Put Them on Foreman Undercard

There is nothing like a little brawl to liven up the game of baseball, but the recent fracas between the Milwaukee Brewers and Toronto Blue Jays may have caused a serious rift between Blue Jay Manager Cito Gaston and Brewer pitching coach Don Rowe.

Gaston, 48, claimed the 56-year-old Rowe sucker-punched him: “I’d like to get that little weasel some day.”

Rowe said his involvement was a misunderstanding: “I ran out there too fast. Because I’m so old, I misjudged the pile and got in the middle of it.”

Rowe also said he knows why Gaston continued yelling and waving at him after order was restored by the umpires: “He just wanted to know what my name was so he could send me a letter bomb.”

Trivia time: How many NCAA championships have been won by Pepperdine, which plays Texas tonight in baseball’s College World Series?

Woof: A singer named Gary Alan Kleinman of Canoga Park, also known as Scary Gary, has recorded a song about how his pet destroyed his baseball card collection. The title is “My Dog Ate Nolan Ryan.”

And lots of games: Six Memorial High School players in Manchester, N.H., chose attending the senior prom instead of playing a state tournament baseball game, forcing the team to forfeit in the quarterfinals.

Mathew Bobotas said it wasn’t an easy decision, but reasoned, “There’s only one senior prom.”

Lost and found: Former Angel pitcher Don Robinson, new to the Philadelphia Phillies, got lost driving to Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia and had to telephone for directions. When he walked into the clubhouse, arrows pointing to his locker were taped to the carpet, an X was taped to the locker and a road map was on his chair.

Errata 3: Remember the ball that bounced through Bill Buckner’s legs in the 1986 Boston Red Sox-New York Met World Series? You can get it, even if Buckner couldn’t.

Leland’s Memorabilia, a New York auction house specializing in sports collectors’ items, expects the ball to fetch as much as $10,000 in bidding Aug. 4.

Bo knows: Bo Jackson made a surprise visit to the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon at Disneyland that raised $106 million for children’s hospitals over the weekend.

Calling signals: In case you are counting (or you are an NFL general manager), superagent Leigh Steinberg represents 21 NFL quarterbacks.

Any comment? ABC sports commentator Cheryl Miller stayed off limits to reporters for most of the U.S. Olympic basketball trials at Colorado Springs. She made the team, only to quit two days later and split without offering a word.

The Rijo line: Cincinnati pitcher Jose Rijo has already counted the Atlanta Braves out of the West Division race: “The Braves have a good team, but they got no bullpen.”

Pretty funny: USA Basketball announced recently that the men’s Olympic team would scrimmage France in Monte Carlo in July, “providing” the Americans qualify for the Olympics. Providing ?

Trivia answer: Four, all in men’s volleyball.

Quotebook: From Detroit Tiger slugger Rob Deer: “I’d like to get four singles in a game, but a home run is easier on the legs.”