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THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE JUNE 29, 1986 55. A New York paper said the Mets had traded away the weakest .300 hitter in their organization. I didn't know they had that many .300 LaSchelle Tarver LEARN TO ROW Our nine hour course of instruction will make you a competent single scull oarsman. For iurther information about the program, club membership equipment sales call us at: 5 ONE-WEEK SESSIONS Day or Overnight BOYS-June29-July18 GIRLS-July20-August1 WHEATON COLLEGE, Norton, MA 617-528-5121 or 5229 9 482-0102 Aboard the Chelsea, 300 Congreu Boston AGES 8-18 i an lai vci an 6other9 guy WIN TWO TICKET not mst HED SOX TO SEE By Sean O'Sullivan Visit the coke display at your local Osco Drug Store for complete details. Fifty pairs of tickets to be given away.

Red Sox vs. California July 13,1986. PAWTUCKET, R.I. The trade was seen by many as a simple swap. My arms for your arms, pjeda and Mitchell for Gardner and Schiraldi.

Throw in a couple of other guys as well, but we all know what this one is really bout. Had the preceding scenario been accurate, the Red Sox would have a lot of explaining to do. Bob Ojeda has a better record than bwight Gooden at New York and Uohn Mitchell is plowing through International League lineups. Meanwhile, Wes Gardner has been hurt and Calvin Schiraldi has been solid (9 saves), but not spectacular (3.71 ERA) in Paw-tucket relief. the Mets had traded away the weakest .300 hitter in their organization.

I didn't know they had that many .300 hitters." he says. Tarver had to sign as a free agent with the Mets in 1980, although he had been drafted three years earlier by the California Angels. Being taken in the 32d round didn't promise much of an immediate future however, and he decided to attend Sacramento State, not far from his native Fresno. Since then, he has abandoned first base and roamed the outfield, playing left and center with the Mets and now standing in right. "I'm not a typical right fielder." he admits.

"It's usually a big guy with power and with a cannon arm. My arm's not the strongest, but it's not the weakest either. It's just a matter of getting to the ball quick enough. I certainly don't consider myself a butcher in the field." Nottle scorns those who would disparage Tarver because his arm isn't quite Dwight Evans'. "If you can hit good in the major leagues, you have a good arm.

If you hit real good, you have a real good arm." 4 I I 60f I COKE, SPRITE, DIET COKE, COCA-COLA CLASSIC 2 Liter Bottles CoX cn(fc sale For now, the 27-year-old nnce Tarver remains patient. 1 just have to keep doing my lob. When Plus Deposit time comes, it'll come." But he SALE PRICE GOOD THROUGH JULY 5, 1986 does believe there is room for him in Boston, adding that "the teams with a combination of power and LaSchelle Tarver knows better. Tarver, currently Pawtucket's starting right fielder, is one of those "other guys" involved in the eight-man deal, but he hasn't been just any other guy on the field. Before last night's double-header against Columbus, Tarver was leading the IL in hitting with a .358 average.

The jury on the trade should be out for a little while longer. Tarver makes no bones about his position in the whole affair. "I'm a nobody," he says frankly. "I have to build a name. I don't feel any pressure, because in my eyes I was just kind of a throw-in, the fourth guy.

Everybody's always heard about the other three guys." It is this guy, however, who has done the damage. Gardner, Schiraldi and outfielder John Christen-sen (currently on the disabled list) have hogged what little limelight reaches McCoy Stadium, but it is because of this guy that PawSox manager Ed Nottle says, "I hate to think where we would be without him." The weird thing about Tarver's relative anonymity is that this is not his first trip near the top of speed seem to score more irequent lv." Globe photoMerry Farnum LaSchelle Tarver might have been a throw-in in the trade between the Red Sox and the Mets, but he's out to build a name for himself. Although he has many goals still ahead of him, winning the International League batting title is (StortitrnF! fJ not one of them. He would rather be in Boston in August, proving that other guys can make good too. AMERICA'S DRUG STORE mm Us mm I Li 721 SPKIAU torrid over the last fortnight, when the PawSox' pitching staff has been badly depleted by the demands of the parent club.

He has hit in 16 of his last 17 games, going 31 for 70 (.443) over that stretch. He also paces the club with 12 stolen bases, despite being out the first three weeks of the year with a groin pull. Whatever his contributions to the team right now, Tarver was surprised to hear last November he would be coming to Boston. "I figured, 'What does Boston need with a guy who can run? They always want guys with power who can really drive the But I realized that I needed the change after five years with the Mets." There was indeed little more Tarver could have done to impress the New Yorkers. In addition to his performance at bat, he stole 71 bases and committed only five errors over the last two years.

Given his record, Tarver was miffed to hear of criticism he received upon leaving Tidewater. "A friend of mine read an article in a New York paper which said that the batting standings. He linished i second in the league in 1984 at .326 and third last year at .311. Furthermore, he can do some-! thing that few in Fenway have ever been able to do: steal bases. So where has this guy been all of the Red Sox' life? The problem is that there is a flip side to all of those right-place- at-the-right-tlme success stories.

4 Tarver has spent his career with organizations knee-deep in outfielders, either young and talented or established and talented. "I'd like to see some club pick him up. and I'd like it to be Boston," says Nottle. "He could play with anybody, but we're not going to give him away." i Tarver has been particularly SMEOtnonG-vmmiiG 721 STEEL BELTED RADIALS Popular 721 radio more than 60 million soldi A7-season fread sfabilized by two strong steel belts. THE WINDOW SIY1ITIIYS Of NEWTON HAS YOUR Whitewall Whitewoll pjj P15580R13 $34.95 P21575R14 66.95 P16580R13 44.95 P22575R14 69.95 P17580R13 54.95 P20575R15 70.95 P18580R13 56.95 P21575R15 72.95 P18575R14 59.95 P22575R15 75.95 P19575R14 61.95 P23575R15 79.95 P20575R14 64.95 7 I Sale ends July 26.

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