September 22, 2004
A TRIPLE SCOOP FOR DOWNTOWN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amFILTER, one of the oldest, late-night Meatpacking District clubs, is being forced out of the upscaling neighborhood, leaving Hogs & Heifers as the holdout hotspot. The 3,000 square-foot site at...
DUNNE'S ANTAGONIST LANDS IN VIRGINIA JAIL
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Virginia woman who became an antagonist of Vanity Fair writer Dominick Dunne has been jailed in Virginia while waiting to face charges of stalking, harassment and identity theft filed...
MILLER GETS ABSOLUTE CONTROL
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amCaroline Miller, deposed as editor-in-chief of New York magazine in February, may be able to exact a measure of revenge. She has been named editorial director of a new upscale...
3 FORMER CA EXECS TO FACE CHARGES
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThree former high-ranking executives at Computer Associates are expected to be charged both criminally and civilly in connection with an investigation of accounting fraud at the Long Island company, The...
AIG'S GREENBERG RIPPED BY THE SEC & HURRICANES
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe world's largest insurer, headed by 78-year-old billionaire Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, is getting charged for the second time in a year for helping companies cook their books. The far-flung American...
DISNEY BOARD WANTS AN EISNER SUCCESSOR BY JUNE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe Mouse House isn't wasting any time filling Michael Eisner's shoes. Less than two weeks after Eisner said he would leave the helm of Walt Disney in 2006, the media...
IT'S QUITE AN 'EYE'-FUL
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amGEORGES BATAILLE'S STORY OF THE EYE [] (Three stars)IF Ken Russell, the eccentric British director of "The Boy Friend" and "The Lair of the White Worm," were asked to make...
GLOBALIZATION GETS A HUMAN FACE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHE TAKE [ 1/2] (Two and one-half stars)CHALLENGED by a TV interviewer to propose a practical alternative to the globalization she lobbies against, "No Logo" author Naomi Klein joined with...
SCARY 'DO BLAMED ON JETLAG
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amOOOFA! Is that really Cybill Shepherd? The blond "Moonlighting" beauty revealed another side of herself on British TV yesterday when she removed her hooded cape - revealing what she called...
RIVETING 'STUFF' - IRAQ WAR PLAY A HIT IN LONDON - BUT IT'S UNLIKELY TO SHOW HERE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amLONDON - David Hare has a knack for writing plays that grab headlines, most famously "The Blue Room" - which skillfully exploited Nicole Kidman (naked onstage for eight seconds) to...
POKER CHAMP MOM
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPOKER queen Annie Duke won $2 million in "The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions" becoming the first woman ever to win a multimillion-dollar poker prize. Duke - a...
'OLDIES' ACE THE 'RACE'
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amCHIP and Kim McAllister were the first to cross the finish line in Dallas, Texas, to win the "Amazing Race 5" finale last night. Chip, 46, and Kim, 44, are...
'CSI' TURNS OUT TO BE GRIM REAPER
September 22, 2004 | 4:00am"CSI: NY" [**] (Two stars) Tonight at 10 on CBS/Ch. 2 ON tonight's premiere of "CSI: NY," Gary Sinise provides the perfect line to start this review. "It appears putrefaction's...
'BLUE' HEAVEN - COP SHOW FOR ALL SEASONS REACHES LAST ONE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00am"NYPD Blue" [***] (Three stars) Last night at 10 on ABC/Ch. 7 CAN a new by-the-book squad leader rein in Andy Sipowicz? I wouldn't count on it. But here's something...
CLUB KIDS - COMING SOON: A 'SOHO HOUSE' FOR POSH TOTS; NO PUBLIC PARKS FOR YOU, JUNIOR!
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S Soho House for the sippy-cup set. Well-heeled Manhattan kiddies will soon have a private play pen where they can hobnob with other hand-picked tots. Citibabes, the first club of...
COOKING EVERY 'WICH WAY HE CAN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE'S going to be more 'wichcraft in Manhattan. Chef Tom Colicchio, the talent behind Gramercy Tavern and craft restaurants, says he'll open a TriBeCa branch of 'wichcraft in the spring....
THAI ONE ON AT VILLAGE'S GALANGA
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amGalanga [** 1/2] (Two and one-half stars) 149 W. Fourth St. (between Sixth Avenue and Washington Square West) (212) 228-4267 JUST a spring-roll's toss from Greenwich Village's touristluring tattoo palaces...
