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Show AT AT 1 i) WEST Seattle July (47), July 1°, 2° 29,30 Sept. 17". Oakland Sept 20°, 21° 22 July 4 (4), July Sept. 23°. 24 Sept. 16", 17", 18", 19 May 10", 11°.12 June3*,4,5° KansasCity aug 12° 13" 14" opt 6.7.8 A | | May 6*, 7°, 8°, 9°| May “3°, 14°, 15° Aug.9% 10+ If ns se 17 te | Apri. 11 July 25°, 26", 27, June 20°, 21° 22°, Sept. 9", 10°, 11°, July 30 + + April 19°, 20°, 21.) April 4, 5°, 6,7 April 17°, 18° 22" » Baltimore April 1", 3° vine 20°21", 22.23 May 13°, 14°, 15 Aug. 15°, 16, | May 28°, 29° Aug 29° 30",31 Sept 1 May 24°, 25°, 26 May 31° Aug. 26°, 27°, 28° June 1,2 Sept, (2), 3°, 4" May 30°, 31° June 1,2 poe (2), 3",4" ; 1 996 ‘ B81 Home Dates | 57 Nights | May31° June 1", 2 Sept. 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May 7*, 8°. 9 ‘Aug 9°, 10°. 11 80 Home Dates 58 Nights ! 57 Nights 81 Home Dates 47 Nights 81 Home Dates 81 Home Dates 45 Nights 53 Nights 81 Home Dates 48 Nights 55 Nights Canada Victoria Day-May 20 Canada Day—July 1 “NIGHT GAME NIGHT GAME: Any gamestarting after 5:00 p.m, (2)-Doubleheader Labor Day-September2 (Holiday ‘ A Owners have lost hundred of millions of dollars since the endofthestrike, and the cent from 1994. Season ticket sales are up, 30 years ago. Still, baseball's leaders saythe anger from is wearingoff. the 232-daystrike bst Gal re. lev icloan there! “It's times are getting better. According to him, the recovery began last September, when Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's streak.It ac- stantial decline since salary records began But acting commissioner Bud Selig insists said. “! don’t think it was arrogance. Everybody’s had to go back and becreative, be Seasonticket sales are up 7 percentin the deat down 2 percent from 1994 and the NL is down 10 percent. In 1995, the average attendance was doa Apt he} F 50 Nights. 81 Home Dates 51 Nights fated Prose 25 — —VVANCOUVERR MAYY 24 a \GARY duy Jay 44 uy 4 rd 4 uy ay i auly a oa rf joy duly rs nue. AG. AS AS Apri ca pont os b es atic ae at jal; Ronalda id wid i hee ae aoe i aaa aoe nid intheattendance figures, io ballparks $num in:the aiendance seures. Yousee it in the vote of confidence the net- celerated with the five-game wild-card series between the New York Yankees andSeatte and with the $1.7 billion, five-year contracts with Fox, NBC, ESPN and Liberty 25,257, a drop of 20 percent from the 1994 average of 31,612. The consensus of baseball executives is that attendance will inby about 10 percentthis oo to an crease average of about28,000 per gam = workshavegiven.” While times aren't booming, in the past are've hada lotof difficult days over the jast 15 or 18 months,” Selig said last Novem- “They're still mad,” said Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott. ‘AUG. ue players and owners and regionalized televi_ Sion of postseason games. Butit still doesn’t have a commissioner, sh still doesn’t have a labor agreement,still :| ) doesn’t have revenue sharingin place,still covery of our sport,” To spark a recovery this season, most teams have increased their marketing, attempting to lure fans backtotheir ballparks with promotions. imagestill suffers whenstars such as Albert Belle and Barry Bonds are rudeto fans and media. While the union has hired a public relations specialist for the first time, many on ore June - Aug. fr ag ‘AUG. hrs doesn’t have a marketing head, still hasn't “Westarted taking things for granted,” the players’ associationstaff say it's not the ns ‘|. year baseball has ridden itself of replacement players, public squabbling among +: assigned Arizona and Tampa Bayto leagues. her when the TV contracts were announced. “This is anothersignificant step in the re- Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Beeston Avg. aS Neither players nor owners are threatening a work stoppage this season, but their —_union’sjobtotell players how to behave. Baseball Yearns for Hero, ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEORIA, Ariz. — In a sport ea by Darth Vaders, Ken riffey Jr. is Luke Skywalker. He doesn’t thumphis chest af‘ter hitting a home run. He doesn't cork his bat. He doesn't give fans the brushoff. For major leaguebaseball, this is no small feat these days. Griffey’s nice-guy image attracts and surliness. gy He's able to cometo the ballpark with a smile on his face,” ‘Said Jay Buhner, Griffey’s neighDorin both the clubhouse and the Seattle suburb of Issaquah. “He stays out of trouble, doesn’t cause A ruckus, doesn’t create problems’ Hidden away in the Pacific Northwest on what had been a iocre team, Griffey finally got ‘some real exposure last fall when the Mariners won the AL West title. Fans got to see Griffey tie a single-series record with five homers against the Yankees and score the winning runto put Seattle in the league championship seTies against Cleveland. His performance, after missing 73 games with a broken wrist, : , ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE run numbers do. “It's not like they said, ‘You’ tarnished by strikes, suspensions One other pitcher will make the ByChris Schulte as many advertisers as his home Some things? A two-week stretch during the offseason aimostis enough to qualify him as “gmost marketable man,its greatest hope