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Seaver hopes he's not a mistake
by JOHN NELSON
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) Three-time Cy
Young Award winner Tom Seaver
walked into Shea Stadium as a mem
ber of the New York Mets again
yesterday with the realization that
his former team might have made a
mistake in trading for him.
:"It's possible," the 38-year-old
• Scaver said. "But it's also possible
that six months down the road, they'll
Wok like geniuses, too. It's all specu
lation —that's down the road "
. • Seaver spent the first 10 1 / 2 years of
:his illustrious major league career
-With the Mets before being traded on
:Jime 15, 1977 to the Cincinnati Reds.
;During the season, Seaver posted the
-worst record of his career, 5-13, with
:a 5.50 earned run average, and some
:Observers thought his career had
come to a close.
"I think I can pitch," Seaver said at
a news conference yesterday to an
nounce the trade. "I think I can do it
.or I wouldn't be here. I have other
things I could be doing. Obviously, I
have some numerical goals, but I
don't want to suffer to get there."
The trade, worked out between the
Mets and Reds last week during the
recent baseball winter meetings at
Honolulu sends 27-year-old right
handed pitcher Charlie Puleo, 9-9 this
year, and minor leaguers Lloyd Mc-
Clendon, a catcher-outfielder, and
Jason Felice, an outfielder, to Cincin
nati•
• Seaver, who had one year left on his
:Reds contract, received a four-year
:package from the Mets. The first
.year is guaranteed at a substantial
:thise over the $450,000 he would have
;gotten from Cincinnati while the
following three seasons are at the
Mets' option.
"It's a simple contract, and, at the
same time, a little different," Mets
General Manager Frank Cashen said.
"It provides one year for certain. It
also provides for three additional
years with incentives that have main
ly to do with innings pitched. With
incentives, it will perhaps make him
a million dollar pitcher in years to
come. It certainly makes him the
highest paid pitcher in Mets history,
which he certainly deserves to be."
Bucs looking for outfield help
By ALAN ROBINSON
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates are
prepared to open the season with veteran Lee Lacy in
center field, but are still trying to acquire an experienced
outfielder in a trade, General Manager Harding Peterson
said yesterday.
The Pirates lost their starting center fielder, free agent
Omar . Moreno, when he signed a $3.5 million, five-year
contract with the Holston Astros last week.
"We are working on something right now," Peterson
said at a press luncheon. "We should know something
within a week or so. We had the makings of a deal last
week at the winter meetings, involving a front line pitcher
. . . but the other team didn't make the trade they thought
they were going to make."
Reportedly, the Pirates were interested in pitcher Burt
Hooton of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who.was to be the key
to a trade with the Texas Rangers involving catcher Jim
Sundberg. But the deal fell through.
"Our needs are still the same; we want another front
line pitcher," Peterson said. "We'd like to get another
outfielder. But we like Lee Lacy. He can be our center
fielder. He's not going to stay with Moreno defensively,
but there aren't too many center fielders in baseball who
Cashen said he and Seaver agreed
mutually on the one-year -at-a-time
deal.
"He said, 'I don't want to tie you up
and take money for something I
might not be able to do,"' Cashen
said.
Seaver helped pitch the Mets to two
National League pennants and one
World Series title. He also set a major
league record with nine consecutive
seasons with 200 or more strikeouts,
beginning in 1968, his second year in
the majors.
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He won the Cy Young in 1969, 1973
and 1975, and finished second in vot
ing for the award in 1981 after posting
a 14-2 record. However, last season,
he battled a flu bug and various
injuries, losing his first three deci
sions and never really getting un
tracked.
Seaver has 264 career victories, 3,-
201 strikeouts and a lifetithe ERA of
2.68, the best among active pitchers.
"Now, it's just starting to dawn op
me that I'm a Met again, and I
couldn't be happier."
Tanner said Lacy should help the Pirates at the plate
more than Moreno, who hit only .242 last season while
striking out 121 times.
"This year, we say to Lacy, 'OK, kid, here it is. You're
going to bat against everybody and do the job defensively.'
Lee Lacy can play every day for us," Tanner said.
Lacy, who will be 35 in April, hit .312 for the Pirates last
season, with 359 at-bats in 121 games. He had five home
runs and 31 RBIs and has hit over .300 three times in his
major league career, whit!' began in 1972 with the Dodg
ers. His best season was in 1980, when he hit .335 in 109
games for the Pirates.
Lacy has platooned in left field with Mike Easier the last
three years, and also played frequently in right field last
season when Dave Parker missed over 80 games because
of injuries.
If the Pirateg do acquire a (center fielder in a trade, Lacy
will continue to platoon, Tanner said. He also said he
wouldn't hesitate to play a healthy Parker in center field.
"He' can do the job out there," Tanner said.
Peterson said the Pirates would like to make a trade or
two before spring training, "because we're going to have a
numbers problem." Three young players outfielder
catcher Brian Harper, catcher Junior Ortiz and first
baseman Heidi Vargas are out of options, and the
Pirates risk losing them if they are returned to the minor
leagues.
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By ANDRIJA SILICH
Collegian Sports Writer
Making pulp out of the Orange, that's what the wrestling
team will be trying to do this weekend as it travels to
Syracuse at 1 tomorrow afternoon to wrestle the Orange
men at Manley Field House.
The task will not be an easy one, however. Last year in a
match that wasn't decided until the heavyweight bout, the
Orangemen defeated the Lions 21-20.
Penn State Coach Rich Lorenzo said Syracuse is strong
once again,' and he expects another dogfight.
"You would probably have to favor us on paper in four
or five of the matches," Lorenzo said, "but you have to
favor them in the other four or five matches."
Lorenzo said the teams are about as equally matched
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At 158 pounds, Greg Elinsky is still sidelined, but his
backup Jim Clauss will return to action against the
Orangemen this weekend.
The key to winning a close match like this one, Lorenzo
said, is having wrestlers that can fill in at times like these
give you an unexpected victory.
"With the match this close, that fourth or fifth match,
which I said could go either way, will be crucial," Lorenzo
said. "As a coach . you hope some of your so-called
underdogs rise to the occasion and give you a victory."
One of the key matchups will be at 126 pounds where
Lion Scott Lynch will go against Dale Mills of Syracuse.
Lorenzo said Mills is a tough wrestler and he expects a
close match.
Although the teams seem equal, there is one contrasting
characteristic Penn State is extremely strong in the
lower weight classes, while Syracuse seems to be more
talented•in their heavyweights.
But Lorenzo feels Penn' State can win some of the
matches in the upper-weight classes. Eric Brugel is in one
of these upper classes and Lorenzo feels good about his
chances.
"(Brugel) is starting to get his confidence back and I
can see the mental improvement in his game," Lorenzo
said. "He's always worked hard, and he will continue to do
so."
Lorenzo said Brugel .has gone against some tough
competition recently and as a result, has been losing some
matches. But he feels that these losses will help Brugel
improve in the long run.
"I'd rather see him get his bumps now in December and
early January than in March at the finals," Lorenzo said.
"He's learning a lot of valuable lessons early in his career,
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"He is a quality young man, and we are sure he will rise
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