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Showalter easing
into pro baseball
By JON TULLY
Sports Editor
When a new player get*
drafted into professional basenall
and is assisted to a minor leti^fue
team to begin training for the
m^jor leagues, fans usually don’t
know who the player is.
That wasn’t the case with
former C.tvrgia shortstop J.R.
Showalter. who was drafted by
the California Angels in the
eighth round and sent to the
Northwest League’s Boise
JdahcO Hawks to get ready for
the majors.
“A lot of people watched the
College World Series,” Showalter
said in a telephone interview . "So
1 heard a lot of people saying. ‘Go
Bulldogs!’ But ;*‘s just like when
you step on any other baseball
field. It does:' - : matter where you
are. you’re there to do your job.”
Seeing people recognize you
from the 1990 national collegiate
champions is helping Showalter
make the adjustment from col
lege star to one of the guys on the
team.
They definitely take the best
from all around.” Showalter said.
"There’s no weak positions here.
It’s certainly a step up from col
lege ball.'*
Show a 1 ter firs: saw what the
world of pro baseball w as like on
draft day. He was one of over 1,-
000 players chosen by the 26
major league teams, but he had
no idea where he was going to
end up until he was picked. He
said many teams called him a few
times each before the draft, but
the Angels, the team that finally
picked him, called only once.
Major league teams place the
best young baseball talent
around into the minor league sys
tems so they can face players of
their caliber and sometimes more
talented players Showalter is ad
justing to the more talented
pitching as well, trying to lift his
average above the .240 mark
after a college career which saw
him easily better .300.
“I’m starting to hit the ball a
little better now,” he said. “You
try to get as much work in as pos
sible to try and improve, and you
Showalter: Just a job
They definitely take
the best from all
around ... It’s
certainly a step up
from college ball.’
— J.R. Showalter
watch videotapes of your swing
so you can improve it.”
Showalter nas been so busy
fine tuning himself for the major
leagues, he hasn’t had time to get
in contact with his teammates
from the Bulldogs. However, he is
seeing a couple of familiar faces
from his days here, including an
old opponent now sharing a du-
gout with him.
‘There is a pitcher from the
Florida Gators on the team,” he
said. “But mostly the guys are
from the West and North. There’s
nobody here I really recognize.'*
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Former UGA player
The Associated Press
DENVER — Broncos tight end
Clarence Kay, already on the
carpet before the NFL as a poten
tial three-time loser for substance
abuse, was arrested Monday fol
lowing an incident at his ex-girlf
riend’s house, authorities said.
His arrest casts doubts whether
he would fly with the team to
Tokyo on Tuesday for the weekend
game against Seattle.
Police spokesman John Schnit-
tgrund said Kay, a former Univer
sity of Georgia player, was
arrested for disturbance, trespass
and destruction of private property
in breaking a window.
Kay was booked into Denver
City Jail and was scheduled to ap
pear before a judge on the domestic
disturbance Tuesday morning no
earlier than 8:30 a.m. The Broncos
chartered plane is scheduled to
leave Denver’s Stapleton Interna
tional Airport at 10 a.m.
“He’s not allowed a bond until he
sees a judge and that won’t be until
tomorrow morning,” said Denver
deputy sheriff Teresa Lombardi at
the city jail.
The Broncos had worked out
from 9 a m. to 11 a.m. Monday be
fore breaking camp to return to
Denver to the Tokyo trip.
Meanwhile, Kay faces a possible
lifetime suspension from tne NFL
arrested
because of his recent conviction for
driving while impaired.
Kay previously had twice tested
positive for cocaine use.
Just a week ago, Kay had been
called on the carpet before NFL
commissioner Paul Tagliabue in
New York commissioner Paul Tag
liabue to determine if his latest vio
lation constituted a third strike
against the league’s substance-
abuse policy. A player who receives
a lifetime suspension can apply for
reinstatement after a year out of
the game.
Kay was a second-team All-
Southeastern Conference tight end
in 1983.
Kay: Suspension possible
George, you should’ve stuck to building ships
“We plan absentee ownership as far as run
ning the Yankees is concerned. We’re not going
to pretend we’re something we aren’t. I’ll stick to
building ships.”
New York Yankees Principal Owner George
Steinbrenner.
Jan. 3. 1973, after purchasing the team from
CBS Inc.
Seventeen years and 20 managerial changes
later, everyone feels very much the same way:
George, you should’ve stuck to building
ships.
Okay, I know, these past few weeks have
made Steinbrenner an easy target for criticism,
and, now that he’s been tossed out of baseball,
he’s a sitting duck the size of Brooklyn.
But then again, you would have had more of
a challenge hitting the broad side of a bam ever
since Steinbrenner began his merry jaunt into
mayhem.
This is not some dumb animal we’re dealing
with here. Steinbrenner has made dumb
moves, then punctuated it with his own smarty-
pants arrogance. He’s thrown the New York
Yankees into complete disarray, then smiled
over it all.
George Will said it best: “Steinbrenner is not
just error-prone, he is an error machine.”
We’ve all heard about the biggest error: his
dealings with confessed gambler Howard Spira
for his knowledge of Dave Winfield, for whom
Spira worked. It is this error which Fay Vincent
based his decision, but there are other in
stances which must have entered into Vincent’s
mind.
