European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse 1993 r sports Staas and St pcs Clemens beats the clock on reporting Date Flap around the Camps by to associated press this Vear Roger Clemens showed up when the Boston red sox wanted him to. Clemens who arrived eight Days after the voluntary reporting Date Las year arrived sunday at Boston s new Spring training base at fort Myers Fla. I m not Here Early. I m not he relate Clemens said. I Don t know Why it s such a big Story i mean if i was worried about needing to be ready i get Down Here in although red sox manager Butch Hobson believed Clemens was late last year the Pitcher reported before the mandatory Date specified in the collective bargaining agreement. Hobson was Happy with Clemens arrival sunday and said he had t urged him to come to Camp. I left it up to Roger Hobson said. Roger made the Clemens said Boston s 73-89 record last year and its first last place finish since 1932 was part of the reason for his arrival. It s getting tougher and tougher to leave Home and leave the troops be Hind Clemens said but it would be Good to get Down Here and get my mind set right on what needs to be done. How poorly we performed last year is a real Good reason to get Down a few Miles away Dave Winfield arrived at the Minnesota twins Camp. Winfield 41, signed a two year con tract for $5.2 million plus incentives last december. In 1992, he played for the world series Champion Toronto Blue jays and hit .290 with 26 homers and 108 Bis. I got a lot of work to do and plenty of time to do it Winfield said. Although Winfield turns 42 on the final Day of the 1993 season twins manager Tom Kelly does t expect a drop in offence. If you saw some Tail off last year you would Kelly said. He should be just As productive. Even if he tails off a Little that that s still Good at Dunedin Fla., the Blue jays were talking about replacing Winfield s Bat. The absence of a Dave Winfield will Hurt no doubt about it hitting instructor Larry Hisle said. But we do have Paul Molitor a Young de Sprague and a Young Derek Bell. I believe those three will offset the absence of a Dave Winfield and i think we should score As Many runs As we did last year. Maybe Roger Clemens joins red sox pitchers Drill sunday at fort Myers Fla. More. Meanwhile practice was much quieter sunday at Melbourne Fla., where the Florida marlins held their second workout. Gone were the hordes of re porters and camera Crews. No owners landed behind the batting cages in Heli copters. Just 27 pitchers and seven catchers working out in the Florida Sun. Yesterday was a Day similar to All first Days Only it was the first time for the Florida marlins manager Rene Lacheman said. The program today is the same at it was at Bradenton Fla., Pittsburgh pirate manager Jim Leyland acknowledged that remaining veterans such As catch or Mike Lavalliere Are angry that the team is no longer a contender because of free agent departures and trades for Young players with cheaper contracts. Spanky s upset. A lot of Guys Are upset. That s of Leyland said. Lavalliere said he s working on be coming More upbeat and positive. When i m catching or running i m not thinking about Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek. Jimmy in t going to let that happen Lavalliere said. He knows i m upset and i know he is. But it s time to get Down to work and on to at Scottsdale Ariz., giant manager Dusty Baker said Bui Swift Likely will be his opening Day starter. Swift finished last season in the bullpen. If he s healthy it will be Swift manager Dusty Daker said sunday. The rotation is set potentially but a lot can still happen during Spring train Back pain has Dunston uneasy Mesa Ariz. A Shawon Dunston has had Good Days and bad Day since his Back surgery. On the bad Days Lilje pain makes him wonder if hell be Able to Start the season for the chicag cubs. This is not an Ordinary injury the Veteran shortstop said. Dunston had surgery last May to shave0 " a herniated disc. Despite the time for recovery the bad Days Are at least As fre quent As the Good ones. I can t Tell you if i m ready to go. I m not lie to myself any More. I m not going to lie to the cubs any More Dunston said sunday. Today is a Good Day. Tomorrow who knows How bad the pain will be it s something i Wake up with every Day. Anybody who s Ever had Back surgery can Tell you Dunston said the pain May keep him out of the lineup on opening Day. It hurts to run Dunston said. "1don t know if i la be ready to Start the season. I m telling myself i am. I la be Dis appointed if i Don t Start. I have to exer Cise for an hour just to get Loose Ever morning. It s Dunston who can t sit in a car or a plane for More than 30 minutes at a time says he does t want to play unless he can go at it with the same abandon he did inthe past. "1 have to play like that diving for balls and running the bases like that he said. If they Tell me i can to that la be Tough. If i can t play All out i Don t want to play. That s the Only thing that scares Healing hurlers hold key v f on Ted Higuera finally make it Back from shoulder trouble How Are Bret a bar Hagen s Finger and Tom Browning s knee and Bruce Hurst shoulder i baseball As in life Spring is the season of Hope a Tenet underscored last week wit the arrival of pitchers and catchers at Spring training. Many of those pitchers arrive with recent medical histories that have their clubs hoping for the Best. Major league teams last year place pitchers on the disabled list 139 times an average of 5.3 per team. Said Florida Marlin general manager Dave Dombrowski when you Start the sea son you d better be is or 16 deep in your organization. You re going to How Many of the wounded recover this season will go a Long Way in determining division races especially in the National league East. While the new York mets Are optimistic about Saberhagen so Arete Chicago cubs about Mike Markcy the Pittsburgh pirates about Zane Smith the St. Louis cardinals about Joe a Crane the Philadelphia Phillies about Jose Dejesus and Tommy Greene and the marlins about Bryan Harvey and Scott Chiamparino. I said Saberhagen was a huge key Forus last year and he s a huge key for us this year mets pm Al Harazin can t afford to lose someone of that Saberhagen has yet to throw since the end of last season although Harazin said the most recent medical report on Saberhagen s right Index Finger was totally Posi still As Harazin said the injury Wasso freakish you want to see him throw and have Confidence in his Markcy who Tore up a knee attempting Bac flip during batting practice is throwing and is expected to join Mike Morgan Jose Guzman Frank Castillo and Greg Hibbard in the cubs rotation. Smith also has begun throwing after undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery in november. The pirates having already lost free agent Doug Drabek to the Houston astros Are in serious trouble if Smith is not healthy. The rest of their rotation includes Randy Tomlin Tim Wakefield and injury prone Dob walk. The cardinals will get a Large boost i Magrane is As effective As he was before Elbow surgery. He made five inconclusive starts at the end of last season after miss ing nearly two full seasons. For the Phillies Greene who made Only 12 starts because of shoulder Trou ble and Dejesus who missed the entire season after rotator cuff surgery will compete for a spot in the rotation behind Curt Schilling Terry Mulholland de Rivera and Danny Jackson. The marlins Are counting on Chiampa Rino to join Charlie Hough Jack Arm Strong and Pat rapt in what for the sea son s first month will be a four Man rotation. Harvey whom the Californi Angels exposed in the expansion draft because they feared he would not be ready to Start the season is almost 100 percent recovered from his Elbow injury Dombrowski said. We re not at All surprised he doctors said he d be ready to go with Little difficulty. One of the biggest ways for a Young Pitcher and a team to lose Confidence is to blow games late inthe game. That s Why we got him. If Bry an s healthy he s one of the Best closers in the game. 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