FIGHT TO THE FOOD FINISH - GOURMET'S NEW COOKBOOK IS NO 'JOY OF COOKING'
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWEIGHING in at 1,152 pages, Gourmet magazine's new cookbook puts the epic in epicure. "Our goal was to give you a book with every recipe you would ever want," says...
STARR REPORT
September 22, 2004 | 4:00am'AH' umbrella policy "Access Hollywood" has made it official: Farnsworth Bentley, otherwise known as "The Guy Holding P. Diddy's Umbrella," is the show's new fashion correspondent. "We're unleashing him on...
STATUE THEFTS IN THE DARK OF KNIGHT
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amMedieval doers on Long Island have stolen two heavy, life-sized statues of knights in armor from a "haunted" local landmark. The wooden warriors stand 6 feet tall, weigh hundreds of...
TERROR LIST ENDS CAT STEVENS' 'AIR' PLAY
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amHe should have stuck with the peace train. A Washington-bound flight from London was diverted to Maine yesterday because one of the passengers was on a U.S. terror watch list...
SHARAPOVA ENTERS PERFUME RACKET
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWillowy Wimbledon wonder Maria Sharapova will be serving up a new scent after inking a multimillion dollar deal to launch her own perfume. The scent, which will bear the Russian...
B TRAIN DERAILS IN B'KLYN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA subway car on a Brooklyn-bound B train derailed yesterday near the Manhattan Bridge, forcing the evacuation of nearly 200 passengers and disrupting the morning commute. A set of wheels...
EYE ON CBS'S MESS: IT IS WATERGATE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amLAST week, as the furor over Dan Rather's National Guard memos grew more and more intense, media critic Ken Auletta, appearing on PBS, criticized Fox News Channel for having "treated...
THUG OF MANY FACES: EVIL BUTCHER ZARQAWI NOW TOPS MONSTER LIST
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The CIA said yesterday it believes the masked man videotaped beheading American hostage Eugene Armstrong was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - the ruthless terror master whose brutal campaign has...
B'KLYN BOY'S LETHAL GAME - CHOKES ON LATEX-GLOVE 'BALLOON'
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amEvening fun turned to tragedy for a Brooklyn tot who choked to death while his family watched in horror. At about 5:45 p.m. Monday, 5-year-old Donovan Phillips Jr. - clinically...
GAL WHO SET FATAL FIRE COPS PLEA
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty yesterday to setting a fire in a Queens home that killed a girl and severely wounded another. Ok Ki Gang copped to second-degree manslaughter and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Brownsville man was arrested for beating a teen with a metal pole after a staring match, law-enforcement sources yesterday. Ike Amafili, 31, began chasing the 19-year-old victim...
BUSH IN JERSEY SURGE - TIED ON DEM TURF
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush has pulled even with John Kerry in New Jersey and is surging in key battleground states captured by Al Gore in 2000, polls out yesterday show. Bush holds...
COP, BRAVEST DWI BUSTS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amIt was a bad day for New York's uniformed services yesterday, when a firefighter and a cop were busted for drunken driving in separate incidents. Firefighter William Agosto, 40, of...
ROB VICTIM'S MYSTERY DEATH PROBED
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPolice are investigating an attack on a Bronx man who died at a hospital after telling doctors he'd been beaten and robbed. Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, are under...
$LAP IN '92 COP SHOOT - 170G FOR DRUGGIE KIN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has ruled that the city has to pay $170,600 to the family of a slain drug dealer whose infamous shooting by police touched off riots in Washington...
2 BODIES FOUND IN TONY L.I. TOWNS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe corpses of a man and woman - both shot execution-style - were found in upscale Long Island neighborhoods by passers-by yesterday, police said. An Old Westbury resident found the...
DMX A D-A-D: SUIT - GAL AMBUSHES HIM AT QNS. COURT
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amRapper DMX walked out of a court appearance on drug and weapons charges in Queens yesterday only to be slapped with a paternity suit claiming he's the father of a...
CBS 'HOAXER' BROKER - PRODUCER PROBED IN DEM DEALINGS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe "60 Minutes" producer on CBS's story that used phony National Guard documents is the subject of an internal investigation for arranging contact between the network's source and a top...
JUDGE GIVES MARTHA OCT. 8 PRISON DATE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart won't be making pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving - unless it's in prison. Manhattan federal Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum approved Stewart's request to serve her five-month sentence...
