The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 39

SHREVEPORT JOURNAL SHREVEPORT BOSSIER CITY LA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 1991 5c Evers ready to get back Money hurting i Pirates NEW YORK (AP) The Pirates have begun to find out how' much it costs to be successful The National League East cham-" pions received a shock Thursday when" Cy Young Award winner Doug Drabek set an arbitration record with a million award And a decision on out--fielder Bobby request for $3475000 could be decided as soon as today "Doug is deserving of a generous salary but this is another example of the unchecked escalation of salaries' currently plaguing our indus- Pirates president Carl Barger said "We thought we made a generous While Bonilla is attempting to top record the Pirates are offer- ing him $24 million Meanwhile ouU' fielder Barry Bonds and Pittsburgh are scheduled for a hearing today Bonds is asking for $325 million while the Pirates are offering $23 million "Salaries are going up a lot but people complain about movies stars making (big) money they still go to the Drabek said after arbitrator Raymond Goetz rejected the offer of $23 million in the entertainment business just like movie stars and rock stars You have to go where the market is and adjust yourself to the changes" Drabek broke the record of $2 1 million set on last Saturday by Cali-j fornia first baseman Wally Joyner Drabek a 28-year-old right-hander' became the fourth highest-paid pitcher in baseball behind Roger Clemens ($5380250) Dave Stewart ($3 5 million) and Bob Welch ($3 45 million) Drabek became the 38th player and first Pirate with a $3 million contract delighted but we thought -we clearly won" said Randy Hendricks one of Drabck's agents Pirates were respectful and cordial in" negotiations but they came in with a low-ball figure This represents the flow of the market" Drabek won $11 million in arbitration last year when he was 22-6 with a 278 ERA for the National League East champions He was a near-unanimous choice for the Cy Young Award receiving 23 of 24 first-place votes Since last Friday the Hendricks brothers Randy and Alan have won Drabek's case negotiated $21521000 extension with Boston and Kelly $11 million three-year contract with Toronto and settled Chuck case The four deals total $38356000 over nine' years an average of $4261778- organization is bringing in players before spring training starts Of the 40 participating all played in the organization at the Class A or rookie league level a year ago That began on Feb 10 Spring training for minor leaguers begins on March 7 for pitchers and on March 10 for every day players and Evers is anxious to get back to work the off-season you often think about the things you might want to change" he said are a lot of things you might want to try or do already been something that Evers is doing differently in the off-season For the first time since he was married his family has found a permanent home Previously the Evers Family would pack up with the coming of baseball season and make a home of wherever it was that he was managing Off-season might be spent in Iowa or Mexico or any place in between all changed now In fact change officially on Wednesday when Evers and his family move into a new house in Mesa Ariz "It's been a very quiet Evers said done a lot of Mr Which can in a lot of ways be tougher than managing "Without a he said "I've got a lot of tough decisions around Evers carries with him plenty of memories from the previous season First there was the way the Captains won the first half taking five of six from Tulsa including the final three games which had overflow crowds on hot June nights during the middle of the week "To have 18000 for those three nights was just he said played a big part in Then there were the playoffs against favored Jackson and the clinching win in Game 2 when Kash Beauchamp slid into first base and beat first baseman A1 Jiminez to the bag on what should have be routine game-ending out Shreveport went on to win the game and the series still have dreams of Beauchamp diving" Evers said the umpire making the right call The right Then the Texas League Championship Series The Captains left FGF after losing two of the first three When the arrived in San Antonio for the rest of the series all they heard was talk about the Missions getting ready for ring sizing "We just came together at the right -time in the Evers said By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL Journal Executive Sports Editor Bill Evers can still hear the guy on the public address system at Keefe Stadium in San Antonio Texas That was in early September but the memory dulled Evers was standing on the field as his Shreveport Captains trailed 4-1 in the fourth game of a best-of-seven Texas League Championship Series The opponents the San Antonio Missions were already leading the series 2-1 and looked to be a few outs away from being up 3-1 When Evers heard the announcement for fans to get their tickets for the game he knew that he wouldn't need to say one more motivational word "Our guys caught that Evers said It was about that time the Captains with some help from the gods of rainouts (the Missions had a 4-0 lead in Game washed out) were able to turn things around and come away with the title No more were they Next Champions But it's much closer to next year than last year so these days Evers is more inclined to think about 1991 than 1990 get asked tons of questions about both when he arrives in town today for an off-season appearance with the Captains who he will manage for the third year Evers will be joined by pitching coach Todd Oakes (also returning from a year ago) as part of an Open House and Baseball Card Show at Fair Grounds Field Saturday from 10 a to 6 pm Evers and Oakes will be at the stadium from noon until 4 pm Those of you who won't get to ask here is the answer: looks like a typical Shreveport team with outstanding pitching and good speed We should also be strong up the middle The translation of that means you can look for former No 1 draft pick Royce Clayton to be holding the job at shortstop when the season opens in April Clayton was the top pick by the Giants in the 1988 draft out of St Bernard (Calif) High and played last year at Class A San Jose He hit 267 with 7 1 runs batted in and had IS doubles 10 triples and seven home runs He also stole 33 bases Actually this the off-season for Evers because he's already at work at the mini-camp (where Clayton is working out) Instead of an Instructional League in the fall the List going Things have been considerably quieter for Manager Bill Evers (right) during the off-season for gold Area sports in national meet YOUR MONEYS WORTH AND A WHOLE LOT MORE OUpB PROGRAMMABLE-TREADMILL DUALTRAC203tH0MEGYM From staff wire reports Nobody can say LSU-Shreveport sophomore Dawn List isn't pulling her own weight List who weighs 104 pounds not only pulls her own weight but lifts 1 10 in the clean and jerk and is hoping to add 10 pounds to that total in the United States Weightlifting Federation national collegiate championships at LSUS Saturday She is one of three qualifiers in the 56-kilogram division making her qualifying total when she won the Louisiana state championship in November Competition is scheduled for the University Center Theater starting at 10 a Saturday competition starts at 1 pm A graduate of Loyola College Prep List was an All-District softball player at Grawood before transferring to Loyola When she started her weight training program in June of 1990 it was all she could do to lift the 45-pound bar When she isn't attending classes or lifting weights the pre-pharmacy major is working 25-40 hours a week as a checker at No 1 8 on Line Avenue List doesn't know anything about her two competitors in the national meet Just going to do my she said "I'm really competing against myself" The national meet is sponsored by the Sports Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier City HCA Highland Hospital Highland Clinic the Office of Intramural and Club Sports of LSUS and the LSUS Weightlifting Club Tournament director is Dr Kyle Pierce who is hoping to bring the 1992 United States Olympic Trials to Shreveport Loyola plays tonight Loyola College Prep enters the Class AA state basketball playoffs at Huntington tonight playing Jonesboro-Hodge at 6 30 Loyola was runnerup to Springhill in District 1-AA and Jonesboro-Hodge was runnerup to defending state champion Coushatta in District 3-AA Kavanaugh is choice Mark Kavanaugh an assistant coach at state champion Ruston High and former head coach at DeRidder has been recommended to Caddo Parish School Superintendent Terry Terrill as the next head football coach at Huntington High School Willie Henderson the Caddo assistant superintendent in charge of personnel and a member of the seven-man interview committee that unanimously recommended Kavanaugh I 1 HP MOTOR 59999 Reg $749 99 Allows 4 users to progrom store their own Individual speeds 10-function LCD readout motivational fitness monitor meosures calories burned pulse 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