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From: dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Places to eat in Baltimore
Date: 9 Apr 92 13:13:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: unix.204633
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Apr7.142736.15759@pbs.org> kwinkler@pbs.org (The Axe Man) writes:
>Harborplace is probably the place to go.  In addition to an expansive food
>hall, there are restaurants, including American Cafe, Brokke's, and 
>Phillip's Seafood house.  A long walk takes you to places in Federal
>Hill, where I would highly recommend Sisson's, a cajun place that brews
>their own beer.  
>
>A short drive east gets you to Little Italy, 

Recommended in Little Italy: DeNitti's.

>or if up north, head to Louie's
>Bookstore Cafe on N. Charles Street near the Washington Monument.  

Is Gampy's still there, on Charles just above the Monument?  For lovers of
beef, there is little to compare with pointing out exactly which 3" of filet
mignon you would like them to broil with boursin for you...  Ask for a mug
of "43 and tea", if they still know how to make it, for dessert.

>Just
>past Little Italy is Olde Obrycki's Crab House.  Best steamed crabs in 
>the city, and definitely worth the drive.  It is on E. Pratt Street.

This is the True Mecca.  The best crabs in Baltimore are the best crabs in
Maryland that you can get without driving across a looooooong bridge, and
better than anything you can get outside the state of Maryland.  Wear old
clothes; give yourself all the time you need.

There's also Haussner's, for fans of German cuisine.  Excellent schnitzel.

-- 
          David M. Tate            |"The man who hath no music in himself
     dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu       | Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sound
  A poem should be dumb, / As old  | Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils
 medallions to the thumb.-MacLeish | 	Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice", A.V
From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: White and Burks (also SkyDome)
Date: 5 Apr 92 22:41:49 GMT
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <1992Apr5.213205.12423@cs.wayne.edu> dfl@math.wayne.edu (David Frohardt-Lane) writes:
>>>cf:     Burks       White          (edge Burks)
>>
>>Depends which Ellis shows up.  Also, White is the best defensively.  Really
>>hard to compare these two.  
>
>I would take White easily.  Last year he was clearly better than Burks,
>and Burks got to play in Fenway.  

But White gets to play in the SkyDome.  Batting averages were higher by
21 points there last year; slugging by more than fifty.  Home runs were
up 30%.  In Fenway, the difference was 16 points BA and 30 points slugging,
home runs up about 15%.  Burks is better on the road lifetime than White
is total lifetime.

>I've never understood why everyone
>likes him so much.  He has a low OBP, not as much speed as people think
>(6 for 17 last year), and little power.  Add in the defensive value, and
>I can't understand anyone taking Burks.

Conceding White's advantage in speed and defense, here's why I prefer
Burks.

* Burks is two years younger.
* White's best season, by far, was 1991, where he was almost certainly
  playing over his head.  Burks had better offensive seasons than White's
  *1991* in 1988, 1989, and 1990 -- all of which were seasons where
  White was hitting about 240/290/370.
* White's OBP was an above-average .342 last year, but that was mostly
  his batting average.  And I'd be very surprised to see him continue
  that.  He simply isn't a .282 hitter, even with the SkyDome.  That
  .282 is the second-highest season-long batting average in his eight
  years of professional play: highest is the .285 that he hit in 461 AB
  at Edmonton and 51 AB at California.  In the majors since 1985, his
  batting averages have been 143, 235, 263, 259, 245, 217, 282.
* White, in his best season, playing over his head, had a .342 OBP, just
  two point shy of Burks's career OBP.  Similarly, his .455 SLG was six
  points shy of Burks's career SLG.

In short, White at the top of his game is almost as good as Ellis Burks
is on average.
-- 
Ted Frank          + "A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it
1307 E 60 St, #109 +  is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in
U o' C Law Skool   +  color and content according to the circumstances and
Chi, IL 60637      +  the time in which it is used."  --  Holmes
From: kenneth@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Deion "Coarse Grit Power" Sandersdir
Date: 16 Apr 92 06:56:50 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.200736.18173@athena.cs.uga.edu>, steele@athena.cs.uga.edu (Frank Steele) writes:
> Braves note:
> 
> Deion Sanders, who is following up a hot spring training with a sizzling
> April, has told Atlanta press that he wants to be a "full-time baseball
> player." Sanders is, of course, an All-Pro cornerback with the Atlanta
> Falcons during the off-season. Unfortunately for "Prime Time," he still
> has a year on his contract with the Falcons....

