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linchao  
#1 Posted : Monday, August 20, 2018 8:56:27 AM(UTC)
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A look at the players to be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame:

LARRY WAYNE "CHIPPER" JONES JR.: Born April 24 Frank Ragnow Color Rush Jersey , 1972 in Deland, Florida. ... 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, batted both, threw right. ... elected in first year of eligibility with 97.2 percent (410 of 422) of the vote. ... drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 1990 MLB amateur draft out of the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. ... in 19 seasons with the Braves had 2,726 hits, 1,055 for extra bases, and batted .303 with 468 home runs, 1,623 RBIs and 150 stolen bases. ... eight-time All-Star third baseman. ... was a force for most of the Atlanta teams that won 14 straight division titles and one World Series. ... in 1999 hit 45 homers and 41 doubles, drove in 126 runs, scored 116 times, drew 126 walks, and stole 20 bases to win NL MVP Award. ... won NL Silver Slugger Award for third basemen in 1999-2000. ... in 2006 had an extra-base hit in 14 straight games to tie the MLB record set in 1927 by Pittsburgh's Paul Waner. ... led MLB in hitting in 2008 with .364 average. ... only switch-hitter in MLB history with career batting average of at least .300 and 400 or more homers.

JAMES HOWARD THOME: Born Aug. 27, 1970 in Peoria, Illinois. ... 6-foot-4, 250 pounds, batted left, threw right. ... elected in first year of eligibility, one of only 54 players to do so, receiving 89.8 percent of the ballots. ... selected by the Cleveland Indians out of Illinois Central College in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft. ... batted .276, played in 2,543 games and had 2,328 hits http://www.falconsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-ito-smith-jersey , 1,583 runs, 612 home runs and 1,699 RBIs in 22 seasons with the Indians, White Sox, Phillies, Dodgers, Twins and Orioles. ... played first base, third base and designated hitter ... had a record 13 walk-off homers and hit 40 or more home runs six times. ... five-time All-Star. ... best season was 2002 in Cleveland when he hit a career-high 52 home runs with 118 RBIs and led AL in walks (122), slugging percentage (.677) and on-base plus slugging (OPS) (1.122), and batted .304 with an on-base percentage of .445. ... hit 17 homers in the postseason.

VLADIMIR ALVINO GUERRERO: Born Feb. 9, 1975, in Don Gregorio, Dominican Republic. ... 6-foot-3, 235 pounds, batted right and threw right. .. earned votes on 92.9 percent of all BBWAA ballots cast in his second year of eligibility. ... batted .318 with 2,590 hits, 449 home runs, 1,496 RBIs and .553 slugging percentage in 16 seasons for the Expos, Angels, Rangers and Orioles. ... nine-time All-Star. ... had 39 doubles, 39 homers, 124 runs and 126 RBIs to win 2004 AL MVP Award. ... eight-time Silver Slugger Award winner. ... hit .300 or higher 13 times, drove in 100 or more runs 10 times, and connected for at least 30 homers eight times. ... notorious free-swinging Cheap Taven Bryan Jersey , bad-ball hitter who slammed 126 first-pitch homers and struck out just 985 times. ... strong-armed outfielder who had 14 seasons of double-digit assists and 14 seasons of at least 10 errors and finished career with 126 assists and 125 errors. ... spent six seasons with the Angels after eight years in Montreal and will be first player inducted with an Angels logo on his Hall plaque.

TREVOR WILLIAM HOFFMAN: Born Oct. 13, 1967 in Bellflower, California. ... 6-foot-1, 200 pounds, batted right and threw right. ... received 79.9 percent of the Hall of Fame vote after missing by only five votes last year. ... drafted by the Cincinnati Reds on the 11th round of the 1989 MLB amateur draft. ... was a minor league infielder for three seasons before becoming a relief pitcher. ... in 18 years mainly with the San Diego Padres appeared in 1,035 games, posting a 61-75 record and registering 601 saves, second all-time to Mariano Rivera's 652. ... sixth pitcher who served mostly as a reliever to make the Hall of Fame. ... in 1,089.1 innings pitched allowed 846 hits, 378 runs, struck out 1,133 and had a career ERA of 2.87.

JOHN SCOTT MORRIS: Born: May 16, 1955, in St. Paul, Minnesota. ... 6-foot-3, 195 pounds, batted right and threw right. ... elected last December by a veterans committee. ... drafted by the Detroit Tigers on the fifth round of the 1976 MLB amateur draft out of Brigham Young University. ... in 18 years with Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto and Cleveland pitched 3,824 innings and posted a 254-186 record with 2,478 strikeouts. ... had 175 complete games and a career ERA of 3.90, the highest of any pitcher in the Hall of Fame. ... five-time All-Star. ... played on four World Series champions, Detroit (1984), Minnesota (1991), and Toronto (1992-93). ... one of six players in MLB history to win consecutive World Series titles on different teams. ... was 7-4 with five complete games in 13 postseason starts. ... went 4-2 with an ERA of 2.96 in six World Series starts, completing three. ... started the most games (332) Authentic Calvin Ridley Jersey , pitched the most innings (2,443.2), and had the most wins (162) of any pitcher in the 1980s. ... retired after the 1994 season and appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 2000. ... has worked as a broadcaster for the Blue Jays, Twins, and Tigers since retiring.

