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Show 7 s'fl.. Page 12 - July 2.2002 Uintah Basin Standard ' . . '? i't . :?,&m&m swjy tutted- " - r ,wftsrepK: v . - ' v& ?. - ' ' , Vv it ; : j w. '.v;V-- ' . 4 ', Mviffi- - ON PIS WAY-I.cvlyouth haselK.ll gun ic in ti s Rcw!. .v,ii-- l wl. K .il h-- . ti ,nii miisi'in tiihomc plate ' l' all Mar tournaments. July 6 and 15. during a recent in attendance EARLY START-- 1 Vi year old Dray vin Robison, right, plays catch with a young boy and people Babe Ruth for root would check it all out at the Constitution Park in Roosevelt. The bet is that young Drayvin because of his young age. From Babe Ruth to Chili Davis Youth baseball players name favorite professional athletes ByAldonRachele Drayvin Robison is just 1 Vi yea old and thus he would qualify as being a babe. He doesnt know it, but he Silva and Troy Powell enjoy playing Iwscball. but also like to watch PRO BASEBALL LANS Alln-i- t Si! j. fan. tvs i r T.wr - root mg tor the New York Yankees and the other one a Braves with television on the big stars Ki-m- ' Yankee great. Babe Ruthor Dodger, Babe Herman as his favorite professional baseball players or maybe Babe Didrickaon, who won two gold medals at the 1932 Olympics and was a top professional lady golfer, as another favorite. Robison, who is the grandson of Carmen and Gary Robison, was with a couple ofmembers of the Yankee youth baseball team in Roosevelt and naturally he should be dnwn to the Yankee great. Babe Rut h, who was the career record holder in mqjor league home runs at 7 14 before Hank Aaron hit his 755 shots over the fence. Most folks as well as Drayvin Robison have probably never heard of CASHES IN BONDS Daniel Womack roots for Burry IOhuK ( I the San Francisco (iiants. Y s we: f.'fc I 'ft, ' tf-T-t ;i .'- ; :h& e . '! -- Banks cheers on REDSFAN-Dre- w IIITI K I AN Brady Arnold is a Ian nl the Braves Chipper Jones. A ( I Ken Ciriffey. Jr. Reds. of the Cincinnati '.i . ; Babe Herman, who played pro baseball as an outfielder from 1926 to 1945. He played seven years with the Dodgers and four other teams. His best year was 1930 for the Dodgers when he hit 35 homers and drove in 130 runs. If Drayvin could utter a complete sentence he would say, My favorite player is Babe Ruth in pro baseball and Babe Didrickson in golf. Ive heard that my grandma, Carmen, likes to belt around that little white ball on the Roosevelt Golf Course. While on the Yankee subject, several interviewees listed current New York Yankees as their favorite pro baseball players. One player, Kevin Silva, plays for a youth baseball league team called the Yankees and he said, I like Derek Jeter cause hes a Yankee like me plus he is a good hitter and defensive player at shortstop. Jeter has been s top player for the Yankees for several years and guided them to four World Series championships in sixyears. Last year he made an amazingdefensiveplay when he tossed the ball to home plate (halfway be- - ' W'" tween first base and home) to nail an Oakland runner and New Yorkrallied to win the series. Troy Powell added, I like New York Yankee third baseman, Robin Ventura. He hits a lot of homers. Ventura, who was acquired from the New York Mets during the had 1 9 homers and 52 RBls as of June 25. n, Another Yankee fan, Justin Hullinger said, 1 like Roger Clemens of the New York Yankee. He has a good fast ball that he uses to strikes out batters. Clemens has won 20 games and Cy Young Awards several years, but has become more famous for hitting Mets catcher, Mike Piazza and throwing a bat in his direction during the 2000 World Series. Kevin Silvas brother Albert likes the Atlanta Braves and he said, I like players on the Braves and especially their catcher Javy Lopez. Another Braves supporter is Brady Arnold, who commented, 1 like Chipper Jones. He is a good hitter and good left fielder. Lopez has a career batting average of .284 and batted .377 down the stretch in the 2001 season with three homers and 14 RBIs. C. Jones is a fast MVP and has a career battingaverage of .308. He belted a three-ru- n homer in a 4 playoff win over Houston. Home run hitters are fan favorites with Daniel Womack saying, I like Barry Bonds and all those homers he hits, and Felita Black added, 1 like my boy, who plays youth baseball. He is my favorite, but I also like Sammy SosaoftheChicagDCub8.Drew Banks commented, Ken Griffey Jr. is my No. 1 player. He is a good hitter. Bonds hit 73 homers to break Mark McGwires single season record of 70, which was established in 1998. He was named MVP in 200 1 and with Jeff Kent winning the award in 2000 the twoeome became the first National League teammates to win successive MVP awards since Pittsburghs Dave Park and Will ie Stargell were in 1978-7Bonds drilled his 73 shot off LA's Dennis Springer. 7-- 9. Sosa also broke Maris' record with 66 in 1998, but it came after McGwire did the deed first. Sosa broke longtime Cubs record of 56 homers by Hack Wilson (1930). Griffey Jr. was a home run hittingpower in the American League. Since moving to the National League's Cincinnati Reds he has spent more time on the injured list than HawkeyePierceofMASHTV fame. There were also professional baseball picks that seemed to come out of left field due to surprise selections. Cheryl Guinn said, My favorite player is Todd Hollandsworth of the Colorado Rockies. I watched him at a game in Denver. They have threeTodds (Helton, Zeile, Hollandsworth). I saw them hit home runs." Alex Hullinger selected Chili Davis, a former DH for the New York Yankees. 1 like Chili because he makes me hungry and my cousin is nicknamed after him. Orlando Rachelea annual pick is someone he has never seen in person, but read about in a book and hu name is King Kelly, who played ball in thel880's and 90s for Chicago and Boston National League teams. He had a career batting average of oyer .300. Kelly was the first player to sign autographs, and did the following: The bases were loaded in the bottom of the ninth and then were twoouts. Afoul popwasoutof reach for the catcher and so Kelly said, Kelly now catching1 and caught the ball bare handed to win the game. Captains could make substitutions, but the rule book never said when it could be made. The rule was soon changed and so youth baseball players or Barry Bonds, Sammy Soea, Chili Davis, Derek Jeter cant get any wild ideas to torment umpires. 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