European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a Sebill the stars and Stripe wednesday june 17,1992what will Seattle s mariners do now Byton Verducci new Day the mariners have a new ownership group and Are staying in Seattle. After almost a year of speculation that the team might be headed for St. Petersburg that a Good news for baseball and the Northwest. Problem is most everything else about the future of the franchise remains Uncertain. Nintendo the japanese company that provided most of the Money and John Ellis who will be the clubs chief executive officer never have stated More than one Agenda keeping the mariners in Seattle. What ideas they have about the direction of the club and the baseball operations Are a mystery. Ellis is president of puget sound Power amp Light. Jeff Smulyan the outgoing owner has chided Ellis about his Lack of baseball interest saying he attends no More than one or two games a year. Bob Hartley a spokesman for Ellis said a that would be True. He a not a baseball person  Ellis held a news conference Friday in which he read a statement and fielded a few questions but he gave no hint As to the new groups strategy for making the mariners a competitive club and the financial commitment it will take to achieve that. A the ducked most of those questions a Hartley said. A it probably will be a while before he will discuss those  the change in ownership comes during what is a crucial year for the mariners. Stressed by the front office uncertainty and depleted by Cost cutting moves the club has taken two Steps backward after moving one step Forward last year with its first winning season. The team payroll is expected to jump from $23 million to $35 million next year a regardless of whether Seattle imports a free agent. Second baseman Harold Reynolds is eligible for free Agency. More important most of the Core players on the club Are eligible for arbitration Randy Johnson Brian Holman Mike schooler Edgar Martinez Jay Buhner and Ken Griffey or. Griffey alone represents a staggering Bill. This will be his first Chance to swing the Hammer of arbitration having signed it away once in 1991 with a two year con tract that pays him $2 million this year. At 22, he already is a franchise player and has the potential in the game. In _ Jess than the equivalent of a full season a Griffey has greatest earning the clubs past 145 games a batted .339 with 27 Home runs and 108 runs batted in. He could be a free agent in november 1994, the same month he celebrates his 25th birthday. Seattle All Star Ken Grifter or. Is eligible for arbitration this Winter and free Agency in november 1994, at age 25.Yankees $1.55 million baby paying his dues by Steven wine i Ort Lauderdale Fla. A Brien Taylor the new York Yankees $1.55 million pitching Prospect lives in a three bedroom efficiency at the econ Lodge with three minor league teammates. Someday Taylor will buy a House. First he has to pay his dues. That Means five hour bus rides fast food dinners and Long Days at Yankee stadium a the fort Lauderdale Brien Taylor version. A we come out Here about 3 of clock a he said. A the games done to Start until 7. We done to get out of Here until about 12 30. By that time All you can do is sleep. So basically i spend a lot of time resting  Taylor the top pick in the 1991 Amateur draft is two months into his first professional season with the fort Lauderdale Yankees of the class a Florida state league. A 20-year-old millionaire Taylor a lifestyle has t changed much since he joined the Rich and famous. The Rookie swapped his �?T83 Buick regal for a �?T91 fora Mustang. He bought some clothes. He helped his family finish a new House in his Hometown of Beaufort . The rest of the signing Bonus went into conservative investments. A i never put my Money in things where it can be gone in one Day Quot Taylor said. Figuring out what to do with his paycheck was easy but Taylor is still learning How to Deal with fans and the Media. Both can be a nuisance he has decided a on autograph seekers a they think you re supposed to sign everything they throw in your  a on reporters a for three weeks you wont hear from the Media and then it All comes at once Boom every Day. You can never sit Back and relax. You be got to think about it All the time and never let them catch you with your pants  interest in Taylor stems from the size of his record contract and the hop on his 95 Mph fastball. Taylor a baseball card is already a popular item collectors will pay $2.50 for it. A they must know something 1 done to know a said Taylor who has seen his card but does no town one. A a it a not really a big thing for me to collect cards. 1 Wasny to a big card collector. I was just a big  big league glory is still a Distant goal for the Young left hander the Yankees May keep him in fort Lauder Dale the rest of this year new York general manager Gene Michael says. Taylor acknowledges that he a not yet ready for the majors but he Hopes to be in 1993. A maybe next year. Probably. I done to know. I think ill do a lot better next year than in a doing this year a Taylor said. A right now i could go there but id have a lot of problems. The biggest problem would be knowing what to to in every situation when the Ball is hit where to get the quickest out stuff like that so you done to freeze  his Only unimpressive statistic is his won loss record. Going into saturday nights Start at Vero Beach he was 3-5 with a 2.79 Era 71 strikeouts and 29 walks in 67 2-3 innings. Taylor has been pleased with his pitching but wants to improve in other areas a a Fielding Pickoff moves holding runners , great Plains rally around Rockies by David Lamb los Angeles times Denver a in a City where boosterism is considered a civic duty Denver spent most of the �?T80s in a Blue Funk. So much went wrong that people began thinking perhaps the loathsome Eastern establishment had been right All along Denver Wasny to really major league. The High trying Economy took a belly hop the beloved Broncos kept making it to the super bowl and getting clobbered the Denver symphony failed and had to be reorganized As the Colorado symphony. A Denver 1 think has Long suffered from a cultural and Media insecurity Complex a said Tom Noel a historian at the University of Colorado at Denver. A we wanted to be considered a big league City but everything we said about ourselves just sort of bounced around the vast empty great Plains and never was heard in los Angeles or new  suddenly though there a no More talk about a wounded City psyche. Having won the major league baseball franchise it had courted Tor 30 years Denver is on a Rocky Mountain High. Not since the National league braves left Boston for Milwaukee in 1953 has a City gone quite As Batty Over the Prospect of a Bali teams arrival. The Colorado Rockies a a National league expansion team that begins play next year and will be the Only major league club in the Mountain time zone a has been so inundated with ticket requests that receptionist Diana Aland lost her voice for two Days. To Date the team has commitments for 24,168 season tickets including one from a Nebraska Farmer who noted that after 12 hours on a tractor a five hour drive to the Ballpark in his Cadillac would be a piece of cake