| OCR Text |
Show Blo The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, June 20, 1999 LOCALS IN THE MINORS 2200 290 2000 298 2575 ‘TS tas 2286 mst BM 2186 Finding a Niche y close to automatic as possible in thehitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. Starting on May9, just seven of the 52 batters who faced Brow reached base. Thefirst-year Trappers closer retired 26 in a row untilSalt Lake Buzz outfielder Chris Latham’s two-outtriple on June 6 at Franklin CoveyField. Brow allowed only three runs duringthe 14-gamestretch “He's showed he’s capable of getting anyoneout.” said Trappers pitchingcoach Rick Wise. “He's beengreat here Oakland 2258 0 S85 88 282 259 BrianKnoll (BYU) ‘Shreveport AAGionts Jeremy lambert (Keamns) Peoria ACards “It took a couple of weeks to get the tendinitis out and battle through it,” said Brow. “I wasdisappointed because of myearly struggles in April.” The Buzz raninto a different Browin late Mayandthe first week of June. Salt Lake faced Brow fourtimes in a 10-day stretch and 13 3 8 a ns Batted te = ome a — a rs 3a #6 as ae Da na na oe se ve ia an ie fa a4 Bi aa ma as ma oa See ee wet wa ae ae ;ua ww wei oo en oe out six and earned two saves in 443 shutout innings against Salt Lake. Brow retired his first 13 Buzz batters until Lath bie:league debutwith the Blue Jays in 1993 was as a startr, too. Brow pitched parts of 1994 and 1996 with the Blue Jays and 17 games with the Diamondbackslast season, but most of his 59 big-league appearances werein longrelief. In 1997 he was introducedto closing. saving 18 games for Triple-A Richmond Barring a promotion to the parent Anaheim Angels. Browwill shatter that total this season with Edmonton ‘I really enjoy the role a lot ae main reason is I can influence more games,” said Bro EXTRA CREDIT Most of the Ogden Raptors got acquainted with each other during extended spring training in Arizona. But { draft, the Pioneer League teamgotin a littleextra work to open this season. aseball than 36] the ; t Despite Charbonnet's radAngina the Pioneerzz Sonoma County's only winin the ser was 2 12-10 vi tory by former Salt Lake Buzz pitcher Steve Wojcie chowski Hou BusSF KotayPu JHemandn(hC 21 2 55 6D 208 54-586 25 Hampton Hoo a ite Atl Byrd Pht Daal An 4% “an 8 66 us a MSI an ae ma wea 2 ree eee te EYoung LA. 48 45 68 M2 41 66 wm 218 32 59 ‘Thee An DWhite LA me Bs aa - pitcherto join a major-leagueorganization withoutfirst pitching professionallyin Japan. and was 25-of-57 to raise his average 356 He also hit seven homers, had 18 RBIs and scored 13 runs during the streak. The output is no surprise Charbonnet has finished no 16-2 Zion Berry Mil McGwire SU. 200 28 S218 Ds e nw We Sl 1 oe TT | 2 Ta mn MM Me MNF «OH 8 aS mm 2 ws Se 3 wan 7 4 55 48 28 “at wm 12: TT 0 217 36 S317 209 ene Be aM 6S Maein Eicon se aust at Me nteCn B66 Wret De a6 ba Aa amass Orn as na ea ea Bs ten iar Keoon 31 wo woute ENOL eu Te eae ‘Twin Bal Mongan Tex Mac Suzuki was supposed to embody the future of baseball. He caused a sensation on two continents in 1993, when he signed a professional contract with the Seattle Mariners at age17 and becamethefirst Japanese ON THE MARK It figured to just be a matterof time for Mark Charbor net to get his hitting stroke going in St George Since his batting averagereached a season-low 2¢ June 5 for the Zion Pioneerzz. Charbonnethit si of 12 games. He had multiplehits ineight of those gam victory two days later a im “ ae = ae THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Odgen lost two of three games at Idaho Falls in their season-opening series, and the first two games went extra innings. The Raptors lost the opener7-6in 10 innings on Wednesday, then won a 6-5 decision the next night Pitching was Ogden's strengthin the opening serivs. as 12 Raptors combined to allow 12 earned runs. How: eight errors in three games led to six unearned run: Thebiggest hard-luck victim was returning Raptor sci Montero, whoallowed just two earned runs and four hits in six innings in Friday's 6-0 loss, Outfielder Cristian G ro was Ogden's main offensivethreat, going @-fr stealing three bases After a three-game