If he wants to, I'm sure he can buy out his last year with the Falcons.
 
> By the way, Deion had ANOTHER triple today, and hit his first-ever home run
> against a left-hander (Chris Hammond) to lead off the Braves' 3-1 loss to
> the Reds. He now is near the NL lead in about 7 different categories, including
> SLG, BA, OBP, and a few others....I keep expecting the law of averages to take 
> over, but, so far, nothing.....

The young man is just a tremendous athlete, maybe even in Bo Jackson's
class before his hip injury.  I think Deion can do whatever he wants to do 
in sports, given the opportunity.  Since Otis Nixon is due to return on like
Friday or so, and with Dave Justice's back troubles, You'll probably see
a Braves outfield consiting of Nixon/Sanders/Gant, with Brian Hunter playing
1st.  When Justice comes back, it will indeed be interesting.  I think that
if Sanders continues to hit well, Otis could be the odd man out.  Deion
is definitely a better hitter for power, although I think Otis is a better
threat stealing bases, just due to his experience in learning pitchers and
catchers, etc.  It will surely be interesting to see, though.

Ken
 
> Frank
> steele@athena.cs.uga.edu
From: kenneth@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Juan Samuel--who pays.
Date: 16 Apr 92 06:46:26 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.192124.29053@leland.Stanford.EDU>, claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
> In article <1992Apr15.190939.10062@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> ncovey@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (neil covey) writes:
>>I'm a Dodger fan, but sometimes I wonder:
>>Do the Dodgers pay Juan Samuel or does the rest of the National League
>>pay them to keep him on their roster?
> 
> Come on.  Samuel's not *that* bad!  At least he's better offensively than
> Mark Lemke, Jose Lind, and Mickey Morandini...

Yes, but *much* poorer defensively than Lemke and Lind, and Lemke's still
a youngster, so the jury's still out on him...

> GO CALIFORNIA ANGELS!
AND TAKE THE RAMS WITH YOU!  :)

Ken
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols)
Subject: Re: Pitching Strategies (was: Eck NOT better...)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:52:18 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.185109.8902@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> justus@cat4.cs.wisc.edu (Curtis Justus) writes:
>I guess what I'm asking for is to find out how many appearances each
>pitcher made as a reliever and how many innings they pitched per
>appearance.   My guess would be that Fingers would have pitched more
>innings per appearance just because of the ideaology of their respective
>baseball era's.

For his major league career, Fingers appeared in 944 games, of which he
started 37 games.  He pitched 1701 innings, which works out to 1.8
innings/game.  During the part of Eckersley's career that he has been used
primarily as a reliever (he's only started 2 games since 1987, when he was
traded to Oakland), he's appeared in 295 games, and pitched 395.1, or 1.3
innings/game.  I'm not sure what conclusions, if any, to draw from this.

Sherri Nichols
snichols@adobe.com
From: thornley@cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Chili Davis
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:21:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr7.202103.13362
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

In article <1992Apr7.174749.3961@acsu.buffalo.edu> v083qpkr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeffrey C Toth) writes:
>I'd like to know about the condition of Chili Davis and why he didn't play on
>opening day.
>
Chili is fine, and did play on opening day, going 0 for 2 with a walk.
After his walk, they put in Jarvis Brown as a pinch runner, and Quinones
batted for Brown in the 9th and got a SF.

David Thornley
"A bad baseball game is better than an excellent class project"
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: scott@asd.com (Scott Barman)
Subject: Re: The Babe--RR tracks
Keywords: Babe,  tracks
Organization: American Software Development Corp., W. Babylon, NY
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:21:29 GMT

In article <1992Apr2.151125.14846@meaddata.com> dougr@meaddata.com (Doug Ritter) writes:
>You haven't seen clips of the new one, then?  John Goodman swings the
>bat like an old washer woman (don't flame me, that's an old baseball
>term).
>
>Why why why can't they find an actor who can play ball for these movies?

Because Kevin Costner (sp?) and Robert Redford do not resemble Babe Ruth.

Question: Didn't Joe Don Baker play "The Whammer" in _The_Natural_? 
As I recall he did not look too bad swinging the bat (except in the
scenes with Redford pitching) and he was supposed to be the Babe
Ruth-type person.  Wouldn't he have been better?

I can probably answer this myself: who is Joe Don Baker compared to John
Goodman these days?  I think the last "major" flick he played a
significant role in was the "Billy Jack" movies.  Name recognition sells.
I should know this after spending some time in television!!  :-)

-- 
scott barman			| Mets 4, Cards 2 (in 10) - Bobby Bonilla 2 HR!
scott@asd.com			|      The Torborg era begins 1-0.
				|            LET'S GO METS!
 (I can barely speak for myself, you expect me to speak for my employer??)
From: v083qpkr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeffrey C Toth)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Paul O'Neil
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:10:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Does anyone know why Paul O'Neil was so low in the batting order?  I thought he
was to be there power-go-to-guy when they got rid of Eric Davis.

Thanks

Jeff
From: solensky@animal.clearpoint.com (Frank T. Solensky)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: MATT YOUNG TOSSES NO-HITTER, LOSES 2-1
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:45:49 GMT
	<1992Apr12.225716.17701@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
	<1992Apr13.001022.29645@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
	<1992Apr13.022436.20357@mv.mv.com>
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp.


In article <1992Apr13.022436.20357@mv.mv.com> mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett) writes:
   In article <1992Apr13.001022.29645@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> todd@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Todd Pedlar) writes:
   >Nope.  You can lose and still get credit for the no no if you pitch the 9 
   >innings - Hawkins' game was in Chicago, I think, so he only threw 8...

   I understand "no no" to mean "no hits, no runs."  Is there a dialect
   of baseball-speak in which this is not so?

no no. :-)
--
				-- Frank Solensky / Clearpoint Research
Red Sox magic number: 161
From: st910977@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Dave Twombly)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Fielder will win the Triple Crown
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:42:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr6.234247.16877
Reply-To: st910977@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University

the day that Cecil Fielder wins the triple crown is the day that Ted Williams
comes back to baseball to challenge it.  I have heard of being a little 
biased for your team (as I am with the Bosox) but I try not to get too 
redicules.  Fielder could not hit .320 if he lost 100 pounds and called him-
self Wade!!  I agree that Thomas (Frank) is a potential TC winner but I also
see Will Clark as a candidate.  I think that those two are the only real
possibilities.  Another possible person in a few years (it's time to be bias-
ed) would be Phil Plantier.  He has the power and I think that he might be
able to hit for average as well.  But right now I'll have to bet against
Cecil even if he does change his number to eight and takes the nickname
"Yaz".

-Dave
From: rcodo@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Rob Codo)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 17:17:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Fred McGriff
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball

*> 	Yeah, not only can I think of a person with a better swing, I can
*> think of two, two first baseman, both national leaguers: Will Clark and
*> Mark Grace.

   Mark Grace?  Please!!! He could not hold "Crimedog's" jock.  Just   
   another bust in a long line of Cub @#*&ups.  They should have
   got rid of Grace instead of Palmero.

   The Cubs blow!!!!

   GO GO Chi-Sox!
From: CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Karros at first?
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:28:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: YaleVM.167CAE7AE.CAVGEOE
Organization: Yale University

In article <14APR199216163476@summa.tamu.edu>
fwt4290@summa.tamu.edu (TSAO, FREDDIE WEI) writes:
 
>
>Hey guys and gals,
>
>	How many of you agree with me when I say that Eric Karros should
>have the spot at first base for the Dodgers permanently?  The boy's got
>awesome power and he's got decent speed.
>
>							Fred.
 
     The problem is that Strawberry, Davis, Butler, and Daniels are
all too good to sit.  Plus no one is interested in Daniels in a trade.
So there's nowhere to put Karros.
 
Jeff
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Organization: Senior, Economics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 00:59:05 -0400 
From: King-Han Yao <ky0l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Most Popular Athletes List
Distribution: na

On 16-Apr-92 in Most Popular Athletes List   
user Nelson Lu@leland.stanfor writes:
>New Jersey	Lawrence Taylor	(F)		Derrick Coleman	(K)
>New Orleans	Shaquille O'Neal (K)		Dalton Hilliard	(F)
>New York City	Patrick Ewing	(K)		Dwight Gooden	(B)

NY and NJ should have the same exact list.  Fans in NJ basically root
for the same teams, on a percentage scale, as fans in NY, with the
exception of a much higher interest in the Nets in NJ.

