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2D Reno Gazette-Journal Friday, April 6, 1990 Nadia Reno Silver Sox capsules PITCHERS another Nadia." Not even now, when everyone on stage outperformed Comaneci athletically. Everyone from 10-year-old Amy Sherr to Paul Hunt, who performed for laughs in drag. "It's a thrill for me just to be or. the same stage as Nadia, to get to meet her, to see that she's a human being just like me," 1984 Olympian Kelly Garrison said. "A lot of people, me included, got involved with gymnastics after watching her." Now, it's the hope of Garrison and others in the show's cast that Comaneci's return to the sport can keep them involved in gymnastics.

Ziert said plans already are underway to take the show on tour. "Nadia again is excited and motivated," Ziert said. "She sees that she can still do what she loves, that she can still be a part of gymnastics. If George Foreman can sell at 41, why not Nadia at 28?" Why not, indeed? Nadia's skills have faded, but the magic has remained. From page 1D Comaneci hopes the acceptance and understanding will begin April 21, when Thursday's show airs on ABC's Wide World of Sports.

In conjunction, the network will show an in-depth interview between Comaneci and Conner. If Thursday's crowd reception was any indication, the healing process will not take long. "Nadia has endured time incred-, ibly," show producer Paul Ziert said. "After all these years, mothers who grew up watching Nadia are still in as much awe as their daughters who are seeing her for the first time." "I can still remember getting Nadia's autograph at Madison Square Garden in 1976," cast member Cassie Frey said. "I was maybe 8 years old.

It's corny, but it's something that will always be special to me. There will never be Mike Soper (32) A 23-year-old from Saugus, Soper was 5-2 with a 1 .05 ERA and 15 saves with the Gulf Coast Indians last season. He will probably be the team's main stopper out of the bullpen. Bill Wertz (22) At 6-5, 220, Wertz is the biggest pitcher on the squad. The 23-year-old from Cleveland is expected to pitch long relief and will also be a spot starter.

Jeff Whitney (33) Whitney, of Scottsdale, was a late signee by the Silver Sox, joining the team after one of the original pitchers was reassigned. He was Reno's most durable pitcher last year, posting a 9-7 record and nine complete games in 17 starts. He also had a 2.50 ERA. CATCHERS Barry Blackwell (28) Blackwell, 24, from Summit, N.J., will start tonight behind the plate. Brown said Blackwell handles pitchers well and has a strong arm.

Carlos Mota (14) Another native of Puerto Rico, Mota, 22, gives the Silver Sox depth at catcher. INFIELDERS Shawn Barton (9) Barton, 26, from Mountain View, is battling for the starting job at shortstop, the only position not yet decided. Barton started out well in Reno last season but batted poorly over the last three months of the season. However, he has a good glove in the field. He hit .229.

Joel Chimelis (20) A 22-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., Chimelis is one of two Oakland A signees with the Silver Sox. Tim Donahue (4) The opening-day starter at second base, Donahue will be relied on to be the spark plug on offense. The 21 -year-old from Pearl City, Hawaii, will bat leadoff. Mike Easley (15) Easley will be celebrating his 23rd birthday tonight while starting at first base. The Baytown, Texas, native played for Brown last year and was among the team leaders in extra-base hits with 11 triples and 15 doubles.

Milt Harper (23) Harper, 27, may miss the first few weeks of the season due to a hyperextended right knee. Harper led Reno in batting average home runs (25) and RBI (78). He could challenge for the starting first base spot if he is cleared to play by doctors. Clyde Pough (6) Pough, 20, will start at third base tonight. A native of Avon Park, he batted .258 with eight home runs and 37 RBI in 67 games at Burlington last year.

Kaha Wong (35) Wong, 22, of Hilo, Hawaii, will be one of the team's all-purpose players. Wong hit .264 with Reno last season but caught fire when he moved into the starting lineup in August, hitting .405 in the last 26 games. He can play third base, first base and catcher. OUTFIELDERS Mark Charbonnet (12) At 19, Charbonnet will be the youngest player on the team, however, he will be the starter in left field tonight. He is a native of City, Calif.

