European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 24,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary red sox Boggs lives in his cocoon by Bob Padecky Santa Rosa Calif press Democrat human beings who have gone through what Wade Boggs has gone through do not play baseball. They do not do anything. They sit in a Green Hospital tunic wait for their noon medication and gaze lovingly at the test pattern on the television set. Boggs does t. This is after All a real life version of the movie Fata  Wilh Margo Adams substituting lawyers and subpoenas for the knife. But the red sox third baseman remains detached despite the evidence. Last week when Boston played in Anaheim three of his teammates were served with subpoenas his wife Debbie was hassled in the stands by drunks. Mar Googoo was shouted any time he poked his head from the dugout. Atlas shrugged. "1 propose a contest for a million dollars Boggs said. Have 40.000 people chant one word Over and Over the entire game. By the ninth inning. Ask me what that word is. I won t be Able to Tell you athletes always have been accused of Liv ing in their own Little world but there never has been an inhabitant like Boggs. No player has been Able to separate himself from his Environ Mcnol like Boggs. I m in a cocoon when i Bat he said in Oakland where the red sox were playing the athletics. I build a shelter around me. Nothing can gel  a Man standing in front of thousands yet stand ing alone. The Only sensation is one of  Hoggs said. "1 Sec the Pitcher and the Ball. Thai s it. Everything else  Umpire. No Catcher. No crowd. I m operating in a vacuum he said. "1 Don t even hear the hum of a crowd. I be been Able to do this since 1 was 12." Good hitters appreciate such Tunnel vision. It eliminates the non essential. Wilh Boggs. However he lakes in with him. Everywhere. Boggs lives in a cocoon he does t just bal in one. Control of  Boggs belter than his six Balling lilies and All his 200-Hil seasons. Such discipline keeps him at  s length from Many of his teammates. He gives inc feeling he is nol participating As much As observing. He used such control to balance however bizarrely Margo for four years while he was married. Such control makes him steadfast in his refusal to pay Adams one single cent. If i was going to pay  Boggs said it would have been May 1988. When she first asked for $ 100,000.1 did t pay her then i won t pay her now. I la never pay  s a Mailer of principle now. He knew How ugly in could gel if he did l pay. He knew teammates might be called to testify. He knew Debbie could fee never ending Public humiliation. Nothing has Ever been easy to  Boggs said. I Don t expect it  the flame in fact has just been turned up. In the Boston Herald a writer Calls for Boggs to pay Adams and Slop dragging his teammates through the mud. Hoggs is viewed As a hedonist incarnate so stubbornly selfish he does t care who is Hurt by Margo s Shakedown. So now he is hitting under .300, in the worst slump of his career. His most Hitler detractors claim it s because his wild life has ended. Others say he s finally feeling the pressure. Boggs says it s the injuries inc hamstring pull and iwo aching feel thai kept him on the Bench for most of the Oakland series. Boggs will allow injuries to penetrate his cocoon. That is reasonable. Nothing else is. He is Loo Well wrap Ped. He runs sprints precisely Al 7 17 . Before each night game. The numbers meaning 7 for 7. He cats Chicken before every game sits in the same spot in the dugout crosses the Loul lines at the precise spot. So Long before Margo Boggs began to protect himself wrapping himself in layer upon layer of habit each layer another Cushion against a heavy blow. It worked. He won the batting title in 1986, even though his Mother died in a car Accident that june. He hit .380 last season after Margo first hit the  now the red sox want to Irac him arid fans want to Fry him and the Media wants to Grill him will this Ever gel to you and drive you crazy never Wade Hoggs said Chin thrust Forward like a shield.  the Man is standing in the Middle of a hailstorm Buthe acts As if he s out getting a Tan. He looks relaxed. Meanwhile everyone else around him fidgets. Sudden Success no Surprise for san Francisco s Mitchell Nyji Odonaghy new York a overcoming obstacles is nothing new for Kevin  ran with a Tough crowd As a teen Ager in san Diego and was pegged a part time player by the new York acts. Bui Wilhour much Nolice Mil chill has become one of inc Best hitters in baseball. He leads the major leagues with 14 Home runs and 42 runs balled in and his .317 Balling average is fourth in inc a Lional league. He also has a .702 slug Ging Pyrc anlage. You expect him to hit at least a Dou ble every Lime up now san Francisco manager Roger Craig said. And when he s in a slump Well then All you can expect arc some run scoring  