Ewing is not #1 in NY.

My opinions would be:

Mattingly, Taylor.

Everybody still loves Mattingly (including me), even though he's not
what he was before.


-------------
King Yao                       
Economics 
Class of '92                   
Carnegie Mellon 

Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: jhosee@zeus.calpoly.edu (Hip Hop Junkie)
Subject: Re: Cubs moves of late
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 17:14:55 GMT


I have been in and out of baseball, but from what I hear it seems to
me that George Bell and Dasecenzo have been traded only for Sammy Sosa?!?
Please tell me the Cubs got more....

- Jeff
From: hjeat@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com (Jerry Eaton)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Schilling/Grimsley, Cormier
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:31:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Chevron Exploration & Production Services, Houston, TX.

In article <1992Apr3.195951.14915@cs.tulane.edu> eebonar@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu writes:
>In article <1992Apr3.172124.7869@leland.Stanford.EDU>, claudius@leland.stanford.edu (Nelson Lu) writes...
>>The Astros traded Curt Schilling to the Phillies yesterday for Jason Grimsley,
>>of all people.  Is Schilling expected to start or relieve for the Phillies?
>
>	Schilling will be in the Phillies bullpen.  Middle relief.
>
>	A bigger question is what will Grimsley do in Houston?  Since the
>latest news I have is that Jimmy Jones will not be able to start the season
>as a reliever I assume that Grimsley will take the swingman role.

Nope. Grimsly was assigned to Tuscon (AAA).

 
>The starters (Harnisch, Kile, Portugal, Bowen and Henry) are set so I doubt
>he has a shot a a big role with the team.  All I can figure is that Schilling
>was out of options and the Astro's wanted to get something (anything) for
>him.
>

Exactly, although Schilling did not have a good Spring and might well have 
been traded for Grimsley even if he did have an option. I have the feeling the
Astros are out of patience with Schilling.

>Dave
>__________
>Dave Bonar
>eebonar@lsuvax.sncc.lsu.edu
>Go Astro's  [motto: More Bang for the buck (but still a little short)]
>__________


-- 
           Jerry Eaton
     hjeat@usho29.chevron.com
From: sivaram@plains.NoDak.edu (Sivaram Hariharan )
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Shane Mack Hit.... suffers Concussion.
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:48:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.16574
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo

In yesterday's game against the Brewers, the Twins' left-
fielder Mack was hit by a pitch on the head and suffered a mild 
concussion. He was taken off the field.

I do not know of the latest updates on his condition. 
Mack had a 2-run homer, prior to the hit.

s.h

-------------------------------------------------------------
Win or lose , Forever Twins...

Cubs...Will u ever win the NL pennant before I have my grand-children...
Cubs in 92.
From: tannerg@milton.u.washington.edu (Glenn Tanner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: What do the numbers mean?
Date: 16 Apr 92 19:17:10 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Apr11.195500.22179@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <167C66791.O1DOUG@AKRONVM.UAKRON.EDU> O1DOUG@AKRONVM.UAKRON.EDU (Doug Miller) writes:
|>>3). 56   - Mr. Coffee's brewing er hitting streak - longest in pro ball.
|>>           He has the minor league record of 63 for the S.F. Seals.
|>
|>I thought his San Francisco record was 67.
|>-- 

I may be wrong, but I seem to remember ESPN's coverage of the CWS touting
Robin Ventura as the holder of the longest hitting streak in baseball history.
							     ^^^^^^^^
Is Dimaggio's Seal streak the longest in baseball history (pro and college)?

GT
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols)
Subject: Re: Errors (was Re: Robinson and Boyer)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 16:32:02 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.231346.13898@m.cs.uiuc.edu> steph@cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson) writes:
>Butterfingers probably has better potential, since he reaches 27 more balls
>than TreeStump does.  After all, it's easier to cut down on errors than
>to increase range.  *THIS IS INFORMATION THAT CANNOT BE GARNERED FROM
>PO, A, AND INNINGS*

No one said it could.  I've said many times that errors *may* have some use
in evaluating the *potential* of a player.  What I object to is the use of
errors to evaluate the *performance* of a player.