NAZI'S SICK RITES - TEENS TELL OF KKK SATANISM
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThomas Zibelli, the self-styled neo-Nazi charged with recruiting teens to deface a synagogue and Metro-North station with swastikas and white-supremacist slogans, held regular Ku Klux Klan cross burning rituals in...
'SLAY' KIDS IN LIMBO - GRANNY: I'LL TAKE THEM
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThree Westchester children orphaned when their father killed their mom, shot their aunt and then killed himself are being offered a new home with their maternal grandmother. "I want the...
MOB IS OUT OF GENNARO: MIKE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amHealth-conscious Mayor Bloomberg dug into a greasy Italian sausage sandwich at the Feast of San Gennaro yesterday and said he's confident the famed street fair is now free of any...
RAGING TEACH ATTACKS PRINCIPAL: COPS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA new teacher at a Bronx Catholic school was arrested yesterday after she assaulted a principal with a ceramic knickknack in a battle over her salary, police sources told The...
JENNINGS' SUBPOENA BLITZ VS. COLLEAGUES
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amEmbattled City Councilman Allan Jennings served a slew of bewildered colleagues with subpoenas yesterday to force them to testify in his ongoing misconduct trial. Eight council members were subpoenaed at...
BADDIE HAS EMMY GOODIES ON EBAY
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Hollywood hotshot who attended the red-hot Emmy Awards party tossed by People magazine and "Entertainment Tonight" is hawking the $3,000-plus gift bag given out at the bash on eBay....
KERRY CAMP TAKEN IN BY S. KOREAN SPY
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A South Korean spy duped John Kerry's fund-raisers into exploring the creation of a new Korean-American political group - raising U.S. suspicions that Seoul may be trying to...
TEAM KERRY MUST EXPLAIN FAKE-MEMO 'CRIME': GOPERS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday demanded the Kerry campaign come clean about its role in CBS's National Guard documents scandal amid growing doubts about the alleged mystery woman said to be...
INSIDE WACKO'S LAIR - CHILLING GLIMPSE OF BUSH 'HUNTER'
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA picture of President Bush, with the words "Dead Man" spray-painted over it, quotations from George Orwell's "1984," curse words painted on the floor - these are the "decorations" inside...
SPECTOR IN SLAY INDICT
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA grand jury has indicted music legend Phil Spector for murder in the 2003 shooting death of B-movie queen Lana Clarkson, defense lawyers told The Post yesterday. The 64-year-old pop...
ADVERTISERS MIGHT CUT AND RUN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amCBS faces a multimillion-dollar revolt by advertisers and viewers upset by the forged memos and eroding confidence in news anchor Dan Rather. "The real asset of the 'Evening News with...
WRIST-SLAP FOR CANARY MOBSTER
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA former mob associate who helped authorities solve a 1994 murder that unfolded like an episode of "The Sopranos" was sentenced to probation on state and federal charges yesterday. Thomas...
GARSON CUZ MAY TESTIFY IN E$TATE CASE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amJudge Michael Garson is expected to testify before a grand jury for a second time soon, in connection with the disappearance of cash from his elderly aunt's estate. Garson has...
GAL FOUND SHOT DEAD AT PARK
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPassers-by made a grisly discovery early yesterday when they came across a murdered woman slumped in the gutter by the side of Inwood Hill Park. The unidentified woman, who had...
QNS. STUDENT NABBED WITH PISTOL, POT
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPolice broke up a fight among three Queens high-school students yesterday - and found one of them carrying a gun and drugs, officials said. The bust took place shortly before...
PLEASE KILL MOMSTER - TOT'S ANGUISHED FATHER DEMANDS JUSTICE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - She was 16. He was 17. It was love at first sight. Too young and too poor to marry, Zahira Matos and Yovany Tellez nonetheless decided...
'DON'T RETREAT,' BUSH TELLS U.N. - URGES WORLD TO 'PREVAIL' VS. IRAQ THUGS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday vowed that the terror thugs who just decapitated two Americans won't decide Iraq's future or chase America away with "the beheadings of bound men." "The proper response...
NYPD BLUES NO. 1 - CITY COPS' UNIFORMS RATED BEST
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amTHE fashion police have given the men and women of the NYPD a gold star for being the sharpest-dressed big-city cops in the land. The National Association of Uniform Manufacturers...
