From: twap8@isuvax.iastate.edu (Mike McNarney)
Subject: Turk Wendell
Reply-To: twap8@isuvax.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:07:39 GMT

Bad news for all you Turk Wendell fans out there: a stress fracture
in his left elbow has been discovered, and he will not pitch again
this season. His last appearance was in April or early May, and was
leading the American Association with an ERA of 1.44 until his demise. 
I forget what the original problem was, but he was supposed to make
his first start back early last week but was scratched because of
elbow pains. The fracture was then discovered.

Just in case you live under a rock, Turk pitches/ed for the Iowa Cubs,
AAA farm team of the Chicago Cubs. 

An Iowa Cubs update, if there is anyone left that gives a damn: Gary Scott
hit a dramatic ninth-inning, two-out, two-strike grand slam for the
I-Cubs to top league-leading Indianapolis, 7-5. This surprising win puts
the I-Cubs a tidy 23 games under .500, only 8 1/2 games behind third-place
Omaha. Yeah, it's been a LONG summer. 

Some stats:
player	pos.	hr	bi	sb	avg
George Pedre     c     5	32	 1	.286
Fern. Ramsey    cf	 0	29	28	.270
H. Villanueva    c     3	13	 0	.294
Scott Wade	  of	 10	28	 3 	.280
Gary Scott	  if	 7	26	 3	.286

tonite/friday starters:
player	w-l	era
Bob Sebra	6-3	4.73
Steve Adkins  6-11    5.87

Notes: Career AAA player Jeff Kunkel still has not shown up after being
reassigned to DM after Sammy Sosa got called up. He can either report or
become a free agent. If he goes free agency, that will mean we traded Ced
Landrum to Milwaukee for just over three weeks of Jeff Kunkel riding the
bench in Chicago. What a completely stupid trade. There are only about
five guys in Des Moines that would have done the job Kunkel did, as well as
about a million others sitting at home watching TV. 

Kevin Roberson: out for season, bulging disc. Jerome Walton: ditto. Lance
Dickson: out for season, I forget for what. Scott Bryant (came over in
trade w/ Reds for former #1 pick Earl Cunningham) is taking BP and should
be back in the next week after breaking his wrist 7/5 in a HBP. There are
some pitchers hurt, but I forget who. 

Dave Pavlas joined the Cubs organization for the THIRD time this week when
he left the Mexican League for the I-Cubs. (Not the third time this week,
the third time is his career.)

I understand that Himes & Co got left w/ lots of crap from the Jim Frey
era, but I am really beginning to get concerned. Excepting the position
players named in the stats (and Scott Bryant), nobody playing in Des
Moines has a clue. Combined with manager-from-hell Brad Mills, these
guys couldn't beat a fantasy league team. 

The new stadium is STILL beautiful; come out and see it. The club season
attendance record was broken Monday, with about 35 games left and a TON
of rainouts at home this season. The I-Cubs just got done playing three
consecutive doubleheaders. After going to two straight, I now know why
the players hate them so much. I was beginning to feel as if I lived there.

I am considering the idea of starting a CUBS mailing list in the fall 
to save bandwidth and to send more detailed info (stats, etc.) If you
are interested, please drop me an email. 

Just a 23-game winning streak from .500,

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Mike McNarney
twap8@isuvax.bitnet
Iowa State University, USENET censors
Ames, Iowa 50013-0007

	*We must let go of Turk. It's the only way we can beat him;*
		*the only way we can save him.*