Tom Eiterman (34) A 22-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, Eiterman was a four-year player at Ohio State University. He also played on Brown's Gulf Coast team and hit .324 with 24 RBI. Alex Ferran (5) Ferran, 20, a left-handed batter and thrower from Miami, will start in center field. Brown said Ferran has a strong arm and can hit for power. The manager would like to see Ferran hit for a higher average.

Gary Nails (11) Nails, 25, was one of Reno's top hitter last year despite striking out 91 times in 419 at-bats. The Crossett, native hit .263 and was third on the team in hits (1 1 0). He was a starter for much of last season but will have to earn the left-field position this year. Ken Whitfield (40) Whitfield, 25, can hit for power. He hits 17 homers with 55 RBI in 104 games with Class-A Kinston last season.

He played in Reno two seasons ago and hit .331 with 18 home runs and 63 RBI in 84 games before being sold to Cleveland. He is a 5-11, 187-pound right-handed hitter. Chuck Alexander (36) A 6-foot-4, 210-pound left-hander, 25, Alexander will be the opening day pitcher. He had arm problems last season (shoulder), but manager Mike Brown expects him to post good numbers if he remains healthy. A native of Hobart, his best pitches are fastball and changeup.

Felix Caraballo (27) Caraballo, 21 is one of two Oakland A's farmhands on the squad, along with shortstop Joel Chimelis. He is a 6-1 right-hander from Dajabon, Puerto Rico. Garry Clark (31) Clark, 25, one of six holdovers from last year's squad, will start the season in the bullpen. He became a starter near the end of last season and finished with a 6-8 record with a team-best earned-run average of 2.16. Clark, from St.

Louis, worked 96 innings, struck out 70 batters and walked 18. Chris Cole (19) A 22-year-old from South Boston, Cole will begin the season in the starting rotation. "He's very competitive and he has a good fastball," Brown said. Cole is 6-1 and weighs 200 pounds. Greg Paxton (26) Also in the starting rotation, Paxton, 23, was on Brown's Gulf Coast team last season.

A 5-11, right-hander from Concord, Cole's best pitch is a curveball. Cecil Pettiford (24) A 6-3 righty from Graham, N.C., Pettiford was a late addition to the Silver Sox, joining the team after left-hander Angel Ortiz developed arm trouble at spring training. He is in the starting rotation. Tad Powers (21) Powers, 24, of Vail, promises to be one of the toughest Reno pitchers for opponents to figure out. The 6-3, 200-pounder has a submarine delivery reminiscent of the majors' Dan Quisenberry.

He is under contract to the Silver Sox and was 7-2 with a 3.18 ERA with the independent Peninsula team in the Carolina League. Keith Shepherd (30) Shepherd, 22, is a 6-2, 200-pounder from Wabash, Ind. Despite never being seen by Brown, he is also in the five-man starting rotation. Carter tive. Baseball is a humbling game." Going into Friday night's Bay Bridge Series game against Oakland at Candlestick Park, Carter is batting .176 this spring.

His third hit of the spring was a sixth-inning single in the Giants' 4-2 loss to Milwaukee at Scottsdale Stadium Thursday. "He's starting to swing the bat a lot better," Giants manager Roger Craig said. "At first, he wasn't swinging it very well. "He's coming on strong. I think he's going to show improvement every time he plays from now on." Before coming to camp, Carter worked four days a week with physical therapist Dan Goldstein in West Palm Beach, Fla.

"I started getting confidence back in the way I was feeling," Carter said. He worked on pushing off with his legs: "Strengthening the knees, trying to build up my quadriceps it feels stronger, but it's never going to be the same after four surgeries. It'll never be 100 percent. "What drives me is the love of the game. Last year was so disappointing." "I'm going to hurt every day that's just the way it is," Carter said.

