European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Dodgers Karros named no s Rookie of the year new York a it a Griir Kag Pax who nearly played his Way Sun it so be Ilos Angeles dodgers . Was selected the National league Roo tue it off Chr year on tuesday. The husky los a oodles Sarsfi of Busman was chosen first on 22 of the it Bull pm and received �16 Points Overall Femi the baseball writers of America. Montreal outfielder a blues adorn w fhe runner up with 30 Points Haft tows to Pittsburgh tuna with two first place Meatus and 3 Pisons. Karros hit .257 with 3 frames and be Bis. His Home run co tall atm the frn Decsi by a dodgers Rookie Shear Greg a bobs also hit 20 in �983 and his Klests Iun a amp used Ron Cey s los an gds Sora tar Accord of 80 set m 1973. Kiras fed All rookies this season with 3 Dan fates a i was t surprised Bun far Karros said vue a Call from Japan where he a on armr with other major leagues. A a Huffy ites something that s been talked Afiouni if he Las few months and it s Shiby it Fane. It infects the season i Hod. Hull cd it for our club to have been ins Pennym Karros spot on the Bod Saf was Jid sure thing entering Spring than rim. A we talked about sending shins dul Quot dodgers manager Toms lasing is said off Karros a but we decided a Isaq bum because he worked so hard in arcing Iram ing that he deserved to come Wusi a amp. A after getting one sit ins 3m a lbs in the dodgers at the end of 1fee 3993 hcs son Karros went no Winner bid i in Caracas Venezuela instead of the 16 credits left an his exam min of Inuse at Eric Karros. First on 22 of 25 ballots Urcla. It almost backfired. Karros hit .113 with six Bis and no extra base hits in Venezuela and released three weeks later by manager Phil Regan. A this Stock really dropped with the Guys that saw him a Lasorda said. A but when we took him id Spring training we knew the things we had to work with him on and we spent a lot of time with him. He spent a lot of hours and he overcame his mandatory aids testing not in plans for Aba the stars and stripes novembers 1992 b Page 48 new York of it of eur a contracting the virus that causes Aje dts in t so High among players tonic mind attn testing is on the horizon the Bend off the Aba players association stuff tuesday. A calling this Mot bum rain is one headline in new Yarik Pun if As a major leap from the Minn rib off a utters who Baa legitimate concerns Lih Ruc Plaver with magic Johnson a no a a executive director Charles Gant Huim said. A Waif hysteria has t been Canon Senneff Here. There Are a lot of questions True have to be answered before we Licup Limo Iru Matr tory aids testing among Piawats. A Johnson who tested to amt Ixia hey last year retired from die los aged lakers for a. Second Ante Wrim Nim. A Witult he did no to make Bis reasoning Clear t major Factor was the rare men Iff Corr Cern about the dangers t i Umipig against him. Grantham Maui. Bow Uver. Hue to Pim ers said they would Remse i pin to tie same court with. Johnson. A each i aver bus is Rwy in mint level Quot Grantham suit. A Tor tie Muff part that Comfort even s Hue tie wit olay with him but hey met uan Centt the element or four. Tei Lewt amp wot stated. Cemini. Dare s i Cancun among players. Gratis foam said ievers pies tons Navy to be addressed before i Tuitoo Tui sgt ment agreement Agnue using s Nore. A there s the Amrhiem it Viise positive who tests and who foes f. Vert the a sit Are to be made a he said. A no one has questioned what the full ramifications of testing would Grantham agreed that it was strange that the aids Issue was hardly raised during the summer when Johnson was on the 1j.s. Olympic team. In fact players from Australia were openly castigated for expressing doubts. Last weekend olympian Karl Malone was one of those expressing doubts about Johnson a comeback. Last february at the All Star game As Johnson was preparing to make his first appearance As a player since his first retirement Charles Barkley was among those who suggested Johnson should t play. But Barkley made Clear that it was not because he was afraid but because he believed Johnson have to Deal with the aggravation. Essentially. Johnson took that advice monday. But Barkley said he still believes that other players fears Are unfounded. A a in a not going to be kissing him and if he starts bleeding they a take him out of the Barkley said. A a it a ridiculous. People done to know anything about his. Everybody is a doctor All of a sudden. I played against the Guy every Day last summer and it never never crossed my mind. A Bui magic is my Friend and whatever be wants to do is Fine with me. In a not or would not be afraid to play with or against deficiencies. A Phil Regan said to me. A hey he a not the same naturally he want or we would have released him. Karros regained the dodgers fam during Spring training going 20 for 54 with 11 Bis. It earned him the first base Job and he believes his Winter Ball experience was a critical Factor. A Tommy told me i was going to stick on the club a Karros said about the Middle of May i thought had a pretty Good Chance of staying the dodgers had a miserable year in 1992, finishing 63-99 in the no West. A i had a lot of opportunities hitting fourth without Darryl Strawberry Ana Eric Davis in the lineup a Karros said. A we were in a lot of one run Ball games. You put Darryl Strawberry and Eric Davis in the lineup and it would have made a lot of Karros is the 12th dodger to win Rookie of the year honors joining Jackie Robinson 1947don Newcombe 1949joe Black 1952jim Gilliam 1953frank Howard 1960jim Lefebvre 1965ted Sizemore 1969rick Sutcliffe 1979steve Howe 1980fernando Valenzuela 1981 and Steve sax 1982. Alou the son of Montreal manager Felipe Alou hit .282 with nine homers and 56 Bis. Wakefield was 8-1 with a 2.15 Era for the pirates. He also won two games in the playoffs against Atlanta. Cincinnati outfielder Reggie Sanders was fourth in the voting with 23 Points and St. Louis Pitcher Donovan Osborne was fifth with 12 want bucs Bonds Atlanta a the Atlanta braves have made it official. They re going after free agent Barry Bonds. The club has contacted Bonds a agent Dennis Gilbert and expressed its interest in the outfielder who hit .311 with 34 homers and 103 Bis for the Pittsburgh pirates last season. Gilbert said tuesday that braves general manager John Schuerholz has spoken to him but added that the talks Are preliminary. A a we re just getting a feel of the situation a said Gilbert. A next week Well Start talking Bonds is expected to seek a five year contract for More than $6 million a season. Gilbert did not say How Many teams have contacted him but added a a in a actually a Little bit surprised at some of the Schuerholz was at a general managers meeting in Palm Springs calif., on tuesday Ana could not be reached for comment. However he has never hidden his interest in Bonds. R Lek ti10, a 12 Neal Star Gam abou11he Dapp Ranf no for 8 5econd monday following statements of con about the dangers of playing against him. Johnson tested positive for a Tiv last year
