At Today’s Rates, He May Have Spent His Prize All in One Place

A recent halftime feat by a Chicago Bull fan put $10,000 in his pocket, then put him in the hospital.

According to the Associated Press, Andy Sachs, 26, became the first fan in three years to make two layups, a free throw, a shot from the top of the key and a shot from the three-point circle in the allotted 24 seconds last Monday night.

Sachs received a standing ovation by the 18,000 fans before returning to his seat.

“I was so excited I couldn’t sit still,” Sachs said.

Sachs then suffered a kidney stone attack and was taken to a Chicago hospital, where doctors said he may have dislodged a stone while he was jumping in celebration.

Add contest: The sponsor, Halo Advertising Specialties, a Chicago-area firm, apparently wasn’t ready for Sachs’ accomplishment, either.

“We thought the Chicago Power (soccer team) would sell out Soldier Field before this would happen,” the firm’s owner, Lou Weisbach, said.

“What about continuing the contest next year? Well, we’re not sure at this point.”

Different drummer: Reliever Rob Dibble of the Cincinnati Reds, whose car license plates read I-PITCH, is making interesting copy this season for Ohio reporters.

According to Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News, when Dibble wasn’t pitching well this spring, he told his wife, Joanne, to send her parents home “or at least get them out of my sight because I don’t pitch well with them around.”

After pitching the eighth inning of a game in Houston April 10, Dibble undressed, threw his uniform into a washing machine and was stepping into the shower when pitching coach Scott Breeden told him, “You’re pitching the ninth.”

“Quickest I’ve ever dressed in my life,” he said.

Add Reds: Outfielder Dave Collins, who has been with eight teams in 14 major league seasons, was asked by Stan Isle of the Sporting News if he ever batted against former pitcher and now Angel radio announcer Ken Brett, who played for 10 teams. “I hit off him,” Collins said, “but I couldn’t tell you who I was playing for and I couldn’t tell you who he was pitching for.”

Cooler head: The Boston Celtics’ Jimmy Rodgers, whose team is struggling to make the playoffs in his first season as head coach, leads National Basketball Assn. coaches with four ejections and is second overall in technicals to Chuck Daly of the Detroit Pistons.

Rodgers, normally a patient and understanding person, said: “I haven’t gone to the top of any building. If I did think about doing that, I’d go to the basement. It’s a much shorter fall and you won’t get hurt.”

Express delivery: In his bid for his sixth no-hitter, against the Milwaukee Brewers April 12, Nolan Ryan threw 95 fastballs, the best of which registered at 97 to 98 m.p.h. He managed only one strike on the 11 curveballs he threw but got 19 of 28 changeups over for strikes.

Golden Mex: Lee Trevino, on his anticipation of playing on the Senior PGA Tour: “I can’t wait. I’m 50 in December. Hell, if I could find my birth certificate, I might be 50 already.”

Quotebook: Charlotte Coach Dick Harter, after the Hornets won their 20th game of the season: “We’re waiting on a bid from the NIT.”