NOTES AND QUOTES

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, commenting on criticism of his club, which last appeared in the World Series in 1981 and last won a world championship in 1978: “The Indians haven’t been to the World Series since 1954 and haven’t won one since 1948. Nobody says anything about them.”

The 1936 New York Yankees had five players with 100 or more runs-batted-in. They were Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri, Bill Dickey and George Selkirk.

Seve Ballesteros seeking his fourth British Open golf title this week, recalled the shot that brought him victory in 1984 at St. Andrews. It was a six iron from the rough over the deep pot bunker at the “Road Hole” 17th, onto the narrow green 25 feet from the pin. From there he got down in two putts for a par four, his first there in four rounds that week on a hole widely feared as the toughest par four in the world. “I think, given the circumstances, it was my greatest shot. No question about it.”

The longest touchdown pass in the NFL in 1989 was good for 97 yards from Cleveland’s Bernie Kosar to Webster Slaughter.