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Show Wednesday, May 9, 1990 THE SIGNPOST 13 Indians' turn to dominate American League Now that the Utah Jazz season is over, it's time to end basketball talk. There are other sports, you know. Among them: baseball, horse racing, auto racing, boxing, fishing and bobbing nude for cucumbers in semi-liquid jello, the latter five (especially the last) of which I will not discuss in this article. Baseball, however, is something I love to talk about, especially when the Cleveland Indians are being discussed. Yes, those lowly Indians. The team that hasn't played in a World Series since 1954. We're talkin' 46 years ago. That's double my age plus 10 years. In 1954 the Korean War ended, Dwight Eisenhower was president, 30-year-old Marlon Brando won an Academy Award for his role in On the Waterfront and Roger Bannister became the first human to break the four-minute mile on foot. For four-and-a-half decades, the Tribe has been the joke of major league baseball. During the '80s, no other major league team lost more baseball games than the Cleveland Indians. But as of this season, they will no longer be the laughingstock from the East. Allow me to explain: For about as long as I can remember, the Indians have had the worst pitching staff in baseball. Barring the usual injuries that have plagued them in the past, the Tribe should have a successful year on the mound. Greg Swindell has the capability of winning 20 games, as does Tom Candiotti. Swindell is 2-2 this year, while Candiotti has won four of five. Swindell has had a good ERA, but has a little trouble serving up home run balls. Candiotti also has an ERA of around 3.00, but can be erratic TRACK (continued from page 12) There were several other athletes that placed high enough to earn the Wildcats valuable team points. Fourth place finishers included Terry in the 400 meters, Alydia Anderson in the 3,000 meters, Friery in the 100 meter hurdles and Rhonda Erickson in the 400 meter hurdles. It was a good victory for the Lady 'Cats as they begin picking up momentum going into next week's conference meet. The team seems to be in good form at this point in the season. Dana Willie, who is coming back from an injury that kept her out most of the indoor season, qualified for the conference meet in the 1,500 meters. Elizabeth Ward, who has never competed in the open 400 meters for the 'Cats, did so Saturday in top fashion, finishing with the third best time in the conference at 56.61. with his knuckler, which should be expected. Reliever Doug Jones has become one of the league's premiere stoppers, accumulating over 70 saves over the last two seasons. Through 25 games this year, Jones has nine saves, tied with Oakland's Dennis Eckersley (a former Indian himself) for the league lead. The Tribe also beefed up the staff with the acquisition of middle reliever Jesse Orosco. In the hitting category, the Indians finally got smart, making a move they should have made two or three years ago. They got rid of outfielder Joe Carter. Now don't get me wrong, Carter is a great athlete. He's just a great athlete who forgot the concept of team baseball. Carter hit 32 homers and drove in more than 100 runs for Cleveland a year ago, but had f. less than OK batting average. Thisyearfor the Padres, Carter has hit three home runs to go along with 22 RBI's, but is only batting around .220. With the additions of veteran first baseman Keith Hernandez, hard-hitting young Sandy Alomar Jr., and veteran Candy Maldonado (who already has seven dingers and 20 RBI's this year), the absence of Carter should be more than made up for. And Clevelandisn'tforkingout $3 million a year for each of those players like San Diego is for Carter. With Carter gone, former BYU Cougar, Cory Snyder and long-time third baseman, Brook Sidelines By Jon Yorgason Sports Editor of The Signpost Jacoby will pick up the home run and RBI slack. Jacoby is hitting .363 and is tied for the league lead with three triples. First year Indians' Manager, John McNamara, who replaced the fired Doc Edwards, has proven in the past that he can do the job successfully. The big question is whether he can do it i n Cleveland, a city where no one has been able to produce a consistent winning program for 46 years. Through 25 games, the Indians have won only 13. But this team has the ability to produce. And produce they will. When September comes, watch out! LaU .-To y05 to JV Ar-.T ' URf J I T Pft mm "iii iiiiii mthm. v TO Y6S'J To SUaV TO To ZplLA Ci V0HK ny Mm hy Sfi $y s&m is o i7 . - n I LI f 1 1 ia r m-i in u SS8 Qli 2 N 2 D D l . 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