The Olathe Daily News from Olathe, Kansas • 18

4B Satukpat Awn 2 1994 THE OLATHE DAILY NEWS David Segui enjoying success thanks to lots of family support Jennifer Frey New York Time him for it calls him a and accuses him of refusing to take fishing trip with his father because be wouldn't want to leave his mother behind The teasing makes Segui Mush a little but he deny that true know how my mom did David said "I remember she used to use baseball as a punishment If we were bad we go to the Emily also gets credit oral least partial credit for David's impressive defensive skills given that she hit him all those fungoes Since childhood David has spent more time working on his defense than hb hitting although as a switch-hitter with a 263 mqjar league average he fa certainly a credible hitter But his excellent defensive skills are one of the main reasons the Mets acquired him from Baltimore last Sunday think you can save more runs with a glove than you probably can drive in with a Segui said look at it like a competition The hitter fa trying to get the ball by me and not going to let him beat Segui had 5 errors in 146 games with the Orioles last season a number that makes the pitchers grin with glee This spring though he had five errors just in occasional action But he has an explanation got myself a bigger Segui said guess I just drought bigger was better and be able to catch fnore The first time he made an error Segui raised his eyebrows and the second and third times he got a bit worried He was Naming the glove after the fourth error and after five he had lost patience with himself think going toburn said Segui who has gone back to using his old glove work I put up with PORT ST LUCIE Fla -David Segui considers it a competition The batter wants a hit Segui wants to deny him Any ball on the right side of the field is fair game There are those he cant stop and those make him a little this trailed There are those he should have stopped and those drive him nuts And if others make errors well that's the want Even as a child in Little League he was die same way According to his father Diego Segui who pitched in the mqjor leagues for 15 yean that fa why David the new first baseman could never have become a pitcher One of the infielders would make an error David would lose a game and then he would refine to eat Cor the rest of the day "I think my son Is akx likel am although he be a said Diego who itQl lives in Kansas City where he reached the majors with the Athletici in 1962 and where David was bora and raised "I tried but he liked to hit he wanted to hit all the time And he'd get mad at people when make errors and lose Still now when he loses something happens to him He comes home and he does not want to cat same thing used to happen with Diego continued lose and I swallow one thing proud of in him He has feeling when he plays I always remember that about firsl memories of his father are somewhat cloudy It was sometime late in the 1960s and David Segui was it the ban park where Diego Segui was expected to pitch Always the memories of his father are about ball parks For the Seguis life was about ball parks David cannot imagine it any other way "I can remember going to the stadium when I was 2 or 3 in Kansas said David 27 kind of foggy It reaUy started in Oakland Every day it was a big deal far us to go to the games when I saw my father When I think of him I think of baseball and of being at the From 1962-77 Diego Segui pitched for six teams in six cities including the Athletics of Kansas City and Oakland and Pilots and Mariners Until college David can barely remember a time that he spent with his father that did not involve baseball His father played through tiie regular season then went to winter hall to earn money in the off season And David kept contact with him by watching his games or listening on the radio and by remembering hia statistics and die games that he played stayed in Kansas City once the kids started said Emily Segui who in addition to David has two other sons and a younger daughter we at the bail park we were listening every day on die radio We never forced it down their throats It was their choice if they wanted to play that was fine David always wanted to His skills may have been inherited from his father but both David and Diego agree that Emily had much to do with honing them At times a de facto single mother Emily Segui used to take her three sons to their various baseball leagues play catch in the backyard even hit fungoes to David to help him work on his defensive skills attachment to his mother was such that his father still teases SourocTte Wbrid AMm Oat CounM Augusta MM ARfEd Do Gasan Couples withdraws from Masters TtetaaghMnw AUGUSTA Go Red Couples suffering from a hernialed disc in hii lower back joins Paul Azinger and Phil Mickelson on the sidelines for the Masters Couples the 1992 Masters champion and two-time PGA Tour Player of the Year withdrew Cram the first of golfs four mqjor events tournament officials said Friday "I am very disappointed to have to miss so many of my favorite tournament stops" Couples said in a prepared statement I know that the best thing far me to do is to worit hard and get my bock His agent Lynn Roach said Couples is expected to be out of action another six to eight weeks Surgery fa not indicated at this time the agent said Couples has already been sidelined nearly a month since a bout with back spasms while wanning up for for the final round of the Doral Open Earlier this week after a magnetic resonance imaging test in Dallas hb problem was diagnosed as a herniated disc Roach said "It is very difficult not being able to play in die Masters but all my sponsors and the Cans have been tremendously Couples said "I am fortunate that my injury was not more severe and I look forward to coming bade and having many more playing years ahead of the 34-year-old Couples said Couples finished second in both his American starts this year 1 Rangers open $189 million stadium i shows no ill effects for