Record Is Too Valuable to Give Up

Pitcher Darryl Kile of the Houston Astros tied a major league record on June 2 by hitting four St. Louis Cardinals.

Moe Drabowsky, a former Chicago Cub pitcher who drilled four Cincinnati Red batters on June 2, 1957, told Jayson Stark of the Philadelphia Inquirer that Kile’s record doesn’t compare to his.

“It took him 7 2/3 innings to hit four guys,” he said. “It only took me 2 2/3. That might be a record for hitting the most hitters in the fewest amount of innings.”

Trivia time: What is the highest score for one hole in the U.S. Open?

Youth movement: Vince Tobin, the new coach of the Arizona Cardinals, cut quarterback Dave Krieg and said:

“Starting a program with a guy who was to be 38 years old [in October], I don’t know if that’s how you want to start. I felt it was in our best interests to make the switch.”

His new quarterback, Boomer Esiason, is 35.

Saliva problem: Frenchy Bordagaray, a colorful Dodger player from the 1930s and ‘40s, on being fined $500 for spitting on an umpire: “The penalty is a little more than I expected.”

No argument: Tony Kornheiser of the Washington Post on the Detroit Tiger pitching staff: “There are people in Detroit who throw an octopus better than these guys throw a baseball.”

Sweet deal? Mike Phillips in the Miami Herald on Montreal fans throwing Oh Henry! candy bars onto the field after home runs by Henry Rodriguez: “If Oh Henry! doesn’t sign this guy to a contract, it would be the biggest marketing blunder in candyland.”

FYI: Christy Mathewson, a Hall of Fame pitcher, will be portrayed by Eddie Frierson tonight in “Matty,” a one-man play at the Two Roads Theatre in Studio City.

Sure to show up: Two of Atlanta pitcher Greg Maddux’s bats were stolen while the Braves were in Chicago recently, then his glove disappeared between Denver and New York.

“I liked that glove,” he said. “I’ll probably see it in about two years when someone asks me to sign it.”

Looking back: On this day in 1947, Lew Worsham beat Sam Snead by one shot in an 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Open title at the St. Louis Country Club.

Trivia answer: Ray Ainsley scored 19 on the par-four 16th hole at Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colo., in 1938.

And finally: Al Sims, new coach of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks: “Players may think they worked hard for other coaches, but I don’t think they realize how hard they are going to have to work until they are coached by me.”