series at Billings this weekend. the Raptors playtheir home opener on Tuesday against Idaho Falls at LindquistField s and five sday. then ‘Loken CoC PWikos Fis McRae NYM GaP Vem Rolen Phi BoP BBA ae x Suzuki’s Story Symbolizes Plight of Foreign Pitchers those newcomers who wereselected in the recent baseball are still hovering around 500. They have lost five ofthe past eight games. but sould droppingout of second 5 by winning three of four games from Son ‘289 320 577 61 296 266 & = oe a nh at eo oe as 2 eote 18 ot oe a6 on 2 managed just Latham’s triple in 15 at-bats Brow struck am’s hit. “I can see howhecan beeffective with thestuff he has. said Buzz catcher George Williams But Browis relatively new to the closer role. A seventhick by Toronto in 1990, he had been a starter ur Washington. and of his first 95 minor-league ces wereas a starting pitcher. His Mike Smith earned his first win since May Chicago Avg OHS 100 34286 96 TS BIT 21 «61 3M 276 617 76 29 TS 612 87-528 715 60S G1 S28 276) OT 352214 GOT 66 35 22 2-16 324271 Ses 77 om 270 588 73 291 280 231 Loc Angeles 222 302 580 72 257 262 Cameroon 0-0 18.90 Thamans Tae past week at home Charbonnet had two RBis in a 17-1 win over the Crushers la: A it 21 54 3.48 “It's just when the bad games start again, that I don't let it hang aroundlong seasons me PACIFIC©0!AST LEAGUESTATISTICS Brow, 30, suffered through a roughpatch to open the season. He developed tendinitis in his right arm late in spring training, which cost him some velocity and effective: ness. In his first 12 gamesthis season. Brow walked 12 and allowed 15 hits and 11 runs in 13 innings League batting race or hit lower NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘TEAM BATTING AB RH HR RB 29 Amon 258302 13 MT Miwaabee 2286-02 42-245 Pimsburgh «2050-352 ey BUMS 1263 NewYork 228) 509 M2 Colorado 2188 390 22 San Francine 2980 389 12.240 Houston ‘28 Ml 2S Lows 2081 ME 288 Cacia 2158 00 235 Monreal «(2183 302 255 100 SMP 75 9 288 Tater Min 201 ZT 2 dant (708 300 GO 75 S19 261 Vaughan BS wT INDIVIDUAL essa 20 3 23 Pony 20 2 ot ST ml am) SunOS a on 192 BATTING While 28 Sas 2106 AS 524 61 264 246 Marrero an ee Ta ag Seticat 218 oy, Modnderon Phi 202 17 M3 28-318 46407 AMERICAN LEAGUE Dane schfesgsbentiie on 198 pee sppenresces oH TEAM PITCHING ABR BRA HER BB SOS. Sy Caryn 238 SM gue) ais ooh TEN G90) eae ae ye cue 436 985 2423356 2 16 LWalkerCol 196, BS NewYork 441 S54 28120427 2B Pt give up hits, walk guys and give up runs. It’s el of the worse than fourth in the independent Cru Tor 310 sass, 8 Gree os 80 0 Jared FemandezziKen (tstanding.”” Brow aliowed just seven hits and walked no onein the stretch that iasted 14%innings. He racked up seven of his league-leading 13 saves while logging a 1.84 ERA during the hotstreak. “T've kind of been here before I know you're goingto game,” said Brow. b & ‘THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE emt, John Summers (Utah) {8 Bakersfield A-Glants Nate Tebbs(Bingham) 28 Trenton ee Ron Wright (St.George) 1BAitoona__AAPirates 243 Pitcher _ David Bleazard (Tooele) John Desiva(BYU) ; BrandonDuckworth (Keams) CleawaterAPhilies ScottEyre(Cyprus) See mee jnValentin Bos 248 33 62 NYY 228 4 57 Higpmon dt 297 3 lew 8S Stairs Cat mR EAD 288 Thome Ce 18S Varitek Bos 190 Dee Dt 188 Ter 208 Towed 8 Brows NYY 185 21 wentewic Min 165 19 =e BY LAURENCE MIEDEMA Scott Brow has had dominatingstretches before. But for most of May, the Edmonton Trappersreliever was Detroit ZachSorensen (Highland) $SKinston ___Adndions23702 Any OS 93 Hi OL OAT 413 2 64 OS AT 2 619 63 295 28 G64 76 385 TTF 690 61 596 279 6S 86 FT FT 631 TO TS 26 6d OS HT 613 W209 28 S84 T1 SIT 267 SeSSURNESSE EES In His New Role 400 G7 OS 311 5309 Hl 58 33) Sit Bt MS teseseteeeessssesa HeRreeeassyeroess Edmonton Closer MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STATISTICS ‘TEAM BATTING ABR B BR RB _» Boe MINOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK Two years later, Suzuki still hi reached the major leagues. But anoth er Japanese standout did. The Los An. eles Dodgers imported righthander Hideo Nomo, whose twisting delivery and knee-buckling