BRIEFLY CSUN'S STOTTS SIGNS WITH A'S.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Shortstop J.T. Stotts of Cal State Northridge and Hart High reached agreement with the Oakland Athletics “Philadelphia Athletics” redirects here. For other uses, see Philadelphia Athletics (disambiguation). The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. on Tuesday and will report to the club's rookie-league team in Vancouver. Stotts, among the Big West Conference leaders in nearly offensive category, hit .409 with 12 home runs and 40 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 this past season. Drafted 101st overall, Stotts received a $390,000 signing bonus A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. These are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee e.g. if the annual salary is lower than they desire. . ``It took a lot longer than I thought it would, so it's a relief to finally get it done,'' Stotts said. ``Now it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to go to work and get to the big leagues as fast as I can.'' --Travis Allen, who pitched at Quartz Hill and College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , signed a free-agent contract with the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. . He was sent to Single-A Everett (Wash.) of the Northwest League. BASKETBALL: Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Maurice Cheeks will be the next head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. , WPVI-TV in Philadelphia is reporting. Cheeks, an assistant with the 76ers, flew to Portland on Tuesday afternoon and is in the process of finalizing terms of the deal, the television station reported. COLLEGE ATHLETICS: College sports teams with graduation rates less than 50 percent would be banned from postseason play, under a proposal announced Tuesday. Schools would have a six-year period to meet the criteria or risk losing their eligibility, under the recommendation from the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Other important Knight Commission recommendations included prohibiting athletes from wearing corporate logos, banning legal gambling on college sports. HOCKEY: Ray Bourque announced his retirement 17 days after hoisting the Stanley Cup with tears streaming down his face. Bourque's pursuit of the elusive cup made him a sentimental favorite in this year's playoffs. ``It took a long time, but the timing was perfect,'' he said. |
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