Mosby Selected by Texas Rangers in Draft Second Round
Linvel Mosby ace right hander from the Eagle pitching staff was taken in the second round by the Texas Rangers. He is the Rangers’ second pick this draft year and sports a 10-1 record with three no hitters including a perfect game against Seminole in the 2-AAA finale. The article lists Texas high school and Southwest Conference players chosen in rounds 1 through 13.
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Linvel Mosby
Eagle
Texas Rangers
Mosby
Ranger
Seminole
Texas High Schol
Southwest Conference
William Gulrickson
Joliet Catholic High School
Montreal
Local Pecos Baseball Night Highlights Youth and Varsity Showdowns
In Pecos, Little League at Lion's Field features Cardinals versus Giants at 6 p.m. and Dodgers against Red Sox at 8 p.m. Church League games follow at Jaycee Field, Pony League and Barstow Park host late matchups, and Varsity baseball travels to Austin for the state tournament at Disch-Falk Field for Pecos versus DeSoto at 1 p.m. Friday rounds out with finals in Austin. The Major League draft results list several rounds with players from Texas and nearby states, including Brizzolara, Mosby Jr., Huffman, Creel, and others picked by teams like Atlanta, San Francisco, and Milwaukee.
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Lion's Field
Cardinals
Giants
Dodgers
Red Sox
Jaycee
Austin
Disch-Falk
Pecos
DeSoto
Indians
Tigers
Lion's
Yankees
Buffs
Missions
Barstow
Oilers
Cubs
Cats
Anthony Brizzolara
University of Texas At Austin
Atlanta
Ricky Wright
Paris
Tex
S. Louis
Linver Mosby Jr
Texas
Philip Huffman
Brazoswood HS
San Francisco
Steven Creel
Duncanville
Oakland
Raymond Corbett Jr
Nissalke named coach of year
Houston Rockets coach Tom Nissalke named NBA coach of the year says he handles troublemakers by phased out head cases. He credits a trouble-free dressing room for turning a losing club into the Central Division champions.
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Nissalke
Houston
Houston Rockets
Tom Nissalke
National Basketball Association
Kareem Abdul
Jabbar
Bill Walton
Rockets
Rocket
Baseball Standings and Schedule Update
The Associated Press standings show New York leading with 30 wins and 24 losses, Boston 28 24, Milwaukee 27 28, with Cleveland 23 25 and Detroit 22 28 in the mix. Tuesday results include Texas over New York 7-3 and Minnesota over Chicago 6-5 in 11 innings. Upcoming games list Cleveland at Oakland and Baltimore at Boston among others.
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Milwaukee
Baltimore
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Ryan
Pitts
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Phila
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S Diego
S Fran
Houston
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Los Angeles
National Football League and college notes and signings
Transactions today cover NFL signings for John Kambrough and Ray Phillips, college changes at Arkansas State and St Peters College, baseball moves including Harold Baines and Doug Rader, plus a renewed contract for Tommy Heinsohn with the Boston Celtics. The schedule lists several Wednesday games across NFL, baseball, and basketball with multiple matchups and venues.
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Associated Press
National Football League
Buffalo Bills
John Kambrough
Cincinnati Bengals
Ray Phillips
Basketball National Basketball Assn
Boston Celtics
Tommy Heinsohn
Sons follow famous fathers basepaths in baseball draft
In a draft dominated by pitchers several sons of famous players were picked Terry Kennedy son of Bob Kennedy went in first round to St Louis Terry Landis son of Jim Landis went 10th to San Francisco and Terry Francona son of Tito Francona went in round two by Chicago White Sox pick Hall Baines went No 1 to the White Sox from St Michaels Maryland The draft continues with Minnesota holding the first pick in the secondary phase
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NEW York
Bob Kennedy
Jim Landis
Tito Francona
Kennedy
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Terry
Florida State University
Florida State
FSU
Woody Woodward
Woodward
Landis
Fleor
Chicago White Sox
Craig
San Francisco Giants
Vintage High School
Napa
Calif
Francona
Cubs
New Brighton
Minnesota
Jabbar and Walton Lead All Star Voting
Kareem Abdul Jabbar heads the NBA all star voting with 107 points earned from writers and broadcasters. Bill Walton finishes second, while Julius Erving George McGinnis and JoJo White also earn spots on the all star teams. Playoff attendance rises nearly five percent with 806,994 in 53 games and 9,898,521 in the regular season.
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NEW York
Bill Walton
Portland Trail Blazers
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Los Angeles Lakers
Walton
Julius Erving
George McGinnis
Philadelphia 76Ers
Blazers
Abdul-Jabbar
Pete Maravich
New Orleans Jazz
NBA
Maravich
Abdul- Jabbar
Elvin Hayes
Washington Bullets
David Thompson
Denver Nuggets
Paul Westphal
Phoe
Rangers Target Pitching in Baseball Draft List
Texas Rangers open their draft with David Michael Hibner an 18 year old right handed hitter from La Jolla California high school as first selection. The list includes Linvel Mosby Jerry Vasquez George Wright Michael Jirschele Pat Nelson Odie Davis Joseph Knight Bobby Johnson Charles Lamson Sewell Steven Mack Nielsen Ronald Carney Donald Rainer and more pitchers and position players from various schools and colleges.
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Houston Sharpstown HS
Montreal
Donald Oliver
Victoria HS
Kansas City
Kevin Shannon
Cincinnati
Odie Davis
Prairie View A&m
Texas
Joseph Knight Jr
Texarkana
Tex
Tony Walker
San Marcos HS
Steven Day
University of Texas
Milwaukee
Bobby Johnson
Dallas Kimball HS
Robert Bonner
Texas A&m
Ronald Carney
Texas Wesleyan
Dwayne Wright
St. Mary's
Toronto
Arlington
Texas Rangers
David Michael Hibner
la Jolla
Calif
Linvel Mosby
Pecos
Jerry Vasquez
Itcher
Arizona State Uiversity
George Wright
Oklahoma City
Capitol High School
Michael Jirschele
Clintonvile
Wisc
Pat Nelson
Miami
Fla
Carol City
Odie
White Sox Make First Pick In Draft
The Chicago White Sox selected Harold Baines an 18 year old outfielder first in the annual amateur free agent draft. Other first round picks included William Gullickson by the Montreal Expos Tim Cole by the Atlanta Braves Kevin Richards by Detroit and Terry Kennedy by St Louis. California chose Richard Dotson and San Diego took Brian Greer in the ensuing rounds. Kennedy is the son of former major leaguer Bob Kennedy.
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Hal Baines
St. Michaels
Baines
Sox
Bill Veeck
Easton
Veeck
Maryland
New York
Chicago White Sox
Harold Baines
St. Baines, Md
Montreal Expos
William Gullickson
Joliet
Ill
Milwaukee
Paul Molitor
University of Minnesota
Atlanta Braves
Tim Cole
Saugerties
N.Y
Detroit
Kevin Richards
Wyndette
Mich
St. Louis
Terry Kennedy
Florida State University
Kennedy
Bob Kennedy
Chicago Cubs
California
Richard Dotson
Cincinnati
San Diego
Brian Greer
la Jolla
Calif
Tennis Tournament Set at Kermit High School Courts
Netters converge on Kermit High School courts for a four day tennis tournament June 16 through 19. Signups close at 10 p.m. Wednesday with a four dollar entry per person per event. First and second place trophies awarded per event.
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Netters
Kermit High School
Chuck Williams
Kermit
Kent Mitchell
Williams
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