Baseball: Wait Till Next Year

The best way to describe how the baseball season opened is to coin a phrase about the way the ball bounces. There were some pretty crazy hops:

> In Bloomington, Minn., the New York Yankees got the season off to a ripsnorting start by committing five errors in one game against the Minnesota Twins. The Twins committed only three, so naturally they won, 5-4. "Worst game I ever saw," snapped Yankee Manager Johnny Keane.

> In Los Angeles, where it seldom rains, the Angels had to postpone their home opener and hand out rain checks. They couldn't exactly blame...

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