European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 13, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 s Spring a handful of can to miss prospects by Jim Don achy a baseball writer West Palm Beach Fla. March s top prospects can sometimes be april s fools. Every major league Camp has a player or two thai comes along each Spring and looks like another Mickey Mantle for a few weeks. Bui when the season starts icy hit More like Mickey lulls this season Greg Brincy Gary Shef Field Rob Ducky and Darren Reed Are All off to dazzling starts. Can it last this game is unpredictable new York Yankees manager Dallas Green said. What made Pic Rose such a great Talent he did t have inc greatest Natu ral ability in the world. As n scout Gener Al manager or manager you have to be Able to spot other things. The scrapbooks Are filled with Crum bling clippings of can to miss kids such As Al Ferrara Roger freed Ted Cox and Costco Shockley. Freed in fact had the distinction of being a top Prospect in two different Camps. Freed Tore up the International league for Rochester in the Lale 1960s and was considered Baltimore s future first base Man when he arrived for Spring training in 1970. Bui his career with he orioles lasted Only four games. The next year freed was traded to Philadelphia and was considered their lop Prospect too. Prior to the Start of the 1965 season the Angels traded Playboy Pitcher to be husky to the Phillies Tor Shockley the Pacific coast league Rookie of the year in 1964, he had a marvelous Spring training and won a Job Plato Ning at first base with Veteran Joe Deock. Forty games into the season Shockley was gone. Ferrara was supposed to be the Dodg ers new Duke Snider and Cox the next Ted Williams for Boston. Sometimes it takes Lime to become a Prospect. Tony la Russa struggled in the minor leagues for almost a