European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 5, 1991 the stars and stripes Clemens Appeal on hold Winter Haven Fla. Apr Roger Clemens of the Boston red sox still faces a $10,000 Fine and a five game suspension but there a a possibility he could Start the 1991 american league opener on april 8 in Toronto. Al president Bobby Brown on sunday said he has no timetable to act on Clemens Appeal of the Fine and suspension for a confrontation with plate Umpire Terry Cooney in the fourth game of the Boston Oak land playoff last october on a routine visit to the red sox training Camp Broyn indicated he a in no hurry to Rule on the Appeal which was designed to enable Clemens to pitch in the season opener. A there is no timetable a a Brown said. A the Appeal Hasni to been satisfied. A decision Hasni to been reached and he Sable to play in the regular season until one is Brown also noted that Clemens could delay any penalty further by appealing an Adverse decision to commissioner Fay Vincent. Brown conducted a hearing on Clemens Appeal on Jan. 28, then gave the Pitcher and the players association one month to file additional briefs. A the players association said it had some films for me to look at a Brown said. A a we re going to look at them in Sarasota Fla sometime after the major league meetings in Dallas on wednesday or thursday around March 9,10 or 11, somewhere in there a Brown said he did no to know what was on the tapes and a i have to keep an open mind until 1 see he added that he thinks the a films Are from television and he Isnit sure if they be been Cut from tapes he already has seen. Page 25 basebal�?T91 Ryan seeks longer pact at 44, Nolan Ryan is already contemplating taking Mound in 1992. By the associated press its becoming $ Spring training tradition for the Texas rangers and it shows no signs of ending. Nolan Ryan s agent Dick Moss is expected to get together with rangers general manager Tom Grieve in port Charlotte Fla., sometime this week to discuss another contract cd tension for the 44-year-old Pitcher. A i told Tom last year a Well probably still be doing this 20 years from now and still talking about How Well he a performing a a Moss said. Last Spring. Moss and Grieve negotiated a $3.3 million Deal that brings Ryan Back for a third a year with the rangers. Ryan is expected to Start opening Day against Milwaukee. So far Ryan has looked Good in workouts and its been a Relief to manager Bobby Valen a Tine,.�� a a a a a a a a one of these years lies not going to be Able to do that Quot Valentine said. A a in a relieved to see this Isnit the in his two seasons with the rangers Ryan is 29-19 with a 3.31 Era. Rain in Florida kept most the the teams working inside but the weather was a Little better in Arizona. In Tucson the Cleveland indians Are taking a Good look at pitchers Mauro Gozzo Willie Blair and Steve. Cummings All acquired in the Deal that sent Bud Black to Toronto the indians have at least one spot open in the rotation and also room for a spot starter and reliever. So All three could possibly remain the indians. A a it a a possibility a Blair said. A a we Veall been in the big leagues and we All have Good enough in Sarasota Fla., Baltimore orioles manager Frank Robinson said he would have to see Jim Palmer work in at least around the Camps. Three exhibition games before he could. Begin to assess the chances of his comeback. At age 45, Palmer is trying to return to the majors after already being elected to the Hall of Fame. At the Cincinnati amp in Plant City Fla., Chi Isalio said he was hopeful of being Able to overcome problems with sore Knees that slowed him Down last season. A a mainly i just want to stay healthy and maybe make my Knees hold up Mger a he sail. A i would like to steal More bases. Last year in the second half i lost that one step needed to be in other Spring training news on sunday a Seattle mariners outfielder Ken Griffey or. Was Hurt in a car Accident and will be sidelined indefinitely with neck and lower Back injuries. Griffey was in route to take his physical examination for the team saturday afternoon when lie stopped to yield to an emergency vehicle and his Mercedes Benz was rear ended by a Ford pickup truck said or. Larry pc Deana the clubs orthopaedic surgeon. A san Francisco right hander Rick reuse Hel who had a Loiro Copic surgery on his left knee last july 9, had some