European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes sports saturday october 22,1994 Ufer honors go of Maddux new York a Greg Maddux almost certain to win an unprecedented third straight by _ Young award next week replaced Barry Bonds As the top player in this year s baseball computer rank Ings. Bonds was second followed by Frank Thomas of the Chicago White sox according to the rankings release wednesday by the Elias sports Bureau. Maddux who went 16 6 with a 1.56 Era for the Atlanta braves finished with a Maddux 97.705 ranking on a scale of 100. Bonds who hit .312 with 37 Hom ers and 81 Bis for the san fran Cisco giants had a 97.662 ranking. Thomas who hit .353 with 38 Hom ers 101 Bis and 106 runs scored was at 97.5 the rankings used to determine free agent compensation Are based on statistics from the last two seasons. Last year Bonds was followed by Maddux and Thomas. Ryne Sandburg who suddenly retired from the Chicago cubs in june had his 10-year run As then s Best second baseman ended. Houston s Craig Biggio took Over the top ranking. Thomas was the top Al first baseman for the third straight sea son and Toronto s Roberto Alo mar was tops among Al second baseman for the third consecutive year. Look Mondesi becomes 14fh dodger Rookie of year. _ m by Ben Walker new York a maybe they should just rename the prize. Call it the dodgers Rookie of the year award. Outfielder Raul Mondesi unanimously won the no Rookie of the year award thursday the third straight los Angeles Winner of an Honor the dodgers have dominated since its inception. The dodgers have had the top rookie14 times since Jackie Robinson for whom the plaque is How named won the initial award in 1947 with Brooklyn. No other no team has won More than six a.  it really says is just the continuation of the. Direction we have been headed having three Rookie of the year winners and a number of players who will have the Opportunity to win the award next year f dodgers general manager Fred Claire said. There should be no question in any body s mind about the direction or draw ing from our farm  Mondesi who batted .306 and led major league outfielders with 16 assists was the seventh unanimous Winner in the no. Dodgers Catcher Mike Piazza was a unanimous Winner last year and los an Geles first baseman Eric Karros won in a closer vote in 1992. I want to say thank you to my team mates Mondesi said from his Home in the dominican Republic. They Tell me,4 you be got to play hard because you be got a Chance to win Rookie of the year i played hard every Day that s Why i  Rick Sutcliffe Steve Howe Fernando Valenzuela and Steve sax won for los Angeles from 1979-1982. The dodgers could make it four in a Row again next year if triple a third baseman Ron Coomer plays loin s potential. I be been very fortunate this is my seventh Rookie of the year As a manager Tom Lasorda said. Like Fred said it s a Chain reaction. Everybody joins in some thing like  Mondesi 23, received All 28 first place file Raul Mondesi. Unanimous Choice votes in balloting by the baseball writers association of America and finished with 140 Points. Houston reliever John Hudek was runner up with eight second place votes and 27 Points and Atlanta outfielder Ryan Kleso was third with six second place votes and 25  City designated. Hitter Bob Hamelin won the Al Rookie award wednesday the new York Yankees Lead the Al with seven Rookie winners. The next a Baa award will be then Lcy Young Winner on monday. Mondesi had 16 Home runs 56 Bis and 11 stolen bases urine season that stopped aug. 12 because of the players strike. He also hit 27 doubles and eight triples and scored 63 runs. Everybody knows i put up Good num Bers he said. I be got to take it like that. I Don t worry about not playing 162  will Start playing Winter Ball shortly with Escogido of the dominican Winter league. It was Mondesi s Strong right Arm that often attracted the most attention. Head the most Outfield assists for the dodgers since Willie Davis had 16 in 1964. Kirby Puckett and Kenny Lofton tied for the Al Lead this season with 13. Mondesi j who made his major league debut last season and played in 42 games won the starting right Field Job from Cory Snyder in March. He was aggressive in april knocking out dodgers second baseman Delino Deshields when they crashed going for a Short Fly Ball. Sometimes though Mondesi was perceived As cocky. During a june game in Florida Umpire Joe West ordered mar Lins Pitcher Dave Weathers to throw be fore Mondesi was in the Batter s Box. West said Mondesi was taking too much time walking from the on deck Circle. According to the rules West called an Auto Matic strike on Weathers Low pitch. Hudek who began the season in the minors and made the All Star team had 16 saves after taking Over the astros closer role from ineffective Mitch Wil Liams. Klesko one of several Young at Lanta stars had 17 homers and 47 Bis. Chicago Pitcher Steve Trachsel was fourth in the voting with Montreal first