European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday. Juno 14, 1986 injured Gibson not bitter Over million Dollar contract he Kanov min Kokk Chicago up Kirk Gibson in.,ims he in i a bluer Man. No he s Ruit Bill of about an anus injury la it sidelined him at inc Becj tinning of inc Stih in no. Or s not bitter about the Public Ity pm con race rup la i in Only with if Lei unit tip i i but a the a Niiori Majur Kauc bail he Iruh i Imiri o co Zimik my ont of Ihu pc mini Plum in li.i-,. Be when it came time for hi1 turn at t rce a i r cd he found the cupboard Bare the Iuis shied away from him. Jusi As they did with lesser lights who nere eligible for free Agency i a. Gibson did Sij a a Multi year Nii Ilion Dol Lar plus Deal with inc tigers. Bui the kind of Motley some observers projected for him wound up falling far Liori of both his expectations and Itse of Uther Orcea Gancs. I Dnn i fed revengeful against these people t wanted and expected them to turn Nul people. To did t work tile it did in the past. The owners obviously got together to decide Gibson said. It does t take Mudi a Tell that As Well As i be drink and with my age thai no one was interested in Kirk Gibson. They go Lii a Lucr to decide free i Jinn .1. They did it. I Don t hold it m Jib Sun will be interested in looking for in net season s crop of free Agency to sue if history . Wolf. I Don t take happened h me. It could Lias happened i others 1 he said. Hut it will be Ink resting to Sec happens Wilh Rich year s Jibson was anxious Anil prepared to pet off to a Pood Start before suffer in inc Winkle injury Al Al Tif Bdl a rial despite a turbulent Winter of negotiations he would be set for a solid season. Well you iry to prepare yourself to gel off to a Good Start and you Don t know How Well you can do. You have to it he said of the. Injury. Before he got hurl there was talk of some spectacular numbers for Gibson the kind of numbers his agent probably was predicting during inc tense negotiations thai never developed with Othef teams be sides the Detroit tigers. When i Start a season i Point toward the end result and the Only goal is the world s championship. I Don l believe never have in Selling number goals going into a Frey from Page 21 place if Al games behind inc division Lead ing new York mets. Green hired Frey on oct. 6, 1983, to replace interim manager Charlie foil. In prey s first season Wilh the team the cubs Wun the no Easl Wilh d 96-65 record but Lusi the Pennant la the sir Diego padres in five games after leading 2-0. The club slumped to a 77-84 record last season after a devastating series of injuries that knocked All five Starling pitchers out of Lite rot in. Fry is tied with Stan Hack for i2lh on the cubs All time Victory list Wilh 196. Before joining Itie cubs Frey managed inc Kansas City royals in 1980 and part of 1981. He directed the royals to the 1980 american league Pennant with 197-65 record but they lost the series in is games to the Philadelphia Phillies Hen managed by Green. Frey spent 15 years playing in the Balti More orioles organization after 14 years in the minor leagues and then went on to the Kansas cily Job. Zimmer 55, was in his third season As third base coach. He joined he cubs at the Start of the s984 season. Ziromir who played for the cubs in 1960-61, previously was a manager with san Diego. Boston and tuns. / _ he and Frey played baseball together As / High schooners in Cincinnati. Both begun their pro careers in he Brooklyn dodgers system in 19-19. he you Are just setting Jounell up for failure. Believe you just try to set yourself up for i Ibsen won t say so publicly bul there Are some close insiders who believe he was hurl by what the players association con tends was a conspiracy by the owner to keep Down and not go hog wild Over signing inc lop free agents. As a result i Timin who Many Jon think 1.1 the kind of player who needs extra motivation Proba Bly had More Cal to prove himself in 19s6. I did t think i had anything to prove i know How fans can be Gibson said. They could have perceived me differently if i did t perform Well. It s Nice to have the fans behind you bul Gibson did become
