DODGERS NOTEBOOK : WAYNE KIRBY BACK WITH CLUB AFTER ATTENDING DAD'S FUNERAL.A major-league travel schedule and a long flight from Denver to Williamsburg, Va., couldn't prepare Wayne Kirby Wayne Leonard Kirby (born January 22, 1964 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1991-1998. for the short ride home from the airport. The new Dodger suddenly left Colorado last Saturday because of the death of his father. The utility outfielder, who returned to the team Friday, said that ride was the most difficult. ``I thought about a lot of things,'' Kirby said. ``It was a hard trip. The flight was long and driving home was worse.'' The elder Kirby - also named Wayne - died on Saturday morning at age 53 of a heart attack. Kirby, who had no history of heart problems, died in his sleep. Several hours later, Kirby's mother paged her son in Colorado with an emergency signal. ``I knew then something was wrong,'' Kirby said. ``When you get a page from your mother and it's `911', you get worried.'' Kirby spent the past five days in Virginia and will return home after the season. The ex-Cleveland Indian got a chance to see his brother, Terry, a running back with the Miami Dolphins. Kirby appeared refreshed re·fresh v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es v.tr. 1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to. 2. and said he was ready to ``get things back to normal.'' He has no hits in nine at-bats as a Dodger after being picked up on waivers June 24. ``This was my toughest trip home,'' Kirby said. ``Hopefully (baseball) can take my mind off of things. Life goes on.'' Foxy afternoon: Fox Network's telecast of today's Dodgers-Rockies game brings a rarity to Dodger Stadium • • [ , a Saturday afternoon home game. The Dodgers' last was Oct. 2, 1993, when the club eliminated the Giants from Western Division contention. The Dodgers had several Saturday afternoon home games when NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. telecast baseball in the late 1980's. However, those stopped when CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. began broadcasting mostly night games. The Dodgers have two more Saturday afternoon games scheduled, Aug. 3 against Atlanta and Aug. 24 against the Mets. Fun for Fonville: He made sure when he arrived home to catch SportsCenter. 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 wanted to see his leaping catch. The 5-foot-8 Fonville took an extra-base hit ex·tra-base hit n. Baseball A double, a triple, or a home run. away from Vinny Castilla Replays show that the ball would have probably stayed in the park. But Fonville would like to believe that he robbed Castilla of a home run. Regardless, he got up pretty high. |
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