\ 12 - The Prince George Citizen -Monday, April 6,1992 Limping Blue Jays fall to Expos by Canadian Press were last in the NL East in 1991 may have ended the The limp into with a 71-90 record, and they are long career of Rick Dem­ Detroit and the Expos listed no better than 10-1 l0u,»ix>ts psey, who was let go by the Bal­ land in Pittsburgh as Canada’s to win the division in ’92. timore Orioles. teams open a new season Expos fans get a new wrinkle — Dempsey, 42, was vying for the today. legal betting on baseball in Que­ backup job agqinst rookie Jeff A lot is expected of the Blue bec. Tackett. Although Dempsey had a Jays, while 1992 will be a learning Worrying Toronto Cito huge edge in experience, he experience for a youthful Expos Gaston is his team’s long list of only .136 during spring training, squad. walking wounded. , while Tackett had a .438 average In the final pre-season tuneup and Ranee Mulliniks along with three doubles and five for both clubs, the Expos edged are on the disabled list and Dave RBIs. the Blue Jays 3-2 Sunday in Mon­ Winfield has a sore left hamstring “ It was one of the toughest treal. Delino DeShields’ groundup and likely will be sitting on the decisions I ’ve ever had to make in pushed across from bench while Candy Maldonado any managerial position I ’ve had,” third base in the seventh inning for takes his spot in the lineup today. Baltimore manager Johnny Oates the winning . On Saturday, ‘‘You always set out to leave said. “ There was no clear-cut Montreal beat Toronto 2-1. spring training healthy and we’re choice.” Toronto lost eight of its last nine not even close,” said Gaston. Dempsey played with the Ori­ gapies and finished the exhibition “ We’ll just have to do the best we oles from 1976-86 and was the schedule with a 13-18 record. can.” MVP of the 1983 , Don’t panic. The Blue Jays were As many as 10,000 tickets have leading Baltimore past the 9-19-2 last year in exhibitions and been purchased by residents of . In addition to went on to win the American southern Ontario for the Blue Jays’ his hitting and defence, he gained League East title with a 91-71 re­ game at Tiger Stadium. popularity in Baltimore for his off- cord. They’re a 6-5 bet to repeat. “ We’re as close to an opening- field antics that included his out­ Montreal had a Grapefruit day sellout at this point as we’ve landish impression of Babe Ruth League record of 20-12, matching been in recent memory,” said Ken during rain delays. the most spring training victories Marchetti, director of ticketing for in its 24-year history. Only Cincin­ the Tigers. “ You’ll hear a lot of The visit the nati won more exhibitions among Blue Jay cheering on opening this afternoon teams than the day." at 4:30 on CBC French (channel Expos this year. But the Expos Meanwhile, the last day of 4, cable 5). Winning lift

Stanford’s Molly Goodenbour is lifted by teammates Sunday after being selected the tournament M orris rea d y for T igers' ven om Most Valuable Player in Stanford’s 78-62 victory over Western Kentucky in the NCAA Women’s championship in Los Angeles. by TO M SLATER mercenary. He jumped ship, after 14 sterling seasons, Toronto Star to join the in 1991. DETROIT — figures he knows what And now, after an incredible season with the Twins, will come pouring down on him today at Tiger culminating with his most valuable player award for Stadium pure venom. the World Series, Morris is wearing a new uniform, a Duke University Blue Devils “ Sure, they’re going to get all over me,” Morris blue job with a funny bird on the front. He will cash said the other day as he relaxed in Sl Petersburg, Blue Jays pay cheques this year totalling $4,425 mil­ after his final spring training start. “ They’re still mad lion. at me, I guess.” The money is just fine, thank you, Morris says. But eye repeat NCAA title There are certain athletes in sports who have earned at this stage of his career, the 36-year-old righthander the sort of anti-respect that results in choruses of has another couple of items on his agenda. