European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Wadna Day april 1,1987 baseball 87 in pitching poor division Cleveland bats Are King Fly a p Bast Hull Fri err in lln1 ii six Jears. different teams atm the american Tongue ast. in it ilex Viand s turn this season sur prise in ihi1 i Iichi Ilif indians could win is because there Are no Tennis in what always pm turn baseball s Busl Dimsky the common Denn Minuter is pitching or Lack thereof. Roger Clemens is Mil with Talon at least not now Toronto s Dave slice and Detroit s Dan i Elry arc trying to mum Uichi i injuries and mediocre years. The Yankees waiting for Hick Rhodon to recover wit Siart 43- rur old Tommy John in the season s second game Hui Hull All Means is the great hit poor pitch indians May have i thai us Cleveland scored More runs than anyone else last sea son and Al a r .500 for the first time since 1979. The worst nil thing in the majors left the indians 11 it Al East preview Garni. Mind erosion but Itic closest they d been to the do i Iky i j.s1. Tht1 indians have not finished first since 1954 and. Locals my. Never recovered from Willie Mays catch against Vic tru in the world series. Hut iw7 Giuld he the magic year. You re Only As Good As he Guys around you and right now i pc got a great supporting cast said Joe Carter who led the majors with 121 runs batted in. The indians have the hitters. If the pitching is Ade quate they could draw 2 million fans and win it All. In in say Cleveland followed by new York Toron to. Boston. Detroit Milwaukee and Baltimore. Cleveland indians the India tvs improved from 60-102 in 1985 to 84-78 Las season the ninth time in major league history a team has gone from 100 lasses to Over .500 in one year. Carter .302, 29 Home runs 29 stolen bases and Cory Snyder 24 or. 69 rib in 103 games Are heavy hitlers. Brook Jacoby Mel Hall Tony Bernazard and Andre Thornton each had 17 homers while Pat Tablor batted .326 and Julio Franco hit ,306. The indians weak Al Catcher signed Rick Dempsey and Hopo he improves a team defense which committed 157 errors. Knuckles Allers Tom Candioli 16-12 and 48-year old Phil Niekro 11-1 can pitch forever. Greg swin Dell. 5-2 As a Rookie joins Ken Schrom 14-7 despite a 4.54 Era and relic or turned starter Scott Bailes 10 10 in the rotation. Ernie Camacho 2d saves 4.08 Era and free agent de Van Jeberg arc the stoppers. New York Yankees the Yankees tried to pulse Ore everybody in 1986 and fell 51, games Short. They needed pitching. Don Mattingly .352, 31 or 113 rib has better numbers than Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle after three full seasons. Dave win Field drove in at least 100 runs for the fifth straight year but Winfield .262 and Rickey Henderson .263, 38 or 87 so hit for career lows. Mike Pagliarulo added 28 homers and Gary ward31 f51 Kab i in 105 games was signed As a free agent. Rhodon in j. 2.84 Era is expected to be the Ace when his pulled rib Muscles recover. The Yankees also acquired in insist Cal Charles Hudson from Phila Delphia for do Mike easier. Dennis Rasmussen won i sum year. Have Kig Heui major league record 46 saves re turns and unsigned free agent Ron Guidry 9-12, 3,98 Era and injured is expected on May t. Toronto Blue jays the Lilue jugs inc baseball s Best Outfield and Young sters unit Uii. To to nut. However have pitching. Right Lii Liler Jesse it Irli eld led the Matt is with 40 Home rims and the Al with 2u assists. Left fielder Cje rec hell halted ,.uw in ill 31 homers. Each had 108 rib. And both Are now millionaires. Center fielder Lloyd mom by had 21 Hunters and �6 Khi. Lorn or Nandki .310. 65 rib. 25 so will be joined in the of iced by Young second basemen Kelly Truber and Manny Lee. Dunn ii Garcia is gone traded in Atlanta for Craig Mcmutry 1-6. 4.74 Era. Jinun Kun 14-11 is the Best starter while snob 7 a hmm major league rib Champ Joe Carter left and slugger Cory Snider Are blockbusters in an explosive tribe attack. How they ii finish ,. -i.,.,"It. -".r. Of 1. Cleveland. 2. New York 3. Toronto 4. Boston 5. Detroit 6.mummkee 12 Battles Elbow pain. Submariner Mark Eichom 14-6, loaves. 1.72 Era was a Shock. Boston red sox no Al East Champion has repeated since the Yan Kees in 1977-78, and Boston won t do it either. The red sox were just one strike away from win Ning the world series last october but without Clem ens 24-4,2.48 Era they Are a .500 team at Best. Unsigned free agent Catcher Rich gedman is expected Back on May i. Tom Seaver will not return. Bruce Hurst is recovering from a Groin injury and Dennis Oil can Boyd 16-10 has put behind him a scrape regarding movie tapes that got him arrested. Wade Boggs -357 wants to Bat third although his .4 3 on base average will keep him leading aft. Jim Rice s Experiment at choking up and hitting toward right worked -324. 20 or 110 rib. Everyone saw regular season stars Bill Buckner 102 rib and Calvin chiral Dilme saves 1.41 Era in the postseason. Detroit tigers Morns still is in Detroit but Catcher Lance i army is gone. With 1 Arrish went the tigers chances. Morris 21-Sihcwmningi it Pitcher in the a sus is Detroit s Only reliable Quality ii Iru a. Walt Tenoll 15 12 and Frank Tanana 12-y" need a Judd years. Particularly to compensate for a cry who went 5-10. Willie Hernandez had 24 saves despite a 3.55 Era and the tigers traded Young pitchers Randy o Neal and Chuck Cary for pan Lime do Terry Harper. Without Parrish 22 or 62 rib Detroit is weak Al Catcher. Parrish s departure also Iofi a void in the cleanup Slot that Alan Trammell .277, 21 or. 75 rib tries to fill. Kirk Gibson 28 or 86 rib and Lou who Laker 20 or 73 rib Are Strong. Milwaukee Brewers the Brewers arc Young and improving. Not enough however to Rise in the Al East. Teddy Higuera 20-11, 2.79 Era needs support from 22-year-old Juan niches 11-12 or anyone else. The Brewers sent Tim Leary to los Angeles for inconsistent but Strong Greg Brock 16 or 52 rib. Robin Yount .312 is still productive. So arc Short Stop Earnest riles and second baseman Jim Gantner but both will miss opening Day with injuries. New manager Tom Trebelhorn Hopes moving Cecil Cooper to do will enliven his Bat. 0 Baltimore orioles the orioles ended the season 14-42 and finished last for the finl Lime since inc franchise left St. Louis. The orioles signed world series m v p Ray Knight and Rick Burleson to fill infield spots continuing a recoil and in prod uttivcpracikx1 of signing free agents one positive sign was the hiring of Oil Ripken or. Ripken is an organization Man. W h in the orioles needed. Ripken has his son Cal or. .282, 25 or. 81 rail Al shortstop and in Eddie Murray .31 5, 17 or 84 Riband a lot of Niu lion Marks. Catcher Tern Kennedy acquired for storm Das is can help. Scott Mcgregor i i-15 and like Flanagan 7-111 will be. Around for one More year. M Ike Odd Icker 14-12 can be better but counting a Ken d on 11-13 May he a m mistake. Don Amie 34 saves is the stopper. To Moskow the Al West
