May 2, 1988 Table Of Contents

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Frank Robinson, the manager, watched the Royals tee off on his pitchers as Baltimore lost its 18th straight

By Franz Lidz

THE PHECKLESS PHOLLIES OF 1961

By Steve Wulf

HERE'S THAT MAN AGAIN

After a quiet regular season, Wayne Gretzky had Edmonton flying in the Stanley Cup playoffs

By Austin Murphy

Managers

Best of the Bosses

Managing a baseball team requires diligence, diplomacy and dynamism. Here's our ranking of the most skillful skippers

By Peter Gammons

Gabriela Sabatini

Talk About Net Gains

At 17, Gabriela Sabatini is starting to realize her vast potential on and off the court

By Bruce Newman

Rodman

Black, White—And Gray

Piston Dennis Rodman's life was complicated by racial matters long before his inflammatory words about Larry Bird

By Bruce Newman

Inside

BASEBALL

By Peter Gammons

Marathon

BREEZING INTO THE OLYMPICS

Mark Conover beat the wind and a formidable field in the trials for the U.S. team

By Kenny Moore

Caving

Black Walls, COLD FEAR

A journey into the bizarre underworld of caving

By Michael Ray Taylor

Update

TWO TO TRAVEL—FAST

Steve and Phil Mahre are out on the road

By Robert Sullivan

For The Record

A Roundup of the Week April 18-24

Compiled by Duncan Brantley

FACES IN THE CROWD

Point After

A SQUAWK ABOUT BALKS

The crackdown on balks is enough to give one pause

By Steve Wulf

Departments

FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Donald J. Barr

Letters

Edited by Gay Flood

SCORECARD

Edited by Steve Wulf

Sideline

Escapes

Orioles