in his last seven games Mil chill is 12 for 23 Wilh three Home runs. The sudden Success however is no Surprise to Mitchell. This year i told myself thai i was going to have this kind of season Mitchell said. The fact that Roger ids me hit behind will Clark is a Garcal  Clark who bats third in the giants line up leads the majors with a .372 average and he credits Mitchell s hoi bal for a few Hils. I m a fastball Hiller and Wilh Kevin hitting behind me i m getting a lot of great pitches Clark said. I think we have a Good thing going  As a Rookie for the acts in 1986, Mitchell hit .277 with 12 homers and 43 Raisin 108 games. I always liked his  Mcl manager Darcy Johnson said. It seems like he s matured As a hitter. He s gone out of his Way to learn the pitchers. He can be sensational at  sometimes even unbelievable. In a game last month Al St. Louis. Mitchell caught a Fly Ball to left Field with his Bare nand. Mitchell hit a Home run against the acts on saturday and went 4 for 5 with another Homer on sunday. This season he s become such a Force you Don l want to pitch to him in any situation Johnson said. The acts traded Mil chill to san Diego along with four minor leagues prior to the1987 season for Kevin Mcreynolds. And the padres sent him to san Francisco on july 4, 1987, with Pilch is Dave Dravecky and Craig la fens for infielder Chris Brown and Pilch is Mark Davis Mark Grant and Keith c9mslock. Last season Mitchell set career highs Wilh 19 homers and 80 Bis. Bul was l sure of inc giants plans for him. I had a lol of Lime to think Over the Winter Mitchell 27, said. All 1 wanted to do was give 180 percent in Ever  Mitchell s Altitude is not the Only thing that has changed his View of things. He is wearing contacts for the first Lime this year on the advice of his grand Mother. Josie Winfield. She is always offering advice on my hitting Mitchell said. When i was having trouble with my eyes after gelling Hil there in 1986. She figured it was More than the injury. It turned out Hal she was right  still has a Gruff personality. Bul he has found an inner peace and a Home with the giants. F Roger Craig is an Angel Mil chill said. He s like a Church Man. I always Lalk to him on and off the Field. We even keep in Contact All during the  the feeling is Mutual. We d be in last place if not for him and Clark Craig said. Mitchell comes to the Park ready to play and it s rubbing off on the other  is at the Center of Allan lion and it will take a while to get used to  be never had a month and a half like this before Mitchell said. But i m no going to look Back. I m going to make sure in does t Slop. That s what i keep idling myself even if i Don t do something one Day i know i la come Back and do it the  san Francisco s Kevin Mitchell. Lead majors in hrs. Bis Giamatti Grants Rose 30-Day postponement new York a Pete Rose s request that base Ball postpone its hearing on his alleged gambling for 30days was granted monday by commissioner a. Bart Lell Giamatti. Giamatti in a terse one paragraph Stalc Mcnol did not explain his reasons for granting the delay which was asked for last Friday. The hearing required by baseball s procedural rules had been scheduled for thursday in no work. I have today granted the 30-Day Extension requested by or. Rose s counsel Giamatti said. As a result of i hair request i have reset the hearing Date. The hearing Date will be on june 26,1989, Al 9 . In my office. Spokesman Rich Levin said the  was granted in inc spirit of  Rose s lawyers did not return Telephone Calls left at their offices in Cincinnati and Dayton Ohio. They have been quoted As saying that if the delay was nol Gram cd they would go to court claiming that roses right to due process was being denied. John Dowd the commissioner s special counsel delivered a 225-Page report on the allegations to Giam Matti on May 9 along with seven volumes of evidence. Two Days later Giamelli Sci inc hearing Dale and had a copy of the report delivered to Rose s attorneys ecu Van Katz Rose s lawyer said Friday Hal base Ball had Given him 60 More transcripts and interviews. Additional time was required to evaluate the evidence and prepare for inc hearing Katz said. I Don t think in s Urca Islic to ask for 30 Days Rose said Friday. They look Ihrck months and gave me iwo weeks. I Don t think our request is  baseball s investigation of Rose began in mid february after a former associate approached inc Coromis a incr s office with allegations Hal inc Cincinnati manager had bet on baseball. You would find in Legal and administrative proceed Ings requests for More time arc routinely granted said a source speaking on the condition he not be identified. No one wants to push too hard on time  if Rose is found to have bet on baseball he would be suspended for one year. If he is found to have bet on games involving the reds he would be banned for life