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HOUSTON — Free-agent Don
Sutton, the winningest pitcher in
Los Angeles Dodgers history,
Wednesday signed a four-year con
tract with the Houston Astros at a
salary his agent said made him one of
the 10 best paid players in baseball.
Sutton disclosed Houston origin
ally had been his third choice among
teams that drafted him but said the
Astros offered the best contract.
The Astros, unable to depend on
all-star J.R. Richard’s full recovery
from a mid-season stroke, guaran
teed the first three years of Sutton’s
salary. At 35, Sutton became the
sixth starter 30 or older on Houston’s
all right-handed NL Wst division
championship staff.
Sutton told an Astrodome news
conference Richard’s status was not
mentioned during the negotiations.
“If he (Richard) does come back,
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are we gonna be awesome? I defy any
club to match us nine deep on this
pitching staff,’’ Sutton said.
The signing was announced by
Astros President Al Rosen and John
McMullen, the New York shipbuil
der who last week saw his role as
managing partner diluted by limited
partners who share ownership of the
team and who were unhappy with his
management of the franchise.
But Sutton praised McMullen
while subtly criticizing Tommy
Lasorda, his manager at Los
Angeles.
“Were I not dealing with the two
men that I dealt with here, I think I
would have gone somewhere else,’’
he said.
“Bill Virdon is a stable man like
the Walter Alston I used to know,”
he said in reference to the Astros’
current manager and the Dodgers’
long-time former skipper.
While no one disclosed salary,
Sutton said, “I know it’s a heck of a
lot more than I would have gotten on
the West Coast.”
Sutton said of the 10 teams that
drafted him, Milwaukee was his first
choice and Houston his third behind
the New York Yankees.
“My two agents thought at first
that I would be playing for the Cali
fornia Angels, but for some reason
right from the start I thought I would
sign with the Astros,” he said, citing
Rosen and Houston’s lifestyle versus
that in New York as primary con
siderations.
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Sutton will be 36 next season, a
factor which did not stop 10 teams
from selecting him in the Nov. 13
free agent draft. He was 13-5 in 1980
with a 2.21 ERA. He has beaten the
Astros 21 times in his career but only
once in the last three seasons.
The uncertainty of Richard’s re
turn made Sutton more desirable to
Houston where he joins starters Joe
Niekro, Nolan Ryan, Ken Forsch,
Vern Ruble and possibly Richard.
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they couldn’t believe we were that
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success — they also knocked off
Tulane Nov. 8 in New Orleans, 68-
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45 — is the upsurge of the -relay
teams. Nash said it all comes down to
togetherness.
“What we have on our team is rare
on most, he said, “it’s a tremem-
dous team unity and a sense of car
ing. It shows through on our relay
teams most of all.
“The relays are a team event,
whereas swimming is a very indi
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“The guy can barely walk,” said
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up until this point. He’s definitely
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The meet in, Lubbock will begin
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He was the only member of the
team to advance after the remaining
members of the team were beaten in
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