European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Mazzera wishes you the Phil Willie Hernandez can now join the he was a Little Shell shocked and that easy to after he was the american leagues by Young award Winner last year and haunt Given up a Home run in regular season play in nearly a year before Phil Bradley took him downtown in Detroit tuesday night with one of those tap measure jobs that still rattling around somewhere in the upper Loftfield deck of Tiger Bradley rocket gave Seattle a 76 win in 12 innings and tagged Hernandez with his second i didst know he had so much the tigers Southpaw Relief Ace Hernandez int there Are a lot of people who dont know the mariners right handed hitting outfielder has so much a lot of people dont even know for whom he hardly anybody knows Hes leading the league in its one of the Best kept secrets in in a Bradley reminds me of another out fielder who once played for the Louis his name was Mel and at a time when there were some great hitters around like Ted Joe Dimaggio and Jimmie who do you think was leading the american league in hitting the first week in june Mel this was in i tracked Down Mazzera in and asked him if he Are you kidding did he remember you bet i he i was hitting better than through All of May and into june and then came up with a bad the 71yearold former outfielder worked for the Stockton police department and the Public defenders office after he left i was out awhile and then slumped to when i got by june they sold me to Toronto in the International what id Tell this Phil Bradley is to stay in there and play and not let anyone change his i was leading the club in but that didst they sold Bradley is hitting with 27 9 homers and a on base fifth Best in the so theres Little Chance of anyone fooling with his stance and no Chance at All of the mariners Selling they know what Treyve got in the 26 year old native who now lives in that where he attended the univer sity of Missouri and was Al big eight quarterback his last three Deron the mariners batting coach who used to hit All those homers for the reds and is generally credited with much of Bradley Success this Johnson got him to drop his giving him More More Bradley makes the he told me i could not too Many people in our organization thought i Why not i he says with a they just Deron is the one who gave me the before in the Fellows like Marty Martinez and Bobby Floyd worked with its somewhat surprising there was any question whether Bradley could he has hit everywhere he has posting a figure with Bellingham his first year in pro Ball in a average with Bakersfield the following with Salt Lake in 1983 and in 124 games with Seattle last the Bonus is Bradley sudden he hit Only three homers All told his previous four and he has three times that Many Bradley never showed much Power in As a says Bob Missouri assist ant sports information Phil was phenom he hit but most of his hits were to the opposite Field and he had Only four playing both football and baseball for he was in sort of a catch22 when hed be with the baseball team in the people would always say Why int he paying More attention to football and the football people shied away from drafting him very High because they thought he was More inter ested in they also Felt that at 6foot and 178 pounds Brad Ley want big enough to take the kind of pounding nil quarterbacks have to the mariners think Hes we Call him Smoothie because he does every thing so easily and says mariners manager Chuck Bradley earliest Model was san Diego Al whom his father coached in Bumbry would give Bradley baseball equipment like shoes and and the two became close the fact that Hes leading the league in hitting Doest make that much difference to in not going from this Day All the Way to octo Ber thinking about he getting a Chance to play every Day is a lot More important to id like to play about 10 years and then sit Down and think where i want to go from keep an Eye on this Young Phil besides a Good he also has a Good level head on his and Mel Mazzera wishes him All the United press International Durhams double does if cubs squeak by pirates 32 Chicago a manager Jim Frey had been thinking about it for some time and finally he decided to sit Down Leon Durham in favor of Richie Durhams rest didst last the first baseman was forced into the game in the late innings thursday and then delivered a run scoring double with two outs in the 12th inning to Lead the Chicago cubs to a 32 Victory Over the Pittsburgh i wanted to get Hebner some said Bull has been struggling and last night i decided to get him out of the smart want it As it turned it since Durham was flip flopped in the batting order with Pitcher Ray Fontenot when both came into the game in the Durham became the right Man in the right Jody Davis led off the 12th with a single and was bunted to after Larry Bowa flied Durham doubled to left Center to score the winning that was a lifting said Durham of his first Gam winning rib this in pleased about that was the first but there Are a lot of games left to in a not a but Ive been getting myself out a the cubs Victory came in the Only National league game scheduled Durham insisted he want angry at being i look at it this the Way Ive been playing sometimes it helps a Guy to have a Day off to get his act until Durhams blow which made a Winner of Warren and a loser of Al 13 it had been a Battle of pitchers beginning with former cub Rick Reuschel and Dennis the cubs nicked Reuschel for two runs in the first with Keith More lands single driving in the first run and setting up the Reuschel gave up harmless singles in the second and third innings and then retired 14 in a Row before leaving for a Pinch Batter in the the pirates tied it on a single by Bill a Pinch double by Sixto Lezcano and a two run single by Johnny Eckersley had a two hit shutout going into the Reuschel was outstanding and that the Best Ive seen Eckersley throw since he came into this said pirate manager Chuck weve been battling All year out we keep coming up a run Short Here and it has not been a Lack of Reuschel was making his first Start against the cubs after posting a 20 record in three previous starts since the pirates recalled him from it Doest matter who youre playing you always want to said who has had shoulder problems the last two in 100 percent healthy and its just a matter of going out there and if i do the ill stick Reuschel was a mainstay of the cub pitching staff from 1972 through 1981 when he was traded to the new York Yan he came Back to the cubs late in 1983 and was 55 with them last year be fore becoming a free i have nothing against the said who said that cub Boss Dallas helped find me a Leon Durham in the right place Spinks from Page 21 Down in the Middle of the ring after being but it was ruled a successful in the 10th defense of the title he won in july Spinks tried hard to end the fight the next round but Macdon Ald held on and suddenly began Landing some combinations of his the blood streaming Down his face from a Cut above his right scored several times to Spinks head in the he appeared on the verge of get Ting Back into the fight before Pearl interrupted the action Midway through the round to have the ringside doctor look at the when the fight a right by Spinks dropped who got up at six and managed to last the final seconds of the the last Knockdown came following a Brief Macdonald Spinks threw a Short left that bloodied toe challengers Macdonald went to one knee As he got Pearl stopped the ran his record to 270 with 19 from suffered his first loss in in a preliminary Alfonzo Ratliff overcame a slow Start to capture a 12round split decision Over a bloodied Carlos Del Eon and win the world boxing Council cruiserweight Ratliff opened a Cut Over the champions left Eye in the fifth round and pressed the attack from then fighting Only his second bout As a which has a 195pound had to overcome two cuts of his inflicted Early in the fight but never a judge Jerry Roth of Las vegas scored the bout 116113 for judge Angel Luis Guzman of Mexico also favored rat Liff by a 117114 judge Ray Solis of puerto Rico scored it 117114 for Del of had a nine Inch reach advantage but  find the Mark Early As the Champion from puerto Rico piled up a big