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Monday, April 9, 1990 Sanfa Cruz Sentinel D-3 Former athletes don't hog airtime Stewart thrives on home openers A's pitcher begins quest for 25-win season tw, Giants, A's notes Hi-y, pal. you ncviT paid your way KSI'N's other analysts will bv: Jim Morgan (tcamlnK with Jon Miller on Sunday nights); Ray Knlht (teaming with Sean McDonounh on Tuesday's early names); Tommy Mutton (teaming with Chris "Hack Hark Back" Herman on Tuesday's West Coast Kames); and Jim I'almer (teaming with Steve Zabriskie on Friday early games). Ilitges most recently has been sports director at Home Sports Kntertainmcnt. where he did analysis lor Texas Hangers haseiiall and Dallas Mavericks baskethiill. "Some of the best reporters often didn't play the game, but they became shrewd at observing it." Ilitnes claims.

"Hopefully, 1 can bring some of that regular fan's IMTspective to our telecasts." Iliti-es. says he knows wht to bung to the booth. "What I like most about hasebftll is the p.K he says. "1 can go to a basebiill game, and if the game is good, be fully entertained for three hours If the game isn't very good, I ran sit and have a wonderful conversation for three hours." The Associntod Prou OAKLAND April Is a lucky month for Davo Stewart, who starts for tin; Oakland Athletics tonight when tliey open regular season play tiKainst the Minnesota Twins. Stewart has won the last two home openers, has an 110 record In April the last two seasons, and has a I I name winning streak for the month.

Hut the last team to beat him was the Twins. Stewart will stall against Allan Anderson. 17 10 last season. Stewart, who won at. 21 and 21 Karnes the past three seasons, has set his sights on 25 victories this year.

"With what we have on this hallclul), I feel I can win that many." he said. Oakland, trying to become the first team to win consecutive world titles since the New York Yankees in 1H77 7H. will rely on stroiic pitch inn. a better defense and a healthy hattinn order this year. The 27-man Oakland roster includes pitcher Mike Norris.

who is makinn a comeback. I lull be on a bin league roster for the first time since "Man. that's prat." Norris, said when he received the news in the clubhouse Sunday as the A's beat the San Francisco (iiants. 50. "I felt 1 needed three flood out inns in sprtnn training, and I think 'V fi it Felix Joso boats Matt Williams' as the National I-eanue champion Oiants.

The win dosed out the Hay area exhibition series 2 1 in favor of Oakland. Sanderson, makinn his first start of the sprinn. held the (iiants to two hits over four inninns. a span that saw San Francisco's defense make five errors. Younn pitched five inninns and nave up two hits.

Mark McGwire had the only run batted in with a hit, doubling home Jose Canseco in the third. The Oiants reached the 27 man limit on Sunday by purchasing the contract of pitcher Handy O'Neal from I'hoenix and signing out comrades to chew ing tobacco while everyone relied on Oriental training methods that Koga said result in fewer pulled muscles. When injuries do happen, players receive acupuncture treatment from a Japanese trainer Koga brought with him. Some of the Japanese players refer frequently to pocket dictionaries to make sure they understand what's being said around them. By JIM VAN VII fT Mi.CUchy Ninvi Sihvko SACKAMKNTO Somewhere, in tin? convoluted Ionic that the blue-suits use to determine what comes across our television screens, the thought grew that when It comes to ballgames it's essential to have a Jock in the broadcast booth.

It didn't matter if the Jock had nothing to say, talked as if he had a mouth full of scrambled eggs or frustrated every F.nghsh teacher In the free world. If the guy hit they wanted him. The original was Dizzy Dean. With his "slud into third'' and his screaming at base coach Fiankie Crosetti from Yankee Stadium's press box, he set America's attitudes about the South bark about 100 years. But in the spirit of Howard Cos-ell, who "never played the game." F.SI'N is going against that trend this year with its ground breaking Wil game regular season baseball package.

In fact, of the ll announcers F.SI'N will employ tins summer, only four are ex-major leaguers. None of the play by play men ever scratched or spit for a living, and the Wednesday and Friday night teams will feature no ex-jocks. It's a novel approach, isn't Actually hiring professional broadcasters to do professional broad casting? It's too simple. Can't work. The most outspoken of the non-jock announcers is Norm Hitzges.

who will team with Gary Thorne. another non-jock, and sportswriter Mike Lupica on Wednesday nights and with Thorne on Friday night West Coast games. Hitzges is the first non jock since Cosell to handle the analyst's role at the national level. "I always hear players say. 'You've never played the Hitzges says.

"My comeback is: Spurs: acupuncture and dictionaries (f.k If Associated Press tag for the A's first run Sunday. fielder Kick U'ach to a one-year pact. They also optioned catcher Kirt Manwaring to I'hoenix. Today, the club is to ask waivers on Donell Nixon for the purpose of giving hint his release. Oakland placed pitchers Jim Corsi and Reggie Harris on the 21-day disabled list.

Corsi has a strain in his right elbow while Harris is suffering from hepatitis. The A's changes mean mm roster players Joe Klink, a left handed pitcher, and Infielder Mike Hordick will be with the club when it opens the season tonight. The Giants open Tuesday at Atlanta. And the Spurs produced their first run of the season in Japanese fashion a walk, a single, a bunt and finally a sacrifice fly. Baseball in Japan is based on more strategy than in America, sacrifice bunts, sacrifice flys and well placed base hits.

"Baseball is a religion to the Japanese," said Don Nomura, the Tokyo born co-owner of the Spurs. "To Americans, it's a game." WRANGLER AT RADIAL I not them," he said. Oakland strunnled in the sprinn. noinn 10. Hob Welch, part of the team's stronn startinn rotation, wasn't particularly ellective In the abbreviated exhibition season.

"I've Just not to net myself fix-used and keep my concentration," said Welch. To Oiants Manager KinT Craln. Sunday's defeat was "an unly ballname." "I want to check nil my in-fielder's nloves," he Joked. Or as it a joke? The Giants committed five errors, four of which led directly to four Oakland ni'is In the early notnn. The name was the finale of the May Hridne series, which nave the A's their liith win in the last 19 meetinns between the two teams, includinn exhibitions and last year's World Series.

Scott Sanderson and Curt Younn, battlinn for the fourth sKt in the Oakland rotation, combined to pitch a four hitter in Sunday's contest. The defendinn world champions, piaymn Ix-torc a home crowd of finished the exhibition season with a 6 10 record, the same an American professional baseball team said despite the his squad's 4 :) loss to the Modesto A's on Friday. About a week ago, Koga flew into Salinas with about a dozen of the most promising minor leaguers in his country, signing a dozen Americans here with similar ambitions. The game featured several touches of this new blend of Japanese and American teamwork. Ameri can players introduced their new TIEMPO RADIAL Emm The Associuted Press SALINAS It was opening night of baseball season for the Salinas Spurs, complete with the traditional forearm bashes, a skirmish with an umpire, as well as untradi-tional s.ikc sipping in the stands and Japanese-English dictionaries in players' pockets.

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