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The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 61

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vir V4 i. 1 yr f-i-'f 'i r' i 1 'I'TrTi'l I I i'" i -f" 111 i 111 1 i i HE SAID IT: "Mr. Angelos guaranteed he would do everything in the world to keep this club competitive and in a position to win. If we're short of something, I'm sure ownership will go out and get it." Ray Miller, after being named manager of the Baltimore Orioles yesterday. SECTION Scoreboard E2 uj SPORTS EDITOR: DAVE STUBBS 987-2522 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997 enor: Martinez the man Will leave Expos with title as NL's finest pitcher cial feeling in winning over Maddux.

"Of course I'm proud," Martinez said. "Anything with Greg Maddux, you have to be proud. If I'm the best right now, it'll be for a year but I don't consider myself better than Greg Maddux." Martinez becomes the first Expos player to win this honour. He was also, of course, the first Expo to strike out 305. Looking back on his season, Martinez picked out the 1.90 ERA and the strikeouts as the finest of his "The ERA and the strikeouts those two numbers shine more than any of the others." Pedro Martinez Expos have had in uniform, but one of the game's premier pitchers of all time.

"Something to remember is that when you talk about dominant pitchers today Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens you're talking about veterans," Alou said. "The thing about Pedro is that he just reached that plateau, and he's 26. We made him a starter after he'd pitched in the bullpen with the Dodgers. "I want to see him pitch when he's 28, 29, 30. He added a pitch this year, a 'cutter' (cut fastball), since the All-Star Game.

He's learning. He's getting better. And he's dominant now." The Expos have had three pitchers pitch no-hitters Bill Stoneman (twice, in 1969 and 1972), Charlie Lea (1981) and Dennis Martinez (a perfect game in 1991). They've had one 20-game winner Ross Grimsley (1978). In Steve Rogers and Dennis Martinez, they had pitchers who dominated their staffs.

Rogers led or was tied for the lead in wins for the Expos five times. In eight of his nine seasons with the club, he led in innings pitched. Down the stretch and through the playoffs, Rogers was the best pitcher in baseball in 1981 the only year the Expos qualified for post-season play. Unfortunately, Rogers's brilliance over that period is blurred in the minds of many since, in a rare relief role, he gave up the Rick Monday home run that propelled the Dodgers into the World Series. Please see MARTINEZ, PageE6 IAN MocDONALD The Gazette Proud to be the first Dominican to win the Cy Young Award, Pedro Martinez sounded a little disappointed, but not bitter, that he won't be able to celebrate next season as a member of the Expos.

"I'm more sad about it than mad," the little right-hander said about the fact that the Expos are aggressively attempting to trade him in this hour of his greatest personal satisfaction. "That's their politics (trading high-priced talent). I learned that when I first got here. I was made aware of what was going to be done. "I'm very proud about winning the Cy Young.

Going away is something I Martinez's words trailed off. It will be a long time before the pitching statistics that Martinez put up in the books for 1997 fade away. Though four pitchers in the National League won more games (he was 17-8), Martinez led the majors in ERA (1.90), complete games (13) and opponents' batting-average against He was tied for second in NL shutouts (four) and strikeouts (305). Because of this superior work, Martinez won the Cy Young in a landslide, taking 25 of the 28 first-place votes. He was second on the other three ballots.

Five-time winner Greg Maddux was second. With pride coming through in all his remarks during a conference call from Santo Domingo, Martinez showed humility when asked if there was a spe "The innings pitched, I think I could get that any year," Martinez said. "The complete games, I think I could get that and the shutouts, too. "But the ERA and the strikeouts, I think those are tough to get even if you win 20 games and you are on top of your game, in command of everything. "Those two numbers shine more than any of the others." While Martinez undoubtedly had the best season an Expos pitcher has ever enjoyed, questions about whether he is the best pitcher who ever worked for the team might still be up in the air.

Expos manager Felipe Alou, for one, is certain that time will prove Martinez not only to be the best pitcher the -t Pedro's 1997 starts Dec. Score IP ''el'' If Date 0pp. 4-15 at Hou. 4-20 (2) at Phi. 4- 26 N.Y.M.

5- 01 Hou. 5-06 at S.F. 5-13 S.D. 5-18 LA. 5-23 Pit.

5- 28 N.Y.M. 6- 03 at N.Y.M. 6-08 Chi. 6-14 Det. 6-20 Fla.

6-25 Cin. 6- 30 at Tor. 7- 05 Atl. 7-13 at Cin. 7-18 Hou.

7-24 at Hou. 7- 29 at Col. 8- 03 S.D. 8-09 S.F. 8-14 at LA.

8-20 St.L 8-25 at St.L. 8- 30 at N.Y.Y. 9- 04 Phi. 9-10 Pit. 9-15 at Pit.