Marlins dreamed a big dream But we came through Now got to get a championship pennant to go with it This is a new era for the took us to a new level This ballpark takes in to a higher level This is day one of 75 yean of baseball here This stadium will stand the test of time Bush added Restaurants and executive suites costing from $30000 to $200000 ring the outfield The ball carried well during batting practice Dean Palmer of the Rangers hit a shot that went over 450 feet onto the grassy knoll in center field that serves as a perfect background think this will be a park but the power alleys at 390 and 377 can be Kennedy said think this park can be to our advantage just like Fenway Farit is to the Boston Red to it The fans here get the convenience of new parks with the old look to Ryan said park should have a positive effect on the Ryan barely made the first pitch He got stuck in die traffic just short of Nolan Ryan Expressway got deadlocked and sat out there for 30 Ryan said The stadium harkens back to yesteryear with its short right field porch and comers and angles 334 feet down the left field line and 325 to right It has a lot of the old-fashioned features of Camden Yards in Baltimore is an awesome said Texas manager Kevin Kennedy had 25000 fens here on Thursday just for a workout This is beautiful Pure Managing partner George Bush said had been thinking about this place for five yean We Dm ARLINGTON Texas The Ballpark is a palace get excited just walking into this Texas star Jose Canseco said been in a lot of stadiums But nothing compared to this The Texas Raqgen opened their new $189 million stadium on Friday with an exhibition game against the New York Mets The regutaraeason opener win be April 11 against Milwaukee Nolan Ryan who has an expressway just outside the stadium named for him threw out the first balL He was in coat and tie It was a fastball over the plate for a strike to his catcher son Reese mbs spring training but I would have Eked to have been in the retired pitcher said As for The Ballpark breathtaking got a touch of the old ballparks with such a fresh look Mo-Kan Challenge concludes today The final four games of the second annual Mo-Kan Challenge girls soccer tournament are set for today including the tournament's championship game The title game will feature the host school SL Thomas Aquinas and Shawnee Mission Fast at 2 pm at Aquinas Preceding that game will be the third-place game between Paric Hill (Ma) and SL Teresa's (Ma) at 12:30 pm The fifth-place game pits Olathe East and Blue Valley Northwest at 10:30 am at STA while the day begins with the seventh-place contest between Notre Dame de Sion (Mo) and Grandview (Mo) at 9 am Davis signs triple-A contract HAINES CITY Fla Former Houston Astros slugger Glenn Davis has signed a triple-A contract with the Kansas City Royals Davis a first baseman and designated hitter signed Friday after spending two days hi workouts with the team He was released by the New York Mets on Monday after hitting 333 with three home runs and 1 1 RBI this spring Davis 33 will open the 1994 season with the Omaha Royals Davis hit 30 or more home runs three times for the Astro Royals trim roster to 24 HAINES CITY Fla The Kansas City Royals have released three more players from the major league camp Infielders Curtis Wilkenrm and Rico Rossy and catcher Russ McGinnis were sent to the minor league camp for reassignment the Royals announced Riday The Royals now have 24 players in camp on the mqjor league roster and one nan-roster player outfielder Hubie Brooks General manager Herk Robinson said he expects to purchase contract after the Royals final exhibition game Sunday to set the major league roster at 25 players The rostra now lists 10 pitchers two catchers seven infielders and five outfielders Keith Miller and Felix Jose were placed on the 15-day disabled list as of March 25 and win remain at the minor league camp for game action in the extended camp along with pitcher Charlie LeibrandL Staff and wire reports IMMHMIVrtoto MELBOURNE Fla Chuck Carr showing no ill ef-" fects from a strained side muscle had two hits scored twice and stole a base Friday Tits the Florida Martins beat the "Kansas City Royals 8-2 Two days earlier the were worried that Carr might go on the disabled list because of hb injury In- stead the fleet ontfielder seemed fine 7 just say I hope Tuesday win be even better Jhan Carr laid who missed four games with the in- lr- The game was the springtraining finale in Florida for both teams play exhibition games in Memphis today and Sunday 1 1 Ryan Bowen (2-2) allowed two hits one walk and no runs Mn six innings David Cone gave up nine hits two walks and six runs in four in-nings boosting his ERA to "'675 Bret Barberie and Jerry Browne each drove in two runs for the Marlins Bryan Harvey pitched a perfect ninth and has yet to give up a run this spring in 10 innings Paulson shoots 62 to break course record caddie making some good shots here just make one good swing at a Paulson said Paulson broke the course record of 63 set Thursday by Jose Maria Olazahal of Spain The tournament record of 62 was set by Bob Gilder in 1979 Paulson played in six tournaments since finishing 10th in the 1993 Qualifying Tournament making three cuts with a best finish of 12th at Pebble Beach earned fta NEW ORLEANS Denote Paulson a 31-year-okl tour rookie set a course record and tied the tournament record Riday with a 10-under-par 62 to take a one-stroke lead in the Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic Paulson who started the day 2-over capped his round with two eagles on the baric nine to complete 36 holes at 136 was only 3-under at die turn then I knocked a wedge in on the next hole for an eagle I said to my $31242 got a long way to Paulson said issue a trophy for yesterday or today There are two more rounds before they do that mid I think ever shot like this and then come back and shot a good round the next day tough to keep from think- It mg 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