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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, June 24, 2001 Willie Eyre Enjoying Flood of Success BY PHIL MILLER ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE DOWN ON THE FARM rica in the Minors Dacor “ He's thriving there, too, post- inga3.22ERA inhisfirst 10ap- _Piayer(Locai’ pearances. Brian Banks thatrole arefrustrated oeen or wannabe butEyreis Phil happy with'hisjob “Trealy like ToyFarswot GYU) Pritchett’s AMAMarins 300 10 28 _ AYankees 8 280 10 4 41 NEWSWORTHY ee = 38 healthy, afterheadshoulder Ust)__C_Wierspot_APtaee. surgery three years Zach Sorensen (Highland) Ce cin neetierericnn_ “Pamactet 0-3,He Obey connwait unl Me. Dims Westend ncaa Tampa SS_ Akron AACleveland OF Prov AAnges 214 1 1 286 0 0 team in Syracuse), attributes C__—Ashevlle patethis ccs ea cene: repertoire. Ron Wright (Delta) ieseee ere ee, tee cecilykebed wiih how FN Ppeyelas n 18 Durham AAARays PITCHERS, Team 293 12 42 eaifra like 'm making ike i By his ere ce hadnever faced Geraldo Guzman until ‘Saturday night. «©The Salt Lakefirst baseman stroked two home runs off Tucson’sstarting pitcher to pace the Stingers in a 85 win over the Sidewinders at ) Jeremy Lambert (Kea) 00000 AaGienis 02 697. ‘AAA-Giants: _AACars ‘AAABlue Jays t A-Royals A-Astros Great Falls D 51 304 manager Garry ive ball. 21288 At this point, Pritchett is happy to 10-225 tae oo eames tat In Salt Lake’s 00 iden 2.39 000 __' have Players axed o this lit, call 257-8016 Polished, notthe ers. “That's not amost bad raw, thing,play: ei- time intheLeno tplayers spendaah DarrellMTL aecim Leaguesecond PioneerLeague withthetheArizona and the low_e8t- Forthe past 20 years, the An-__ League generally gels have placed 4 theirec most ad- haces ee! jeeteaeee™ rookie leagues in theis West, the Northwest considered the most advanced, an Even when he did not make solid. he is 5 for6 with five ‘eicn Will bees Valuable to thems aot into tie the Sak Laks ‘Sacrament satis Tusns nite ‘and Geshew ightback, kidsjust in pro ball, beinggetingstarted around the TripleA Sap toma Las atColoradoSpars Troe Miller said, because the Pioneer *°'<Tr.e boon doing thatbetter thelast League is now getting their most tayo days,” Pritchett said Stingers 8 "ven with Jose Fernandez going o- Sidewinders § s aes for-4, the top of Salt Lake’s lineup Tucson erne SATUNE ere ther,” he said. “We want these combined forall 1hits.Jef Gulel and cmd 22 immed S133 Kiera Bartee also had three hits We" 3}! inte 1233 S18 #9 learn how to win. apiece. Gummegich 5 1 1 2 Forma 4-00 0 Bartee matched Pritchett with fin :2oWme «009 Royal Promotion 5. Sipee Another relief pitcher with three RBIs. Salt Lake also fc Mey fomivc vanced rookies in Boise, a forth’ i NK ee ee Utah ties has been promoted out p of the Midwest League. habits tyGoon. Seeing. : a But Mune ee sas City Royals’ high-Class A err inpoc shaving great just Giver rari han alignment his season 2 wn getingofivataSERAcrt ein . “Hekept the ball down in the zone, Twn ting themselves readyfora game, TOD nnice eee ee pitcherMicah work srcuecanlaeta hreve Angels is to have them learn the “Angel way”ofdoing things: rotation plays, cut-off plays, how to buntand field bunts.“We want field in myevent,” Webb said. “1 m “It wasn't my day.” was sent sore:aner ueteam, eee ee ms Mera mm: : ‘The reason, Miller said, isbecause “we want toslowdown the developmentprocess little bit, while and a lot more of these,” said the Michigan-bound Webb. “Tm looking forward to more battles with these guys. I'll be back. I’m not done yet.” Meanwhile, Marion Jones showed the form that helped her win three gold medals and two eS a eealieral waming bee 200 semifinal heat. @ Continued from C-1 22.23 seconds, the fastest in the world this year. = om it n(n: it two games, both wins over the prove the records of their teams, _the teams to mingle.” Ofthe three short-season 53a ° femal) Templeton. “Pritchett did a goodjobof =" qn, * 22 313 beingpatient,wherehe was looking to TA fame “It’s a good thing he showed upear- fxs ly,” said Sti “That's another reason we want “We would liketo marry the teams a little bit. For the young 8 3 tn Rangers Lexington ‘Jeff Tibbs (Davis) 758 7 Fresno Syracuse Micah Mangrum (BYU) yowsser! Ranges NewHaven Nick Roberts (Southem Utah) shot over the right- SWEWINDERS § witsinanonbase contact, Pritchett still managed to get a hit. