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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1999
Page
10
In Greensboro, North Carolina, 87 media members weigh in on the league’s annual football preseason poll. Details on rankings and anticipated contenders remain forthcoming as the session concludes.
Florida State is named preseason ACC favorite by media at Greensboro gathering with 84 of 87 first place votes and 780 points. Georgia Tech second with 682 points. Virginia third, North Carolina fourth. Maryland picked last with 171 points. Clemson, NC State, Duke, Wake Forest follow in the nine team league.
Octavio Dotel pitched seven innings of three-hit ball for the Mets as Edgardo Alfonzo and Robin Ventura homered in a 4-1 victory over Baltimore. Dotel improved to 2-1 after a quick call-up from Norfolk, while Armando Benitez earned the save. Mike Piazza collected three hits as New York moved to 54-46, 14 games over .500, and within three of Atlanta in the NL East.
Frederick almost pulled off a miracle comeback against Martie Beach Monday. Down by six runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Pelicans scored four to tie with runners at first and second and one out, but reliever Evan Greene induced a force at second and a groundout to end the threat as the Pelicans lost 7-5. Keys manager Andy Etchebarren praised the rally but noted Frederick’s last game at Frederck this year. Myrtle Beach leads 8-2 against the Keys at Harry Grove Stadium. Frederick is 6-0 at Myrtle Beach.
In Lynchburg the Pelicans beat the Keys 7 to 5 after a five run eighth inning spurred by Joanon Caffie and Franky Figueroa. Key errors and a controversial baserunning call marred a midgame rally as Jason Flach and Jason Shiell held Lynchburg to four runs through seven.
Alvie Shepherd, the Baltimore Orioles first pick in the 1999 draft, was released Monday after surgery on his right shoulder limited him to nine games at Bowie and the Gulf Coast League. He began the season in extended spring training with Frederick before a June call up and later injury hindered his progress.
Charlotte Henderson Edie Foland and Vivian McCurdy along with two other Frederick players joined a June 21 to July 3 trip to England to play British club teams as part of an Amateur Sports Development Cultural Exchange Tour. They viewed Pete Sampras Mattica Seles and Tim Henman in person, endured long lines for main court tickets, and saw matches on a big screen near the grounds. One player noted Henman reached the semifinals and the royal family briefly attended after tea.
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