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The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. Page 35 Saturday November 8, 1997 aolcees send Rogers to Oakland New York gets Brosius in deal 6i (Rogers) did not live up to our expectations. I don't know exactly what the record, 25 games behind division-leading Seattle. The A's began the process by trading Mark McGwire to St. Louis on July 31.

"He won 12 games, which is more than most of our starting pitchers probably won combined," Oakland general manager Billy Beane said, referring to a staff that won 29 games last season. Rogers, who missed a conference call the A's had scheduled with reporters, pitched a perfect game for Texas against the Angels on July 28, 1994. He spent seven seasons with the Rangers before signing with the Yankees, going 70-51. "I told him we were going to give him the ball every fifth day," Beane said. "He seemed to be excited about that" The Yankees figure to be a markedly different team next season.

Cecil Fielder, Wade Boggs, Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Tim Raines and Pat Kelly have filed for free agency. In addition, they might trade center fielder Bernie Williams rather than agree to his demand for a $70 million, seven-year contract "We'll continue to talk, but you can't just keep beating your head against the wall," Watson said. Williams' agent, Scott Boras, has NEW YORK (AP) Kenny Rogers' i unhappy stay with the Yankees ended i Friday when he was traded to the Oakland Athletics along with $5 million in a deal that eventually will bring third baseman Scott Brosius to New York. Rogers, signed to a $20 million, four-year contract as a free agent before the 1996 season, never adjusted to the turmoil of the Yankees. He nearly was demoted to the bullpen during his first spring training with New York, and his confidence never appeared to recover.

New York had traded him to San Diego July 4 in a deal centered around Greg Vaughn, but the trade was voided the following day when the outfielder flunked his physical and Rogers returned a week later. "He did not live up to our expectations or his," Yankees general manager Bob Watson said. "I don't know exactly what the problem was." New York, which agreed to pay half of Rogers' $5 million salary in each of the next two seasons, said it will get a player to be named. A baseball executive, speaking on the condition he not be identified, said the player will be Brosius, who hit .203 with 11 homers and 41 RBIs, becoming only the fourth player ever whose average dropped 100 points in one season. Brosius hit .304 in 1996 with 22 homers and 71 RBIs despite missing 47 games with a broken right arm after Mark Gubicza hit him with a pitch.

Oakland will protect Brosius during the Nov. 18 expansion draft, then send him to the Yankees, the executive said. The move means the Yankees probably won't protect Charlie Hayes, their regular third baseman, in the draft. Rogers, a left-hander who will be 33 Tuesday, was 12-8 with a 4.68 ERA in his first season was the Yankees but was hit hard in the postseason, allowing 1 1 runs in seven innings. Rogers slumped to 6-7 with a 5.65 ERA last season in 22 starts and nine relief appearances and was dropped from the roster for this year's division series against Cleveland.

That kind of showed his time was up in New York," Watson said. Oakland is looking to rebuild after finishing last in the AL West with a 63-95 problem was. Bob Watson Yankees general manager 33 compared his client to Gary Sheffield ($61 million for six years) and Sammy Sosa ($42.5 million for four years). "We are not on the same page and feel that Bernie is not in that stratosphere as far as dollars," Watson said. "The best interests of the club may be to try to negotiate a one-year deal, and if we can't, go through the arbitration process.

Or it might be in the best interests of the club to try and trade Bernie. But at present, we want to talk about a long-term deal." Rage snaps 3-game losing streak Friday Ley land says he'll stay with Marlins in 1998 ABL Roundup Still's layup with 5:54 remaining in the game. The Xplosion (3-6) didn't threaten again. "We hung tight the first half and once the defense picked up, we knew that we would be able to win it" Quest coach Brian Aglcr said. Still and Shannon Johnson each scored nine points for Columbus.

Still also grabbed seven rebounds as the Quest held a 39-32 rebounding advantage. "One of the most frustrating things is, when they miss, they always seem to have someone there to rebound the ball," Xplosion coach Cheryl Estcs said. Crystal Robinson led Colorado with 13 points. Vicki Hall had 10 points and seven rebounds. Colorado hit 55 percent (Il-of-20) of its field goals in the first half, but made only 28 percent (7-of-25) in the second half.