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Pee a slow roller up the For him,the Girtauta te carple: be erans in Salt Lake. ‘silaCd CntrDion tem ® satiateogee) STINGERS_8 fieldwall, camein fevsemes take the pressure off our guys _and be more patientwith them.” The strategy also should im- opment. “They can see how the guys go aboutget. 39 100 §=93 100 and did not allow a hit until the fifth Size oom tae inning. with the Burlington Bees. ‘The dayafter being promot: ed, Mangrum learned 401 1 Teron «4 12:0 Mit e got a strong perfor- aresiy 4 00 0Cammm 3100 mance from starting pitcher Brian sat 4 000 Cooper, setic souls thiseee 1b Gatien Tos WSS Tome DENS had been selected to the Midwest League all-star team. e-mail:pmiller@sitrib.com PaatkcelticantrendCope aeneeareas like I always talk about,” Templeton Gae'* Ete =} 7 5 $3 4 said. He bit ie apes Revers mor, 214 to give up nine hits over the last four innings. Jim Bruske and Bart Miadich S"* dure § $3 34 3 Ve ERO, Three Salt Lake relievers combined Sale each was touched upfor two runs. Vase ee tae Beem tess * * Scadden mtoon C Fork, Fourth Of July BOAT BLAS CAREFUL...1T’S LOAD Stacy Dragila, the world in- gain full World Championship through 58.3, with Webblast in the 12-man field. /hill also led after 800 in the race (10:05.46) and former Kara Ormond placed yf Brian Knoll (BYU) 15 403 +2322 _to get those things instilled in our players uniformly through_outour system,” Miller said. AAA teams totheir advantage by allowing someofthe rookies to learn first-hand from the'vet- 5 PCLSTANES 54438 ~—————_ In thethird in- remem) Samo 000.00 ning,he he Ciaeet stroked 4 Temowemes) a b Swevoe 5 & 3 10 000 Hing ef i ec Louisville Brandon Lyon (Taylorsville) Angels’di directorae of player devel. Track Webb Never In Contention Jared Femandez (Keams) —AAABue Jays Fresno Anaheim proximityAngels oftheirhope ClasstoAuse andthe Spencer argued A-Twins yan Jensen is otea ene home, opening the season 16-4. And Eyre, only 5-7at Quad Cities Syacse Ben Fox (Die Stat) Don't be surprised to see a ‘Tom Hosa Tewuges: ForMyers better Angel Way week road trips,” Eyre said. “Even when weplayed in Clinton, you had to take your gear home every day.” The odd thing was, the River Bandits played better without a worth (Keams) Een Wile Eyre (Cyprus) Eyre few members ofthe Provo An- soreening Bartee from running Chris Pritchett S25"Mena andTessareon: Ciass-Org. __AAA-Reds Mahoning Valey AClevoland Kaho Fas A-Padres suite & = erst nae ag aepcan ae ee —«BYPATRICKKINAHAN ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE in Covey spon See m Field. His first long Ca Sos Peg) em Mh ball, a towering mn Ln only in my third season, so Ifeel Nate Femley (BYU) bo ait then we wenton all these two- bene Mitch Jones (Orem) placad it with acu fastball Now his changeup is more he said, because hitters have to “Tt was really tough. Every day,you were worn out, and rs OF FotWane APaies 000 0 0 First baseman dominates: cussiptyntesrhininga * . = 18 New Haven KEspos AACardnas 0 2m 10 «4Wg, Sidewinder pitchers again sesenehSanehcaled this spring, deciding it was too slow to fool id didn’t break enough, and re- E son, 0-0) at Salt Lake (Steve Mintz, 0-2),2 Wieeuucescniee 4 wea brotheroformer grew “see==3..: 2 26 some Aiceoes 280ze 4tar24 —O teria AACkveland Tyger ioouttendomcule Ttalso might help keep him Set Pratt (Tooele) 28 Akron this bridge in the outfield — — Home Runs oe ad Pace S OF 8 Cc el as saps eama Ta bie vingre Auepeen oe * door and outdoor record-holder ie een 15 feet 1% inches, breaking the meet and stadium records, then missed three times at 15-7, com- meters at 1:57.8 as Webb began to move up slowly, reaching ninth sixth (10:06.78). Weber State's Rebecca who was secdnd to Jackson at the NCAAs, Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor took the men’s title at 48.53, equaling the fastest by an American this year. Olympian Sandra Glover won the women’s event at 55,08, the fastest by an in 2001. 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