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BASEBALL MISCELLANY : NAME GAME

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The Toronto Blue Jays will move into the Skydome in 1989. There were 12,879 entries submitted in the name contest. Among the losers: Dome Perignon; Pierre Trudome; Dome Kopf; Con Dome; Meet-Ball Dome; Home-T Dome T.

The Cincinnati Reds’ Ron Robinson, San Francisco Giants’ Jeff Robinson and Pittsburgh Pirates’ Don Robinson were a combined 6-2 with 16 saves through Saturday, having allowed only 24 earned runs in 83 innings.

Ramser Correa, 16-year-old brother of the Texas Rangers’ Edwin Correa and a pitching sensation in Puerto Rico, has set down some stiff demands for any team wanting to sign him. Correa is not governed by the draft. He can sign with any of the 26 teams. His demands:

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A $225,000 signing bonus; a contract stipulation similar to his brother’s, guaranteeing that he will be off between sundown Friday and sundown Saturday so that he can observe Seventh-day Adventist dictates; a major league contract in his third year; invitations to the major league spring training camp every year; a $75,000 bonus when he makes his major league debut; four airplane tickets a year for five years so that his family can see him pitch; a 1987 black Corvette for himself and a Cutlass Supreme for his father.

Said an American League scout, having returned recently from the Caribbean: “He’s good, but not that good.”

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