Columbus made only 3-of-15 (20 percent) 3-point shot attempts. The Xplosion hit all four of its first-half shots from beyond the 3-point arc and made 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) for the game. Florida skipper wants to help area gain stability WESTON, Fla. (AP) Jim Leyland will be back next year as manager of the Florida Marlins when they defend their World Series title. "I will stay in Florida and manage the Florida Marlins in 1998," Leyland said Friday night at a team charity fund raiser.

"I want to give Don Smiley and his group the benefit of the doubt and make this thing work." "I think that it is very important for South Florida that we get some stability. It would be wrong to desert these people after winning the World Series," he said. "I'm going to try to do my job to the best of my ability and see what we can do." Speculation had been building about Leyland's future since owner Wayne Huizenga announced Thursday that he had agreed in principle to sell the Marlins to an investment group headed by Smiley, the team president. Leyland, who won the World Series in his first season with the Marlins, was expected to make an official announcement Saturday morning. "The Florida Marlins are very excited because we have good news today.

It gives us the continuity in the organization having one of the best, if not the best, managers in the game of baseball," Marlins general manager Dave Dombrowski told television station WSVN Friday night. Leyland left the Pittsburgh Pirates after the PHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia rookie La'Keshia Frett scored 20 points as the Rage defeated the Atlanta Glory 85-76 in the ABL Friday night, ending Philadelphia's three-game losing streak. Atlanta coach and guard Teresa Edwards and forward Katrina McCIain combined for 56 points for the Glory (3-7). Edwards led Atlanta with 29 points and 1 1 assists and McCIain had 27 points and 10 rebounds. The Rage (5-4) saw their lead cut to 70-66 midway through the fourth quarter before reeling off 1 1 of the next 13 points.

Adrienne Goodson scored 19 points and Philadelphia native Dawn Staley added 13 for the Rage. With .08 second remaining in the third quarter, Philadelphia guard Michelle Marciniak stripped the ball from Edwards in the backcourt and converted a layup to send the Rage into the final quarter leading 60-53. Quest 66, plosion 51 Katie Smith and Tonya Edwards each had 16 points to lead Columbus past the Colorado Xplosion 66-51 Friday night to give the Quest its sixth straight American Basketball League victory. Columbus trailed 29-27 at halftime but outscorcd Colorado 39-22 in the second half. The 51 points marked the lowest point total in the Xplosion's history.

The Quest (8-2) took control of the game late in the third quarter. Sonja Tate's jumper with 2:21 left gave Columbus a 40-39 lead and started a 16-3 run capped by Valcry 1996 season and signed a $7.5 million, five-year contract last fall. His deal included an escape clause, and there was talk he might exercise it if he did not like the direction the Marlins were headed. But Leyland, who reached the World Series for the first time in his 34-year pro career last October and wound guiding the Marlins over the Cleveland Indians in seven games, will return. There were rumors Leyland was negotiating with Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

Leyland coached for the White Sox before becoming manager of the Pirates. "Everybody's been out of line on that," Leyland told WSVN. "First of all, Jerry Reinsdorf never even called me to congratulate me for winning the World Series and they had me negotiating for a week." The imminent sale Smiley has 30 days to come up with the money means the 1998 Marlins are not likely to look anything like the club that defeated the Indians. The Marlins will have to slash their star-studded lineup to cut their $54 million payroll. The 1998 Marlins will likely have a payroll in the $20 million range to ensure that Smiley and his investors do not incur losses anywhere near the $34 million Huizenga said he lost this year.

That means the valuable parts of the Marlins machinery Bobby Bonilla. Al Leiter, Devon White, and maybe even Gary Sheffield and Moises Alou may be gone. Smiley says he is about (wo-thirds of the way toward meeting Huizenga's asking price believed to be in the range of $150 million. Once done, the deal would need approval from major league baseball. i found ff CLASSIFIEDS results am guaranteed ad is a riort-comrnercial ad, runs 4 times or mom and you receive no pnone ca'is.

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