For example, he almost moved the team to
New Jersey, because of the poor condition of
Yankee Stadium. Seeing the Yankees in New
Jersey is like seeing the Boston Red Sox in
Maine: it’s sacrilege. Fortunately, the powers
that be in New York saw fit to let George have
his way. (If they knew then what they know
now, would we have seen the Hackensack Yan-
1 kees? Could be...)
| He did have five AL East Division pennants
between 1976 and 1981, but hasn’t won one
since. The reason: Foregoing younger talent for
the aging marquee star. It worked early on,
with the signings of Catfish Hunter and Reggie
Jackson, which helped the Yanks win those
early pennants. Some of his later signings
worked out well, too, such as the acquiring of
Dave Winfield and Steve Sax.
But, more recently, his signings and acquisi
tions have included Jesse Barfield, Gary Ward
and Steve Balboni. They’re not bad, but they’re
not great. And George has given up a lot. Pos
sibly the biggest trade mistake he made was
trading a fellow by the name of Fred McGriff,
now hitting the roof off the SkyDome in To
ronto, for two complete nobodies.
Steinbrenner has also tampered with
players. He was fined by then-commissioner
Bowie Kuhn when he tried to influence catcher
Brian Downing of the California Angels, repri
manded by Kuhn for tampering with high
school star Billy Cannon Jr., and finally fined
by Vincent when he tried to bungle Winfield’s
trade to California.
He finally associated with Spira, which
brought the final curtain down on this phase of
Steinbrenner’s baseball life. He should’ve
known better: Historically, baseball has never
looked too kindly on anyone with gambling ties.
Look at the 1919 Chicago White Sox, embroiled
in the Black Sox scandal. More recently, Pete
Rose’s dealings got the all-time hits leader in
trouble.
Steinbrenner is not alone in making really
dumb errors while owning a major league team.
Two other owners have also made silly mis
takes, and were forced to sit out the rest of their
natural lives because of them.
But Steinbrenner made a shambles of base
ball’s centeroiece, the New York Yankees.
When fans think of baseball and its greatest
performers, they generally think of Yankees:
Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Ford, Guidry,
Jackson, Winfield and Mattingly.
Now, the Yankees of today don’t even remo
tely resemble those awful teams in the late
1960s and early 1970s, when an aging Mickey
Mantle was playing first base and the team was
dawdling in the American League cellar. Heck,
they can’t even carry the 1990 Atlanta Braves’
jocks.
Teams will go through stages of great play
and poor play over time. But Steinbrenner has
dragged tne Yankees into a morass that only a
great deal of time will heal.
All of Steinbrenner’s dealings point to one
conclusion: he doesn’t know how to deal with
people. In the 1970s, the job got done because
George wanted it done. If it didn’t get done, you
got fired.
In the 1980s, the rule stayed the same, but
the job got sillier. More people got fired, and the
team got worse. Some of the people who didn’t
follow George’s dictum include Lou Piniella,
who is now one of the most successful managers
in baseball, and Syd Thrift, who is considered
one of baseball’s better minds, although he is
still unemployed.
Further evidence of George’s warmth can be
found at his other place of business, American
Ship Building Co. The company has posted
losses of greater than $20 million since 1986,
while his home-office staff in Tampa has
dwindled from 30 to 11, and it is said that those
11 tremble in their boots at the very mention of
the word “Steinbrenner”.
The best thing for George Steinbrenner to do
right now is to calm down, take a vacation, and
then come back and see if he can get American
Ship Building on its feet again. Forget about
baseball for a while, George.
A long while.
Jon Tully is the sports editor of The Red and
Black.
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(Off Baxter St.)
MALE ROOMMATE WANTED to share 2 BR
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MILLEDGE PLACE CONDO needs 3 male
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NONSMOKING MALE TO share 2 BR, 2 BA
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ONE RESPONSIBLE, FEMALE roommate
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OWN ROOM/BATH. 2 BR. 2 BA Mlledge
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PLAYERS CLUB APARTMENTS. One male
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Available now or for fall. $181.25/month plus
1/4 utilities. 354-8142. 08-13
ROOMMATE NEEDED TO share 2 BR. 2 BA
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month Call 546 0891 08-13
ROOMMATE NEEDED TO share one bed
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plus 1/2 utilities. On UGA bus line. Call Gay,
546-1258. Leave message. 08-13
ROOMMATE WANTED: FURNISHED duplex
with fireplace, washer/dryer and yard. You
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SEPTEMBER. TWO MALE upperdassmen
looking for third male to share apartment adja
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Call Ben, 1-404-587-5715 in Atlanta. 08-13
SERIOUS, NONSMOKING MALE needed
September 1 to share furnished duplex. Own
bedroom (can be furnished). Call Tim at 549-
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TWO RESPONSIBLE ROOMMATES needed
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Call (404) 278 9329 or 549 4815 08-13
2 FEMALE ROOMMATES needed for 3 BR. 2
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Completely furnished except your room Pool,
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Jamestown Condominiums Washer/dryer,
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city bus line. Call 353-0123. 08-13
2 OR 3 FEMALE roommates wanted at Clo-
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own bedroom. Call now, 354-6992. 08-13
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08-02
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central heat and air. $450/month. Contact
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