Son Was Removed but Dad Staying a Good Long Time

In an article on the American way of death, Forbes magazine reports that Pebble Beach will accommodate those who wish to have their remains scattered on the course, except during tee times.

Less obliging is Chicago’s Wrigley Field, which hustled out one loving son after he dumped his father’s ashes on the warning track during a game.

The fan was removed, but the ashes are there to stay.

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Trivia time: Who played in the most World Series?

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Expensive seats: Remember the deadbeat dad, whose two season tickets to Kansas City Chief games were to be sold at auction to help make up the $10,000 he owed for four years of child support?

Well, Stephen Graver, a Missouri farmer, made the winning bid of $12,700 for three remaining home games. There was a perk, however. Graver also won the right to buy the tickets next year.

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Start packing, Tom: Bob Smizik in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “A little known rule of the baseball Hall of Fame allows for the waiving of the five-year waiting period for candidates over 65. Which means Tom Lasorda could be at Cooperstown as early as next summer.”

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Heavenly wait: Tim Thompson, a Green Bay Packer fan who has the 14,253rd spot on the team’s season-ticket waiting list:

“God is on the list, but he’s only 12,000th. There’s no jumping in line here.”

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Frustration: Mike Littwin of the Baltimore Sun, commenting on an Oriole loss to the New York Yankees during the American League championship series: “In fact, the night got so ugly, I saw the first fight I’ve ever noticed in Camden Yards not involving a cellular phone.”

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Hard times: Lee Trevino commenting to Art Spander of the Oakland Tribune on growing up in poverty: “I didn’t have nothing to eat, and we slept four to a bed. I had a pot-belly stove, and I ran around it to keep warm, like a chicken moving in a rotisserie.”

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FYI: After Cleveland Stadium is demolished, parts of it will be used for an artificial reef in Lake Erie. Demolition is set for mid-November and will end by April.

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Looking back: On this day in 1950, the Rams defeated the Baltimore Colts at the Coliseum, 70-27, still a club record for points scored in a game.

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For the record: USC defeated Nevada, 6-0, on Oct. 21, 1922, in a game at which Trojan card stunts were introduced but that game wasn’t at the Coliseum, as reported in Monday’s Morning Briefing. The Coliseum opened in 1923.

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Trivia answer: Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees, 14.

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And finally: Michael Jordan reportedly dropped a bundle in blackjack--playing for $500 a hand--when the Chicago Bulls were in Las Vegas recently for an exhibition game against the Seattle SuperSonics.

Said Jordan, “I’m glad there’s no NBA team here. This place takes too much out of you.”