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O1'' i www www wtoraaa-rwwtor 1 PAGE 10B DURHAM MORNING HERALD SUNDAY MARCH 9 1986 Miller Attacks Position players with guts enough to defend MilTer corn- Chadwick Near Life As An Angei NEW YORK (AP) The players who accepted Baseball Comm nmissioner Peter conditions for avoiding drug-related suspensions showed alack of guts for not fighting the penal- ties through the grievance proce-' Marvin dure retired union chief Miller said Saturday had nothing to lose They certainly would have been no worse off if they lost their Miller said we have thrower but now I think I've learned to he said have games now where 1 have the real good fastball and get the seven or eight strikeouts but I'll get the win and that makes me feel like Limited Him Onlyt PRE-SEASON CFARS LAWN MOWER TUNE-UP mented after Keith Hernandez of the Mets joined the six other players who had been conditionally suspended for one year in agreeing to abide by conditions in order to play this year Hernandei and the others could have played until the grievance was settled Miller said and "if they lost the would have been no worse off" I rergae Bring your SEARS Lawn Mower in for a Spring Tune-Up before March 31 Lawn Mower Blades Sharpened Off Lawn Mower 1 OO Sears Service Center Parts Dept 1620 Guess Rd Mon -SaL70m-Spm Service Ph 286-9266 Parts Ph 288-9222 By JOHN GODWIN Herald sports writer You might say Ray Chadwick has touched all the bases of professional baseball in one year The Durham native began the 1985 season in the Class A California League pitched his way through the Double-A and Triple-A leagues then followed up an impressive winter season in Mexico by landing a spot on the California Angels' spring training roster Chadwick a 1981 Durham High graduate served notice this week when the exhibition season opened that the Angels might have to think twice about sending him packing again when the team trims its 40-man spring training roster to 25 prior to the opening of the regular season The 23-year-old right-handed pitcher followed two scoreless innings in an intrasquad game Tuesday by retiring nine straight batters in three innings -of work in the 11-1 pounding of the San Diego Padres Friday Chadwick struck out two batters and allowed only a soft fly ball by Jerry Royster out of the infield Although he was called in on short notice to work in place of the injured Donnie Moore Chadwick said in a telephone interview Friday night from Yuma Ariz where the Padres are based that working against a major league lineup for the first time was not that mind-boggling I think I was nervous although the first two pitches I threw in warmups went all the way to the he said mice the batters stepped in there I just blocked them out As far as I was concerned it was just me and the catcher playing Chadwick said he threw only four breaking!) alls in his performance Friday "When I came out somebody said real sarcastically to mix he said when I up- i a lineup the first time I usually throw nothing but fast balls and since I threw only three innings I only faced their lineup With the Angels looking for i Chadwick's fastball strong arms which is usually in the 90-92 mph range is undoubtedly drawing attention the past I was just a hard CLEARANCE 8pacW to ttw Harald Is aiming for the big leagues SALE 1985 John Deere Mowers ft 4 While Supplies Lead come a long ways adwick Chadwick was signed in 1983 by the Angels in the 16th round out of Winston-Salem State which does not have a baseball team The former DHS quarterback played two seasons of football at WSSU and played semi-pro baseball in the summer where he caught the attention of an Angels scout The Angels originally wanted him as a position player before signing him as a pitcher Struggling to learn the mechanics of pitching Chadwick suffered injuries in each of his past three seasons He missed the first 2 Vi months last season with elbow chips and calcification of the elbow Coming off the disabled list he threw only eight innings at Redwood of the Class A California League before being called up to Midland Tex At the Class AA level he got off to an 0-2 start with a 1500 -ERA before turning his season around by winning the next five in a row with an ESA in the 15 range He finished the season at Edmonton of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League with a 1-1 -record then went 6-5 with a league-leading 170 ERA with Tijuana of the Mexican League this winter His winter league performance was highlighted by a no-hitter his first since blanking Hillside in high schooL The winter was also made memorable by a riot at a visiting stadium where Chadwick's team had to wait 2V4 hours following the game before leaving the stadium with a police escort don't know if I would have -stayed all season if I pitched for Tijuana because I was able to stay in the US when we played at he said did absolutely nothing in -Tijuana as soon as a game was over I made a beeline across the border to San Making the Angels roster to start the season