European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 commentary the stars and stripes Friday july 26, 1991 Dibble not wild but Nasty boy out of control Dibble by Ben Walker a baseball writer Rob Dibble says he a tired of everyone listing his problems from the past. The problem is the list keeps getting longer. A a everybody has a different Way of letting off steam a Dibble said two weeks ago trying to explain his history. A a in be made a but Ever time i do anything it All gets brought up again a he said. A people who done to know me say things that just Arentt True. In a not crazy. In a just like your next door Well maybe he is a if your next door neighbor is rambo the terminator or the predator. Really is anyone in the stadium Safe with this Guy in the game Here a a Pitcher with a 100 Mph fastball and pinpoint control so accurate that he shit Only one Batter in 143 innings. Crazy maybe but definitely not wild. But in four months baseball a ultimate Nasty boy has hit a fan in the Cen Ter Field seats from the pitchers Mound and drilled a runner from up close. He a also thrown behind a hitter earning him yet another suspension. Tuesday nights trouble which started when he fielded Doug Dascenzo a squeeze bunt and then threw it at the cub runners legs was a slip Dibble said. Especially since it came in his first game Back from sitting out three Days for throwing at Eric Yelding he still Hasni to served his four Days for plunking the first Grade teacher in the bleachers. A a it a ludicrous to think id come off suspension to do something to get suspended again a the Cincinnati reliever said wednesday. A a it a a it was an Accident a Dibble said. �?o1 came off the Mound late and did no to have time to think. In be seen it happen a Hundred times. But because its me i get tossed out of the National league president Bill White Hasni to had time to think about it either. He a waiting for the videotape so there was no action wednesday. But suffice it to say there will be. And at least one of his teammates says its time to Stop. A a there a no reason for it. He a going to have to grow up and under. Lid. Stand that a Bill Doran Sai d. A you have to be Able to control yourself. 1 done to think he really knew what he was doing. I think he had a brain cramp. A Rob is As big hearted and As Nice a Guy As you a Ever meet. He does things then one second later he a sorry it happened. But sooner or later if you keep making the same mistakes Over and Over again a in a sorry does no to mean anything. A a in be talked to him about it. A lot of Guys have. The reason Guys talk to him is because they like him. If he was a derelict and no one cared about him we say anything a he said. The reds talked to Dibble in 1989, his first full year in the majors. In Spring training that season after giving up a Home run to Light hitting Bill Beane he walked out to the reds clubhouse beyond the Center Field Fence in Plant City Fla. Then he started flinging folding chairs into a Pond and followed by beating some benches with a Bat. A two months later he again got upset this time after Terry Pendleton hit an rib single. Dibble was backing up the play behind the plate and showed his frustration by throwing Pendleton a Bat at the Backstop. A sometimes you do stupid things a Dibble said at the time. A this ranks at the top of my list. It la never happen but on july 9, Dibble hit a Batter a on purpose. He nailed Tim Teufel in the Back and was suspended and Fine d for it. Earlier that season he also was fined for throwing at Willie Randolph. He just snaps people say a but not always. Last year after giving up the game winning hit in the All Star game he laughed. He said it was just fun being there and besides it did t count. Reds Chris Sabo is Safe Ai Home plate after crashing into cubs Catcher Rick Wilkins. Dodgers turn displays by phils into 2-1 win by the associated press los Angeles Rookie Wes Chamberlain does no to have an error in 33 games this season but As far As his Philadelphia teammates Are concerned he made two mental ones wednesday night. Displays by Chamberlain in the final two innings led to both the dodgers runs As los Angeles Defeated the Phillies 2-1. With the score tied at 1 in the Bottom of the ninth Chamberlain caught Mike Scioscia a sacrifice Fly in foul territory allowing Stan Javier to score the winning run. The Ball went deep into left but eased foul just before the warning track. A we were playing in and if we had been playing regular depth