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LEAD: The St. Louis Cardinals began their countdown to the National League playoff tonight when they named Danny Cox to pitch the opening game here against the San Francisco Giants […]

LEAD: The celebration had begun in the stands at Busch Stadium the moment the Cardinal fans learned the news from Philadelphia. The Cardinals had clinched a tie for their third […]

In other years with other teams, John Denny became the greatest Met-beater among active National League pitchers, with a 16-5 career mark. But he had never faced any Met team […]

LEAD: Nobody in the National League has experienced anything like the Dome. That's the Metrodome, home of the Minnesota Twins. If there's one factor that could give the Twins an […]

LEAD: In the closest voting in the history of the National League Cy Young Award, Steve Bedrosian of the Philadelphia Phillies won the 1987 honor yesterday and in the process […]

Manny Hernandez won his first major league game and Mark Bailey hit a two-run homer tonight as the Houston Astros beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-1. Hernandez (1-1) pitched five […]

It's never over till it's over, and you gotta play 'em one game at a time and we don't want to get overconfident or anything. But it's still very much […]

They stood on the dais and in the clubhouse and on the field, and each time they offered guarded compliments. The players who will face Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens […]

It's the oldest story in sports, and in life. What if. What would the Mets be like now if they had both Dwight Gooden and Roger Clemens. With a 15-2 […]

Baseball's annual midseason pause - the grand and glamorous All-Star Game - comes again tomorrow night under another infernal big top. If past form holds, the evening will unfold as […]

HE has been a batting champion, his league's most valuable player, and now his contemporaries have affirmed what all the numbers and awards say about Don Mattingly. To the major […]

The game has seldom been more than an exhibition and an interruption, a pause between pennant races and baseball's grueling dog days of summer. But Tuesday night's All-Star Game at […]

A two-run home run by Buddy Bell off Fernando Valenzuela broke open a pitching duel with John Denny today and sent the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-2 victory over the […]

The major league playoffs will begin with the American League Championship series at the Eastern Division champion's park Oct. 7, the office of the baseball commissioner said yesterday. The National […]

LEAD: IF the Dodgers win the National League pennant, the Mets' biggest mistake will not have been whatever runners they left on base or whatever bad pitches they threw. Their […]

LEAD: The game was over, the pennant was won and the Dodgers' celebration was in full and foamy fury Wednesday night. One of the star players, though, the spiritual and […]

Fernando Valenzuela became the first 20-game winner in the National League, pitching a two-hitter tonight to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-2 victory over the Houston Astros. It […]

LEAD: The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, to tie the National League Championship Series at three games each. The seventh and deciding game is scheduled for […]

LEAD: The cruel truth that Ron Darling had to face tonight went beyond the fact that he was the losing pitcher in the seventh game of the National League Championship […]

LEAD: Six months after they set out to 'dominate' the National League, the Mets took the final tumble tonight to the Dodgers. Tommy Lasorda's 'team of destiny' swept past them […]

LEAD: The Mets streaked into town today after winning 29 of their last 36 games and were installed as solid favorites over the crippled Los Angeles Dodgers to win their […]

LEAD: Your attention, please. The role of Met nemesis in the National League Championship Series, originated by Mike Scott in 1986, will be played this year by Orel Hershiser. Your […]

If the Mets win the fourth game of the National League playoffs today, security for tomorrow's game - when the team could win the pennant and a World Series berth […]

The pitch that Alan Ashby called that Dave Smith threw that Len Dykstra hit into the right-field seats to conclude the third game of the National League championship series, was […]

LEAD: David Cone, distraught over the controversy that flared over his remarks as a newspaper commentator on the National League playoff, has relinquished his literary career to focus on his […]

LEAD: Deep in the Dodger psyche, in a place that is not shared with the dozens of people asking questions about the National League Championship Series against the Mets, an […]

LEAD: Weather permitting, the National League playoff will be resumed at 12:20 this afternoon in Shea Stadium, and the only tickets honored will be those sold for Game 3, which […]

LEAD: Tommy Lasorda, the Los Angeles Dodgers' manager, stopped short of igniting a dispute with Dave Johnson, the Mets' manager, last night, but he left the clear impression that he […]

LEAD: The fourth game of the National League playoff between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Islanders-Los Angeles Kings hockey game began too late to be included […]

LEAD: Had the events of the past five days been just slightly different, the inhabitants of the visiting clubhouse at Shea Stadium yesterday could have been one game from a […]

LEAD: In an action unprecedented in post-season baseball play, Jay Howell, the Los Angeles Dodgers' No. 1 relief pitcher, was ejected from the third game of the National League pennant […]

In their next-to-last performance of the regular season, the Mets swept a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates with great flair yesterday and headed for their final game this afternoon with […]

LEAD: Before the first game of the World Series tonight, Tommy Lasorda, the usually optimistic manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was discussing the physical status of his No. 1 […]

LEAD: Jeff Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off John Franco, capping a three-run rally that was aided by two errors, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat […]

LEAD: Nolan Ryan pitched a five-hitter and Buddy Bell singled home the game-winner in the eighth inning as the Houston Astros edged the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, tonight. Nolan Ryan […]

LEAD: Dennis Cook threw a two-hitter as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0, preventing the Dodgers from clinching the National League West title. Dennis Cook threw […]

LEAD: As dress rehearsals go, this one was reasonably important: Dwight Gooden pitching for the final time in the regular season before opening the playoff for the National League pennant […]

LEAD: The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fourth National League West title in eight years as Mickey Hatcher's run-scoring single broke an eighth-inning tie in a 3-2 victory over the […]

LEAD: The National League cannot have a pennant winner if neither of the teams in the pennant playoff scores a run. The problem for the hitters of the Mets and […]

LEAD: Eric Davis singled home Kal Daniels with two out in the 10th inning tonight, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 9-8 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Eric Davis singled […]

LEAD: Bob Melvin hit a three-run homer and Brett Butler hit a two-run shot today as the San Francisco Giants routed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 15-4. Bob Melvin hit a […]

LEAD: Barry Bonds hit two homers and drove in a career-high five runs tonight as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-4. Barry Bonds hit two homers and drove […]

LEAD: Danny Jackson pitched a four-hitter for his career-high 15th victory tonight and Bo Diaz hit a three-run homer to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-0 victory over the […]

LEAD: Mike Scott shut out Los Angeles on eight hits and Houston scored four first-inning runs tonight in a 10-0 rout that cut the Dodgers' lead in the National League […]

LEAD: Danny Jackson became the National League's first 19-game winner tonight, and Luis Quinones's two-run double capped a six-run first inning as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4. […]

LEAD: A year ago, the West Coast sunset provided the American League hitters with a convenient excuse. They couldn't score a run because they couldn't see the ball. This time, […]

LEAD: Dwight Gooden, the National League all-star team's starting pitcher for the second time in three seasons, recalled making the discovery that there is something worse than missing the All-Star […]

LEAD: Ozzie Smith, the Wizard of Oz shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, stood No. 1 in the big leagues in votes last night when the final tally was made […]

LEAD: 'The St. Louis Cardinals are the team to beat,' Darryl Strawberry said tonight, reflecting on the rivalry that has dominated the National League's East for five years. 'If they […]

LEAD: Bobby Bonilla, the Pirates' third baseman, who is trying to become the first Pittsburgh player since 1981 to win election as a National League starter in the All-Star Game, […]