A STRANGE TRIP FOR EADY; SHOESTRING LESSONS NEXT?Byline: Scott Magoloff Daily News Staff Writer It was as if there was a black hole in left field behind the home-team bullpen at Mavericks Stadium. Certainly, extra-base hits ex·tra-base hit n. Baseball A double, a triple, or a home run. - especially triples - were not a common occurrence for Mavericks shortstop Alex Cintron. But in the third inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. Sunday, he ripped a line drive into the left-field corner, where Lancaster's Gerald Eady roamed. From the press box, the corner in left is blocked by the back wall of High Desert's bullpen. So Cintron's shot reached mystery status when Eady entered the black hole and did not emerge until after a lengthy delay. The result was not an out but Cintron's first triple of the year. ``When he was bending down (to field the ball), he caught his shoestrings and broke them,'' manager Darrin Garner said. ``He tripped over himself, basically.'' Apparently, left field wasn't the only area where Eady had trouble. ``Now, just at the end of the game, he stumbled on the stairs (while exiting the dugout dugout: see canoe. ),'' Garner said. ``His shoelaces are all jacked up.'' Family affair: Since being sent back to Lancaster from Double-A New Haven New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many , a result of demotions from higher levels, Cirilo Cruz seems to have found his stroke again. He is batting .307 in 26 at-bats with the JetHawks, up from the .170 he posted in New Haven. But what really has him excited these days is the prospect of spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart. The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God. with his cousin, Hector Cruz, an infielder for the Mavericks. The two had dinner together after Sunday's game and Cirilo Cruz said he plans on spending the night with his cousin after today's game, as Wednesday is an off-day. Medical report: Infielder Luis Figueroa had to miss Sunday's game at High Desert because his left hand, which he broke last year, has begun to bother him. The hand started to hurt just as he was hitting his stride as a batter. Figueroa lifted his average to .355, the third-highest average in the California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth . He was to have an X-ray on Monday and, pending its results, could be out for a couple of days, Garner said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) (Ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. Edition only) GERALD EADY JetHawks outfielder shows athleticism by tripping in the outfield and then in the dugout |
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