for cleaning up an image With Strong Pitching In.pe sports world in which plays leeds grab bigger Teaslines than their good deeds, “I just love baseball,” he said ope morning as he got ready for an exhibition game. “When you havea job you love, it shows.” +e» Right now, baseball loves Griffey even more than Griffey loves Junior is the sport's Until last Wednesday, nearly 20 pitchers were competing for just 11 jobs with the Salt Lake Buzz, which could be good news. Man- ager Phil Roofand pitching coach Rick Anderson expect the staff to be among the best in the PCL. The Buzz open the season at Phoenix on Thursday. The team’s homeopeneris April 9 against the Calgary Cannons. A personnel analysis: Starting pitchers will be lefties frequentflyer gold. Dan Serafini and Travis Miller “He's young, he’s personable, he's attractive as a person, he's friendly,” acting commissioner Bud Selig said. “Who would you and right-handers Scott Klingenbeck and Brett Roberts. Mare Barcelo will begin the season on the disabledlist, but should step rather have?” into a starting role when he re- turns duringthe first homestand. Scott Watkins, who led the PCL with 20 saves last season, will be the closer. The hard-throwing Griffey has some detractors, had them since attending Moelter High Schoolin Cincinnati, where he drove a BMW toclass. Buck Showalter, former managerof the New York Yankees who’s now lefty had a good spring, with a 2.79 ERA while holding the oppo- managing the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks, said Griffey showed disrespect for the game by wearing his cap backwards and his uniform shirt untucked. Griffey's was that he was just being himself. Compared to other players, his transgres- sions do seem tame. ‘AUG. Buzz Go Into Season only enhanced his reputation as one of the game's marquee names. our guy; you have to do this, said Brian Goldberg, Griffey’s agent. “It was more, ‘You have a clean life and we'd like to get baseball back into the positive good graces of the fans. Would you do somethingsoff the field?’ 3S jay 2 —a Calgary ae Wiha — vancbuveR AS LY5 — VANCOUVER aa JULY 6 — VANCOUVER ae JULY 7 — VANCOUVER,5 ‘Aug. JAY 10 AMA ALSARS AB! uly 44 — at Tucson Sept July 42 —at Tucson Sept duly 13 — at Tucson i AndGriffey Fills the Bill 4 996 6ganesEe dat G7 pm, ew nected Tone garei HENS hone po doa AL and 5 percentin the NL. But the AL is Boston Sept 20°, 21 (81 Home Dates BOLD FIGURES DENOTE SUNDAY Aptil 4 — at Phoentx Apt 6 — ot Proerk ene re innovative. We're stili behind where we were beforethestrike, but we're well ahead of where wewere last April 1.” July 1°. 2°, 3. 22" 81 Home Dates Labor Day-September 2 average player's salary went down percent last season to $1.11 million, the first sub- percentoverlast year. It's still down 34 per- April 16°17", 18 ‘Aug. 12°, 13°, 14° July (4), 5°67" June 18", 19°, 20° 14 Holidays Memorial Day-May 27 Independence Day-July 4 baseball fans are coming back —inatrickle. Spring training attendance is up just 1 but onlyslightly. May 10°, 11,12 July 19°, 12%, 13, April 19°, 20, 21 New York 28, 29 | Sept. 17°, 18°, 19 81 Home Dates July 15°. 16°, 17° Sept. 26°, 27° July 117, 12°, 13°, ais | Lagging stil Laggi Sales Still Licket Sales back, But ut Ticket Meading Back, Fans ans Are Are Heading ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Oneyearafter the strike, + + June 10°, 117.12 April 30° June 7°, 8,9 Sept 10°, 11°, 12 bet 13°, 14, 18, May 1° 1 | Toronto Aug 5*,6",7",8 Sak Tyune 27°, 28", 29) July 18°, 19°, 20, | Baltimore 1 30 Sept. 17°, 18", 19° Sept. 24°, 25° 3° + May 1° June 27°, 28°, 29, May 3°.4,5 June 4 Sept. 20°.21°, 22 Sept. 6 Sept. 23°, 24° 25 July 30°.31" ‘Aug 1* Detroit April 30° 30. + July 15°, 16", 17" July (4°), 5*, 6,7 Apa 5° 6, 7 Sept. 6". 7". 6 7",8,9° Aug 9°, 10,11 4 + July 11", 12%, 13°, dune 10°, 11°12) May 6°, 7°, 8° 9° 5°, 6" 2 May 21°, 22 2 June 4°. 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Infield: Brian Raabe and returnee Mitch Simons are expected to share shortstop and second base, while Jamie Ogden will get mostofthe action atfirst. Ogden, in the organization since 1990, hit -284 with 13 homers and 61 RBIs at Double-A last season. Also expected to see some time at first is newcomer Kevin Reimer, a 31-year-old veteran who has spent the past two seasons in Japan. He also has four years of major-league experi- ence. Either player could push ‘Twins’ first baseman Scott Staho- viak for the job if the former Buzzman struggles. Tom Quinlan or Ron Coomer will probably be sent to Triple-A sition to a .171 average with the Twins. But the big league club decided to have the 25-year-old be- when the Twins, who need to re- Also in the bullpen will be Jose Parra (RH), Mike Trombley (RH), time would be at shortstop, since gin in Triple-A to work onhis velocity KenGriffey of the Seattle Mariners has beconis widely known around the world of baseball for his happy-go-lucky attitude. trip to Phoenix, possibly lefty Dom Konieczki. Late Saturday, Ex-Buzzman Sean Gavaghan was Mike Misuraca (RH), Phil Stidham (RH) and Mike Milchin (LH). r duce their roster by three, make their final cuts today. Quinlan shined at third for the Buzz last season, but most of his the Twins want Walker to play @ See BUZZ, Page B-5 |