents and girlfriend somewhere where happy and comfortable is the main issue with me I eqjqy myself here in the state of Florida and playing in front of my family every Sheffield grew up in Tampa where he still lives and plays pickup basketball games with such All-Star friends as Dwight Gooden Fred McGriff and Derek BelL The Marlins sought a clause in the guarantee language that would have prohibited Sheffield from playing banket hall because of the injury risk but he balked as Greg Hibbard (15-11) pitched 1 past the Dodgers 6-1 Randy Myers got hia Slat save tying Dennis Eckers-ley for the second-most in a season behind Bobby Thigpen's 57 In 1990 marsmmoMinflnrnrrnms i ii 'ii -1 lint MwiM Hlf liyiil fii'J UM JL 1 1.

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