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Success sometimes has a Duke hasn’t lost an NCAA game since the 1990 boos. Yes, respect in a peculiar form. Today’s start, for example. way of erasing the memories of how difficult it was to final, when UNLV beat the Blue Devils 103-73. That Bobby Orr, during his fabulous hockey career, was achieve. loss was avenged last year in the semifinals, when booed in opposition arenas every time he touched the It will be the 13th consecutive time Morris has been For now, however, Duke is poised on the brink of Duke denied the Runnin’ Rebels a chance to repeat. puck. Nobody, outside of Boston, cheered for Ted the opening day starter for his team 11 of them with the Tigers, last year for the Twins and now the Blue American college basketball history, very much aware Now Duke can become the first team to repeat Williams. Most fans hated him because he was too Jays. of the battle it has been to get to the NCAA cham­ since UCLA ended a seven-year run in 1973. good. pionship game. “ I don’t think players get caught up in repeating,” To a lot of Detroit baseball fans, Morris is regarded And no, there wasn’t a clause in his big contract to Duke is one win away from becoming the first team Krzyzewski said, “ liiey get caught up in winning.” as nothing but a keep the streak alive. to repeat as national champion in 19 years. The trip to The Michigan players know little of repeating since tonight’s title game against Michigan and its five the starters are all rookies. The Wolverines (25-8) do starting freshmen was a rough one, especially for a know of Duke, however, as they lost 88-85 in over­ W allach on team that went the entire regular season ranked No. 1. time to the Blue Devils at home in December. “ We feel fortunate to be here,” Mike Krzy- “ I remember feeling I had lost that game myself,” E xpos’ hit list 1993 SKI-DOO zewski said. “ Seton Hall, Kentucky and Indiana have said Chris Webber who only had 27 points and 12 re­ been very tough games for us. bounds that afternoon. “ It doesn’t give us confidence by JOHN MacKINNON “ Teams play at a high level against us and we ex­ because if you were down by 17 like we were it could Ottawa Citizen SPRING BREAK pect the same from Michigan.” happen again.” walked briskly Senior forward Brian Davis sprained his right ankle TTie Wolverines were seeded sixth in the Southeast away from home plate, where he in Saturday’s victory over Indiana and Krzyzewski Region, the same position Kansas was in when the had just finished taking his swings called him very doubtful for the championship game. Jayhawks won the 1988 NCAA championship. in a pre-game home-run derby, Duke (33-2) has won the last three games, but not Michigan coach Steve Fisher has a chance for a bit entered the Montreal dugout and in the style Blue Devil fans and detractors have come of history himself. He could win his second title in slid his bat into the rack. to expect. four years, having led the Wolverines to the 1989 “ It’s a joke, don’t ask me to do Seton Hall had stopped Christian Laettner in the championship as an interim coach. this again next year,” he told Expos manager as OUT second half and was within six points late in the “ We’ll talk about that if we win,” he said. game. Against Kentucky, Laettner’s jumper at the Everyone wants Duke to talk about it now. he hurried by. buzzer put the Blue Devils into the Final Four for the “ It would be the ultimate feeling to go out a win­ This was a sample of Wallach’s fifth straight year. ner,” said Laettner, along with Davis and former dry sense of humor. Wallach is Duke seemed so human again this weekend when teammate Greg Koubek, the only players to partici­ rumored to be on his way out of Montreal, where his $ 1.9-million Indiana took a 12-point first-half lead. An awesome pate in four Final Fours. U.S. salary for this season and SB- defensive performance turned things into a com­ “ Winning the national championship became a goal fortable 13-point lead that almost evaporated in a for us when we beat Kentucky and I ’m not sure we million tab for next year are rather too heavy a load to bear for a club final-minute, three-point barrage by the Hoosiers. ever got over that one,” Krzyzewski said. Bobby Hurley was the savior with 26 points, includ­ that plays in fragile Olympic ing a team-record tying six three-pointers that gave Coverage begins at 6 this evening on KIRO Stadium. him 11 in two games. (cable 7). He may well be traded soon after the season begins. 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