Sports Editor—Phil Fretz I don’t know about you, but I felt that One out later, a passed ball sent runners the recently concluded World Series lacked the to second and third and Hal McRae was inten­ drama and excitement (with the exception of tionally walked to fill the bases for Dane Game 6) that the games usually provide. Iorg. Everyone knows what happened at this When you watch the World Series, you ex­ point so there's no sense in rubbing it in. pect to see some clutch hitting, strong pitching, The final two innings of game six prvidedo the and solid defenses because these are the two series with the most excitement it was to see. best teams in baseball and they've proven that Game seven began the next evening and they can do these things and do them well. it was hyped-up to be the ultimate game as The Kansas City Royals certainly showed it was John Tudor was facing Bret Saberhagen. everyone that they have an outstanding pitch­ Welp, Tudor lasted about three innings and ing staff. The Cardinals found this out the Andujar lasted about three pitches as nothing hard way as they managed to produce only 13 went the Cardinals way until the bus going runs in the seven games and had the lowest home. Kansas City humiliated the Cardinals batting average in World Series history. This by beating them 11-0 behind the shutout comes as a big surprise considering that they pitching of Bret Saberhagen and everyone had the highest batting average in the National including the trainer got hits. League and the league leader in the department Overall, this year's October Classic in Willie McGee. didn't seem to live up to the hype that was Games one through five provided little cast upon it. It ended up in good fashion, excitement or suspense. The games were close, but the opening drama just wasn't there. but they just didn't provide any real drama to make it seem like they were playing for the world championship. There were, however, a few noteworthy achievements during this five game span. John Tudor was pitching brilliantly as he stifled the Kansas City batters and won games one and four. The Cardinals had built up a three games to one lead seemed to be in control to wrap up the Series in easy fashion. Game 6 came around and this turned out to be the most exciting game of the seven game series. The game went scoreless into the eighth inning before pinch-hitter Brian Harper singled home Terry Pendleton to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead and their last run of the series. Things were looking good for St. Louis until the bottom of the ninth. I was three outs away from successfully picking the Cardinals in six games and feeling pretty confident. Jorge Orta led off the inning with an infield single which was given to him as the replays showed. Steve Balboni then popped up in foul territory which should've bee out number one. Jack Clark apparently lost the ball in the moon and gave Balboni another shot at the plate. Balboni then singled to put- runners on first and second with no one out and Onix Concepcion was brought in to pinch-run for Balboni..