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312/S87-25S5 LAKE [BULLS PPiPPss^ppp^, ^ ^ | «• it- -mr* m * --..--., 1981 DATSUN 280ZX 1982 CHRYSLER LEBAfeON COUPI Page 18 • PLAINDEALER-HERALU. FRIDAY. JAMJAR 1 2S, 19tS Sports V* • m I *48 ,-a *;0 '«Vf •> »"vl Hd .-1 »1*1 *33 'i«5 -i) MORELAND-- you've played as hard as you can. and you're a part of the best team to American or in the world Nothing like it." Moreiand was asked how long it took him to recover from the shock of dropping three straight games to San Diego in the Na­ tional League playoffs. •TOR Ft)UR or five days I hurt real bad," he said. "But by mid- November I was ready to play again." Moreiand said the acqdisition of catcher Gary Carter by New York could work to the Mets' ad­ vantage. but then again, might not. "Gary might help them, but he might pull them down. He's a great player, but when you put that many big names together, it doesn't always work. "But Gary's got a lot of talent, and he may be Uie best catcher in baseball. I'd trade Hubie Brooks for Gary Carter anytime." The Pittsburgh Pirates have solidified themselves, according to Moreiand, by picking up George Hendrick from St. Louis and Steve Kemp from the Yankees. "They've added a lot of thunder to their lineup with those two guys," Moreiand said. BUT THE Cubs are nothing to sneexe at. After signing their big three -- pitchers Steve Trout, Dennis Eckersley and Cy Young winner Rick Sutcliffe -- the North $tders are ready to make a bid to repeat as NL East champs. "I said going in if we could sign three of the four, everybody would be elated." Reliever Tim Stod­ dard didn't come to terms with the Cubs and was picked up by the San Diego Padres. "There's no doubt we signed the three key guys. But losing Tim hurt us. He just didn't reach the money in Chicago that be did in San Diego." Cub first baseman Leon Durham may never live down the error be made during the fifth game of the NL playoffs. The miscue was alluded to by a ques­ tioner Monday night. "I can't rip Leon for that," Moreiand said, sympathetically. "He did such a fine job at first base all year. I don't blame him. fie was trying hard. If anything, the mistake was leaving Rick (Continued from p»ge 20) HAIRSTON •(Continued from page 20) (Sutcliffe) in too long, and Jimmy (Cub manager Frey) would pro­ bably say so too^ But Rick had been our'horse all year, and you go with who brought you." . MORELAND SAID he has been involved in negotiations with the owners, and talked at length Mon­ day about the possibility of a player's strike, and also about skyrocketing salaries in the game. *1 hope every player makes as much money as he can make/' Moreiand said. "I don't want to break baseball, and I don't want to take the opportunity to play baseball away from younger kids, but until management comes to me and says, 'look, this is what we lost last year,' I'm going to get what I can. "If they show me they lost money last year, heck I'll be the first one to cut my salary. But they're doing okay. If they weren't you wouldn't see everybody mak­ ing $4 million a year." Moreiand said a strike can easi­ ly be averted. "Neither side wants a strike. We've had 15-18 meetings, and we'll bicker back and forth until the last minute, the last day. Then we'll sit down and work out an agreement in 15 minutes." ANOTHER ARGUMENT which presses on in Chicago and in baseball in the possibility of to- stalling lights in Wrigley Field. What does Moreiand think? "We ought to play with lights like everybody else does. Everybody always said the Cubs couldn't win because of the heat and humidity, but that's not it. You come in from a road trip at 2:30 a.m., and have to be at Wrigley Field by 9 a.m., it's no fun. Players come In and love it for three or four days. But all season? I'm all for it (installing lights)." Moreiand said area baseball fans are lucky because of all the talent in Chicago uniforms. "I think (Harold) Baines and (Ryne) Sandberg are the best two stars in baseball.' I watched Baines on SportsVision in amaze­ ment." Speaking about the former Cub rightfielder who was traded to the Indians, leaving the job open for Moreiand, he said, "Mel (Hall) had the same kind of talent, Oldtimers honor Majercik JOHNSBURG - Joe Majercik received the 1984 scholarship award from the Johnsburg Oldtimers Club at Monday night's baseball din­ ner. Majercik, who received a $700 scholarship grant, was lauded by Johnsburg High athletic director and baseball coach Jim Meyers, wtoo said, "we'll miss Joe very nuicb." An applicant for tike scholar­ ship must be a Jotiiistaftrg male student,; play varsity baseball, attend a two- or four year «oi lege, and have three letters of recommendation. MAJERCIK graduated torn Johnsburg High School ie Jm* with a 3.8 grade point average, and was ranked eighth io to* class of 140. He pbyed bm years of baseball and basket­ ball, and three of football lor JHS. He was an all-Montbwe«t Suburban Conference p*efc tots senior year, when he hit the Skyhawks, Meyers said Majercik, a freshman is at^ tending Marquette University in Milwaukee, majoring in Physical Therapy. NEW CELLULAR MOBILE PHONE SERVICEI • LOWt.R KAIIS IMAN Amrritw h • An Nt( ( elluldr Mobile telephone <tl $45 iH'i month renldl.4 • fRt t celluldr telephone servi< e lor *10 <l«iys if you si^n up by f ebrudry 1 dnd hdve servi< e turned on l>y h*brudry 15. • f Rtt conversion