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The baseball gods, however, gave him an ideal opponent for career victory No. 300 — the Yankees. Ryan hasn't lost to New York in 13 years and is 3-0 against them as a Ranger. The 1990 Yankees have the worst tecord in baseball and are the lowest scoring team in the American League. Ryan has already beaten them twice this season and the Rangers beat the Yankees 4-1 Tuesday night. It's a whole new ball game By BEN WALKER The Associated Press These are the big numbers in baseball, the really big ones that define its history, heroes and Hall of Famers. There's $00 home runs. Babe Ruth became the first of 14 players to hit that many and someday Jose Can- seco, Mark McGwire, Darryl Strawberry and Darryl Strawberry Jr. might, too. There’s 3,000 hits, and the 15 bat- ters to get there. George Brett and Robin Yount are up soon, Wade Boggs and Tony Gwynn are on deck and Anthony Keith Gwynn II could be in the future. There’s 300 victories, and the 19 Pitchers to win so many. Nolan Ryan wilt be next, possibly tonight, and Bert Blyleven needs just 21 more. But after Ryan and Blyleven, who else? In this era, what pitcher will be able to find the formula that equals 20 annual victories for 15 years? “Once they do it, that’s all you’re ever going to have,”’ Phil Niekro said. “*You’re not going to see any more.”’ Of the 19 major leaguers to 300 games, 12 did it exclusively in this cen- tury. Of that dozen, five of them — Niekro, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Gaylord Perry and Don Sutton — got No. 300 in the 1980s. What a sudden end it would be if Ryan and Blyleven became the last of the big winners. But not surprising. “The game has changed so much, especially for’ pitchers,’’ Niekro said. “There are no more 300-inning pit- chers. “There aren’t so many 20-game winners."” In every way, it adds up to under 300 wins. Here’s why: — It used to be that starting pit- chers got all the decisions. In an age of specialization, middle relievers and stoppers now get their share. Ryan, between 1972-77, made 223 Starts and got a win or loss in 205 (92 per cent) while pitching 125 complete games. In the last five years, he got decisions in 115 of 164 starts (70 per cent) with just 15 complete games. — Pitchers never got injured — at least (for better or worse) never said they were hurt. Now, the disabled list is dotted with pitchers. Ryan was on the disabled three times until 1983. Since then, he’s been out of action seven times. — Kids routinely turned pro out of high school and reached the big leagues as teenagers. Now, more players go to college and don’t make the transition until their mid-20s. Ryan signed with the New York Mets in 1965 right out of high school at 18. He made his big-league debut the next year. “The money also makes a differen- ce,"’ Niekro said. ‘‘You don’t have to stick around for a lot of years, hoping to make a million dollars. “You can make that right away these days.’” Forget Cy Young’s 511 victories, baseball’s only truly unbréakable record. Maybe it’s time to adjust the old standard of 300 victories t6, Say, 250 or so. Jerry Reuss (220), in the minors at age 41, Rick Reuschel (213), on the disabled list at age 41 and Frank Tanana (203) at 37 are the only active pitchers with over 200 victories besides Ryan, 43, and Blyleven, 39. So-does anyone have a shot at 3007 Dwight Gooden is 25 and already has won 110 games. Only Christy and Walter Johnson had WANETA PLAZA TRAIL, B-C. ead 9: 30-5: 30 Monday- Thursday-Friday 9:30-5:30 Not All Models Shown Are Available In all Stores Prices Effective While Quantities Last or Until July 29, 1990. Price is just the beginning. ‘Won more at such an early age. Ryan had won 48 by then and Blyleven was at 95, while Niekro did not get his fir- st victory until he turned 26. “It'll be fun,"’ said Yankees’ first baseman Don Mattingly. ‘‘We faced (Tom) Seaver when he got 300, and we'll try to keep (Ryan) from doing it. He'll get it, but hopefully not against us.”” Seaver wasn’t the only pitcher to find the Yankees accommodating for No. 300; Gaylord Perry got his again- st them, too. Box’ seats are being scalped for as high as $175 for tonight’s game at Arlington Stadium, in which Ryan will bid to become the 20th pitcher in tories. At a Tuesday afternoon news con- ference, Ryan admitted he was a little nervous. “*I guess anybody would be with the buildup,”” Ryan said. ‘‘I’m feeling a little pressure, a little anxiety.’’ History indicates to win the 300th game, pitchers have to go all the way. Only Early Wynn and Steve Cariton failed to go the distance. Wynn lasted innings and Carlton pitched eight. Don Sutton was the last to win 300, Ryan said Tuesday he hopes he can pitch a complete game. 1 want it to be my best personal performance, but I don’t want to try to do more than I can,”’ he said. ‘If we have to win it going to the bullpen, then that’s what we'll do.’ Ryan used only 77 pitches in win- ning No. 299 with a 5-3 victory-over Detroit, but pulled himself out of the game because of another flareup of the stress fracture in his back. The Texas bullpen has been incon- sistent since ace reliever Jeff Russell major-league history to reach 300 vic-* in 1986. hurt his arm earlier in the year. The Robson River Otters Swim Club member Devin LaHve takes off in the a by s 50 metre freestyle swim club held its annual race at the Aquatic Centre meet here Saturday and Sunday. Nelson dunks Aquanauts in Castlegar meet By CasNews Staff Oops. That wasn’t the way things were supposed to go. The Castlegar Aquanauts got scooped on home turf last weekend by their rivals, the Nelson Nep- tunes, as the Neptunes won the Aquanauts meet at the - Aquatic Centre. It was insult to injury for the Aquanauts who were émbarrassed by the Neptunes in losing by 272 points at a meet in Nelson June 27. This time the margin was a mere 13.5 points, as the Neptunes scored 651 to take a meet in Castlegar for the first time ever. The Trail club game third with 409 points while Colville was fourth, Grand Forks fifth, followed by Kimberley, Beaver Valley, the Robson River Otters, Kelowna, Abottsford and Greenwood. The Neptunes’ margin of victory was equal to losing one race by a one-tenth of a second, a fact not lost on Aquanauts coach Tom Carew. “*(D) was very impressed with the effort of the en- tire club. We really pulled together but got a little bit unlucky,"’ said Carew. But the team’s performance was not exactly what Carew, who had vowed revenge in Castlegar after what in Nelson, had . He wanted the win. a Now he and the Aquanauts will have to wait for the regional meet Aug. 4 and $ in Trail for another crack at the Neptunes. As far as the resume goes, it wasn’t at all a bad day for the Aquanauts. Since it was the first meet ever held in the Aquatic Centre, every first-place finish set a Pool record. The locals set 29 in all. Aimie Chernoff and assistant coach Wendy Pilla led the way for the Aquanauts with gold aggregate medals in the Division 6 and 7 girls categories respec- tively, while Wendy Gouk grabbed the silver finishing behind Chernoff, and Jodi Young did the same behind Pilla. For the boys, it was Brian Preston and Keith Kristian winning the silver and bronze respectively in Division 1 while Craig Hawkins won the silver in Division 3. Mario Fehrenberg won the silver and Dan Fodor followed with the bronze in Division 6 while Alex Hartman won the silver in Division 7 Coach Carew also got into the act taking a silver in Division 7 “‘O”’ category Some of the team will travel to Kimberley for a meet this weekend. Meanwhile, the Robson River Otters brother- sister combination of Kristy and Kim Verigin picked up bronze aggregate medals in Division 1 girls and Division 4 boys respectively. David Podealuk turned in the top personal best of the meet for the Otters slashing 15 seconds off his best time in the 50-metre freestyle and 11 seconds from his best in the 50-metre backstroke. Eugene Voykin was also cutting his times, taking 10 seconds off in the 100-metre freestyle and three seconds from his best time in the $0-metre butterfly. Gastineau not exactly getting royal treatment SURREY (CP) — It has been a confusing few days for Mark Gastineau. The former NFL all-pro was placed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday. Gastineau practised with the first- team defence Tuesday CFL picks, see page B2 on waivers by the B.C. Lions, forced to play for his position in-practice and- “I’m curious to see what's going to ‘happen, ** he said. “It (waivers) was they hes) felt they had to public over his future in the CFL. He expects to line up at defensive end, however, when the Lions play to do."* CFL teams regularly place players on waivers aftre games, often attem- Pting to move them to the practice roster for the next game because of minor injuries or to open up a spot on the roster. If a player is claimed, he can be recalled only once a season. In the NFL, a player normally is through with that team when placed on waivers. Gastineau had the complex CFL waiver procedure explained to him Monday after general manager Norm Kwong of the Calgary Stampeders apparently leaked the waiver list to Please see LIONS page 82 Rangers went through four relievers before Kenny Rogers saved No. 299 for Ryan as Texas almost blew a 5-0 lead. “It would be special to save No. 300 for Nolan, particularly at home,”’ Rogers said. ‘‘Of course, you'd hear, it from the fans if you didn’t."” Ryan will go against Dave LaPoint, who joked: ‘1 don’t understand all this fuss over my 79th victory.”” LaPoint is 78-82 lifetime. Ryan (10-4) set his sights on win- ning 300 after the 1989 season.