Sherri Nichols
snichols@adobe.com
From: mbk45850@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (James Bond)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Ken Griffey?
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:56:20 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

fwt4290@summa.tamu.edu (TSAO, FREDDIE WEI) writes:

>Hey Sports fans,

>	Is it my overlooking, or has Ken Griffey Jr. not been playing?
>If he is not, please tell me the reason.

>							Thanks...
>								
>							Fred...

		Ken Griffey hurt his foot in a game and sat out for the first 
game against the Chicago White Sox.  However, he was used as a pinch hitter
in the ninth of the game, and got a single. Tuesday was a day off in their  
series, so he should be starting again on Wednesday when the series starts up.


						White Sox in '92,

						Matt
 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Subject: Re: One Sport Town (was: Re: Most Popular Athletes)
Organization: Yale University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 15:08:25 EDT

In article <1992Apr17.153427.27048@eng.umd.edu>
seifert@eng.umd.edu (Earl Scott Seifert) writes:
 
>
>Baltimore has unfortunately become a one sport town in spite of great
 
Better a one sport town with baseball than a three sport town like
Washington without baseball.
 
Jeff
 
 
 
 
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From: gerry@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (Gerry Myerson)
Subject: Re: Trivia: What to the numbers mean...?
Organization: ceNTRe for Number Theory Research
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 23:35:08 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.205436.2868@cs.rose-hulman.edu>, rickert@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (John H. Rickert) writes:
> 
> In article <92099.185021GRM100@psuvm.psu.edu> GRM100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> > Here's a bit of trivia from our college paper...
> > 
> > Give the significance of the number and the player
> > who holds the record.
[...]
> > 2) 2.17      lowest era
> Lowest career era (with sufficiently many innings pitched) since (about) 1913
> (that's when they started counting ERA officially)
> Walter Johnson

I'll bet this is what the paper had in mind, but it's a fairly arbitrary 
place to draw the line. MacMillan lists several (20th century) pitchers with 
career ERA lower than Johnson's 2.17, e.g., Ed Walsh and Christy Mathewson. 
Someone suggested lowest team ERA, but it's not that---the 1907 Cubs team 
ERA was 1.73 (!), and anyway the phrasing of the question makes it an 
individual record, not a team record. 

[...]
> john rickert
> The Brewers' magic number is down to 162 !
> My AL East picks: Bos, Tor, Det, Bal, Mil, NY, Cle

Gerry Myerson
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: steveo@shamu.micro.umn.edu (Stephen Andrew Schmid)
Subject: Re: Shane Mack
Organization: University of Minnesota CIS
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:41:30 GMT

Maack suffered a mild concussion.  Reports from the hospital he was sent

to came up with nothing serious and they(Twins) think he will be back in the 

tonight(Friday) for Twins home opener against Texas.

GO TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: thornley@cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: L. Dickson/P. Mahomes making it?
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:43:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr6.164323.27403
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

In article <1992Apr05.073347.1165298@zeus.calpoly.edu> dly@zeus.calpoly.edu (Dixon D. Ly) writes:
>Will Cubs fans please tell me if Lance Dickson made the roster.  And
>
>Same for Pat Mahomes from Twins fans.
>
Mahomes will be in the rotation, either #4 or #5 depending on where they
put Krueger.

David Thornley
"Still unused to the concept of sending possibly good pitching to Portland"
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: bn328@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian P. Blume)
Subject: Cleve. Indians
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 05:19:22 GMT


	Well, yet another exciting season of TRIBE baseball, and as
a Clevelander, it's pretty sad to be a TRIBE fan when you've never
heard of more than HALF of the starting lineup.  The new faces include
Kenny Loften (CF) Glenallen Hill (LF) Paul Sorrento () Mark Whiten (RF). 
Those are just names of fielders, the list of pitchers seems endless.  
Can the head office replace any more players.  If they (head office) 
could take back a hand full of players that they traded, Julio Franco 
(last years top batting average), Joe Carter, Greg Swindell, Tom 
Candiotti, the Indians might have a name for themselves.  Can they get
anyworse?  Almost everyone in the country has picked them dead last 
again or pittied them to slide by the Yankee's.  I don't know   
it's hard to lose more than 105 games, but one never knows.  Today is 
opening day, we'll see what happens after the President throws out
the first pitch at the new Camden Yards.
-- 
			$ Brian P. Blume $
		    bn328@Cleveland.Freenet.Edu
			  Class of 1992
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