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ANGELS LOOKING FOR DAVIS.


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The Angels have been here for a week, but there is still no sign of veteran Chili Davis
    Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis (born January 17, 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former outfielder/designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball with the San Francisco Giants (1981-87), California Angels (1988-90, 1993-96), Minnesota Twins (1991-92), Kansas City
     in camp.

    Manager Marcel Lachemann is taking a wait-and-see attitude to Davis' tardiness Tardiness
    Dagwood

    comic strip character; chronically late at the office. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118]

    ten o’clock scholar

    schoolboy who habitually arrives late. [Nurs.
    , but made it clear Saturday that he'd like to see his 36-year-old designated hitter show up at Diablo Stadium soon.

    "Technically, you don't have to be here until March 1. But since that's our first (exhibition) game, that might be somewhat of a stretch," Lachemann said. "If he was a position player it might be more important."

    Davis hit .318 last year with 20 home runs and 86 RBI RBI
    abbr. Baseball
    runs batted in

    Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season"
    run batted in
     in 119 games and is again penciled in as the Angels' No. 5 hitter.

    Lachemann said he tried to contact Davis a few times during the winter, "but I never could reach him."
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    Title Annotation:Sports
    Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
    Date:Feb 25, 1996
    Words:136
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