Article: ANOTHER FINE MESS, STANLEY ''I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A GOOD PLAYER,'' SAYS BELEAGURED RED SOX PITCHER BOB STANLEY, ''NOT AS A BUM.''

Bob Stanley's career began unraveling long before the horror at Shea Stadium one year ago tonight; his troubles developed, as if he had been stricken by a Pharaoh's curse, when he signed a contract three seasons ago that brought him unbelievable riches and an unforeseeable world of grief.

After serving the Red Sox since 1977 as their most reliable pitcher, Stanley, with his agent, Bob Woolf, negotiated a salary of $1 million a year for five years. Then he failed to prove he was worth it. Stanley was 6-6 in both 1985 and 1986, and the joy started seeping out of his game. This past season, the boos at Fenway Park cascaded on him like torrential rain as he struggled through his most ...

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