'GAY SUIT' SCANDAL ROCKS CITY COUNCIL
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA male aide to City Councilman Vincent Gentile has accused his boss of sexual harassment, rocking a legislative body that is currently grappling with a separate workplace complaint against a...
FEDS OPPOSE TERROR-WITNESS TAPING
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe feds are seeking to block a Yemeni man accused of financing terrorists from videotaping character witnesses in his native country, claiming the move would endanger prosecutors. Lawyers for Mohammed...
'SELF-PROMOTER' FALLS - SCHOOLS BIG ROSE ON BOGUS CREDENTIALS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA former city schools superintendent, who duped her superiors with bogus credentials to rise through the ranks over 25 years, got a slap on the wrist yesterday. In an unusually...
CITY $LAPPED FOR DRUGGIE DEATH
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has ruled that the city has to pay $170,600 to the family of a slain drug dealer whose infamous shooting by police touched off riots in Washington...
'GAY HARASS' CHARGE ROCKS CITY COUNCIL
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA male aide to Brooklyn City Councilman Vincent Gentile has accused his boss of sexual harassment, rocking a legislative body that is currently grappling with a separate workplace complaint against...
GOP 'MEMO' TO KERRY: 'FESS UP
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday demanded the Kerry campaign come clean about its role in CBS's National Guard documents scandal amid growing doubts about the alleged mystery woman said to be...
VIPS REIGN AT POST'S PARADE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amEverybody loves a Parade, and celebrities, journalists and even the mayor and a Nobel Peace Prize-winner turned out last night to celebrate Parade magazine's return to New York City every...
BOMB SCARE STALLS MIKE ON SUBWAY
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amNot even Mayor Bloomberg can escape a terrorism scare. The city's "First Straphanger" was trapped underground on a Bronx-bound No. 4 train for about 30 minutes as investigators checked a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThis falls into the category of weird but true - and really disgusting. And, if you're eating some fruit or veggies right now, skip to the next item. A cry...
SWIFT SLAP AT 'HANOI JOHN' - AD: HE & FONDA BOOSTED VIET FOE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amVietnam vets opposed to John Kerry are today launching a new TV ad that links Kerry to Jane Fonda as an anti-Vietnam War activist who "betrayed his country" by consorting...
BUTCHERS - PREZ URGES U.N. TO FIGHT TERROR AS FIENDS BEHEAD 2ND AMERICAN; SAVAGES BEHEAD ANOTHER AMERICAN HOSTAGE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday condemned the grotesque beheadings of American hostages by Iraqi terrorists, as another U.S. citizen, Jack Hensley, became the second in two days to be savagely...
MANHOLE BLAST SPURS W. SIDE TERROR PANIC
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA massive manhole explosion rocked the West Side yesterday - smashing the front of a restaurant and sending hundreds of people fleeing in fear that terrorists had struck. "There were...
RAGING TEACHER ATTACKS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: COPS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA new teacher at a Bronx Catholic school was arrested yesterday after she assaulted a principal with a ceramic knickknack in a battle over her salary, police sources told The...
'HAUNTED' STATUES STOLEN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amMedieval doers on Long Island have stolen two heavy, life-size statues of knights in armor from a "haunted" local landmark. The wooden warriors stand 6 feet tall, weigh hundreds of...
MARTHA WILL BE IN PRISON BY OCT. 8
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart won't be making pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving - unless it's in prison. Manhattan federal Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum approved Stewart's request to serve her five-month sentence...
FALL'S COOL AND COLORFUL DANCE - THE WARM COLORS OF AUTUMN LEAVES GET US READY FOR WINTER'S CHILL. PULL UP A BLANKET AND SEE HOW.
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amTODAY, we officially say good-bye to summer and hello to autumn. This year's equinox begins at 12:20 p.m. From here on, the days will gradually get shorter and temperatures will...
WRIST-SLAP FOR MOBSTER WHO TOLD OF '94 SLAY
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amA former mob associate who gave authorities the key to solving a grisly 1994 murder that unfolded like an episode of "The Sopranos" was sentenced to probation on state and...
STADIUM TEAM GETS 1ST DOWN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amPlans for a new football stadium and a massive makeover for Manhattan's West Side cleared another hurdle yesterday when a judge ordered that public hearings on the projects must go...
'SELF-PROMOTER' - SCHOOLS BIG ROSE ON BOGUS CREDENTIALS: PROBER
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amTalk about social promotion. A former city school superintendent duped her superiors with forged credentials to rise through the ranks over 25 years, prosecutors charged yesterday. Joan Mahon-Powell, 48 -...
