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Bell wants Rangers
to begin trade talks
Associated Press
I CLEVELAND — Veteran Texas
R;ingers third baseman Buddy Beil
k said Wednesday he has asked the
^ club to trade him and submitted a
^ list of 10 teams he would agree to
join.
ggrafl'H “It’s just time to go,” Bell said be-
'' fore the Rangers played the Cleve
land Indians Wednesday night. “It’s
a pretty mutual agreement between
gjiyself and the club and they said
they would try to do it.”
■ Published reports in Dallas and
Fort Worth Wednesday indicated
A that a deal might be made soon, but
the five-time all-star said he was not
IVJ Certain if a trade would eventually be
^ made.
■ “I don’t think you can ever be real
hareholdttjftrtain of anything,” Bell said. “If it
nd a fracn. doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen,
hip of 2! [Ve requested it and hopefully they
e compai can accommodate me.
i increases; "(The Rangers) might be going in
un Si a different direction toward younger
actual cas players. There’s no earth-shattering
be reductfleasons. I’m not mad at anybody or
bitter at anybody.”
utlation« Sources close to Bell, who has
‘ ct t lal 'j played 6‘A seasons with the Rangers,
last year saR i y, e
was miffed when owner Ed-
. l.aDil di e Chiles reneged on a promise to
mdend - renegotiate his contract.
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“(The Rangers) might be
going in a different direc
tion toward younger play
ers. There's no earth-shat
tering reasons. Vm not
mad at anybody or bitter
- Texas third baseman.
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“didn’t ever try to do that (rene-
f joiate the contract). The contract
tas no bearing on this. It’s just time
for me to go. It’s just a mutual
thing.”
Chiles was out of the state
Wednesday and could not be
reached for comment, his office in
Fort Worth told The Associated
Press.
Club President Mike Stone, Gen
eral Manager Tom Grieve and Man
ager Bobby Valentine all declined to
comment on Bell’s status.
Bell, 33, has gone through the
Rangers’ ups and downs since being
traded from Cleveland after the
1978 season. He reportedly had
been promised by Chiles he would
not be traded.
The winner of six straight gold
gloves has had several meetings in
the past few weeks with Stone and
Grieve in an effort to resolve the sit
uation short of a trade.
Grieve reportedly has contacted
several teams in an effort to move
Bell and may conclude the trade
within the next few days.
The Dallas Morning News said
the 10 teams believed to be on the
list submitted by Bell are Detroit, the
Chicago Cubs and the Chicago
White Sox, Los Angeles, Cincinnati
(his home town), St. Louis, San
Diego, Boston, Baltimore and the
New York Meis.
The Dodgers, Reds, White Sox
and Mets appear to be the most
likely prospects, the newspaper said.
There also is talk of a three-way
deal with the Dodgers and Pirates in
which the Rangers would acquire
Pittsburgh pitcher Jose DeLeon.
Because he has more than 10
ears in the major leagues and has
een with the Rangers at least five
years, Bell has veto rights on any
trade.
Bell has struggled through the
1985 season. His average fell to .245
Tuesday night, when he went 0 and
4 in the Rangers’ 7-2 loss to Cleve
land.
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Astros deal
vet Cabell
to Dodgers
Associated Press
HOUSTON — The Houston
Astros ended Enos Cabell’s sec
ond tour of duty with the Na
tional League club Wednesday by
trading the veteran first baseman
to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a
minor league pitcher and a player
to be named later.
Cabell signed as a free agent
with the Astros in February,
1984. He was named Astros team
captain earlier this year, but had
started only 29 games at first base
this season and hit .243 in 59
games.
The Astros got Rafael Mon
talvo, who appeared in 30 games
this season for the Dodgers Class
AAA affiliate in Albuquerque,
N.M. Montalvo recorded nine
saves, a 1-5 record and 2.97 ERA.
Montalvo was assigned to the
Astros’ AAA team at Tucson,
Ariz. and the Astros also recalled
outfielder Chris Jones from Tuc
son, where he had posted a .352
batting average in 59 games.
Cabell spent six seasons with
the Astros before being traded to
the San Francisco Giants follow
ing the Astros’ 1980 Western Di
vision championship season.
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By ED CASSA VOY
Sports Writer
In past years, if someone wanted to talk about the Blue Jays,
jle would have opened their window and checked out the old bi
The baseball standings would be the last place they’d look.
Well folks, things are starting to change.
I think I realized the change most when I saw someone walking around
arnpus with a brand spanking new Toronto Blue Jays cap perched on his
lead.
Now that’s progress.
