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Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York • Page 83

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Rochester, New York
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1SE SUNDAY DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. ROCHESTER. N.Y.. DECEMBER 25, 1988 BASEBALL NOTEBOOK BROOKS PARK FLY SS 1 140 Brooks Avenue (Opp. Airport Next to Gas Station) Complimentary ticket good for ONE FULL DAY of Orioles camp is providing needed homes By Patti Singer OfJ 111 2 S5i v.

Ml a LL Beach, in conjunction with the city. Dent will try to recreate his three-run homer that carried the Yankees over the Red Sox in a one-game playoff when the facility opens in February The city of Ottawa, Ontario, made a presentation to the American Association and International league at the winter meetings earlier this month, saying it wants to be considered in any expansion. Ottawa had a team in the IL for one year in the late 1800s and four years in the 1950s. Washington, D.C., is also courting the Alliance The major-league minimum salary will rise to $68,000, reflecting an automatic cost of living increase of $5,500. According to The Associated Press, the minimum salary ha9 increased 467 percent in the last 20 years.

Extra bases The Rochester Men's Senior Baseball League is accepting applications for players 30 and over for the 1989 season. The league, which had six teams last season, has expanded with a team in Honeoye Falls and is looking to reach 10 teams. For more information, contact Lou Antignano at 473-2373 Photographer Bernie Liber-tore and Channel 10 sportscaster Bill Pucko produced a card set commemorating the Red Wings' Governors' Cup victory. The cards are available through the Red Wings office Bucky Dent, whose 12-year major-league career seems to be remembered only for one moment in October 1978, is creating a Little Fenway Park at his baseball school in Delray Democrat and Chronicle FREE PARKING LIMIT ONE TICKET PER CUSTOMER This Ticket Good Until i Call 328-6530 1-25-89 The city of Miami and Dade County are trying to house more than 1,000 Nicaraguan refugees expected in the next few months. They plan to put more than 150 in Bobby Madura Miami Stadium, the spring training home of the Baltimore Orioles.

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The Orioles begin spring training Feb. 16 with pitchers and catchers at Twins Lakes Park in Sarasota, where the minor leaguers will hold their camp. The Orioles leave for Miami March 1 and begin their Grapefruit League season March 3 against the Mete. Orioles spokesman Rick Vaughn said the team has been assured the stadium will be cleared by spring training. As far as sharing the facility, the paper reported City Commis- sioner Victor DeYurre as saying, "We just have to adjust to the circumstances.

I don't think there will be any problem if it comes to that. The Orioles stay on the field. They won't bother the refugees. Right now, however, there are a lot of the refugees staying in the Orioles offices at the stadium and that will have to be rearranged." Early expansion The president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues has said that before the major leagues add teams, he wants them to be operating teams in the minor leagues. The recent expansion of the New York-Penn-League from 12 to 14 teams may be a step in that direction.

The Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, who moved into the NY-P in Watertown and Niagara Falls, respectively, are established major-league teams. Still, they may be helping the lower minor leagues test the elasticity expan-; sion requires. One of NAPBL President Sal Artiaga reservations about expanding the NY-P League was the difficulty in working a 14-team schedule. But NY-P President Leo Pinckney assured Artiaga they would have no trou- ble. The league also had to convince Artiaga that Watertown could support a franchise.

After leading the league in attendance in 1983 with 77,000, they dropped to 20,000 last year and lost the franchise to Wel-. land, Ontario. Pinckney said the community rallied behind Jeffer-' son County Baseball President Mike Schell in his presentation to the league. Niagara Falls posed less of a problem as minor-league baseball entrepreneur Bob Rich owns the team. "He was the main attraction," Pinckney said.

But Rich must get permission to operate from the franchises in Welland and St. Catharines because he is within their 35-mile territorial ra- dius. Steinbrenner's remorse Yankees owner George Stein-, brenner talked to Newsday about the loss of captains Willie Randolph, who was passed over in favor of free agent Steve Sax, and Ron Guidry, who the Yankees believe is finished at 38. "I feel a lot, losing those two guys," Steinbrenner said. "I think that 78 year (25-3 for the Cy -1 Young Award winner) for Guidry will probably always remain in my mind.

It's a tough time for me seeing Ron Guidry and Willie Randolph leave. I kept myself apart because of my feelings. It's hard for all good things to come to an end." Steinbrenner said he did not have the composure to call the players at first "It was hard for me to talk to them," he said. Tommy John was also a victim of the purge. "Then I talked to Tommy and I wrote a card to Willie.

They (those who doubted his sincerity) should have agonized over it like I did. I put in words to Willie how I felt My family loved Willie; it's a tough time for them. I will write to Ron; I will talk to Ron." Guidry's agent, Reggie Rin-guet, thought Steinbrenner cried crocodile tears. "Talk is cheap," Ringuet said. "We're not happy.

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