European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday june 25, 1991young slugger waiting for Call Arlington Texas tap a Power hitting minor la guar Dean Palmer does no to know what else he can do to earn a promotion to the Texas rangers so he figures lies la just stay on a tear that pro -1----- jets to a 50-Homer season. Quot hey in a tired of being poor a Palmer said. A a it a time for me to say something in a starting to look at this As a  into sunday Palmer was leading professional baseball in Home runs with 22, belting them at a Pace of one every 10.6 at bats. He had 59 rib is in 61 games for class. Aaa Oklahoma City of the american association the third highest total in pro baseball. He was hitting .299. Dean Palmer l ies on Pace to hit 50 homers and drive in 130-plus. But All he a received out of it so far Are rave reviews. A a sooner or later i know ill get my shot a Palmer said in sundays fort Worth Star Telegram. A that makes it easier. But i is hard not to get  that a about As much emotion As you la get from Palmer a Juiet 22-year-old third baseman who was discovered by the rangers at a Small High school in Tallahassee Fla. They signed him in the third round of the 1986 draft. Palmer wont rip the rangers for not calling him up. But rest assured now that Ivan a pud get Rodriguez has leapfrogged him on his Way to Texas Palmer is ready to a follow. A. A a if Only there was an obvious Hole for him to fill As there was for Rodriguez the rangers Catcher of the future who was called up when Geno Petralli got Hurt. Teams keep mentioning Palmer in Trade talks but the rangers say he a off limits. His future in the big leagues whenever that comes will be in Arlington. Oklahoma City manager Tommy Thompson said. Palmers homers Are becoming the stuff of legends. A a he shit several Between 450 and 550 feet this year a Thompson said.\. Rangers manager Bobby Valentine said the time Isnit right to bring up Palmer. But privately he has wanted him to be playing enough left Field at Oklahoma City to feel comfortable when he gets to Arlington. To Date Palmer has played Only one game there. And now he a bothered by a strained muscle in his neck and his status is Day to  personnel director Sandy Johnson does no to want to spoil palmers defensive development at third base by temporarily shifting him to left Field especially if the rangers done to re sign Steve Buechle  and the third base Job becomes his. And the idea of interrupting a monster triple a season for Par mime duty in the big leagues does no to Appeal to Johnson either. / a general manager Tom Grieve is entertaining Trade offers for Buechle. Tic does no to know if the 1992 budget will allow him to re sign the Veteran third baseman who can become a free agent . A i done to envy whomever makes the final decision a Johnson said. A a it a really a Tough Call. Buechle is dictating us going one Way Palmer the other Way. With the kind of year Dean is having he a almost forcing us to create a place for him somehow. I mean really How much More can he do a Wimbledon from Page 28. Cord of 1-5 a turn Ament titles Overall. A Connors will become the first Man to play 100 singles matches at Wimbledon if he reaches the second round. A Boris Becker is seeking his fourth title and his sixth spot in the final in it even years. 7 a a and there Are some less impressive goals a a a a a a a. A a a a a. A a Ivan Lendl will be making his annual bid for a first Wimbledon title. A Andre Agassi who plays Canadian Grant Connell in the first round is seeking his first Victory. At the grass court  who won her record ninth singles title last year enters the Tournai. Merit after championships at grass court events in Birmingham and Eastbourne that gave her 156 career titles. A i feel Happy the game is there the desire is there and so is the experience and my mind a said Navratilova seeded third this year behind Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini. Graf the Only other former Champion in the women a Field moved to top seed when Seles dropped out Friday. Graf will be seeking her third Wimbledon title. The menus Field is full of former champions a Connors 1974, 1982acc scr 1985, 1986, 1989john Mcenroe 1981, 1983, 1984 Pat Cash 1987 and defending Champion Stefan Edberg who also won in 1988. The tournament lost another player monday before a single Ball had been hit. Mats Wilander of Sweden pulled out because of a knee injury and was replaced by Martin Laurendeau of Canada. But All the former champions and would be champions May be undermined by the weather. A forecaster at the London weather Center said periods of ram were expected to plague Wimbledon through at least thursday. A a. A file Mats Wilander withdraws from Field Mission takes belts Bradley to Australia Sydney Australia a he a big imposing and will soon Grace the doorsteps of hundreds of australian Homes. Shawn Bradley 7-foot, 6 inches of potential stardom in v the Aba has Given up slam dunks and rebounds or two years As a mormon missionary. A a Bradley a 19-year-old Brigham Young University standout and a top . College player arrived in Australia Bradley this week to. Take up his posting. The Castle Dale Utah,.native said he was tempted to grab one of the Many lucrative offers a some As High As $3 million a year a to play in the Aba. W the temptation was certainly there and i had to think Long and hard about what i was going to do a Bradley said. A i started to think i could do Quot jus fas much by playing basketball and setting a Good sporting example than 1 could by going on the Mission. V a but in the end 1 realized the Mission was what was expected of me and was what would be better for me in the  the Mission made by most mormon males at age 19, Means basketball will take a backseat along with dating television , for the next 24 months. In its place will be religious study and six Days a week of a personal contacting a knocking on doors and talking to people in the Street about the mormon Faith and the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints. A the most Contact ill have with basketball will be just talking about it a Bradley said at the Mission Center in Syd . A a in be played basketball most of my life so it will probably be a Little hard adjusting to life without  Bradley said he Hopes to return to basketball when his Mission concludes adding that his time in Australia will a Sproba by help me become a More mature �?player.�?�. A a a 7 Brent Nash president of the Sydney Mission agrees that Bradley a door knocking will pay dividends in the future. A if he continued in basketball now head get into an awful lot of Money real fast a Nash said. A to give that kind of Money to a kid would ruin him but after a two year Mission lies la know How to handle  a a a a a a. A a Quot a -. Hornets Settle on Johnson As no. 1 pick Charlotte . A the Charlotte hornets have decided not to use their no. 1 pick on the most talented player available in wednesdays draft. A a instead coach Gene Littles says they re going to take the player who can help the team the most. That a Why the hornets Are set to make in Lvi a Larry Johnson the no 1 pick. A basically the decision has been made but we still want to make sure we have made the right decision a Littles said. A if we had to go today the decision has been made. But we still have three  on saturday Littles said he preferred Syracuse a Billy Owens Over Johnson but was overruled by the hornets vice president Allan  we talked about players and of course Owens a Littles said sunday a everyone has said he is the most talented player in the draft. I spoke very highly of Owens but for our needs Owens is probably not for Littles denied published reports that reflect a rift within team management Over which player to take. Little was quoted in saturdays editions of two North Carolina newspapers a the Gastonia Gazette and the Winston Salem journal a As saying the team will take Johnson but he prefers Owens. A i think that happens when you try to not make a statement the press tends to pick up anything and run with it a Littles said in a Telephone interview. 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