%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj
<>
endobj
2 0 obj
<>stream
2021-03-09T09:49:08-05:00
2021-03-09T09:49:08-05:00
2021-03-09T09:49:08-05:00
Adobe Acrobat 20.0
application/pdf
Oakland University - News Archive - Seattle Mariners draft two Golden Grizzlies
uuid:7cc848ad-aaa3-8f48-8e28-b59940d4210f
uuid:c41e8884-346c-b443-adde-876d904754bf
Acrobat Web Capture 15.0
endstream
endobj
5 0 obj
<>
endobj
6 0 obj
<>
endobj
3 0 obj
<>
endobj
7 0 obj
<>
endobj
8 0 obj
<>
endobj
14 0 obj
<>>>
endobj
15 0 obj
<>
endobj
16 0 obj
<>
endobj
18 0 obj
[17 0 R 17 0 R]
endobj
19 0 obj
[17 0 R 17 0 R]
endobj
17 0 obj
<><>]/P 15 0 R/Pg 12 0 R/S/Article>>
endobj
12 0 obj
<>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC/ImageI]/XObject<>>>/StructParents 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
20 0 obj
[30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R]
endobj
21 0 obj
<>stream
BT
/Artifact <>BDC
/TT0 1 Tf
9 0 0 9 5 779 Tm
(Oakland University - News Archive - Seattle Mariners draft two Golden Gr\
izzlies)Tj
EMC
/Artifact <>BDC
0 -86 TD
(20020612-Seattle-Mariners-draft-two-Golden-Grizzlies.html)Tj
24.354 0 Td
([3/9/21, 9:49:08 AM])Tj
EMC
ET
0.89 g
10 36 591.75 729.75 re
f
10 36 591.75 729.75 re
f
0 g
10 702 591.75 63.75 re
f
1 g
39.25 36 532.5 666 re
f
/Article <>BDC
EMC
/Article <>BDC
q
231.25 716.25 150 38.25 re
W n
q
/GS0 gs
150.0000045 0 0 -38.2499993 231.25 754.4999993 cm
/Im0 Do
Q
Q
BT
0 g
/TT1 1 Tf
9 0 0 9 50.5 681.75 Tm
(Wednesday, June 12, 2002)Tj
/TT2 1 Tf
15 0 0 15 50.5 654.75 Tm
(Seattle Mariners draft two Golden Grizzlies)Tj
/TT1 1 Tf
9 0 0 9 50.5 631.5 Tm
(By )Tj
0.518 0.031 0.192 rg
/TT2 1 Tf
(Jeff Samoray)Tj
0 g
/TT1 1 Tf
7.726 0 Td
(, OU Web Writer)Tj
-7.726 -2.333 Td
(The )Tj
0.518 0.031 0.192 rg
/TT2 1 Tf
(Seattle Mariners)Tj
0 g
/TT1 1 Tf
9.727 0 Td
( selected former Golden Grizzlies Jared Thomas and David Viane in the 11\
th and 20th rounds,)Tj
-9.727 -1.333 Td
(respectively, in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft on June 4.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(Thomas, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound left-handed pitcher, led the nation much o\
f the season in strikeouts and finished with 13.1)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(strikeouts per nine innings pitched. The Clarkston native started in 12 \
of his 16 appearances with OU, finished with a 4-4 record)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(and led the team with a 4.82 ERA. Thomas, a junior, was named All-Mid-Co\
ntinent Conference first team and Newcomer of the)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(Year after compiling a 3-1 record and 3.78 ERA in conference play.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(Viane, a 6-1, 215-pound right-handed pitcher, is a converted catcher and\
senior transfer from Bowling Green, Ohio. He started)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(in 10 of his 20 games and finished 0-1 with a 4.68 ERA and 10.4 strikeou\
ts per nine innings pitched. In his final three outings,)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(Viane's fastball was clocked as high as 93 miles per hour. He also hit .\
296 with one home run and five RBI in 27 at-bats.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(OU baseball coach Mark Avery said Seattle will probably assign both play\
ers to the Class A Everett Aqua Sox in Everett, Wash.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
("I think Thomas has a better chance at making the big leagues as a start\
er, and Viane's best chance would be as a set-up)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(reliever," Avery said. "Both players came into our program with a commit\
ment to work hard and it paid off for them. They were)Tj
T*
(far and away the hardest working guys on my team last year.")Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(Thomas led all pitchers in NCAA Division I in strikeouts per nine inning\
s last season until the final game of the year, Avery said.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