ALAN STUART TRAMMELL: Born Feb. 21, 1958 in Garden Grove, California. ... 6 foot, 165 pounds, batted right and threw right. ... elected last December by a veterans committee. ... drafted by the Detroit Tigers on the second round of the 1976 MLB amateur draft. ... consistent all-around producer at shortstop from 1977-96, playing in 2,293 games for the Tigers. ... had 2,365 hits, 185 homers, 1,003 RBIs, 1,231 runs, and 236 stolen bases. ... six-time All-Star. ... earned four Gold Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards. ... hit two home runs in one game and batted .450 to win MVP honors in Detroit's five-game triumph over the San Diego Padres in 1984 World Series. ... in 1987 finished second in AL MVP voting after hitting .343 with 28 homers and 105 RBIs while batting cleanup. ... seven-time .300 hitter with a .285 career batting average. Andrew Luck feels as sore and tired as he expected four days into training camp.

He's also pain free 鈥?just as the Indianapolis Colts hoped.

Luck passed his first major tests by returning to the practice field, taking all of his normal snaps during the Colts' first two workouts, connecting with receivers on the run rather than throwing at stationary targets while feeling good physically and mentally.

It's a good start for the quarterback with the surgically repaired right shoulder.

"Every day there will be new hurdles," he said Sunday. "The second day, things seemed to calm down or slow down a lot. The first day I was nervous, I was excited and there was a certain element of the unknown. I wasn't quite sure what was going to happen. It was also very fun to be out there with the guys and focus on getting better at practice and not just surviving practice."

The angst could be sensed all around the Colts' new camp site earlier this week in Westfield, Indiana, a northern suburb of Indianapolis.

Fans roared throughout Thursday's opening workout, even cheering when Luck was throwing to ball boys and quarterbacks. One fan shouted "stay in that pocket" as Luck went through an individual drill designed to help all four quarterbacks evade oncoming pass rushers.

Not surprisingly Authentic Rhys Hoskins Jersey , the early jitters also impacted Luck's performance.

He was just 4 of 9 with an interception in his first 11-on-11 work since having a partially torn labrum fixed in January 2017.

On Friday, he was 15 of 19 overall.

He resumed throwing Sunday night, his first full practice in pads in nearly 20 months, and was 19 of 22 with two touchdowns in seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 drills.

"There have been four or five throws that have been like, 'Oh yeah, that looks 100 percent like normal,'" coach Frank Reich said before the evening workout. "Then there have been one or two that we just need to work through and continue to get better."

Luck did not talk with reporters after those practices or Saturday when he left the field about halfway through Saturday's practice at Grand Park Sports Campus 鈥?as scheduled.

"It's weird, but this is the plan Frank and I and (general manager) Chris (Ballard) and everybody who helped came up with at the start. I know it's helped me continue to get better and better and better," Luck said. "It is sort of a bit odd to reconcile 'OK, I'm out here, but I don't get to participate."

But after blaming his slow recovery at least partially on skipping steps in a rush to get back, he's sticking to the plan this time.

And Reich intends to hold him to that promise even though Luck is under no restrictions on the field.

Luck still must pass a few more milestones such as throwing deep balls and taking hits. The wait may not be too long.

Reich has said he expects Luck to play in the Colts' preseason opener on Aug. 9 at Seattle, though Reich has not yet determined how much Luck will play.

"I'm going into this from the very start that he was full go, fully cleared for everything. We have some planned rest days, but in my mind the amount that he plays is he's 100 percent in my mind," Reich said. "We will plan him playing accordingly based on how much we would want to play our starting quarterback."

Luck isn't just starting to shake off the rust.

With each successive practice, he seems to be picking up Reich's newly installed offense better and continues to look stronger and more confident in the shoulder.

"It's fun. What can I say? I had jitters like before a game for that first practice, which was a neat feeling. I hadn't felt that way in a long time. It's been responding well," he said. "No pain. Soreness, tiredness for sure and stresses on my arm that are different. Shoot, there are stresses on everybody's body at this camp that are different."

Notes: Reich hopes to have injured offensive tackles Anthony Castonzo and Austin Howard back "pretty soon." Neither has practiced yet and only eight of the 15 offensive linemen practiced Saturday. ... Offensive lineman Jack Mewhort returned to practice Sunday after getting an extra day off Saturday. ... The evening practice was marred by a scuffle that began when right guard Matt Slauson instigated after he thought George Odum took an unnecessary hard shot on rookie running back Nyheim Hines. ... Linebacker Anthony Walker left practice early with a groin injury.

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#2 Posted : Monday, November 19, 2018 5:08:25 PM(UTC)
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