DODGERS NOTEBOOK : PATIENCE IS LEADING TO GOOD THINGS FOR CEDENO.Brett Butler's cancer diagnosis pressed Roger Cedeno into an everyday job much sooner than the Dodgers had planned, but the club can't complain about his contributions thus far. Cedeno, in his first four games playing center field and leading off, batted a healthy .267, with four runs scored - and, more important, five walks. The display of patience at the plate, apparently, does not come naturally. ``I have to work at it. It has to be 100-percent on my mind when I go up there,'' Cedeno said Tuesday. ``I want to hit. I like to go up there and swing at the first pitch if it's a fastball. But I've got to concentrate on getting on base no matter what, to let a ball pass and try to hit my pitch.'' The Dodgers positioned Chad Fonville Chad Everette Fonville (born March 5, 1971, in Jacksonville, North Carolina) was a Major League Baseball infielder. Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1992 MLB amateur draft, Fonville would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Montreal in this role in four of the first five games that followed Butler's assignment to the disabled list. Cedeno got the call when Fonville slumped, and the 21-year-old Venezuelan hasn't glanced back yet. ``He's got a good eye at the plate,'' said hitting coach Reggie Smith ``I know eventually he'll be a No. 3-type hitter, because he has some power. But this (patience as a leadoff man) will help him for that, because it will teach him to see how pitchers are pitching him.'' Medical chart: Second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Delino DeShields A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes and replaced by Fonville. . . . Relief pitcher relief pitcher n. Baseball A pitcher who replaces another during a game. Noun 1. relief pitcher - a pitcher who does not start the game fireman, reliever Scott Radinsky Radinsky finished his career with a 42-25 record, a 3. , nursing a sore pitching elbow, wasn't available Tuesday night, pitching coach Dave Wallace said. Cracking down: Players on opposing teams commonly exchange greetings during afternoon workouts, but Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, perhaps showing the strain of his team's troubles of late, objected to some fraternization frat·er·nize intr.v. frat·er·nized, frat·er·niz·ing, frat·er·niz·es 1. To associate with others in a brotherly or congenial way. 2. during this series. L.A. pitcher Joey Eischen was chatting with former Expos teammate Cliff Floyd down the left-field line when Lasorda called out from the dugout, ``Joey, if you pitch against that guy tonight, are you going to try to get his a-- out?'' Eischen smiled and nodded, prompting Lasorda to bark, ``Then get the (expletive) away from him!'' End of visit. Roster move: To clear a spot for Ramon Martinez's activation from the disabled list, right-hander Jim Bruske was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque. |
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