I’ve already retired my first Jays ball cap because I’m a fan from way
jack. I remember the days when they couldn’t buy a win for all the snow in
he Arctic Circle.
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That has changed as well.
Currently, the Blue Jays (.610
jet.) sit atop the American League
iast, S'A games in front of the De-
roit Tigers (.570 pet.).
_As the teams close on the All-Star
eed tnenn anc | a looming Major League
itrike, the Blue Jays appear — and I
lay that cautiously — to be ready to
tang their first pennant over horri-
le Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.
Cheeky you say? Maybe. Realistic?
lould be. Down right un-American?
0 Exactly.
The sheer suspicion these foreigners generate (even though the team is
ade up of non-Canadians) can be seen in baseball circles. No one wants to
ive the poor Jays credit for having a great ball club.
Sure they play in a country where ice and hockey combine as naturally
s rum and Coke, gin and tonic. But a new beverage is being hawked
round Toronto — “The Blue Jay Cooler.”
It goes nice with ice too.
But let’s get down to brass tacks and baseballs.
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Statistics are the only things that will truly convince a lover of the Great
American Game. So I will quote a few as supporting evidence.
Pitching has probably been the biggest plus for the men in blue, white
and red.
Right now the Jays probably have baseball’s best starting pitcher in Dave
Stieb.
Since May 17, Stieb has allowed more than two runs only once, he has
allowed 10 earned runs in his past 11 outings for a 1.04 ERA through that
stretch. Stieb now has a league-leading ERA of 1.84.
Only Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets of the National League has
a lower ERA among starters at 1.74.
The rest of the bullpen, though struggling lately, has given Toronto
manager Bobby Cox something to smile about.
Acquiring veteran lefty reliever Gary Lavelle, the improved play of Den
nis Lamp, Jim Acker and Jimmy Key promise a strong anchor for the Jays
down the stretch. That’s something they didn’t have last year during a
disasterous slide in the standings late last season.
George Bell has been the best Toronto slugger, hammering in 16 home
runs already this season to just nine overall in ’84. Bell’s RBI production has
edged up from 42 in ’84 to 49 this year.
With 250 less at bats, Toronto’s team hitting average has moved from
.251 to .258. RBI production has steadily improved with the Jays collecting
356 ribbies this year to 345 in ’84.
Catcher Ernie Whitt is having a much improved year with 10 home
runs, 36 RBIs and a .280 batting average, 40 points higher than a year ago.
So much for the stats.
American baseball fans have to look at the human side of this whole situ
ation, too. Don’t you get a little tingle (or shiver depending on how you feel
about the situation), when you imagine seeing the World Series played in
Toronto, Canada.
In October. In the snow.
Um, I think I’ll check the bird feeder again just to see if the birds have
headed north yet.
Herr wins NL All-Star team starting job
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Tommy Herr of
he St. Louis Cardinals overtook
hicago’s Ryne Sandberg in the final
ote tabulation to win the starting
job at second base for the National
League All-Star team, Commis-
bed resi sioner Peter Ueberroth announced
■scents 1J Wednesday.
he clients Herr, leading the major leagues in
ron. Hi-; tuns batted in and second in the Na
sties andi honal League in hitting, overcame a
roughout I Nearly 32,000-vote deficit to beat
I Sandberg by 58,629 ballots in the
tightest NL race. He received
1,109,178 votes to 1,050,549 for the
Cubs’ second baseman and becomes
the fourth different NL starter at
the position in the last four years,
following Davey Lopes, Steve Sax
and Sandberg.
“I was in that positon last year so I
know what it’s like coming from be
hind,” Sandberg said Wednesday.
“Tommy Herr is definitely having
an all-star season and that’s what the
game is for. In this case the fans did
theirjob.”
erg by 58,629
Forty-year-old Graig Nettles of
the San Diego Padres won the third
base assignment and will start for the
first time for the NL, breaking a
sting of six straight selections for
Philadelphia’s Mike Schmidt.
Nettles, an American League starter
in 1975 and a 1980 replacement for
injured George Brett, received
1,032,335 votes to 739,793 for
Schmidt, who was switched to first
base by the Phillies earlier this sea
son.
The six other NL starters chosen
by the fans in the balloting spon
sored by Gillette are all repeaters
from last year’s squad which de
feated the Americans 3-1 at San
Francisco.
Center fielder Dale Murphy of
the Atlanta Braves, stalling for the
fourth straight year, led all NL play
ers with 1,425,952 votes. The other
starting outfielders will be Tony
Gwynn of San Diego, last year’s bat
ting champion who landed 968,262
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