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Show The Bavasi approach great length. "We are not sitting idly around," Bavasi protested. There are those observers observ-ers of the Angels who think that is an overstatement of the action in the office of Bavasi, executive vice president of the organization. organiza-tion. He spoke of negotiations with Baltimore for someone some-one he identified as a "pitching prospect." Pressed for the name of Mr. Prospect, Bavasi shrugged. "I don't know who it is myself," he said. Quite obviously, he was talking about Jeff Schneider, Schneid-er, who was included with third baseman Doug De-Cinces De-Cinces for outfielder Dan Ford in what might become be-come a non-trade because Bavasi Jackson calls him Mr. Buzzie, perhaps with good reason neglected ne-glected to comply with all the regulations in the Basic Agreement. Schneider is a left-handed relief pitcher. His record at Rochester last year will perk up a few folks. He was 5-1 with 12 . saves and a 2.35 earned run average. You know Bavasi will emphasize these numbers. num-bers. He was less impressive impres-sive after reporting to the Orioles on Aug. 9, having only one save and a 4.88 ERA to show for 11 appearances. ap-pearances. You know Bavasi Ba-vasi will conveniently ignore ig-nore these numbers. Do you suspect 28-year-old Schneider is a classic example of throw-in in a trade? Gene Autry, president an chairman of the board of the Angels, as well as majority ma-jority owner of the team, sees no evil, speaks no evil, hears no evil and admits to no evil problems with the pitching staff. ; ; "Our pitching is not that bad," he insisted. Jackson, always the loyal employee, echoed this statement, insisting, ' I do not think our pitching is that bad." I" It might be worse, fellows. |