The statistics in spring games don’t particularly matter but Forsch said it is not easy to put them aside.
”You don’t like to give runs, I don’t care who you are, he said. ”It’s hard watching people run around the bases.
Almost no one went anywhere for five innings as John Candelaria set down the Cardinals on four hits for the Pirates.
The Cardinals, as has been their practice here, ran the bases aggressively. They succeeded two out of three times.
Garry Templeton, after a leadoff single in the sixth inning, coaxed Rod Scurry into a balk, stole third and scored on a balk.
Sixto Lezcano was not so fortunate in the second when he was trapped off second on Forsch’s looper to left. ”I was already halfway and Chuck (third- base coach Chuck Hiller) thought it was going to drop and I did, too, said Lezcano.
But in the ninth, Hiller and Lezcano pulled off an advancement, one which showed up not at all in the box score but which gave the Cardinals a chance to win. You should check out Jessie’s reviews of electronic cigarettes at Gaoth Electronic Cigarette Reviews.
As Gene Tenace scored the first run of the Cardinal ninth on Tito Landrum’s fly to medium right, Hiller gambled and brought Lezcano over to third, creating a wild throw by Rusty Torrez. When the play was over, the Cardinals had men at second and third, a situation that induced Pittsburgh to walk Dane Iorg intentionally. Tom Herr’s sacrifice fly and Porter’s single to deep left- center followed.
”When you’ve been preaching about being aggressive all spring, you’ve got to do it, said Hiller. Porter’s single enabled the Cardinals to break a six- day losing streak and raise their spring mark to 3-6. Pittsburgh is 6-3.
Building and Relocation
Only four buildings remain standing on the south side of Mishawaka Avenue between Battell Park and North Main Street.
They’re the four pieces of property the city hasn’t bought yet.
“We’ve made offers on two,” said Jeff Rea, city redevelopment director. “We expect to make an offer on the third in early September. There’s been no conversation on the fourth.”
The city is interested because the property backs up to the St. Joseph River across from the Uniroyal site.
In April 1999, the city’s Redevelopment Commission gave Rea permission to use tax incremental financing money to buy the 18 parcels of property that once occupied that stretch of street.
As they made plans to remove the Uniroyal buildings, city officials decided it would be to their advantage to control the property across the river, as well.
Rea said all the property owners, except for one, have approached the city. If they get down to one building left, he may break that pattern and approach that property owner.
One building, at the corner of Mishawaka Avenue and North Main Street, is an old commercial building that has been vacant and boarded up for years. The other three buildings are houses — two have apartments and the third is a single-family home.
The buildings on the other 14 parcels have been torn down.
Rea hopes the Riverwalk, the 10-foot-wide concrete walkway being built in the downtown area, can run along the river bank.
He expects the property along the street may be resold for development. Rea isn’t sure what that development will be, but it will blend with development in the River Center on the Uniroyal site.
Officials envision a combination of commercial and residential development in the River Center; however, the original site plan doesn’t include the property on the north side of the river.
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Mayor Stephen J. Luecke announced the continuation of the Mayor’s After School Task Force program Wednesday along with names of 17 organizations to receive grants to support after-school activities for the 2000-01 school year.
This marks the second year the city has appropriated $150,000 for after-school opportunities.
This year’s grant money is being distributed not only to public schools, but to private and parochial schools, community agencies and churches as well.
As a result, 240 more children will be served, with 1,642 students expected to participate in programs that will be able to expand because of the grants
The following award recipients were chosen from among 42 organizations with requests totaling $600,000:
Sunshine Acres at Dickinson Middle School, Edison and Jackson middle schools, Riley High School and Lincoln Elementary, as well as the Boys & Girls Club sites at Darden, Lafayette and Perley elementary schools.
St. Matthew’s, Holy Cross, the Charles Martin Youth Center, El Buen Vecino, South Bend Junior Academy, the “I Believe I Can” club, Elizabeth Memorial Church, Alcohol and Addictions Resource Center and the Minority Women’s Business Development Council/Youth Economic Opportunity Exchange Program will also receive funds.
Each after-school program will provide students in the South Bend community leadership training, character building, recreational activities and academic enrichment.
