Edward Renko In New York

Nicchie e storielle di sport vari ed eventuali

Win è olandese, nato all’Aia nel 1954, cresciuto a Wassenaar . Fin da ragazzino si scriveva sul guantone “Pensa, prima di lanciare”. All’Europeo del 1973 aveva 19 anni. In una partita di girone, al 3° inning con un out, l’Italia era avanti sull’Olanda 6-4. Entrò lui. Gli azzurri da lì alla fine batterono 2 valide . Vinse l’Olanda 7-6. Nelle Minors ha avuto una carriera straordinaria. In fretta è andato dal Singolo A al Triplo A. Nel 1978 il manager di Boston era Don Zimmer . E se il nome non vi dice nulla, ma avete guardato solo qualche partita su Sky, vi basterà veder la foto. Beh, in quell’anno Zimmer parlava già molto bene di Win. Così Boston in inverno lo spedì a giocare a Portorico con i Ponce Leones . E nel 1979 era un partente di Pawtucket , la squadra di Triplo A. Fino al 2 agosto. Quando Don Zimmer lo fece chiamare. Gli prenotarono un aereo per Milwaukee , dove giocavano i Red Sox. Andarono a casa sua a chiamarlo. Bussarono alla porta e non lo trovarono. Spostarono l’orario della partenza. Alla fine, un paio di ore dopo , quando qualcuno riuscì ad entrare in casa, lo videro. Era a letto. “ Immaginavo foste voi e che mi volevate chiamare per andare in Major”, disse. “Ma ho pensato che se veramente mi volete, allora potete anche aspettare i miei tempi”. Il 3 agosto 1979 , al 5° inning, il partente Steve Renko ne aveva fatte abbastanza. Don Zimmer chiamò al telefono il bullpenn, il recinto dove si scaldano o bivaccano i lanciatori di rilievo, le riserve. “Mandatemi Win ”. Ci fu un attimo di silenzio.

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By Edward Nawotka

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Two new biographies of Hillary Clinton, Tina Brown's long-awaited expose on the late Princess of Wales and the returns of Armistead Maupin and Martin Cruz Smith are all potential June blockbusters.

``A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton'' by Carl Bernstein will be the first of two Hillary Clinton bios to reach readers when it hits the stores on June 5. Bernstein spent eight years on the book, which follows the New York senator from her Illinois childhood up to the moment she announced her presidential bid.

Hagiography or hatchet job? Knopf executive director of publicity Paul Bogaards will only say, ``Bernstein lets his sources do the talking -- and they are very good sources.'' Among the revelations: that in 1989 Hillary refused Bill Clinton's request for a divorce. (Knopf, $28.95; 275,000-copy first printing.)

``Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton'' by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. lands in stores shortly thereafter, on June 8. The authors, investigative reporters for the New York Times, focus on Clinton's political education as it evolved in Wellesley, Little Rock, Washington and Westchester. They train a microscope on her original Senate vote endorsing the war in Iraq.

``They only finished their reporting in May,'' says Little, Brown publicity director Heather Fain, implying that it's the more-up-to-date of the two books. In fact, there's been a pitched battle between the houses over publication date. Little, Brown had originally scheduled ``Her Way'' for Aug. 28 when Knopf blindsided it by announcing a June 19 pub date for ``A Woman in Charge.'' When the dust settled, both houses had moved the dates up even earlier.

1.5 Million

It will be a challenge for either to match the popularity of Clinton's autobiography, ``Living History,'' which -- despite lukewarm reviews when it appeared, in June 2003 -- sold more than 1.5 million copies in its first six months. (Little, Brown, $29.99; 175,000-copy first printing.

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