BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: ASTROS' DIERKER REWARDED.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Larry Dierker Last season, little that Dierker did merited critical scrutiny. The Houston Astros “Astros” redirects here. For other uses, see Astros (disambiguation). The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League. broadcaster-turned-manager won the NL Manager of the Year award In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to the best managers in the American and National Leagues. The award is voted on by 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Wednesday after leading the Houston Astros to a team-record 102 wins and their second straight division title. ``The fact that I came from the booth instead of the minor leagues or a coaching staff may cause people to be more open-minded about who they consider (for managerial jobs),'' said Dierker, who attended Taft High in Woodland Hills. ``Teams will start to look at the whole universe of possibilities instead of just the traditional line.'' Konerko traded again: The Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. acquired first baseman Paul Konerko from the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Mike Cameron in a trade of young players who have yet to live up to their potential in the major leagues. Konerko, 22, hit .217 with seven homers and 29 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 for the Reds and Dodgers during the 1998 season. The White Sox will give him a chance to win their starting first-base job next year. Palmer to Tigers: The Detroit Tigers, seeking to build a contender as they prepare to move into a new stadium in 2000, signed third baseman Dean Palmer to a $36 million, five-year contract. Palmer, who turns 30 next month, hit .278 this year for Kansas City, leading the Royals in both homers (34) and RBI (119). He was acquired by Kansas City from Texas on July 25, 1997, for Tom Goodwin. Blow to Angels: Justin Baughman, the man the Angels hoped would emerge as their starting second baseman in spring training, underwent surgery to repair a fracture in his left leg suffered in a Mexican League game. His absence, which is expected to extend at least through spring training, means the Angels are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a second baseman. ``That's a big blow,'' general manager Bill Bavasi said. ``It's obviously a concern. It's one more thing we have to look at. We have to pay more attention to that spot now than we would have - whether it's a trade or a free agent.'' The leading candidate would be free agent Randy Velarde, who missed all of 1997 and much of last season recovering from reconstructive (right) elbow surgery. But Velarde came back for the Angels in August and proved his health. The Angels were already negotiating with Velarde's representatives about bringing him back, and that has taken on a new urgency. Mo set to move on: Boston's protracted pro·tract tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations. 2. , often acrimonious bid to re-sign slugger Mo Vaughn ended for all intents and purposes Adv. 1. for all intents and purposes - in every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless" for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes when general manager Dan Duquette said the free-agent first baseman had rejected the club's latest offer and decided to look elsewhere. Speaking at the general managers' meetings, Duquette - who earlier in the day had sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. Boston's offer, according to the Vaughn camp - said, ``It looks like he's going to play for someone else.'' Vaughn did not indicate where he'd be heading, Duquette said. ``He's going to put his efforts somewhere else, and we are, too. We're going to look at some other options.'' NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR Taft High alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. Larry Dierker won the 1998 Baseball Writers Association of America's National League Manager of the Year. Here's the voting (first-place votes in parenthesis parenthesis: see punctuation. The left parenthesis "(" and right parenthesis ")" are used to delineate one expression from another. For example, in the query list for size="34" and (color = "red" or color ="green") ): Manager Total Larry Dierker, Hou. (16) 102 Bruce Bochy, S.D. (5) 70 Jim Riggleman, Chi (5) 55 Dusty Baker, S.F. (6) 39 Bobby Cox, Atl. 17 Bobby Valentine, N.Y. 5 CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO (Color--Ran on Page 1) Larry Dierker BOX: (Ran on Page 1) NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR (see text) |
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