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www.temessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Monday, July 15, 2002 5C SPURIA: BASEBALL TENNESSEAN.com hen das matters, wwwiennesseancorr Braves field 20 questions LOWEST RATE THIS YEAR! Sounds ppd. Redbirds rain r3 B. How often are you thinking of something else during play, while on I I 1 I By DAN LEBATARD Knight Ridder Sews Service Twenty questions with the first-place Atlanta Braves: Next game: vs. Tacoma When: Today, 7 p.m. AB) tally tips his pitches to you, and how? Sheffield "(Laughter) Maddux.

I could always tell when he was going to throw a changeup. He digs real deep into his glove. He goes in quicker to grip his fastball, a little J. Your eternal soul rests on in this at-bat. Three guys you the mound or in the outfield? How often are you thinking about an errand you have to run or whether you left the water running at home? Jones: "The later on the changeup.

(Laughter) I just exposed a teammate, didn't don't want to face? Closer John Smoltz: "(Laughter) Tony Gwynn. Tony Gwynn. Tony Gwynn. He owned me beyond belief. If I have to BASED ON 15 YR.

TERM JONES But they still can hit him. 7. What is the percentage of times you throw the ball exactly where you want, give or take an inch and Sounds rained out MEMPHIS -Rain forced the suspension of the Nashville Sounds game against the Memphis Redbirds yesterday. The game will become part of a doubleheader Aug. 9.

The nine-inning suspended game will be resumed in the second inning with no score. A seven inning game will follow. The Sounds start an eight-game homestand tonight, with four games against Tacoma and four games against Calgary. -STAFF REPORTS AMOUNT PAYMENT TERM RATE 75,000 '62, 15yrs 5.875 '837 15yrs 5.875 '1046'- 15yrs 5.875 '1255M 15yrs 5.875 50 Down Purchases No Income Qualifying Slow Credit Plans Home Improvements 30 year rate as low as 6.75 pick two others, Barry Bonds and Mike Piazza." Center fielder An draw Jones: "Kevin Brown. Randy Johnson.

Curt Schilling." Outfielder Rales sutiiect to cnange EquiPrime Mortgage SATURDAY'S LATE GAME SOUNDS 7, REDBIRDS 5 Gary Sheffield "Pedro Martinez. Greg Maddux. Smoltz. I don't have to face two of them any more. I only have to worry about Pedro now and only in the bi 1 2 0 1 1 bi Memphis 2 0 Meyers 2b 0 0 Taguchcl 2 2 Ngnnalryrf 0 0 Dams 1bc 2 0 Ortega II 1 4 Riggs3b SHEFFIELD NashvMe ab Redman cl 5 1 Pride 4 0 Post2b 4 1 Lopez ss 4 1 Pntchett 1b 4 0 Colac 4 1 Rdmnvchrf 4 0 Secnsl3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 Nchrsonss 0 Andreptosc 0 Slchschltep 0 Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Tdarp Campp Gilbert ph Reyes Brown ph Sanchez whole game." Sheffield "All the time.

You get bored out "That one bites me more than I care to admit." 14. Three people at your dream dinnerparty? Jones: "Hank Aaroa Willie Mays. Willie Stargell. We'll be talking a lot of baseball." Glavine: "John F. Kennedy.

Jesus. Jack Nicklaus." 15. Number of big-league hitters you look at and say, "That guy is flatly better than I am." Sheffield "Barry Bonds. That's it." 16. Number oflettcrs you get a week from strangers requesting money? Glavine: "At least one a day.

About 10 a week." 17. Toughest player in sports? Sheffield "Warren Sapp." Glavine: "Has to be a hockey player. Mark Messier." 18. Most overrated player in all of sports? Glavine: "This is going to get me in trouble. I've got to go, even though I'm a Patriots fan, with Tom Brady." 19.

Number of games the average major-leaguer will play hung over a year? Sheffield "I've only done it twice. I played in a blur. I hit better that way, though. Nice and relaxed" 20. Number of times a week you'll think to yourself that know-it-all gasbag Curt Schilling really needs to shut up? Glavine: "(Laughter) It doesn't happen a lot.

Maybe once a week, maybe a little bit less." 0 uhmep 0 Joseph 0 Nrftowskip 0 Frank 1b 6 Totals percentage of times Maddux does it? Glavine "I'm at 60 percent. Maddux is probably 70." 8. There's a story circulating about Maddux, that he's so far ahead of the game that he predicted afoul ball would be scalded into the dugout a couple of pitches early, just to warn teammates. True or false? Glavine: "It's true. Based on previous swings and what he thought the next pitch was going to be, everything fell into place.

One of the most awe-inspiring things I've seen him come up with." 9. The trait you'd most like to borrow from another player? Sheffield: "Barry Bonds' discipline." 10. Somebody you would spend $100,000 to spend a day at their side? Smoltz: "Martin Luther King. To hear all the knowledge. That's money well-spent." 11.

Two famous people who annoy you so much you'd like to see them in a celebrity boxing match to the death? Jones: "Wesley Snipes vs. Wesley Snipes." 12. If you had to do it all over again, one thing you'd change about your career? Sheffield "Being outspokea I wouldn't shut up, but I wouldn't be what people portray me as, either. I would be more politically correct. I wouldn't do it for me.

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Alex Rodriguez. And Mike Redmond." 2. Percentage of major-league players who think Bonds is a jerk? Glavine: "Forty percent." 3. Most underrated player in baseball? Sheffield: "Moises Alou." Glavine: "Sean Casey 4. What would be the reaction in a major-league clubhouse right now if a player announced he were gay? Jones: "What the hell is wrong with you?" 5.

One possession in your house you'd show off to impress a stranger? Smoltz: "My Jeff Foxworthy-John Smoltz bowling pin trophy. I've beaten up on poor Mr. Fox-worthy in bowling. It's getting ugly. He had the trophy for a while, but now it's mine.

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