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Lind carries .514 percentage into '88 Sounds facts LINO'S CAREER Year Club Won Lost 1983 Redwood 73 66 1984 Vermont 75 65 1985 Vermont 71 67 1986 Denver 76 66 1987 Nashville 64 76 A DREAM COME TRUE MANAGE YOUR FAVORITE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM OWN YOUR OWN FRANCHISE TRADE MAYERS PICK-UP FREE AGENTS SUCCESS DETERMINED BY ACTUAL PIAYERS' STATS TAKEN FROM DAILY BOX SCORES BIG LEAGUE SPORTS P.O. BOX 90147 NASHVILLE, TN 37209 646-7968 5 P.M.-9 P.M. TRANSMISSION TUNC, MP nwi '69 95 LABOR 12 91 PARTS MOST CARS) LIND YOUB SPECIAL 'J "REBUILT TRANSMISSION ONLY (PLUS CENTER CALL NOW FOR FREE ESTIMATES zze-ayu 105 Kingston opmr oiCKtasow wp. i 4 IklSI ffS ISM; Sat. pm For the first time in his five years of managing, Jack LI nd 's team fell below the .500 mark and failed to win a league champion ship in 1987.

Lind, 41, began his managerial career in 1983 with Redwood in the California League, posting a 73-66 (.525) record and winning the Class A championship. He moved to Class AA in the Eastern League with Vermont in 1984, posting a 75-65 (.536) mark and winning the league crown. He returned to Vermont in 1985, again winning the championship with a 71-67 (.514) record. In 1986, Lind was elevated to GARLAND Young in 10th year as athletic trainer John Young begins his 10th year; as an athletic trainer, six of those years in baseball as trainer for the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds farm club organizations. Young, who makes Tampa, Fla, his home in the off season, began his career with the Sounds in 1978 when they were members of the Yankee organization.

In 1980, he joined the Cincinnati Reds and worked with Indianapolis for two seasons, 1980-81, before being named trainer for the Nashville South Stars hockey team. He returned to baseball in 1985, joining the Reds' Denver American Association team and then moving on to Nashville when the franchise switched cities in 1987. fr (()) Class AAA at Denver and promptly won the league championship with a 76-66 (.535) record, but lost in the playoff series to Indianapolis four games to three. Lind moved to Nashville when Cincinnati returned and the '87 edition of the Sounds went 64-76 giving him a lifetime record of 359-340 Garland returns to guide pitchers Wayne Garland, the man who tutored the pitching staff with the best earned run average in the American Association last season, is back for another tour with the Nashville Sounds. The former Nashville prep and sandlot star, who later gained fame as a 20-game winner in the major leagues with Baltimore, joined the Sounds last year in time for the opening game of the seasoa Under his guidance, the Sounds pitching staff had the lowest earned run average in the league (4.27), had the most shutouts (7), finished second in strikeouts (868) and tied for the most complete games (19).

ml FREE STARTER KIT With purchase of McCulloch Pro-Scaper It. $20 retail value Kit Includes 11b bulk .095 line Two 6 oz cans 40:1 oil 1 pair heavy duty work gloves THE STADIUM Greer Stadium's expansion during the off season boosted the seating by 1,000, moving the total seating capacity to 18,000. Included in the seating expansion was four new box seat sections down the right field line and 900 new seats between the dugouts. The dugouts, at playing field level in 1987, are now below field level. Improved concession stands and restrooms, added parking for an additional 1 ,000 cars, and eight new skyboxes were also included in the $3 million expansion.

Because of the expansion, the distances from home plate to the outfield fences were shortened. It is now 327 feet down the lines in left and right field; 371 feet in the power alleys, and 400 feet to straight away center. TELEVISION WZTV Channel 17, will have live television coverage of four road games for 1988, beginning with the Saturday, May 7 game at Indianapolis. On Tues day, June 28, and Wed. Aug.

1 7, the live coverage will come from Oklahoma City. An on Tuesday, July 19, the station will televise the game with Iowa Officials at WZTV said those four games are the only definite dates, but added others could be added as the season goes on. No games are scheduled to be televised from Greer Stadium. CONCESSIONS Five ounces of pretzel will cost $1 .25 and a Matilda Bay malt cooler, will sell for $2.25 at the concession stands for 1988. Other concessions and prices pizza $1.25 per slice, $9 for whole; hot dog smokey super dog soft drinks 12 ounces) 75 cents, soft drinks (16 ounces) $1, soft drinks (24 ounces) coffee (8 oz.) 75 cents; hot chocolate (8 oz.) 75 cents; popcorn (8.5 oz) 1 .50, popcorn (small) 1 peanuts (2.5 oz.) 75 cents; pota to chips 1 oz.) 75 cents; cotton candy Goo Goo Clusters 75 cents; snow cone 60 cents; ice cream (with helmet) 1 1 BBQ sandwich beer (12 oz.

vendor) $1 .75, beer beer(24oz.) cigarettes $1.75. FRONT OFFICE Larry Schmittou, president and general manager, organized a group of businessmen and country music entertainers in 1978 and the Sounds were born. He was named the 1987 American Association Executive of the Year. George Dyce, executive vice president, begins his 1 1th sea son with the sounds and second as executive vice presi dent. He is in charge of day-to day operations of the Organization.

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