- “I seldom pay much ion to numbers but it’s something I’ve really wanted,” Ryan said. “To get 300 kind of sets you apart.”’ Ryan reached 5/000 strikeouts last year and pitched his sixth no-hitte: earlier this season. If Ryan doesn’t win, he will try again next Monday on four days rest in Milwaukee. The next schedule start after that would be Aug. 5 against Toronto in Arlington Stadium. With a sellout crowd of 42,000 assured, Ryan hopes he can treat the to the mil victory. Jays find they can't go to well By STEVE McALLISTER TORONTO (CP) — When David Wells was needed the. “most, he was long gone. Wells tossed a three-hitter over eight innings Tuesday night and left the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-0 lead over Kansas City. But the Royals rallied for three runs in the ninth i inning and George Brett delivered a two-run homer in the 13th, handing the Royals a 5-3 triumph. Duane Ward (1-6) was the victim of Brett’s big blast, but chances are the struggling Toronto reliever wouldn’t have faced the American League’s player of the week under different circumstances. Wells was the Jays’ dependable left-hander out of the bullpen early in 1990. But manager Cito Gaston was forced to put Wells into the starting rotation at the end of May and has been unable to find an able replacement. That left Gaston stuck with Ward after Bill Pecota popped out to lead off the 13th. Jim Eisenreich, a left- handed hitter, singled to bring up Brett. One of baseball’s best hitters in the 80s, Brett launched a 1-2 slider from Ward over the centre-field wall to silence the remainder of an announ- ced crowd of 49,884 at the SkyDome. “That particular time, you-might want to go to (a lefty),”’ said Gaston, who didn’t blame Ward. DAVID WELLS. long gone Brett, 37, is terrorizing American League pitching again. He entered Tuesday night batting a white-hot .449 since the all-star break with a 13-game hitting streak. He’s hit three homers in less than two weeks and picked up the Power in the absence of injured Bo Jackson and Danny Tartabull. “*You look at our lineup right now and we need a hot George Brett,’’ said Royals’ manager John Wathan. “I don’t know how you explain George for 17 years. He’s the best I’ve ever seen. The Royals also got an unexpected boost from Mike Macfarlane, whose two-run homer capped the ninth-inning comeback off Tom Henke. Brett scored on Macfarlane’s blast off Henke. Jays Notes — Mookie Wilson returned to the leadoff spot forthe first time since June 1, going 0-for-6 with two strikeouts . . . Junior Felix was in uniform Tuesday night for the first time since undergoing surgery on his right calf on July 13. He remains on the 21-day disabled list. Who wants to pitch for Expos? By TERRY SCOTT The Canadian Press Dave Martinez looked into a television camera the other day, his face beaming as he spoke about the memorable moment in his baseball career last i Friday night. 's something I'll be able to tell my grandchildren about years from "* the M Expos something I’ll always remember.’ “It's One might have surmised that Martinez was referring to a game-winning, grand-slam homer or something equally amazing, like throwing out three run ners at the plate in the same inning. But the topic of conversation was Martinez’s moonlighting as a pitcher, when he eagerly volunteered his ser- vices in a mop-up role in the eighth inning, with the houston Astros leading 10-0. Martinez hadn't pitched since high school, and although he induced the first batter he faced to fly out and registered 87 miles an hour on the radar gun with one of his fastballs, he soon resembled a babe lost in the baseball woods. The next batter singled, another walked, the following batter doubled home two runs and an ensuing walk ended Martinez’s stint in favor of Junior Noboa — another fielder who had always yearned to pitch in a big- league game. Noboa walked the first batter he faced, but served up a low-70s fastball that Jim Clancy, a pitcher who was to BUCK RODGERS - - pitching woes be demoted the next day, rapped into an inning-ending double play. “*Hey, maybe I’ve got a future as a stopper,"’ Noboa observed, with a sur- Pressed smile, as he prepared to take batting practice Monday night. “That was the first time I'd ever pitched in a game since 1980 in Los recalled_ “You don’; care what you do when you're handed the ball becauise going Out there under those circumstances is like the fulfilment of a dream for a lot of major leaguers,” explained Expos infielder Tom Foley, who has one-third of an inning and the yielding of a home run to the Reds’ Jeff Reed to show for his mound stint last year.