swelling in the knee after throwing for 15 minutes sunday and will have it drained. Reuse Hel was 36 last season in 13 starts before being sidelined for the season. A despite heavy Rains at verb Beach Orel hers visor managed to get his work in for the los Angeles dodgers. On the mend from reconstructive shoulder surgery performed last april Hershiser made 40 Long tosses outside then threw 40 curve balls indoors. A everything went Well a Hershiser environment puts movement into game by Hal Bork the associated press now lets see Darryl Strawberry is with the dodgers and George Bell is with the cubs. Terry Pendleton is with the braves and Dave Righetti is with the giants Jack Morris is with the twins and Charlie Hough is with the White sox. Willie Wilson is with the athletics and Tim Raines is with the White sox. Got All that a of moving right along a which is Quot hat baseball players do with remarkable regularity these Days a Vince Coleman with the mets and Jack Clark is with be red sox. Mike Boddiker is with the royals and Franklin Stubbs is with the Bickers. Glenn Davis is with the orioles i no i by Gaetti is with the Angels. Lie., Etc., Etc. 1973-81, the los Angeles Dodg started Steve Garvey at first base Waves Lopes at second Bill Russell at 0jtsu�?Tp and Ron Cey at third. Every Tut n Nestra a it years they played Ogliher. In the decade since the unit Mke up the dodger infield has become a revolving door with 15 first basemen 17 second basemen 18 shortstops and 23 third basemen. Welcome to baseball a Brave new world where players keep their bags permanently packed ready to switch uni forms at the drop of an expired contract. A or in the Case of Raines and Davis the threat of one. Of the first 69 re entry free agents to sign contracts this Winter 43 changed teams. That a a 62 percent rate of turnover nearly twice As much As the 32 percent rate of movement that free Agency produced in 1986, 1987 and 1988. The mobility trend begun a year ago when 43 of 71 signed free agents 60 per pct changed teams. Among this year s a new look free agents produced by the collusion Rul him the departure rate was even higher -i0 of 15 players 67 percent moving. Where is everybody going Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson win Ders. Too. Robinson came to the Baltimore orioles in 1955 and stayed for 23 years. When he left it was for Cooperstown. A things have changed Quot he said. A the game has evolved. You re not going to get the camaraderie you had in the 40s and 50s. Players were a tighter knit group then. There was More stability. Now its show up and and the name on the front of the uniform Jersey is a strictly secondary consideration. Players have become hired guns like an army of baseball mercenaries. A i done to think they have As much fun a Rob Insong a suit a if store of a business Bill Veeck the late owner of the Chicago White sox frequently a couple of Steps ahead of his colleagues anticipated All of this movement with the arrival of free Agency in 1976. And he came up with a strategy to Deal with it at least in the Short term. After a decade in which the sox reached .500 just once Veeck decided that if the rental business was Gabd enough for apartments and automobiles in baseball As. Well. So 1977 became the rent a player season for the White sox. Quot ii owner went shopping for players with expiring contracts who would he too expensive to sign in the Long term either for their old teams or for Chicago. For one year he would put them in White sox double knits a sort of baseball version of office temporaries lie traded for Oscar Gamble and Richie Zisk and the two produced 61 Home runs Between them leading the sox to a third place finish 18 games Over .500. It was a magic summer on the South Side of Chicago. The manager of Chicago a rent a player team was Bob Lemon another Hall of Famer who spent 15 years in the majors All of them with Cleveland. He remembered his team of transients. A they hit. About .315,�?� he said. A the problem was the Era was 5.00.�?�. The temporary nature of his roster never disturbed Lemon. Few things Ever did. A it Wasny to difficult a he said. A nothing was difficult with Veeck. He enjoyed himself and you enjoyed yourself. They were Loose. They knew at the end of the year they would be. Free agents and subject to a lot of money.�?�. And moving on just like the itinerant a who followed them
