DODGER PROFILES\BILLY DELURY.Byline: Tim Brown Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22, 1966) is a retired wide receiver, who played in the National Football League. He spent sixteen years with the Oakland Raiders, during which he established himself as one of the League's most prolific wide receivers. Daily News Staff Writer Job description: traveling secretary Years with organization: 45 Age: 62 Family: Daughter, Barbara, 29 Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. The lowdown low·down n. Slang The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party. lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it → : In 1950, the year Walter O'Malley Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9, 1903 – August 9, 1979) was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. became president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, DeLury was hired by the organization as an office boy. Today, he is the Dodgers' only front-office employee who remains from their days in Brooklyn. After a two-year tour in the late 1950's with the U.S. Army, DeLury served 14 years in the Dodgers' minor-league office, 12 in the ticket office and, in 1979, was named the team's traveling secretary. His duties are to schedule transportation and accommodations, distribute tickets and see that the players, coaching staff and front-office employees are comfortable. Among the major league's traveling secretaries, DeLury's tenure is one of the longest. "You wake up every morning, sit on the end of the bed and wonder what the day will bring," DeLury said of the lure of the job. He has no immediate plans to retire. In fact, DeLury has his eye on serving the Dodgers for 50 years. "I hope they don't have to tell me (when 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)," DeLury said. "I want to tell them." FELIX RODRIGUEZ Not to be confused with Felix Rodriquez, guitar player in the Swedish band, The Sounds. Felix Rodriguez is a common personal name that can refer to different people:
Age: 23 Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 Position: Pitcher Bats: R; Throws: R Obtained: Signed as a free agent, October 1989 Hometown: Montecristi, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. The lowdown: Raised in an impoverished town near the Haitian border, Rodriguez was signed as a catcher and spent three years in the organization without progressing past Rookie League. In 1992, when he batted .291 at Great Falls Great Falls, city (1990 pop. 55,097), seat of Cascade co., N central Mont., second largest city in the state, at the confluence of the Missouri and Sun rivers and near the falls that give the city its name; inc. 1888. , he was named the Pioneer League's No.10 prospect by Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . During spring training in 1993, coach Joey Amalfitano RICK PARKER Age: 32 Height: 6-0 Weight: 182 Position: Utility Bats: R; Throws: R Obtained: Signed as free agent, January 1995 Hometown: Kansas City, Mo. The lowdown: Entering his 12th professional season, Parker has yet to play a full major-league season - combined. He has played in 147 big-league games since breaking in with the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era in 1990. Parker heads into the final two weeks of spring training vying for a utility job with the Dodgers, along with Mike Busch and Garey Ingram. His four starts for the Dodgers last season were in left field, but he is capable of playing all four infield positions as well. Parker attended Southwest Missouri State and the University of Texas, where in 1985 he was a member of a Longhorns baseball team that finished second in the College World Series. His father, Robert, was in the Dodgers organization from 1950 to 1958. Rick was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1985 and made his debut five years later. He played in 54 games for the Giants in 1990 and 13 for them in 1991. In 1993 he played 45 games for the Houston Astros and, the following year, eight for the New York Mets
CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) Rick Parker (2) Felix Rodriguez (3) Billy DeLury |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion