European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 10,1387 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Raines pours it on for expos again it was a came in which no. 30 of the Mon Treal expos ran wild stealing four bases scoring three rum and generally demoralizing the Field of play and he losing manager Whitey Herzog. Look at it this Way he suggested. We just got Tai need on the rain in Spain May stay mainly on the Plain but the Raines in Montreal takes second. And turd. The weather report for visiting teams is always he same Raines heavy at times. Flood watches in effect. They May Haw put a roof on olympic stadium but it does t Stop the Raines. There used to be a son that went into each life some rain must fall but Loo much has fallen in  put an s on rain and that could be the theme of half a dozen National league managers. Which is Why observers of the game of baseball were flabbergasted last year when Montreal s Raines got thrown out stealing. Of course in was t the usual 90 feet. More Tike 3.000 Miles. For once Tun re poet did t gel a Good jump. He was trying to go from Montreal to los Angeles an the pitch. For once the throw beat him Awre. Of course it May have been a Pil Choul. Some lawyers around the league suspect so. The anus that threw out Tim Raines belonged to the Ownen and general managers of the game none of whom would say that their teams could use a Man who won the league baiting title stole 70 or More bans for the sixth consecutive year a major league record scored 91 runs got 194 hits and was third in the league in triples Uvenio in double and Ted the Leugene in getting on base 4 out of every 10 times. Those arc Good figure for two Guys. You would have thought they would Send a car for Bun. A Jet but the owner put up an umbrella when Ike Raines came. They pretended be was Claude Ibe invisible Man. A lot of catchers around the game would like to know their secret. Making Tim Raines disappear i quite a trick. He has one of the Best steal it caught Mealing percentages in baseball history. He has 461 theft and of his first �0 caught stealing Only 29were by Catcher s throws. Most were kickoffs. Once Raines starts running the Ball is Over matched. Montreal Canada is one of the great Cilie of the world two cultures thrive there. There is an old City Rich in the treasures of the past it is a River City built on an extinct Volcano and a trip there is like a visit to a magnificent French City. Then there is a new Montreal As vibrant and self charged As modern a any american or world Center of Commerce anywhere. It is a great place to visit. But ballplayers do not want to live there it is not entirely the weather although one Weatherman some years ago Jock Early promised his listeners fair summer weather with intermittent Daylight it is partly economic. Income tax is �0 percent As compared to 38 percent Federal lax in the . Some players with dual residency pay dual taxes. There can also be a language Barrier since the City 70 percent French speaking. Sometimes latin ballplayers already struggling with English find themselves totally incommunicado in a no Man s land among three different tongues. There is a matter of endorsements. When Gary Carter got to new York i face became the most recognizable in the City because of his posters plug Ging a variety of products and services from subway cards to billboards. Coming from Montreal it was a new experience for him. Whatever the reason Montreal lost cuter the All world Catcher to the acts and Andre Dawson who took 205 lifetime Home runs and 760 runs batted in with him to the cubs. Tim Raines a lifetime .300 hitter batting Champi on and Premium base sealer look off running after last season. Montreal was so sure he was t coming Back they expunged All mention of him from the team Media guide this season. Raines did not want to Swap the chilblains of que Bec for those of Chicago or Toronto. Tim wanted to slide into the Sun Bell. Atlanta or los Angeles or san Diego would be Nice he advised those interested. When free agents came into View not too Many years ago with mediocre to poor lifetime slats sore armed pitchers .220 hitters and slow infielders major league ownership fell All Over itself trying to contract them. But when Tim Raines a Man whose figures put him in the top 5 or 10 percent of anyone who Ever played the game became available their lines were Busy. It was a Case of Raines Raines go away. Tim Raines got picked off. He had in effect to go Back to first. To Montreal. Was i surprised he says. Well yes 1 would have thought some clubs could use my  but Raines does t storm i did t leave Montreal because of the weather or Money reasons he says. I was disappointed at the Way they treated me. After six years i Felt i gave them Oil Best baseball very productive Yean and then they throw toe offer on the Uble and say take it or leave it or go to free Agency i went to free Agency. I thought about taking less Money a Dawton had in chicag but e did thave any negative feelings about playing in Montreal. I was bom and raised in Florida so i was used to a different climate and i was aware of the Money car Ter makes on the tide in new York but basically i did t feel i was treated right. That was my Bottom  so Tim adds a rare caught stealing to his record but not on the Field. There he s proving As elusive and destructive Ever. Only Back since May i he has already stolen 