BASEBALL PREVIEW: YOUTHFUL SAUGUS WILL BE TESTED.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Doug Worley is used to slow starts. In his 22 previous seasons coaching the Saugus High baseballteam, Worley treats the nonleague season as a time to experiment. So a 2-3 record isn't unusual. What Worley isn't used to is having just one returning starter. Shortstop Ryan Sage is SAGE I Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I it. He's surrounded by five others with minimal varsity experience and eight others. The 14 players make up Worley's smallest team. In some years, youth serves. But with many of the other Foothill League teams appearing strong, the Centurions' test will be to earn a playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. spot and continue the streak of winning seasons. Worley has had just one sub-.500 season - his 1979 team finished 10-12. ``(During nonleague) we're concerned with who can do it and who can't,'' Worley said Friday, a day before the Centurions got knocked around 13-3 by Hueneme. ``We expect to finish strong because we know who we are.'' So far, the team wins the close ones (7-5 over Alemany and 3-2 over University) and gets routed in losses. Beside Hueneme, Chatsworth won 9-3 and Rio Mesa won 12-2. The 15-game Foothill League season begins today with a home game against Canyon. Sage will start at shortstop, surrounded by the inexperience Inexperience See also Innocence, Naïveté. Bowes, Major Edward (1874–1946) originator and master of ceremonies of the Amateur Hour on radio. [Am. . Actually the five others have been producing. Junior pitcher/outfielder Justin Babin hit a two-run home run to beat Alemany. Senior third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Luke Miller hit two homers to account for all the runs against University. Senior Ron Clark This article is about the American teacher. For the baseball player, see Ron Clark (baseball player). Ron Clark is an American teacher who has worked with special needs students primarily because of poverty or social status in rural North Carolina and Harlem, has been pitching well when he isn't playing in the infield. Travis Ivey is a capable first baseman/pitcher. Matt Lane, the junior varsity team For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. last season, has a good arm for the outfield. Other players have potential but need more playing time to develop. Junior outfielder Jeremy Ditch has showed signs of being an offensive threat. Sophomore Nathan Steele is very athletic and will fit at second base. Ryan Jossett and Ian Stonerock will split time at catcher. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO WORLEY |
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