MIKE: WE TOOK BITE OUT OF MOB AT SAN GENNARO
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amHealth-conscious Mayor Bloomberg dug into a greasy Italian sausage sandwich at the Feast of San Gennaro yesterday and said he's confident the famed street fair is now free of any...
GM: LAMONT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES LaMont Jordan isn't going anywhere. In response to a published report detailing an offer made by the Raiders of a third-round draft pick in exchange for the disgruntled...
KNEE INJURY KOS COWART
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe Jets' defense suffered a potentially damaging blow yesterday when it was learned middle linebacker Sam Cowart will be out 4-6 weeks with a sprained left knee. Cowart, injured late...
IVAN FORCED LOCAL ANGLERS OUT OF WATER
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amIVAN the Terrible roared through the tri-state area with more ferocity than anyone expected last weekend, forcing anglers to remain landlocked. The heavy rains also caused flooding in government offices...
IT'S ALL RELATIVE - JINTS' CARTER HAS 7 PRO-ATHLETE KIN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amHE doesn't have to search very long or very hard if he wants to see what tough looks like. All he has to do is keep things in the family....
SHEFF IN FIELD - RETURNS, SAYING HE'LL 'DEAL WITH'
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amBy the time Joe Torre had a word with Gary Sheffield, he knew his MVP candidate was going to be in the lineup. Torre had gotten word that Sheffield, who...
JASON DESERVES LONG LOOK
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amIN life, timing is everything and Jason Giambi has none at the plate and little on the calendar. Color has returned to his cheeks, but his bat is death warmed...
RAINES APPLIES FOR COACHING JOB
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - He's a seven-time All-Star who is well-respected, enjoyed playing success in New York and just completed his first season as a minor-league manager. So how about...
PLAYERS MULL POST-ART ERA
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The way Braden Looper sees it, the manager doesn't catch the ball. He doesn't throw the ball. He doesn't miss his spots, make errors or fail to get...
DUQUE TO MISS BOSOX
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amOrlando Hernandez has never been shy about giving his opinion on anything. But ask El Duque about the Yankees' decision to pitch him tonight instead of last night - meaning...
TORRE PLAYS CONFIDENCE GAME WITH VAZQUEZ
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES One day after Javier Vazquez was lit up by the Blue Jays, Yankees manager Joe Torre was working on the right-hander's confidence, which has taken a beating in...
ELLIS TAKES PLACE IN APPLE'S HALL
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amAfter he graduated from Brooklyn's Jefferson H.S. in 1959, LeRoy Ellis briefly considered going to play at Ohio State, but instead opted to go to St. John's, where he became...
OUT TO LAUNCH - SHEFF, GIAMBI BLASTS POWER YANKS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Blue Jays 3 It was Medical Marvel Night at The Stadium. Two days after getting two cortisone injections in his separated left shoulder, Gary Sheffield nearly separated...
LOU: I'M STAYING WITH DEVIL RAYS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amExpos 6 - Mets 1 MONTREAL - The Mets don't know who their manager will be next year. But their top choice may now be looming as more of a...
EXPOS CAPTURE GAME 1 OF CELLAR SERIES
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - The Expos don't know where they'll play next year. Their payroll is approximately $40 million. And they have Juan Rivera hitting cleanup. The Expos have who-are-these-guys...
OUT TO LAUNCH - SHEFF, GIAMBI POWER YANKS
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Blue Jays 3 It was Medical Marvel Night at The Stadium. Two days after getting two cortisone injections in his separated left shoulder, Gary Sheffield nearly separated...
JOE FACES TOUGH CALLS ON JASON, ESTEBAN
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Yankee manager Joe Torre has some tough decisions upcoming, starting with whether to use Jason Giambi against Toronto left-hander Ted Lilly tonight. Giambi broke out of his 0-for-32...
SHUFFLING STARTERS - EL DUQUE LIKELY TO MISS BOSOX
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amOrlando Hernandez has never been shy about giving his opinion on anything. But ask El Duque about the Yankees' decision to pitch him tonight instead of last night - meaning...
WHO IS THE REAL LOAIZA?
September 22, 2004 | 4:00amThe milestone 100th win of Esteban Loaiza's career -and his first win as a Yankee -was neither clean nor easy, but the struggling starter received the game ball from Mariano...