from Amerilei h to ( Hltil<ir One if you dre d present Amerile< h user. • More rdii^e Ihdn the Amerilei h system without the £• ; disconnects Ihpl Amerilei h users die so used to. We ;•,'* c Oyer Mc Henry dnd I dke ( ounl\ • I ' lW CALL TODAY FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION OR TO ORDER YOUR SERVICE j( ( ( ( t u « j n n n ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Iradicomc TWO WAV RADIO SALES A SERVICE 2604 CHAPEl HILL RD. McMENRY ILLINOIS 815.385-4224 AwlUyuvik but he's in Cleveland now... thank you." MEMORIES OF the Cubs' glory in the past season are not com­ plete without the vision of Moreiand charging pitcher Walt Terrell during a crucial Mets- Cubs series in Chicago. $ "Me? I didn't tackle any pit­ cher," chided Moreiand. "I wasn't happy about It, but you have to protect yourself. J don't want to tell our pitcher to go out and throw at somebody because I was thrown at. If I'm thrown at, I take . care of my own problems. If you're mad at him, go get 'em." Asked if he feared Padre reliever Goose Gossage, Moreiand said: "Yeah, 1 fear him. Every time I step into to the batter's box, with my root in the back left cor­ ner, ready to dive at his pitch. I've got fear. But if he hits me, and I think he's throwin' at me, he's gonna have some fear, too." The bottom line on the Cubs in •85? "The odds are worse in repeating than they ever were of winning it in the first place. We've got the capability and the makeup. If we play hard, we'll be in the thick of lr' , There's no doubt about whether or not Keith Moreiand will play hard -- because he doesn't know any other way. St. Regis evens record St Regis Pub evened Its season record at 3-3 with a 64-47 victory over State Farm Insurance. The winners broke open a 34-30 halftlme lead, holding State Farm to just 17 second-half points in cruising to the big win, in McHenry Department of Parks and Recreation Basketball action last week. Tom Les led all scorers in the game with 22 points. Rob Morteil provided 18 points for the winner's one-two punch. Joe Dehn chipped in 10. CHRISTOPHER'S Men's Wear and Johnny Murphy's-The Gambler were tied at the half at 28)28. Frank Sexton' 10 points and Todd Green ' s e igh t l ed Christopher's, while Brian Miller had 11 to pace Murphy's, However, the second half saw Miller cool off while Sexton, Green and Tim Pankiewicz carried Christopher's to 65-55 victoi7, their fifth win in six tries. Sexton finished with 18 points, while Green added 16 and Pankiewicz had 13 key points oof the bench. Miller tied for game scoring honors with 18, and Brett Decker added 12 for Mnrphy's- Gambler. ONLY FIVE mm suited up is. the league4eading Businessmen (W>), but they needed as each scored to dou­ ble figures en route to m easy 79- 51 win over 0<6 Henehan k Mcln- tyre. Joe Meyers (19 points), Don Bente (16), Jeff Meyers <U>,Jobn Meyers (16) and Ray Tbek* <121 paced the at uaineasssiwn,rtt art. Hairston began, fittingly enough, onopentni i'S NO real explanation for what went wrong with us last? year," he began. "We went out on day one and were ready to play. But it just seemed our best wasn't good enough. Things happened early in the year that put a damper on our season. It was the same team, but we weren't doing the same things we had the year before." Hairston noted much of the Sox' downfall came from the bullpeh, or lack thereof. "We lost a lot of games in the late innings. We'd go into the late innings ahead by one or two, and then lose the lead. The year before, those games were all won. "Pretty soon, we started looking for things to happen. We had team meetings, we'd, get kicked In the rear and say, 'c'mon, let's go,' but we just didn't. It's hard to pin­ point." . Hairston was asked the in­ evitable question about the Hoyt trade, in which the Sox received, from San Diego, utility man Luis Salazar, left-handed pitcher Tim. Lollar, and shortstop Ozzie' Guillen, who has no major-lesgue experience but is tabbed as a great defensive player. "LaMARR'S WEIGHT was s factor, sure," Hairston said. "In 1983, when he won the Cy Young, he weighed 245-250. Last year, he weighed 245-250. It's always been a factor, but when he was winning nobody cared about it. When he faltered, then it was a big deal. "We have a fine pitching staff. We have other guys who can pitch well and will nave to come in and pick up the slack. Richard Dotson, Britt Burns, Floyd Bannister, Tom Seaver, they're all good pit­ chers. They (management) ob­ viously felt a change needed to be. made." Hairston, who makes him home in Naperville, said he believes Hoyt will have an outstanding year for the Padres. "LaMarr has a whole new outlook on life now," Hairston ex­ plained. "He'll be in'a new league, and he feels he has something to prove. I look for him to win 25. It'll be easy to criticize the trade if he does win 25, but we've got more speed now and we're deeper in the bullpen. Lollar's a lefty, and it's always great to have a lefty on your staff." THE ACQUISITION o f fireballing relief pitcher Bob James from Montreal should be a welcome addition to a barely mediocre relief corps. "If you read the paper like I did, James is supposed to be one of the oncoming stoppers in baseball. He throws 90*plus M.P.H., and the White SOx feel he'll be the next Goose Gossage. We're looking for big things from him." 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