forkball made him an instant All-Star and the 1995 National League Rookieof the Year. Soon, virtually every big-league club started up or expanded scouting operations in Japan, Restrictive free agency rules in Japan kept the flow of talent crossing the Pacific to a trickle but pitchers Masato Yoshii, ShigetoHasegawa and thehighly touted Irabu soonwerepitching in the majors. We'vesince learned the Japanese can producepitchers every bit as mediocre as we can Nomo, the most successful of the jot. was 29-17 with a 2.90 ERAin his first twoseasons, Elbow problems and questionable work habits left _Nomo Sew ® with a 24-25 record and 4.47 Ain the three seasons since, and he has been discarded by the Dodgers. Mets and( Nomo (4-1, 4.01) is attempt ing to revive his career in Milwaukee pitching more comfortably for a last place a small media m: team Irabu, billed as the Nolan Ryan of Japan, has been an overweight disappointment in the Bronx. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner called Irabu “a fat toad” earlier this year whenthe pitcher failed to cover first base. Hasegawa and Yoshii likewise have been nothing special, and this week the Mariners finally gave up on Suzuki and designated him for assignment to remove him fromtheir 40manroster. Six years of the Mariners time, moneyandeffort spent onSu. zuki(starting with a $700,000 signing bonus) yielded one major-league victory from the righthander. We thoughthe'd comealong little more quickly than hedid,” admit ted Seattle assistant GM Lee Pelekoudas So muchfortherevolutionary wave of Japanese pitching Before Japan, it was Cuba producing the arms for which scouts yearned. But the most prominent Cuban pitchers who defected and reached the majors in recent years also have beendisappointments. Rene Arocha, Osvaldo Fernandez andAriel Prieto combined to win just 42 of 129 starts from 1993-98. Livan Hernan: dez, Rolando Arrojo and Orlando “E] Duque” Hernandez found greater success, but also have been in decline since impressive rookie seasons. So muchfor the revolutionary wave of Cubanpitching. at least until top prospects such as Jose Contreras, Antonio Sanit and Norge Vera are al- lowedto leave or defect. Now South Korea has emerged as the international flavor of the day. Since Chan Ho Park joined the Dodgers in 1994, a growing wave of Korean pitchers has followed. Boston has added Jin Ho Chotoits starting rota- timecloser just three months after he signed for $2.25 million. The Mets gave 20-year-old Jae Weong Seo a $1 million signing bonus. And at least three other Korean-bornpitchers are working their way up throughvarious farm syste The Korean and Cuban pitching repertoires generally have been closer to what major-league coaches prefer, emphasizing hard fast balls and sliders. While Irabu and (years ago) Nomoalso throw hard, most of the Japanese pitchers have relied more on control and guile than overpowering heat “Everybodyneeds to work to develop morepitching,” baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. “Pitching is incredibly short supply. We have to do something aboutthat.” Butif this up-and-coming Korean contingent also disappoints, the searchwill continue. Australia, where baseball is increasing in popularity, could bethenext hotbed in the global arms race. but earning only the major-le minimum $200,000 from the Brewers Comeand Enjoy Utah's Premier Golf Course wyai v ~~ Remember - Preventive Maintenance Works SOUTH MOUNTA i) 1999 SUMMER RATES and can save you money! AIR CONDITIONER Get Your “TRANSMISSION TUNE-UP” Today! PRESENT THIS AD, AND WE WILL: © Roadtest your vehicle prior to service & check for transmission leaks © Remove, inspect and clean transmssio pan *AS ‘2 Call 801/4.95-05c0 @ Adjustlinkage and throttle cable © Replace fitter or clean screen © Remsial pan with a new gasket and fil’ transmission with new fluid © Check modulator and replace hose © Road test vehicle after work is complete TAKE ADVANTAGE WOW SAVE *40 for tee times 1247 EAST RAMBLING ROAD Aaah waitete Draper, UTAH 84.020 elme laa ay www.southmountaingolf.com OR VISIT OUR SHOWROOM AT 7682 SO. MAPLE ST., MIDVALE, UT |
