Word: surhoff
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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During the past off-season, teams offered less to their first-year players. B.J. Surhoff, a rookie catcher who had a lot to do with the Brewers' 13-0 start, makes only about $65,000 a year--the minimum wage...
...minor-league catcher, coach and manager, Trebelhorn somehow withstood a thousand bus rides from Boise to Walla Walla without becoming very tobacco splattered. He is a substitute math teacher in the off-season and is as reasonable as he is unrecognizable. When Rookie Catcher B.J. Surhoff was called out for straying from the base path, Trebelhorn raced to the umpire, saying, "Look, you know the rule and I know the rule. But the players don't know the rule and the fans don't know the rule. So we have to stand here and argue awhile, O.K.?" "Treb" came...
...running hard. I thought it was a double, maybe a triple. I saw him running back on it. I thought maybe wall ball," Surhoff said. "I just hoped it would get over his [center fielder Dave Henderson's] head. I wasn't really sure...
...Surhoff entered the game in the fifth inning after starter Bill Schroeder was injured...
...haven't had much time to work on my home run trot," he remarked. Surhoff's homer to center off reliever Steve Crawford allowed the Brewers to complete a three-game sweep of their opening series with the defending American League champions...