9-20 at Atl. 9-25 Fla. ER 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 4 0 2 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 2 4 2 1 BB SO HR ERA Opp. Pitcher 2 5 1 1.50 Holt 2 8 0 0.68 Portugal 3(1) 10 0 0.44 Mlicki 2 9 0 0.31 Holt 1 10 0 0.50 Estes 0 7 0 0.71 Valenzuela 1 7 2 1.20 Astacio 0 12 0 1.17 Cooke 3 5 1 1.36 Jones 2 12 1 1.45 Jones 3 13 0 1.78 Trachsel 2 14 0 1.60 Thompson 4 12 1 1.64 Fernandez 3 11 0 1.58 Mercker 1 10 1 1.54 Hentgen 6 9 1 1.74 Glavine 1 9 0 1.62 Morgan 3 9 0 1.67 Garcia 1 4 2 1.91 Reynolds 1 13 0 1.80 Wright 3 10 1 1.76 Ashby 1 8 2 1.72 Estes 4 12 1 1.70 Valdes 6 13 0 1.64 Aybar 2 13 0 1.61 Aybar 1 10 0 1.63 Wells 1 11 3 1.78 Beech 0 8 0 1.81 Lieber 2 10 0 1.91 Loaiza 1 12 1 1.92 Glavine 4 9 0 1.90 Fernandez ND ND ND ND ND ND 7- 5 3- 0 8- 1 4- 0 10-3 7-3 7-4 4- 1 0- 7 1- 2 5- 4 1-0 1-2 1- 2 2- 1 3- 5 2- 0 0-2 5-10 3- 0 6- 3 2- 1 0- 1 3- 6 2- 1 7- 2 4- 6 5- 4 4-5 1- 3 3- 2 6.0 7.1 7.0 9.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 9.0 5.0 8.0 6.2 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 6.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.0 6.2 8.2 9.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 3 5 4 3 2 11 6 5 7 7 6 3 5 5 3 6 1 7 5 5 3 4 5 2 4 5 7 7 11 6 4 4 MARCOS TOWNSEND, GAZETTE Expos' Pedro Martinez finished season with a 17-8 record and 1.90 ERA. INSIDE Schumacher gets slap on wrist Points for '97 season taken away, but driver won't be fined or suspended FORMULA ONE 1997 Final Standings After Michael Schumacher's disqualification by FIA: .1 I ft; t'l fli'-mir lift if i iW HELEN BRANSWELL Canadian Press LONDON German driver Michael Schumacher escaped with a slap on the wrist yesterday for ramming Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in the season-ending Formula One race last month.

While reports had speculated Schumacher might be hit with a lengthy suspension or massive fine, FIA the world governing body of the sport -simply took away all the championship points the Ferrari ace won during the "97 season. Although Schumacher's individual results will stand, he is no longer run And he dismissed suggestions FIA had not been tough enough. "Finishing second in the FIA championship is an amazing achievement and to have it taken away is a serious punishment," Mosley said. After the hearing, Schumacher said he had made a mistake. "I'm not Superman.

I'm not the biggest idiot. I'm somewhere in the middle." Schumacher described the penalty as "tough." "It's something I obviously accept due to the mistake and action that happened on the circuit in Jerez," he said. "For me, personally, it's quite a tough KIMBERLY BARTH, AFP Moises Alou is headed to Houston. Marlins trade Alou The Florida Marlins began the breakup of their World Series team -yesterday, trading Moises Alou to Houston for two minor-league pitchers and a player to be named. Page E6 decision losing my second position.

For Ferrari, having second position, it means something. "On the other side, I have to admit I have done a mis "I'm not Superman. I'm not the biggest idiot. I'm somewhere in the middle." Michael Schumacher ner-up to Villeneuve in the drivers' championship. Germany's Heinz-Harald Frentzen Villeneuve's teammate at Williams moved up to second place.

At yesterday's hear Driver Team Points 1 J. Villeneuve, Canada Williams-Renault: 81 2 Frentzen, Germany Williams-Renault 42 3 J. Alesi, France EJenetton-RenauH 36 4 D. Coulthard, U.K. McLaren-Mercedes 36 5 M.

Hakkinen, Finland McLaren-Mercedes 27 6 Berger, Austria Benetton-Renault 27 7 E. Irvine, U.K. Ferrari 24 8 G. Fisichella, Italy Jordan-Peugeot 20 9 O. Panis, France Prost Mugen Honda 16 10 J.

Herbert, U.K. Sauber-Petronas 15 11 R. Schumacher, Germany Jordan-Peugeot 13 12 D.Hill, U.K. Arrows-Yamaha 7 13 R. Barccheiio, Brazil Stewart-Ford 6 14 A.

Viurz, Austria Benetton-Renault 4 15 J. Trulb, Italy Prost Mugen Honda 3 16 M. Salo, Finland Tyrrell-Ford 2 S. Nakano, Japan Prost Mugen Honda 2 P. Diniz, Brazil Arrows-Yamaha 2 19 N.

Larini, Italy Sauber-Petronas 1 SCORECARD HOCKEY Flyers 1, Senators 0 Leafs 5, Blackhawks 2 Avalanche 2, Red Wings Coyotes 5, Lightning 2 Kings 8, Canucks 2 take and I do accept the penalty" Schumacher, who testified at the hearing, has denied intentionally ramming Villeneuve but admitted he made a driving mistake. Villeneuve, who is on vacation, was not present Schumacher said there were no hard feelings between him and Villeneuve. "I saw Jacques just an hour or two after the race and we had a drink together," the German said. "He said, 'Why didn't you close the door And I said, 'I simply didn't see you. Then we went out and had a good night together." Villeneuve, however, has said he has no doubts that Schumacher tried to take him out ing, FIA also ruled there was no collusion between Villeneuve's Williams team and McLaren to fix the outcome of the season-ending European Grand Prix in Jerez, Spain, on Oct 26.

FIA president Max Mosley said Schumacher's collision with Villeneuve was "apparently deliberate, but instinctive and not premeditated." The Canadian went on to win the championship while Schumacher spun out Mosley said it would be "futile" to ban Schumacher on grounds that it would not act as a deterrent. Mosley said FIA considered imposing a fine, but instead asked the former two-time world champion to take part in a road-safety campaign next year ON THE TUBE TQS Hockey: Canadiens at Mighty Ducks. 10:30 p.m. TSN Tennis: ATP Tour World Championship, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m.; Bowling: PBA BayerBrunswick Touring Players Championship, 7:30 p.m. RDS Tennis: ATP Tour World Championship.

8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. WTBS Basketball: New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors. 8 o.m. KRT GRAPHIC.

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