baseman Cliff Floyd and san Diego Pitcher Joey Hamilton tying for fifth. The dodgers May already have an Edge for the award next season if there is next season with Coomer. He hit .338 with 22 homers and 123 Bis for Albuquerque in the Pacific coast league. Not eligible for the Rookie award is Billy Ashley who hit .345 with 37 Home runs and 105 Bis for Albuquerque. Ashley expected to Start next year in left Field for los Angeles is eight major league at bats Over the 130 allowed to qualify As a Rookie. Tyr apratto san Francisco examiner Julge Lance Ilo America s profile do Jour seems serious about sequestering the 12 poor clucks who can t come up with an excuse to skip jury duty. He says it s to protect them from the pollution that is the . Simpson murder trial coverage this threat seems to scare most Sensi ble people off. No newspapers no television no radio no magazines slipped under the door with the room service tray no notes tied to bricks and hurled through the window. No external stimuli at All period. A very depressing thought indeed. And yet Here Are some of the things you As a jury member could be missing. For starters the return of Tonya har Ding albeit in absent a to National no Tice. Most recently it has come to Light that Nancy Kerrigan s agent has received at least two enormous offers for a one on one Winner take Uruguay and loser pounds Salt Lutz off Between the two. Normally the test for such things is a simple one namely the answer to the Fol lowing question who asked for this however in matters this ghastly the test does t apply because it would be foisted upon us without our permission. Commentary the notion that Harding might raise her grisly Shadow upon a Public already scraped raw by the ,-a-Thon would surely cause rioting. Indeed just retelling the events that made her hell s prom Queen would be enough to jeopardize our right to sanity. You could be missing the Saga of Glenn Robinson the Young Baske Teer who is asking the Milwaukee Bucks for $100 million Over 13 years without the give Back of having Ever played a minute in the Aba. His agent is Adamant that his Man is the Man and for a moment seemed reasonable. That moment of course came when Anfernee Hardaway announced he would be asking the Orlando magic for $134 million after one year s experience. Against this a Little peace and quiet would seem quite beneficial. In the outside world there is the coaching situation at univ. Rollie Mas Simino signs a contract that gives him $511,000 per annul then gets a secret Check for another $375,000 or so a year that most of the University regents know nothing about. Well he eventually is bought out but the new candidate Tim Grgurich has some concerns about the athletic director Jim Weaver. Those concerns Aren t explained but they sound to most folks like do i have to obey this Guy do i have to let him watch my practices can t i make him do my grocery shop Ping for me Weaver then takes care of the problem by quitting. You would t know this if you were Reading the Bill Marriott Story in your double bolted hotel room. You d be bored but you would t have been exposed to the Deion Sanders Cross coun try tour. You would have avoided All exposure to Bud Selig and his gangrenous helpmate and nobody would know who or Why Gary Bettman was. As an added Bonus Bob Goodenow and Don Fehr would also be out of sight and out of mind you would be blissfully unaware of be Dale Threatt s holdout with the lakers. Threatt does not Start for the lakers which is All you need to know about be Dale s misguided sense of himself. Venus Williams and Martina hinges he two latest 14-year-old Tennis professionals sociology studies would be some one else s problem not yours. You would have missed All the manag Erial firings in baseball although most of the fired managers have ended up taking jobs with teams that had just fired their managers so you would t have missed All that much after All. You would have missed roughly 2,500 hours of baseball and hockey games not played which Means you would have not burned out your Remote control unit with mad Channel leaps from David Caruso s Bare behind to Dudley Moore s dead sit com to Joan Rivers Selling incan mud jewelry. You would have missed the latest instalment of John Daly unhinged Golf  you would have missed the silly Flap Over the 49ers old uniforms and the raiders fascinating medical and play calling policies. You would have missed the assault on Ken Burns Devotion to accuracy in baseball and you would have missed three hours of Daniel Okrent in  you would not have known that notre Dame s football team is now listed under others receiving votes and that esp s talking skulls Are getting excited about Aba exhibition highlights. You would have missed the wife of Bill Curry the football coach at Kentucky receiving death threats because her Hubby can t beat anybody. You would have been sequestered. And we would have envied the hell out of you. Distributed by scrupps Howard new service