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Around the horn.(Seattle Times)
Good car-ma
Here's the feel-good story of the week, and it emanates from one of the really bad teams in baseball, the Detroit Tigers. On Wednesday, their strength coach, Dennie Taft, strolled onto the Comerica Park field to lead the Tigers in their daily stretching regimen before a game with the White Sox. Taft couldn't help but notice that his car, a 1989 Chevy, was parked in front of the Tigers' dugout and had been spray painted with graffiti. As Taft was trying to figure out what was going on, with pitcher Jose Lima distracting him, a new car was slowly rolling in from the right-field corner. A player tossed him the keys to a new Chevy Tahoe SUV, which was paid for by several veteran Tigers players as a gift to Taft. "I got real tired of seeing him drive to the park in that (car)," said Tigers outfielder Bobby Higginson, one of the ringleaders of the Tahoe purchase. "He doesn't make a whole lot of money ...
- Diamonds aren't Arthur Rhodes' best friend HEADLINE HERE.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kelley, Steve August 25, 2001 700+ words
...ballgame in the top of the ninth, and Arthur Rhodes has been summoned from the bullpen...Some people are superstitious; maybe Arthur Rhodes is a superstitious guy," Cleveland...earrings are good luck for him. Maybe Arthur Rhodes feels, when he's pitching, it is...
- Sorry! Lidle backs down, but Rhodes gets his back up.(baseball players Cory...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Salisbury, Jim August 2, 2006 700+ words
...their effort and will to win were misinterpreted. While Lidle backed off the statements he made Monday, Phillies reliever Arthur Rhodes, who in response called Lidle "a scab" in an interview with the New York Post, did not. "It wasn't a nice thing to...
- ARTHUR RHODES.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) March 20, 2001 700+ words
POSITION: Left-handed pitcher HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6 feet 2, 205 pounds AGE: 31 (born Oct. 24, 1969) COLLEGE: None HIGH SCHOOL: LaVega (Waco, Texas) FAMILY: Wife, Leah; daughters, Jade and Faith. HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent Dec. 21, 1999. INSIDE INFO PERFECT PLACE TO VACATION? "Hawaii. I'd like
- MEET THE MARINERS ARTHUR RHODES.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) February 22, 2000 700+ words
PERTINENT DATA Position: Left-handed pitcher. Height/weight: 6-foot-2, 205. Age: 30 (born Oct. 24, 1969). College: Signed out of high school. High school: LaVega (Waco, Texas). Family: Married, daughter Jade Ashlee. How acquired: Signed four-year deal with Seattle as a free agent on Dec. 21, 1999.
- PAYTON'S LATE-NIGHT ANTICS EXPOSED EVEN MORE BY ALLEN'S SINCERE...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Moore, Jim April 22, 2003 700+ words
...with this: Sonics guard Ray Allen, acquired from Milwaukee in...was sincere in his message. Allen wrote the letter on his laptop...impressed, I have a feeling that Allen, were he still with the Bucks...Pineiro, Giovanni Carrara and Arthur Rhodes were doing during the All...
- Broom and gloom; Twins' best shot can't stop sweep.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Souhan, Jim July 24, 2001 700+ words
...countered in the third with Chad Allen's RBI single, scoring Matt...setting up Gipson's dramatics. Allen, facing the imposing lefty Arthur Rhodes with one out in the eighth...hit a liner up the middle. Allen flew around third and prepared...
- Mariners sock Twins with 4th straight loss.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Murphy, Brian July 23, 2001 700+ words
...catcher Dan Wilson cut down Chad Allen, who was trying to score the...up the middle off reliever Arthur Rhodes. The play gutted the Twins...struck out David Ortiz looking, Allen doubled. Koskie fisted a soft...that Gipson fielded cleanly as Allen chugged around third base...
- REDS RESUME TRADE NEGOTIATIONS FOR GRIFFEY.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Kepner, Tyler December 9, 1999 700+ words
...bullpen is Baltimore free agent Arthur Rhodes, who had been courted by the Yankees...signed left-handed reliever Allen Watson to a two-year deal on...Local angle works in M's favor. Arthur Rhodes Left-handed reliever, Baltimore...