They Said It

? Henry Aaron, asked by a woman if he was the Home Run King: "No, Dave Johnson's upstairs in his room asleep."

?Rev. Richard Connelly, chaplain of the Cincinnati Bengals, giving the invocation at a luncheon: "This year, Our Lord, do not leave us at the two-minute warning."

?Edgar Chandler, New England Patriot linebacker, after O. J. Simpson rushed for 250 yards: "You go for something you think is there and all of a sudden you don't have anything. Nobody should gain that much."

? Roger McCluskey, on becoming the oldest USAC national driving champion at 43: "It is better than doing it at 44."

? Buzzie Bavasi, San Diego Padre president: "I get tired of hearing my ballplayers bellyache all the time. They should sit in the press box sometimes and watch themselves play."