European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 baseball the stars and stripes monday March 16,1992 for Duluth a. A Atlanta braves outfielder David Justice the no Rookie of the year in 1990, said he is sorry he was quoted As saying he is a target of racial slurs from teammates. The daily news of Duluth quoted Justice in a Story published Friday As saying he thinks some of his teammates have used the word a a Nigger when referring to him behind his Back. A there Are a lot of Good Guys on this team but there Are a few who i know use the a no word when i am not around a Justice was quoted As saying. Saturday the Atlanta journal Constitution reported that Justice 25, who is Black said his words had been taken out of context. A i expected the writer to write it exactly the Way i said not to take bits and pieces. I have to think about my team. I would never say anything like that about my team a Justice said. A live never heard anyone on this team Call me that and i Haven to had anybody Tell me that somebody called me that. That a not True that i said that a Justice told the journal Constitution. But saturday morning daily news sportswriter Bill Zack who wrote the original Story discussed the dispute with Justice and said Justice told him the quote Wasny to wrong. A the Only thing he said was if he could retract that one quote about his team he would. He does no to want to cause team dissension a Zack said. Zack said he had shown the article to Justice on Friday and Justice had told him then that it was Correct. Justice who batted .275 with 21 homers and 87 rib for the no Champion braves last season despite missing two months with a Back injury said he May Call a team meeting to Clear the air with his teammates. A if this comes out and some Guys on the team have a problem with it ill be the first one calling a team meeting a he said. A i love the Guys like they re my family White or Many of justices teammates were surprised about the comment. A the Only people on this team that Are calling someone a Nigger Are the Blacks and we re just kidding with each other a said Deion Sanders who is Black. A a there a never been a racial problem on this team and there never will be a manager Bobby Cox said. Pirates record 6 double plays against jays by the associated press Toronto a Jeff Richardson a two out ninth inning single broke a tie and the Pittsburgh pirates turned six double plays As they beat the Toronto Blue jays 5-4 saturday before a crowd of 41,288 at the sky dome. Carlos Garcia reached on an infield single off loser Duane Ward and Jose Tolentino drove in the tying run with a double to left. Is tigers 6, dodgers 4 Lakeland Fla. A a two run single by Jody Hurst keyed a five run Detroit sixth and the tigers snapped a four game losing Streak by beating los angles. Dodgers starter Pedro Martinez named the inor league player of the year by the sporting exhibition games news was Brilliant through four innings. Martinez allowed just two hits struck out five with no walks. Orioles 6, royals 3 St. Petersburg Fla. A Randy Milligan drove in two runs and Baltimore got eight hits off Mark Gubicza in the first two innings to beat Kansas City. Baltimore starter Bob Milacki allowed three hits in four shutout innings lowering his Era to 0.90 in 10 innings. Red sox is 7, White sox is 4 Winter Haven Fla. A Ellis Burks homered and drove in two runs saturday As Boston beat the Chicago White sox. Burks put the red sox ahead 1-0 in the first with an rib single off loser Charlie Hough. Yankees 11,expos 7 fort Lauderdale Fla. Hensley meulens Lead off Home run and Gerald Williams two run single keyed a seven run seventh inning As new York beat Montreal. Darren Reed hit two homers for the expos. Astros 7, Phillies 3 Clearwater Fla. A Terry Mulholland the Phillies no. 1 starter continued to struggle giving up six runs in four innings to Houston. Reds 4, White sox is 3 Plant City Fla. A Reggie Sanders three run Homer off Bobby Thigpen in the seventh inning lifted Cincinnati past Chicago White sox. Braves 9, mets 1 West Palm Beach Fla. A Sid Bream had two hits and three Rols and Otis Nixon added three hits As royals Kevin Koslofski a roots third base As he slides under orioles Leo Gomez for a fifth inning triple. Atlanta routed the new York mets. Rangers 5, red sox is 4 port Charlotte Fla. A Rookie Rob Maurer hit a Pinch three run Homer in the eighth inning to carry Texas past a Boston split squad. Nolan Ryan started for the rangers and pitched four solid innings before apparently tiring in the fifth inning when he gave up two runs on three walks a hit Batter and one hit. Twins 5, cardinals 4 fort Myers Fla. A Scott Erickson turned in his second consecutive Strong performance of the Spring pitching four shutout innings As Minnesota beat St. Louis. Angels 5, indians 3 Tucson Ariz. A Hubie Brooks hit a two run double to key a five run fourth inning leading California Over Cleveland. An error by shortstop Felix Fermin on Bobby roses grounder started the rally. Brewers 4, padres 2 Chandler Ariz. A Chris Bosio pitched four innings in his longest Start of Spring training As Milwaukee beat san Diego. The padres fell to 1-8 in exhibition play. Bosio allowed five hits and one run while striking out three. Cubs 10, mariners 6 Mesa Ariz. A George Bell hit a three run Homer and drove in four runs As the Chicago cubs beat Seattle. Gary Scott added a Solo Homer for the cubs. Greg Briley had four hits for the mariners. Giants 9, athletics 5 Scottsdale Ariz a Jose Uribes bases loaded triple in the Bottom of the third lifted san Francisco Over gets wired for wrist hand experiments Winter Haven Fla. A Roger Clemens resume includes three by Young awards and appearances in the All Star game the playoffs and the world series. Now he can add a new listing fiber optic Guinea pig. Clemens donned a specially designed Glove with sensors wired to a computer to get motion readings saturday on his wrist hand Bones and Finger joints. A i got wind of this and Doc wanted me to get out Here and do it Quot said Clemens referring to team physician or. Arthur Pappas. A a it Sall experimental right now. Its the first time its been tried a said Pappas who helped develop the High technology measuring system. A a we be been Able to get an idea of the motion and stresses on the shoulder and Elbow on videotape but we could never get a Reading on the hand and Clemens went through his entire repertoire of pitches four seam fastball two seam fastball Slider curve Ball and Forknall. Each throw was recorded by a computer sitting on top of a Towel and boxes in the bullpen. As Clemens threw tethered to the computer or. William Morgan a hand specialist from the University of Massachusetts medical Center Lisa Morton of the Worcester facility and Glenn Edwards an electronics Engineer with Greenleaf medical of California All look measurements. A this is like Nasa technology brought Down to Earth a Edwards said adding that similar devices would be developed for the Elbow and shoulder. After he threw Clemens spoke of pitching from a technical viewpoint. A my understanding of All this is that they Are not Only going to measure my hand strength but the wrist strength the tendons and ligaments in your fingers and just How you hold the Ball a he a said
