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Giants release slugger for violation SAN FRANCISCO (AD ■ Darryl Straw berry'* second chance is over On Monday, the San Francisco Giants' troubled outfielder was suspended for 60 days for violating major-league baseball’s drug policy and terms of bis aftercare pro gram. Hie Giants followed suit by ending Strawberry's 29-game career with the team The Giants, who gave Strawberry a reprieve after the l.os Angeles Dodgers released him early last season, told him last June that "any violation of this nature" wouldn't be tolerated, said general manager Hob Quinn. "Wo are deeply saddened by today’s news.” Quinn said in a prepared statement "Over the past nine months, we have come to know Darryl not only as a baseball player but as a warm and < anng person "However, quite obviously, there are many problems in his life White he s over come some of these hurdles, unfortunately he still has more to conquer." The 32-year-old Strawberry, also facing federal tax-evasion charges, could not be reached for comment. His agent. Kric Gold schmidt. did not return phone calls from The Associated Press The team learned Friday of Strawberry's drug policy violation and told him Saturday that he no longer was with the team. "We told Darryl that, although he will no TROUBLED 1 WHO: Major l eaguer Darryl Strawberry WHAT: The often troubled veteran was suspended for 60 days by Major League baseball and released by the San Francisco Giants on Monday for violating the league's drug policy and terms of his after-care program. STRAWS HISTORV: The 32-year-old has been in and out of trouble since his arrival to the major ieagues longer In-.-» Giant, we will continue to make available to him our aftercare and counsel ing problem'! Quinn said Details of the violation were not available The players' association and owners have clashed over drug-related suspensions dur ing the past 15 years. Huge tut Or/a, the union's No. 2 offii nil. said Ins side wouldn't make any decisions until after mooting with Strawberry and the doctors "After that, we'll decide what happens next." Orza said in Washington at the base hail labor talks Strawberry's stint with the Chants fol lowed a career filled with promise and oci a ■ See Chronology, Page 8 ?Mf‘Tu sional hriliiance, but ptipporw) with injuries and off-field troubles A star of the New York Mels' team that won the lOHo World Nortev he missed most of <be 1092 and too t seasons with a < hron u Iw< k problem He planned to begin Iasi season with the Dodgers, but didn't show up for the team's final spring training game The nest day. hr told the Dodgers he hod a substanc n abuse problem, and avoided suspension hv enter ing the Hetty l ord Ghnh in Karu ho Mirage, ( jilif ., for treatment Strawberry finished fits stay at Hetty Ford on May fi uni three yyeeks Inter, the Dodgers released him The Giants, hoping he would ignite a slumping team that had been heavily favored to win its division, signed him as a free agent on |une lfl. His impact yvas immediate Although Strawberry hit |ust 2.15) ys it fa four home runs and 17 Kills in 92 at-bats, the Giants went on a tear, winning nine straight games and i? of 21 A 9-game deficit to the Dodgers dwindled to just one-half game on July 27. and the team finished the strike aborted season in contention. 3 games behind Other Giants players welcomed his arrival, including Barry Bonds and Matt I ’ DARRYL P.cj. Clinton adds yet another ridiculous twist to strike Trevor Kearney really thought the Major League Baseball strike had JLgotlen as ridiculous as it could possibly got After the cancellation of last year's World Series, and after open tryouts were held, how could it have gotten any worse? But the most pathetic i hapter of this absurd saga was vet to come. Bill Clinton decided it was necessary to intervene Wait a minute, you mean the presi dent? Of the United States' Is that possible? Apparently it is liist (V tuber. Clinton appointed VV | Usury special mediator to the strike O K . I can deal with that, I guess It probably didn’t take too many of my In* dollars for Clin ton to tell some guy to babysit Hut then Clinton went way too far in his involvement He began urging the two sides to resolve the issues — which mostly revolve around a salary cap and revenue sharing — and eventually issued a Monday deadline for the resolution Well, the deadline i ame and went, but I i ould have told you that was going to happen the minute Clinton issued the dead line. What I cannot tell you. how ever, ts why our president is involved in something as mean ingless as this peeing match I>et ween the owners and play ers of the baseball world Ikies he have nothing better to do? We are talking about the president, right' Of the United States' This is the man that is sup posed to be running our coun try, dealing with the federal deficit, working on health care and living up to ail the other promises he has made aim a vve entrusted our country in him What has happened' Has a Republican-dominated Congress taken that much out of our pres ident' May (hi not having power over real issues has driven Clin ton mad, for< mg him to go out and take control of something really useless Or maylie, keep ing in mind ! am a registered Democrat, it is just time to get a Republican back into office Personally, I cannot take the negotiations seriously Basically it comes down to who will make the ostra million bucks nest year or the year after No matter what the representatives for both sides say, it comes down to greed and greed alone One of the reasons I can't take them seriously is because of the amount of monwy we are talking about Now, ! nm not going to say I want sports to be non-prof it or I think players make too much for just playing baseball, because I could really care less about that issue But. according to the Associ ated Press, the average player salary last year was nearly St 4 million per year, and five teams had payrolls of S'iC) million or more per year Now that is a lot of money - maybe a little too much to fight about To put that in |>erspi« live, the average player salary, excluding taxes, could buy about 70 thou sand beers at a baseball game And to further clear the matter up. the San Diego Padres who dished out a mere $20 million last year after dumping off such big name stars as l-red McGriff (Atlanta) and Gary Sheffield (Florida) — qualify as cheap Turn to KEARNEY, Page 6 February 7, IW5 Volume 96, l«uc 93 The Top 25 By The Allocated Press I Ns 26 teams in The Assoi ijtcKl Press college !s-r.'.*'|- i poll. lAtlh fus! place votes in parentheses, records through Fab 6. total points based on 26 points for a test-place vote through one point lor a 26th-pla( 0 vote arid previous ranking ___ Nerve! ■*<, pry 1 tkvrCanjwvi i4B; Ik t 1 629 2 2 Kixs.ni H?j_\JJ__15®_J 3 Giyw Vul_t7 ) I 436 4 4 M..r.yt NjuXtl 172 I 4.3) I 5 * ilI 15 * 396 6 6 UCLA_ 14 1 t 318 7 ; u■ - ji v_9,2 1,-51_2 vm 17 4 l 168 5 'J Ary-jra_17 4 I ! 1<’_l? 10 sy.v i.vn_163 1009 >0 M 14 4 310 !4 i? kuxsai_ 17m) a U lAiiouri_163 706 18 14 A. . ivu Si _ 165 t£J_ _16 15 Siamotd_15 3 668 17 <b vftveva_>55 601 19 1? 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