
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, June 19, 1994                   TAG: 9407140043
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Ray Cox
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

NEWEST PHILLIES LEAPING INTO PROFESSIONAL FIRE

Purveyors of pigs in pokes would almost be out of business if not for baseball's rookie leagues.

Every year at about this time, managers of teams in so-called short-season leagues such as the Appalachian, the Northwest and the Pioneer go to work with teams that they essentially know nothing about.

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