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Half the fun of "Star Wars" comes from taking in all those special effects. Although the technology never approaches the rarefied levels of visual fireworks achieved in "2001: A Space Odyssey," special photographic effects supervisor John Dykstra has pieced together an impressive collection of robots, futuristic weaponry and spaceage interior sets that will keep the eye titillated while the intellectual faculties take five. The spellbinding dogfight and final assault of the Empire's central nervous system that wind up "Star Wars" are particularly noteworthy for the way that Lucas so easily integrates the gimmickry into the climax...
Perhaps more significantly, Fox has taken over the rather moribund marketing of baseball with a series of fresh, wiseacre promos titled "Same Game, New Attitude." They include the Phillies' Lenny Dykstra jumping into a mosh pit, Yankee first baseman Tino Martinez on the couch of a shrink who happens to be a Don Mattingly fan, and Cal Ripken getting razzed by his mailman, who asks, "I don't suppose you've had to deal with any rabid Dobermans at shortstop, Mr. Streak?" Fox will also do a kids' pregame show, In the Zone, to lure future fans whose bedtimes have...
...were Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Williams and Ozzie Smith, All-Stars whose disabling injuries have further diminished the game this year. "For the fans to punch my name out, I had to be here," said Griffey. Not every player is as sentimental about the game. Darren Daulton and Lenny Dykstra of the Phillies blew off the Monday workout without telling anyone...
...Lenny Dykstra, facing the loss of $31,000 a day if the strike carries into the season, recently suggested that the offer made by government mediator William Usery was acceptable and that the players' union should consider...
...seems to me that the players, more than the owners, have the most to lose right now, and that some of them, including the oh-so-tactful Lenny Dykstra, have said as much...