Notes on a Scorecard - May 1, 1991

New Angel President Richard Brown showed exactly who is in charge at Anaheim Stadium when he fired General Manager Mike Port. . . .

Give Port a grade of C for his tenure which began Sept. 1, 1984. . . .

Next suggested Angel moves: Sign Fernando Valenzuela and send Jim Abbott to the minors. . . .

What has Jeff Hamilton ever done to justify his complaints about not being handed the Dodgers’ third base job? . . .

Sure enough, the trade that sent Willie McGee to Oakland from St. Louis for Felix Jose and two minor leaguers last season was a steal. A steal for the Cardinals. . . .

Joe Torre and Jim Fregosi might fall into the retread category, but both are capable managers. . . .

The injury to Glenn Davis is rotten luck for Baltimore, which made a good deal with Houston to get him. . . .

San Francisco was going to demote relief pitcher Trevor Wilson to Phoenix last Sunday after the Dodger game, then discovered that he was out of options. . . .

Philadelphia second baseman Randy Ready would have become the ninth player to execute an unassisted triple play if he had realized that he could have tagged out San Diego baserunner Tony Fernandez, who was only a few feet away, after catching Tony Gwynn’s line drive and tagging second. Instead, Ready threw to first for your standard, everyday triple play. . . .

Last unassisted triple play was made by shortstop Ron Hansen of the Washington Senators in 1968. . . .

Magic was just that in Houston Tuesday night.

The more you see Sam Perkins, the better you like him.

Michael Jordan is trying to join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971), George Mikan (1949, 1950) and Joe Fulks (1947) as the only players who have won an NBA scoring title and played for the championship team the same year. . . .

Golden State is getting quality minutes from guard Mario Elie, who played for former Warrior coach George Karl with the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Assn. Karl is helping Don Nelson during the playoffs. . . .

Does anybody out there want the Notre Dame basketball job? . . .

The LaPhonso Ellis episode might have turned off some potential applicants. Ellis was eligible under NCCA regulations, but not Notre Dame’s, late last season. . . .

Loyola Marymount will be the host team for the first Los Angeles Classic Invitational basketball tournament Nov. 22-23. Other teams are Washington State, Morgan State and Central Connecticut State. . . .

Jason Kidd, who led St. Joseph’s of Alameda to the State high school basketball championship as a junior, has narrowed his list of possible colleges to Arizona, Arizona State, Kentucky, Ohio State and Kansas. . . .

George Foreman is being swamped by commercial, endorsement and motion picture offers. . . .

Evander Holyfield will make his movie debut in “Necessary Roughness,” which is being shot in Denton, Tex., by Paramount. The heavyweight champion plays a member of a convict football team along with Jim Kelly, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus and Herschel Walker.

USC has the nation’s top-ranked teams in baseball, men’s tennis, and men’s volleyball. UCLA won the NCAA women’s volleyball and men’s soccer championships and is ranked first in softball. . . .

Don’t you just love those snappy clay-court tennis matches? It took Sergi Bruguera only 4 hours 5 minutes to defeat Boris Becker for the Monte Carlo Open championship in a match played over two days because of rain. . . .

The women are getting a raw deal at Wimbledon, where the men are still getting more prize money. . . .

Eddie Murray will be honored as the baseball man of the year and Luc Robitaille as the hockey man of the year at the sixth annual Cedars-Sinai Sports Spectacular June 23 at the Beverly Hilton. . . .

Guest host Chris Myers on Todd Christensen, a contributor to “Up Close” on ESPN: “He’s a man who sends even Howard Cosell running to the dictionary.” . . .

Running back Ernie Thompson of Indiana, 12th-round pick of the Rams, is the brother of Phoenix Cardinal Anthony Thompson. . . .

Joe Scibelli, the former Ram guard who beat cancer, sold his produce business in Springfield, Mass., and is enjoying temporary retirement in Palm Desert. . . .

Attention Bruce McNall: Among those eligible for free agency, with compensation, after the NHL playoffs are defensemen Glen Wesley of Boston and Mathieu Schneider of Montreal. . . .

With all those players they will get from the Minnesota North Stars, the San Jose Sharks might be favored to win the Smythe Division next year.