be easy Chadwick said know got a lot of older guys gonna give the first shot he said with guaranteed contracts If I just go --j happy v- out and do my best be happy Perez who re-signed with the Reds as a free agent after his contract expired is expected to spend the season as a pinch hit-: ter and occasional first baseman understudying for player-man- ager Pete Rose He singled home a run in the1 first Inning and erased a 4-2 Phillies lead with his baaea-loaded homer in the fifth over the left-field wall in other exhibition action Saturday the Chicago White Sox beat Pittsburgh 3-2 St Louis dumped the New York Mets 10-2 -the New York Yankees beat Bal- timore 4-1 Toronto topped Minnesota 3-2 Texaa pounded Kansas City 8-0 Detroit stopped Boston 6-4 Houston tippet Angeles 4-3 San Diego got past California 7-4 Seattle ripped Oakland 10-3 Montreal beat At- lanta 4-3 Cleveland split its ill squad and lost 4-3 in 10 innings low cost Road Test Remove the Clean sump and screen Rm Perez Starts 22nd Season With A Bang Prices Good Thru 3-15-86 reached one of my id he learned that Chadwick sail patience may prove to be as valuable an asset to him as his fastball main thing is that i just patient eventually my day will Nettles scored McReynolds with single Gwynn Nettles and John Kruk collected two hits apiece for the Padres while Wally ili- Joyner Doug DeCinces Gus Poll-dor and pitcher Kirk McCaskill had two hits each for the Angels I Terry Forster walked Rene Gonzales in the ninth inning to i For- force in the winning run ster who walked four batters in the inning also forced in the tying run by walking pinch ter Andres Galarraga Nothing Runs Like a Equipment Inc 1699 Old Durham Rd Roxboro NC 27573 JONNDCKM Call Toll 1-800-672-7894 GOXDDYEaRSNOTIGE Ex-DHS pitcher Ray Chadwick Right now a starter and got five solid starters so they may either make me a reliever or send me back to Triple-A to start But my goal was to make the team this year so if I make it now and do well enough to get called up in SElatfflwT pw hwv vwhww September I still will have Spring Training to San Francisco and beat the Mexico City Reds 7-5 and Milwaukee routed the Chicago Cubs 11-4 Four New York pitchers stopped Baltimore on three hits in the opening exhibition game for both teams and Lou debut as Yankee manager Ron Guidry yielded one hit in the first three Innings rookie Bob Tewksbury allowed fourth-inning home run by Cal Ripken in his three Innings of work and Bob Shirley and Ai Holland held the Orioles hitless the rest of the way Kevin two-run triple in the third broke a 2-2 tie and carried San Diego to the victory The hit icored Tim Flannery and Tony Gwynn and Graig tune up includes: Visual Inspection Adjust bends and inkage Associated Press reports Tony Perez entering his 22nd major-league season got off to a quick atart in exhibition play with a grand-slam home run and a run-scoring single Saturday in 1 the Cincinnati 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies -Perez who last year became the oldest player ever to hit a grand slam cleared the bases by lining an 0-2 pitch from Juan Rios over an advertisement for a retirement town painted on the left-field wall got to get ready but I care to just get into shape" said Perez 43 who insists he takes spring training very seriously want anybody to get me out and I believe in that thing about waiting until the bell rings to start West Team Named For E-W Football GREENSBORO (AP) North top two high school quarterbacks Greensboro Page's Jeff Dunn and High Point John head the list of 30 players selected Saturday to play for the West in th i the 38th annual East-West All-Star football game later this summer Dunn who led the Pirates to three straight 4-A championships has signed a grant-in-aid to play at Alabama while Wagoner guided the Red Raiders to two consecutive playoff appearances and is headed to Ohio State quarterbacks are definitely one of our said West coach Doug Brooks of Waynesville Tuscola have to be pretty good considering the schools they've signed with both great The game matching the top 30 high school seniors from the West against the top 30 from the East is scheduled for July 24 at Greensboro Jamieson Stadium Winston-Salem Parkland run ning back Kennard Martin will head a group of talented backs Martin who has signed with North Carolina will be joined by gh Associated Press high school player of the year Alvin Baker of Bunker Hill Jo Johnny Buck Mitchell oil -A state champion Swain County and Junior Robinson of High Point Andrews The receivers include two-time all-stater Stanley Daniels of Ban dy and Ray Taylor of Salisbury jjjj Daniels will play at North Carol na Tomorrow Monday March 10 Every Goodyear Tire In Stock Will Be Sale Priced To Clean Out Surplus Inventory Miss This Big Event! aanrioa lor mod dovnaMte Replace pan paaketand fluid Rmnfew 9w to lyMnllto mtonton and impwtod en you toraady Iww i and imported dwdji maaitonanca Iwto carargou bout our adNrr nr DO YtmSBF Atom GOTO 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