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By Mike Duffy and is not at all worried about his if the Pats move their first pick to es. A lucrative career in color com- Chuck Foreman, Chuck Howard, and Andrew Heltner ballooning up to 380 this past win- San Francisco in exchange for the mentary is likely to follow... Chuck Taylor, Chuck Conners, SPOR 7 COL"UMNISTS ter. l 7th, 27th, 52nd, and 81st picks Chuck Bednerick, Chucklie Brown, We begin our column with greet- 5. Cincinnati: Wide Receiver owned by the Niners. Though Bonehead play of the week and Dave Howerchuck. ings and salutations to the following and a defense: Shula will reach back tempting, we advise against it as the To Wayne Huizenga and the MIT athletics alumni who will be on to his roots and take defensive force Pats need an impact player (which front office of the latest NHL Trivia question of the week campus this weekend: Alex Virgilio Eric Curry of Alabama. they can get by not picking the likes expansion team for naming the team This week's question comes '92 and Chris Sonne '91, basketball; Even though we feel the Patsies of Eugene "Everybody Wang" the South Florida Panthers. Not only from our man on the prairies, Pat Will Scruggs '92 soccer; Vic will pick Rick "Not an ad" Mirer, if Chung) in order to fill the Stadium do panthers have nothing to do with Moriarty in Atchison, Kan.: What Antaramian '92 and John Spring- they really want a solid quarterback and make Foxboro, once again, one Miami, but it is always bad luck to teams were moved to form the fol- steen '91, rugby; Ken Chay '91, they should draft Bledsoe. At 6 feet of those places that sends shivers name your franchise after a defunct lowing major league baseball teams: Lacrosse; Nathan Cultice '92, base- 4 inches, 220, Bledsoe is more of down opponents spines'. The trade USFL team. Your humble scribes Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta ball; Tom Aviv '91, crew; and Steve the prototype NFL QB than Mirer the Niners recently completed with send in our vote for the team to be Braves, Minnesota Twins, Texas Hao '92 and Mike Rechtin '89, is. Mirer got a lot of exposure play- Kansas City turned out to be a good called the Miami Humidity, so Rangers, and Baltimore Orioles? swimming. ing on NBC all year and was fortu- one for the Chiefs. Not only do they sportswriters in Little Havana could Send answers, comments, and With the NFL Draft coming up nate to be surrounded by great tal- get the starting QB they need, but use the catchy phrase "The Heat is favorite Hermanisms to sportsethe- this Sunday, we present a "needs" ent, unlike Bledsoe (many apologies they also managed to weasel a not too bad, but the Humidity is ter- tech. list for the top five drafting teams as to the Cougar faithful out there in defensive back and a draft pick from rible." Answer to last week's question: well as our own predraft analysis: Spokane) who was flanked by the Niners. With a dominating the Colorado Rockies. Kudos to 1. New England: Quarterback, mediocre players at best. Bledsoe is defense and a weak division, Mon- Berman's nicknames of the week Alex Tapia '96, Matthew Olsen offensive line, wide receiver, logo, more confident staying in the pocket tana will lead the Chiefs to a place Alex Medina '92 writes to us '93, Nick Ulman, Lester Hui, Pat etc. You name it the Patsies need it. (a trait needed by all NFL QB's out- Dave Krieg can only dream of. requesting that, since most of the Moriarty, and Jonathan Sigman '95, If they do keep this pick (and don't side of Randall and Young), has a Other thoughts: If you scan over MIT population does not have who is duking it out with Geno Tor- trade it to San Francisco), look for stronger arm, and has comparable the needs list of all the worst teams, ESPN (yet), we keep him and our res '93 for overall trivia supremacy. Parcells to take Notre Dame,r speed 'although he is not quite as you will see a common ingredient: faithful followers abreast of the lat- All1 winners (except Pat, whose Rick Mirero mobile). If New England really offensive linemen. They are the est Chris erimanisms. Never deny- prize will be collected by son Dan 2. Seattle: An offense. The wants Mirer, they should swap posi- most underrated players on the field, ing a request from a fan, we kick off Moriarty G) win a free night and 'Doves will take , a tions with Seattle (who lust after yet they are vital to a team's success this feature with some of Alex's entertainment at the next Sloan QB from Washington State. Bledsoe Bledsoe) and acquire a later round (see Detroit Lions 1991 vs. Detroit favorites: Bruce "Two minutes for" Consumption Function. Just show should keep fans interested in the draft pick of the 'Doves in the Lions 1992). Teams are starting to Ruffin, Al "Cigarette" Leiter, Bob up at Walker Memorial with a Pacific Northwest, as he is a local process. If your humble scribes realize this, as is evidenced by the "Intentional" Walk, Bert "Be home" healthy supply of Chapstick and boy. were at the helm of the Patsies, we fact that there was a great deal of Blyleven, Jim "'Frito" Leyritz, and resumes. 3. Jets: Offensive line, line- would select Eric Curry since he is money being thrown in front of free John '"I'm not a" Kru,k This ftre backer, and running back. They will the best player in the draft (apolo- agent linemen this past winter... will take the place of the Globe gem Rumblings from around the 'Tute take , an offensive tackle gies to Marvin Jones of FSU) and If the NFL is to foolishly go to of the week. We've decided to lay Matthew Olsen '93 writes: "The IIi Ii from Louisiana Tech. He impressed the most likely player to dominate a pay per view, we would like to see off the Olde Towne "writers," as we Colorado Rockies moved to New scouts at Indianapolis enough to game next year. The Pats would be them utilize the concept developed wili be hob-nobbing with Bob, Dan, Jersey and .i;nangdtheir name tos move him ahead of Lincoln better off spending the dough to by ABC for last and Mike in the press box at Fen- the Devils. But, 0 Journalistic Kennedy. acquire free agent Steve Beurlein or autumn. This would be ideal for way this season. Sports Studs, who moved to Col- 4. Phoenix: Offensive line, some other QB to fill the gap for a NFL hungry fans. People in New orado to become the Rockies?" defensive backs: Joe Bugel covets couple of years. England could watch the end of a Race For Futility Although it is pushing it to call Washington OT Of course all of this will change Buffalo-San Francisco thriller Dallas: 9-70 us journalistic, Olsen stumped us.

instead of laboring through the Pat- Baltimore, Kansas City, and For our answer we turn to Pat Mori- t sies-Rams ' game'... Cincinnati: Last place arty: "Answer is Kansas City Scouts Continuing our coverage of The Mavs are three losses away to Colorado Rockies to New Jersey f cricket, the most popular sport of from tying the futility record held Devils." He also sends us the best f the Caribbean, we lamentably report by the Sixers. Meanwhile, compar- first years for expansion teams: Los the retirement of English superstar isons to the Sports Illustrated jinx Angeles Angels (1964) 70-91, k-- r Ian Bothanm. In a brilliant 19-year are being made as the teams Let's Kansas City Royals (1969) 69-93, t I career with Durham, the "Pirate of Argue picked for contenders are Houston Coits ( 962) 64-96, Seattle f i the Pitch" scored 5,200 runs, cap- currently buried at the bottom of Pilots (1969) 64-98, San Diego 127 tured 383 wickets, diddled 754 their respective divisions. Padres (1970) 63-99, Washington T- minges to a thumb, and, on defense, Senators (1961) 61-100, Toronto i trapped 148 "holes in a box." Hard Where are they now? Blue Jays (1977) 54-109, Montreal N 9 to believe that the 37-year-old all- Famous Chucks Expos (1969) 52-110, and New 5 rounder did this in only 102 match- Chuck Tanner, Chuck Muncie, York Mets (I1962) 40-120. ,I i·

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