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...Philadelphia--Bad in general. Third baseman Scott Rolen and center fielder Wendell Megee are the future. If the Phillies don't commit hara-kiri first...
...Cincinnati--Assumes Barry Larkin is healthy. Third baseman Willie Greene has finally stepped up this spring. Need Reggie Sanders to recover...
Scrappy second baseman Nellie Fox, who died in 1975, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee last week. While stories on Fox referred to his .288 lifetime batting average, his 1959 American League MVP award and his record for most consecutive games at second base (798), no mention was made of his abduction by aliens. It happened in 1959, when a helicopter filled with Martians landed at Chicago's Comiskey Park and captured both Fox and his equally diminutive double-play partner, Luis Aparicio. The stunt was dreamed up by White Sox owner Bill Veeck...
...official Wednesday. "I guess I wasn't willing to pay the price to be successful," Mattingly told reporters at a farewell news conference at Yankee Stadium. "At that point I knew it was time to step away." A six-time All-Star and a nine-time Gold Glove first baseman, Mattingly hit .307 in his career with 222 home runs and 1,099 RBIs. He was the AL MVP in 1985, and later became only the 10th player to be named captain of the Yankees. His hiatus last year opened the door for the signings of first baseman Tino Martinez...
...fairness, Peter O'Malley, 59, is a step up in class from his late father. Since taking over the team in 1970, Peter has run one of the most respected and stable organizations in baseball. First baseman Eric Karros, who recently signed a four-year, $20 million contract to stay Dodger Blue, said, "You talk to players who have been in Los Angeles and gone elsewhere, and they tell you there's no comparison in the way the organizations are run and the way they are treated." The Dodgers had just two managers from 1954 until 1996--Walter Alston...