Jack Armstrong

At Oriole Park at Camden YardsDay ...... Time ...... TV ..... StartersTonight .. 7:35 ...... 54 ..... Jamie Moyer (12-9, 3.43 in '93) vs........ .... ...... .. ..... Jack Armstrong (9-17, 4.49 in '93)Tomorrow.. 1:35 ...... HTS .... Kevin Brown (0-1, 9.00) vs........ ... ....... ... .... Mike Mussina (1-0, 1.12)Sunday ... 1:35 ...... HTS .... Rick Helling (big-league debut) vs........ .... ...... ... .... Arthur Rhodes (5-6, 6.51 in '93)Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM)Rangers updateThe Rangers, who open their new Ballpark in Arlington on Monday, won four of six in Baltimore last year, and won the season series, 8-4, for the first since 1986.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Lou Carnesecca said he wasn't interested.Bill Raftery said he wasn't available.Lesley Visser said hello.Bill Walton said, which Loyola are you from again?There are more than 1,000 coaches and about five times that many administrators, media and hangers-on in town for the NCAA Final Four, and it only seems that Greyhounds athletic director Joe Boylan has talked to each of them.Boylan thought he was going to have a relaxed visit to the Final Four. Do some schmoozing at the annual convention of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

WON'T you tr-y-y-y Wheaties,Jack Armstrong never tires of it and neither will you.Radio station WITH will soon abandon its present big-band, golden oldies format in favor of what is loosely called children's programming.Sad as it is to learn of the disappearance from local airwaves of this rich and nostalgic musical fare, if the new format manages to engage children in the imaginative experience ("theater of the mind") of radio at its best, something good may yet result. And old-timers will remember their childhood days around the radio afternoons and Saturday mornings.

Fact: NFL rookie coaches Bobby Ross, Dennis Green and Bill Cowher combined for a 33-15 record and three division titles, then got outscored, 79-27, in the playoffs.Opinion: The Jays can easily replace closer Tom Henke with Duane Ward, but they don't have anyone to replace Ward as baseball's best setup man.Fact: A steady rain soaked Candlestick Park for hours after the Niners-Redskins game last weekend -- and no one bothered to put on the tarp.Opinion: The Eric Lindros trade is working out significantly better for Quebec, which has surpassed last year's point total in TC roughly half a season.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The Baltimore Orioles have flown south for the winter meetings, no doubt hoping they will accomplish enough over the next few days to move north in the standings.General manager Roland Hemond and the Orioles front office contingent were to have arrived yesterday to begin trade talks with about a dozen teams, eager to shore up a questionable starting rotation in time to compete for the 1992 American League East title.It will not be easy, since few clubs have anything resembling a pitching surplus and most have listed starting pitching as an off-season priority.

BaseballBoston Red Sox -- Placed P Daryl Irvine (0-0, 6.00 ERA) on the 15-day DL retroactive to Thursday. Recalled P Jeff Plympton from Class AAA Pawtucket.Cincinnati Reds -- Optioned P Jack Armstrong (6-10, 5.57) to Class AAA Nashville. Placed OF Eric Davis (exhaustion and lower-back pain) on the 15-day DL retroactive to Wednesday. Called up P Mo Sanford and OF Chris Jones from Nashville.Houston Astros -- Placed C Scott Servais (no hits in 13 at-bats) on the 15-day DL. Called up C Tony Eusebio from Class AA Jackson.