Word: righetti
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...agent signings of the off-season was White Sox DH Julio Franco, who has been hitting cleanup. He had 24 RBIs through Sunday and had made it tough for pitchers to work around No. 3 hitter Frank Thomas. . . . Sadly but mercifully, it appears that the career of pitcher Dave Righetti, 35, is over. He was released by the A's on April 27 after amassing a 16.71 ERA in seven appearances. He had a terrific career, saving 252 games (most ever by a lefthander), winning 79 games and throwing a no-hitter during his days as a starter...
Hank Steinbrenner, 33, has been running his father's horse-breeding farm in Florida and moonlighting as a high school soccer coach. His baseball experience consists of a limited apprenticeship, not entirely remembered fondly. Dave Righetti recalls that in mid-season 1986, the year he set a record with 46 saves, Hank Steinbrenner proposed that the Yankees' ace reliever be immediately replaced by a career minor-leaguer who had just saved his first and only game in the majors. "I don't mind that from George. He signs the checks," says Righetti, the senior statesman among the denizens of baseball...
Leaders (as of 5/1) Batting AVG Heath, Detroit .444 Pena, Boston .403 Griffey, Seattle .388 Stillwell, Kansas City .386 Webster, Cleveland .375 Home Runs HR Fielder, Detroit 7 Gruber, Toronto 7 McGwire, Oakland 7 Bell, Toronto 6 Saves Saves Eckersley, Oakland 7 DJones, Cleveland 6 Henneman, Detroit 5 Righetti, New York 5 Schooler, Seattle 5 Thigpen, Chicago 5 National League...