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DOUGLASS SIGNS WITH ORIOLES; FORMER A.V. HIGH STAR TO REPORT TO MINOR-LEAGUE CAMP.


Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer

After more then a month of waiting and hoping, Sean Douglass Sean Douglas (born May 8, 1972) is a retired New Zealand soccer player, who is currently assistant coach of the New Zealand U-20's team. Club career
As a player he spent most of his years in the Australian league, but returned to Auckland when Carlton S.C.
 finally signed a professional contract with the Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation).

The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland.
 on Wednesday.

For Douglass, the operative OPERATIVE. A workman; one employed to perform labor for another.
     2. This word is used in the bankrupt law of 19th August, 1841, s. 5, which directs that any person who shall have performed any labor as an operative in the service of any bankrupt shall be
 word is relieved. The hard-throwing right-hander from Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert.  signed for a bonus in the six-figure range. He'll report to Baltimore's minor-league training facility in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday.

``I just kind of flowed with the whole situation and went with it,'' said Douglass, a second-round pick in June's amateur draft. ``There really wasn't much I could do. I let my father handle everything.''

Douglass last pitched competitively in May for an adult-league team. He left his high school team in early May after a dispute with coach Ed t'Sas over pushups.

Douglass has put the controversial situation behind him but feels he learned from the experience.

Now he's looking forward to starting his pro career.

Douglass, who was 4-2 with a 2.43 ERA for the Antelopes, hasn't set a timetable on when he'd like to reach the major leagues. Much like the negotiating process, he'll take things one day at a time One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy that portrayed a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli) and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr.). .

``(The Orioles) aren't going to rush somebody just for the sake of rushing them,'' Douglass said. ``When I'm ready I'm Ready is the double platinum second release from R&B singer Tevin Campbell. I'm Ready yielded the biggest R&B hit of his career the #1 R&B smash "Can We Talk", and produce 3 more successful hits in "I'm Ready", "Always In My Heart" and "Don't Say Goodbye Girl".  to move up, they'll move me. I know it's not always going to be easy or smooth, but I'll do the best I can.''
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jul 11, 1997
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