Falling Cards: Battered toilet, Royal flush

Battered toilet, Royal flush

As baseball begins handing out its spoils, Whitey Herzog has been named Manager of the Year by the Associated Press, and Joaquin Andujar has been awarded a ten-day suspension by the commissioner. Neither was still in his St. Louis uniform when the Cardinals finished their season sourly, losing control of both the Kansas City Royals and themselves, 11-0, in a World Series whose major miscalculation was scheduling the seventh game sixth.

Both men were ejected, and Pitcher Andujar had to be restrained by teammates during the six-run fifth inning of a foul-mouthed finale. Squalling over inconsequential balls and strikes, they really...

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