DODGERS NOTEBOOK: DODGERS ACQUIRE LEWIS; CLAIRE GETS ANOTHER SPEEDY OUTFIELDER.Byline: Kevin Acee Daily News Staff Writer Fred Claire Fred Claire (b. October 5, 1935 in Jamestown, OH) is a former major league baseball executive who served in numerous roles for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1969-1998 including the role of general manager from 1987-1998. ended the Dodgers' 10-day road trip the same way he began it, by making a trade. Claire moved quickly to replace injured outfielder Roger Cedeno on Wednesday, acquiring Darren Lewis
Lewis was batting .234 with 11 stolen bases in 81 games for the White Sox this season. He has played parts of eight major-league seasons and is a career .245 hitter. He holds the major-league record with 392 errorless games and 938 errorless chances. He is a center fielder by trade but has played in left. ``Defensively, the last time I saw him, he was one of the best defensive center fielders I'd seen,'' Dodgers manager Bill Russell Noun 1. Bill Russell - United States basketball center (born in 1934) William Felton Russell, Russell said of Lewis, who played for 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 . Cedeno suffered a fractured left foot chasing a foul ball here on Monday. He and fellow outfielder Todd Hollandsworth Todd Mathew Hollandsworth (born April 20, 1973 in Dayton, Ohio) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Previously, Hollandsworth played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1995-2000), Colorado Rockies (2000-2002), Texas Rangers (2002), Florida Marlins (2003), Chicago Cubs (bruised right elbow) are not expected back this season. Lewis is Bay Area native who has played for the Giants, whom the Dodgers lead by 1-1/2 games in the National League West. He is eligible for free agency after this season. In order to make room for Lewis on the major-league roster, the Dodgers optioned pitcher Dennis Reyes to Triple-A Albuquerque. To clear a space on the 40-man roster, the team designated Chip Hale Walter William Hale (born December 2, 1964, in San Jose, California) was a Major League Baseball designated hitter, third baseman, and second baseman. He is an alumnus of the University of Arizona. for assignment. Reyes, who allowed eight hits and four runs in 6-2/3 innings to earn the victory Wednesday, will rejoin the Dodgers on Sept. 2 in Texas when the rosters are expanded. This is the third trade Claire has orchestrated since the supposed trading deadline of July 31. On Aug. 12, he stole center fielder Otis Nixon The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. for minor-league catcher Bobby Cripps. Six days later, the night the team left Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Claire acquired Eric Young from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Pedro Astacio. All three of his pickups are quick on the basepaths and change the dynamic of the Dodgers' lineup immensely. Lewis likely will bat eighth, while Nixon will move back up to second. Confrontation: Not content to wait until next season, when the teams meet, Scott Rolen called Hideo Nomo out of the Dodgers clubhouse on Sunday to discuss the fact Nomo had hit him the day before for the third time this season. The meeting was witnessed by numerous Dodgers, including manager Bill Russell. Rolen sent for Nomo, whose interpreter had left that morning on personal business. Nomo emerged 10 minutes later and Rolen asked him to walk down the hall with him. Witnesses said Rolen shook his finger at Nomo and said, ``This will not happen again.'' ``There wasn't any yelling,'' Russell said. Helpful hints: On Monday, Otis Nixon received a call from his former mentor, Harry Walker. On Tuesday, Nixon got a shipment of new bats. On Wednesday, Nixon collected a career-high five hits. At the end of the 1988 season, the Montreal Expos sent Nixon down to Alabama to work with Walker for a few weeks. Nixon, bullet fast but without a clue as to how to get on base consistently, learned from Walker how to hit the ball on the ground. On Monday, Walker reminded Nixon to ``get back to basics.'' Nixon did Wednesday, bunting himself aboard once, chopping two more infield singles and slapping two balls to the outfield. In doing so, Nixon raised his average 72 points to .207 in his 15 games with the Dodgers. Nixon was 3 for 11 in his first three games as a Dodger. He then went on an 0-for-24 slump. ``Today I felt much better at the plate,'' said Nixon, who scored three times. Mr. cool: Garey Ingram said he was strangely relaxed Wednesday in his first game this season with the Dodgers. He played like it. Called up from Double-A Albuquerque on Tuesday to replace Cedeno, Ingram started in left field Wednesday and went 3 for 4 with a run and an 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 . ``It was the first time I was ever not nervous my first game back up here,'' said Ingram, who played 26 games with the Dodgers in 1994 and 44 games in 95. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: L.A.'s Otis Nixon, right, scored from third on a sacrifice fly. He collected a career-high five hits. Associated Press |
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