"You just deal with it. That's all you can do. From page 1D had to start over, Giants hitting coach Dusty Baker said. "We made a few minor changes," he said. "It was just a couple of things.

What they are is between us." Carter said that confidence is slowly building because of what Baker has done for him. "He's seen the way I hit before," Carter said. "He's helped me. I'm better at the plate because of it. "I had been overcompensating because of my knee for a long time.

It's starting to feel good. I give Dusty a lot of credit for recognizing that." Baker played 16 seasons for the Dodgers, Giants and A's. He said he went through injury changing what he did at the plate and he knows how it happens. "Everybody protects themselves from pain," Baker said. "You get into habits you didn't even know you were doing.

It's like gaining weight. You don't think anything of it. You just buy new clothes." Baker said he just wanted Carter to recognize what he's done at the plate and why. He said Carter has been receptive to new ideas. "It behooves him to," Baker said.

"When you have a couple of down years, it's easy to be recep 'pr I ji, ill Donald, Huston and Britton did just that they played well and avoided the terrors of the course that has tested the nerve and temperament of golf's best players for more than a half-century. But those veterans who knew the location of the trouble found it in abundance in the gusty, swirling winds. Take Paul Azinger, for example. He got tangled up in the woods for a while on the par-5 13th. Then he hit one in the water.

Then he hit another in the water. He eventually stalked away, saddled with a 10, and finished with an 80. Greg Norman, the muscular Australian who was a favorite going in, also saw water splash in his 78 that once again put him in a catchup position. "Just lost my concentration," he said. Lee Trevino also had a 78 and Arnold Palmer shot 76.

Masters From page 1D man who has won once in an 11-season career among golf's touring pros. Two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange was less certain the upstart rookies would falter and fail over the last three rounds of the tournament that ranks among the game's Big Four events. "Huston has just won and Mike has been playing well. There's no reason they can't stay there," Strange said.

He also had an explanation for the surprise scores by Masters rookies in an event that normally is dominated by the most established of the game's great players. "The first-timers don't know where the trouble is;" Strange said. "If they're playing well, they don't find the trouble." Craig Sailorbaette Journal WARM-UP TIME: Tad Powers (21) throws a grounder at Silver Sox practice. iJr-jS. LJ Craig Sailorbaeue journal GOING UP HIGH: Jeff Whitney (33) pulls in a high toss.

40: "'X CONGRATULATIONS ZANDER 1991 Reno High School Student Body President THURSDAY APRIL 12 10:00 A.M. PUBLIC AUCTION Discontinuing Truckee Operations "I wanted to throw a left-hander to keep the ball in the park," Brown said. "I want all my pitchers to keep the ball down in the strike zone this year." Mike Easley, who turned 23 today, will start at first base. Tim Donahue will be at second and Clyde Pough gets the nod at third. "Don is only 5-foot-7 but he's well built," Brown said.

"He'll bat lead-off. I really liked him when I saw him in spring ball. It's his first year in pro ball out of the University of Washington. I'm interested to see how he'll adjust to pro ball. Pough is pretty steady around the bag at third." The outfield will be patrolled by a veteran and two of the youngest members of the team.

Ken Whitfield, 25, will start in right field. The center fielder will be 20-year-old Alex Ferran. From page 1D "It's kind of hard tu say what kind of team we are because there are still six to eight guys that I haven't seen," Brown said. "I know how those players feel because I was in a similar situation as a player. I was a utility-type player.

I caught in the bullpen. "But everyone can't play every day and everyone will play. I'm loyal to the Cleveland organization but I'm going to do what's best for the club. And the best thing for the club is to succeed." Tonight's game will help Brown determine if his starters are worthy of being able to stand on the field during the national anthem. Left-hander Chuck Alexander will start on the mound and Barry Blackwell will be the catcher.

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