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Mets Spotlight hTo a baseball fan, the scene la familiar. The manager walks slowly to the pitchers mound, waves to the bullpen, and takes the ball from the starting pitcher. Seconds later, the reliever bounces out of the bullpen car, tosses his warmup jacket to a ball boy and stalks his way to the mound, in much the same manner that a hunter stalks his prey At Veterans MemorialTransactions1 Tilt Associate* Press ISEIALLCLEVELAND IN.DlANS—Reactivated Joe Carter, outfielder. Optioned Luis Aponte, pitcher, to Maine ot the International^ragu#.OAKLANDAs—Optioned Mike Warren, pitcher, to Tacoma of the Pacific Coast League Recalled Garry Hancock, outfielder, from TacomaHarr^National LeagueHOUSTON AST ROS —Placed Spllman. infielder, on the I day disabled list retroactive to July IS. Recalled Jim Pankovifl, infielder. from Tucson of the Pacific Coast LeagueST. LOUIS CAR DINALS— Placed Willie McGee, outfielder, on the IS day disabled list retroactive to July 12 Reactivated Ralph Citarella, pitcher, from the IS day disabled list Sent Rick Ownbey. pitcher, to Louisville of the American AssociationMark DavisPark this summer the scenario is the same with only a few small changes There is no bullpen car. there is no ball boy. and. in the case of Little Falls Met relief pitcher Mark Davis, there is no need to stomp to the mound trying to intimidate a batter His lethal right arm is intimidating enough So far in this young season Davis, a 22 year old from Agoura. Caiifornia, has appeared in II games, pit ched 21 and one-third in nings. has struck out 2CMARK DAVISbatters, and has allowed only ione earned run He also has eight saves to his credit. His earned run average is a minuscule044 Davis comes to Little Falls t,with excellent credentials. j.After attending College of the Canyons Jr College, where j*,he roomed with ex-Little mFalls Met Jason Felice, he went on to star at j9Sacramento State, totaling 13 aiwins in two seasons while mleading his league in c,strikeouts and ERA in his nsenior year. His Aachievements earned him a p|spot on the All Northern California first team in I9R4 f|While many relief pitchers V(are noted for fiery tempers and erratic behavior. Davis c*is content just to be himself, a young man quick with a msmile and eager to make j,ifriends As Mark said Clrecently, I like to have fun pjand keep a good frame of v,mind I just want to do my job riDavis is happy to be playing in Little Falls. 4especially under skipper Bud pHa nelson pIt's a big privilege to play jpro ball, but it's hard being paway from family and Afriends It's tough to keep Mmentally up every day |,That's where Bud helps He's a nice guy and he un- ^derstands and is able to u,relate to the players Bud knows the game from the qplayers point of view
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Herkimer Evening Telegram
Herkimer, New York, US
Wed, Jul 18, 1984
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