10 bases. He has 3 hits is batting .347, has driven in is runs and scored 23. Wherever he goes he so to speak puts a Damper on the other learn. For the National league As usual it never Raines but it  11  Bucks will meet soviet italian teams Boston api the National basketball association will play its firs games against International Competition when the Milwaukee Buck meet the so Viet National team and european Cham Pion tracer Milan of Italy in a round Robin tournament at the Mecca in Mil Wunce oct. 23-25, Aba commissioner David Stern said monday. The tournament was organized by the Aba and the International governing body for basketball Fiba we have a representative solid win nine Aba Lam. Stern said. We would not be embarrassed to Iok i game but we would be surprised. We Bee pc that International teams Bave improved enough to be  Stern said the Bucks Wen chosen be cause we wanted a team that would win bul we were afraid it would scare off the International teams if the Boston celtics or los. Angeles Laker were selected. We want Nice Friendly games that we win he said. Milwaukee Center Jack Sikma said he it looking Forward to the Competition. It i going to be exciting to be in voted in that Sikma said. The never had the Opportunity to play against a so Viet team at any level. It s a Good time to it comes at a Good time Between the Start of training Camp and the exhibition Mason. It will be fun/1 the tournament will consist of three games with the Bucks playing Trace Milan oct. 23, the soviets meeting tracer Milan oct. 24 and the Bucks and the soviets meeting ocl. 2i. Stem said the rules for the games have not been finalized although zone de lenses illegal in the Aba probably will be allowed. As hosts we Are Likely to treat our guests Well and lean toward International rules Stern said. Bul perhaps we will have 12-minute quarters,1 International rules provide for 20 minute halves. The tournament Winner will Jet $50,000, with 130,000 going to the run Ner up and $20,000 to the third place team. The Bucks will donate their prize Money to local charities. Stem said the prize Money will be divided evenly if each team wins one game. The soviets top player 7-foot-2 Arvi Das Sabonis who was drafted by the Portland Trail blazers last year is Side lined by an injury and Wilt not be Able to Puy for four months bul Stem said he has been assured that Sabonis will be on the soviet seam if be is healthy. Tracer Milan this year became the fint team since 1973 lot win the euro Pean grand slam of basketball. Led by former Aba scoring Champion boo Mcadoo and Ken Barlow a 1984 first round draft Choice from notre Dame tracer Milan won the italian championship the cup of Italy and the euro Pean champions cup. Joining Mcadoo and Barlow on the italian front line is four time olympian Dino Meneghin. Stem said he Hopes the tournament can become an annual International event we Are looking Forward to playing games in other Aba cities and around the world he said. Nelson joins warriors As executive part owner Oakland Calif. A Don Nel Ion giving up coaching after 11 years alike Helm of the Milwaukee Bucks joined the Golden state warriors on monday a executive vice president and 10 percent owner of the Aba dub. Nelson who will pay $1 million in Cash for Bis piece of the warriors said he rejected More lucrative opportunities to coach the new York kicks or Dallas Mavericks after deciding to leave Mil Waukee because of a feud with Bucks president Herb Kohl. I be done very Ives in investing Nelson said in explaining How he can afford to buy into the warriors. Golden slate co owner Jim Fitzgerald said Nel son once owned a piece of the Bucks when Fitzgerald and Dan Finnane owned that team. He bought the Stock for 112 a share and sold it for $94," Fitzgerald said. Nelson Aba coach of the year in 1981and 1985, Aid his Al now is to build a championship team from the inside. We want to shoot As High As we Possi Bly can the former Boston celtics for Ward said i think a perfect example would be the los Angeles lakers and what they be done with their franchise. They be done a terrific Job there and i think they la probably be rewarded with another world  Fitzgerald and Finnane quashed any suggestion that Nelson might be preparing to take Over for coach George Karl. Karl s contract which would have nut through the 19s&-89 season with a one year option was extended through 1989-90 with a one year option for the 1990 91 season. Nelson 47, a Veteran of 14 years As a player said his Job will be evenly Divide Between basketball and business mailers. He said his contract with Milwaukee called for another dub to compensate the Bucks if he left to become a coach or personnel director and that Kohl told him he would t ask for compensation from the Warrior. Karl who was recommended to Fin Nane and Fitzgerald As warriors coach by Nelson last year said he it grateful to have the Opportunity to draw on Nel son s experience there s nol a person who 1 could have chosen that would make me a belter coach than Don Nelson Karl said. The thing 1 Lack More than anything else is experience and he has  Nelson was in the playoffs 11 Yean As a player and eight years As a coach. The Bucks finished this season with a 50-32 record placing third in the Central Divi Sod after winning their division the pre Vious seven years. Milwaukee then Costlo Boston in the playoffs. His career coaching record was 540-344