probably would have had better vision of it a he said. A a you be got to take your Eye off the Ball and look and see where you re in the eighth Brett Butler led off with a shot to left that Chamberlain Dove at As it skipped into the Corner giving Butler a triple. After Juan Samuel struck out Butler scored on Eddie Murray a sacrifice Fly to tie the score 1-1. John Candelaria la was the 12, cubs 3 Chicago a Chris Sabo drove in three runs As Cincinnati beat Chicago formational league Only its second Victory in 14 games Tom Browning 11-7 gave up 10 hits in. His first Complete game in 22 starts this year. Mike Bielecki 10-7 allowed six runs in 5/j 4, astros 3 St. Louis a Jose Oquendo a bases loaded single Over a drawn in Outfield lifted St. Louis Over Houston completing a three game sweep of the astros. Lee Smith 5-2 pitched one inning for the 8, mets 4 san Francisco Kevin Bass hit his second Homer in As Many nights and Kevin Mitchell also homered As san Francisco battered David Cone and new York for its fourth straight Victory John Burkett 7-5 pitched an eight hitter for his third Complete 8, padres 2 san Diego a Montreal scored five runs in the first inning off Dennis Rasmussen 3-7who lasted Only two thirds of an inning. Brian Barnes 2-3 gave up two runs and six hits in 5vi sign Rypien lose Warren to injury by the associated press the Washington redskins gained a quarterback but lost a tight end on wednesday. Quarterback Mark Rypien ended a 10-Day holdout and signed a new contract. Team officials said he would report to training Camp on thursday. Rypien a signing came just hours after Light end Don Warren broke his right ankle. He is expected to be out for at least 10 weeks. A mainstay to the redskins offence Warren a 12-year Veteran was injured while blocking during the first play of a controlled scrimmage. Coach Joe Gibbs said another player fell Over the Back of Warrens legs. Jeanw spokesman Charles Dayton said a rays showed Warren had a displaced fracture of the distal Fibula the smaller Bone at the rear of the ankle. Dayton said Warren would undergo surgery thursday be in a cast for two to three weeks and Likely not play until Early october missing the first five league games. Warren at 35 the oldest player on the team is Best known for being a smart and sure Blocker especially against the pass Rush. He also has had a Knack for coming up with the critical catch and in big games. Details of Rypien s new contract were not Camps Rypien had complained that he was not being offered enough Money and had sought $1.6 million this year. Until recently the redskins were said to have offered about $1.2 million. Rypien earned $300,000 last year the lowest salary of any starting quarterback. Elsewhere in the Camps Atlanta Falcons at Suwanee ga., Atlanta signed first round draft Choice Mike Pritchard a wide receiver from National Champion Colorado to a three year contract. Pritchard became the j2th of 13 drafted players to sign with the Falcons leaving Only the top Choice a Eor Norback Bruce Pickens of Nebraska a cowboys in Austin Texas Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson said he was pleased with his first look at newly acquired defensive tackle Tony Casillas. Obtained sunday night from the Falcons for two draft choices Casillas participated in Contact work for the first time. A in one Days practice he was everything we were looking for and More a Johnson said. Quot san Francisco 49ers in Rocklin Calif san Francisco coach George Seifert found himself with another offensive line problem Seifert said that Reserve offensive lineman Ricky Siglar who had been expected to Back up both Harris Barton and Steve Wallace at the tackle spots is expected to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. Tempers flared during practice wednesday when defensive linemen Charles Haley and Steve Wallace mixed it up provoking the anger of Seifert. A a in a not losing control of this team a Seifert shouted As teammates broke up the altercation. A i can to allow this to take this team apart. If there is any More of this there will be England patriots in Smithfield r.i., the new England patriots welcomed running Back Leonard Russell to Camp. Russell from Arizona state was the first running Back picked in the draft and the 14th selection Overall. Quot in a aware we have a game to play in 12 Days and that a Why it was urgent for me to come in before the week was out a said Russell who signed a three year contract with the patriots late monday
