Article: The Daily Oklahoman Berry Tramel column: Sports has changed little since twin towers fell.(Column)

Byline: Berry Tramel

Sep. 11--The other day at Yankee Stadium, Detroit manager Jim Leyland gave umpires an earful during the seventh-inning break. Then Kate Smith's "God Bless America" blared over the loudspeaker, and Leyland interrupted his case to stand at attention. When Smith's final "home, sweet home" had sounded, Leyland went back about his business, and soon enough the umps dispatched him to the clubhouse. But we've all been doing a little Leyland the last five years. Performing the routine, with occasional remembrances of Sept. 11. I mowed the lawn five years ago this morning. Grass grows even when the world gets turned upside down. Mowed the ...

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