("Thomas' strikeouts are a big indicator of how he'll do at the next leve\
l," Avery said. "He has a hard breaking ball, good control)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(and a fastball that moves from left to right. Throwing from the left sid\
e with that kind of movement causes some havoc for)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(hitters.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
("Viane has a phenomenal arm. When he came to OU, we converted him to a p\
itcher and he threw at about 85 to 86 miles per)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(hour. He hurt his hamstring about seven weeks ago, but during the last w\
eek of the season he threw at about 92-93. If he had)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(been healthy all year, he would have been taken in an earlier round in t\
he draft. Viane throws very hard, his ball stays down at)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(the knees and it explodes on hitters. He's built a lot like \(Cleveland \
Indians starter\) Bartolo Colon. Viane has a slow delivery and)Tj
T*
(his ball just jumps on a hitter.")Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(OU's baseball program is gaining more attention than ever from major lea\
gue teams, which benefits the baseball program as)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(much as it does the players, Avery said.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
("The attention we're getting really helps with recruiting. Because playe\
rs see that if they come to Oakland our program can put)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(them in the right direction and give them a chance to move on to the nex\
t level," Avery said. "In my first year here \(1999\), I didn't)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(receive a single letter of interest from a scout. Now all the major-leag\
ue teams send letters.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
("Thomas and Viane won't be the last two OU players to be drafted. I have\
a good corps of hard-throwing pitchers on the team.")Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(Five former OU baseball players have professional baseball contracts. La\
st April, catcher Chuck Van Robays signed with the)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(Baltimore Orioles after playing two seasons with the Johnstown Johnnies,\
an independent team in Johnstown, Pa. Van Robays)Tj
T*
(was assigned to the Class A Bluefield Orioles, but subsequently re-signe\
d with Johnstown, and is currently batting .333 with no)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(home runs and 10 RBI after 10 games.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(In the 2001 MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves drafted right-hander Adam Soko\
ll in the 21st round. Sokoll was 2-3 with a 6.21 ERA)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(for the rookie league Danville Braves last season. He now pitches for th\
e River City Rascals, an independent team in O'Fallon,)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(Mo. He has pitched in one game thus far for River City and has no record\
.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(Seattle drafted left-hander Erick Swanson in the 12th round of the 2000 \
MLB Draft. Swanson now plays for the Schaumburg)Tj
0 -1.333 TD
(Flyers, an independent team in Schaumburg, Ill. In eight games this seas\
on, he has a 1-1 record and a 1.93 ERA.)Tj
0 -2.333 TD
(For a Golden Grizzlies 2002 baseball season recap, statistics, team rost\
er and archived stories, visit the )Tj
0.518 0.031 0.192 rg
/TT2 1 Tf
46.188 0 Td
(OU Athletics)Tj
0 g
/TT1 1 Tf
( Web site.)Tj
ET
EMC
endstream
endobj
22 0 obj
<>
endobj
23 0 obj
("ĪF\r`㴾NA)
endobj
29 0 obj
<>stream
H1 Om/ o ,
endstream
endobj
24 0 obj
[/Indexed/DeviceRGB 0 35 0 R]
endobj
34 0 obj
<>/Filter/FlateDecode/Height 140/Length 11723/Name/X/Subtype/Image/Type/XObject/Width 550>>stream
H{|WߑHUI%JP*ugXqIcK4"Rfmtn[٪Z(bF#4iHDg;缙Lffx'w~99}ApeoD};=5.*FKAK&(=U',kf26