Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 154, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 March 1992 — Page 7

Cubs make Sandberg first $7 million player

MESA, Ariz. (AP) Ryne Sandberg is tied for 160th on the 1992 salary list. As of now, he’ll be No. 1 in 1993. The eight-time All-Star second baseman jumped right over the $6 million barrier Monday and became baseball’s first $7 million man, too, agreeing with the Chicago Cubs on a four-year contract extension with an option worth a total of $28.4 million. SANDBERG, 32, EASILY outdistanced baseball’s previous high, which was Bobby Bonilla’s $5.8 million average. “I’m very happy; it’s a big relief,” Sandberg said at a news conference called to announce the deal. “I think a lot of time and work went into this on both sides, it was handled very professionally.” But his reign at the top may not last very long. Baltimore’s Cal Ripken, Minnesota’s Kirby Puckett and Boston’s Wade Boggs all can become free agents at the end of the season and are looking for extensions. It was just Nov. 17, 1989, when Puckett became the first $3 million player and June 27, 1990, when Oakland’s Jose Canseco became the first $4 million man. Roger Clemens of Boston pushed the top past $5 million on Feb. 8, 1991. “THEY CAN’T COMPLAIN about my contract,” Canseco said Monday. “I’m one of the poorest guys in baseball.” Sandberg, who already was signed for 1992 at $2.1 million, gets a $3.5 million signing bonus to be paid in December, $5.1 million

Powell top amateur athlete INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Long jumper Mike Powell, the Sullivan Award recipient as the nation’s top amateur athlete for 1991, isn’t allowing success to blur his vision as he looks toward Olympic gold. “My life has changed a lot in the past year,” said Powell, who broke Bob Beamon’s storied 23-year-old world record in the long jump by two inches last August at the World Track and Field Championships. “In the past, I’ve had a lot of time to do most of the things I wanted to do. I led a simple life. I trained all day.” NOW HE FINDS news conferences, endorsement appearances and photo sessions competing for his training time. “I’m just really busy and I just have to be careful that I keep my mind focused on what I need to be focused on, because the gold medal is the most important,” said the 28-year-old UCLA grad from West Covina, Calif. “If I don’t win the gold medal, I don’t feel it (his career) as complete as it should be. I’m not done. I feel I have to win the gold medal.” Powell finished first among 10 finalists in national voting for the award by some 2,500 people. The voting included the media, past winners and representatives of the nation’s amateur athletic programs. It was presented for the 62nd time by the Amateur Athletic Union, which created the award in 1930 to recognize its founder James E. Sullivan. THIS IS A BUSY week for Powell, who planned to train here today and attend a recognition ceremony for his world record jump of 29 feet, 4!6 inches at the Track Hall of Fame. Then he’ll leave for Tokyo on Wednesday to compete in a meet on Saturday. “I’m training very well. I’m training very hard. I have a good support system around me, with my friends and family, coach and management,” he said. “I’m healthy, not only physically, but mentally. I’m having fun.... It’s not really pressure. This is what it’s all about. I’m living it, and I’m enjoying it.” Powell was one of the five finalists to attend the 14th annual Sullivan dinner, where the announcement was made. Three of those attending swimmer Mike Barrowman, boxer Eric Griffin and synchronized swimmer Sarah Josephson were finalists for the second time. The other finalist who attended the presentation was diver Kent Ferguson. THE VOTING WAS based on 1991 accomplishments, but Powell finished first in voting that included two gold medalists in last month’s Winter Olympics figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and skier Donna Weinbrecht.

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RYNE SANDBERG Four years, $7 million

over each of the next four seasons and a guaranteed payment of $2 million for personal services, to be paid during the four years after he retires. In addition, the Cubs have an option for 1997 at $5.9 million with a $2.5 million buyout “I couldn’t be happier with the fact that we’re going to have Ryne Sandberg playing second base for a long time with the Chicago Cubs,” Cubs general manager Larry Himes said. “His career is going to be a Chicago career.” SANDBERG, A nine-time Gold Glove winner, batted .291 last season with 26 homers and 100 RBIs, becoming the first second baseman to drive in 100 runs in

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Mike Powell leaped over Bob Beamon’s 23-year-old world record last August during the World Track and Field Championships and Monday night

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consecutive seasons since Bobby Doerr of the Boston Red Sox in 1949 and 1950. Sandberg’s 200 homers as a second baseman are the fifth-highest total for that position in major league history. “He’ll be in the Hall of Fame, and there are very few players in the game with that potential who elect to spend their career with one organization,” Himes said. Sandberg had given the Cubs a deadline of March 1 for an extension, then pushed back the deadline by a day. The sides negotiated late Sunday night at a Phoenix hotel, but talks broke down at 11:30 p.m. MST partly because the Cubs wanted a longer deal for less money. “THE DEAL WAS dead. It was flat-out dead,” said Sandberg’s agent, Jim Turner. Highest salaries NEW YORK (AP) Baseball contracts with average annual values erf $4 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources and include all guaranteed income but not income from potential incentive bonuses: Player, Club Years Avg. Salary Ryne Sandberg, Cubs 1993-96 $7,100,000 Bobby Bonilla, NYM 1992-96 $5,800,000 Jack Morris, Tor 1992-93 $5,425,000 Roger Clemens, Bos 1992-95 $5,380,250 Dwight Gooden, NYM 1992-94 $5,150,000 Barry Larkin, Cin 1992-96 $5.120,000 Danny Tartabull, NYY 1992-96 $5,100,000 Ruben Sierra, Texas 1992 $5,000,000 Jose Canseco, Oak 1991-95 $4,700,000 Barry Bonds, Pit 1992 $4,700,000 Roberto Alomar, Tor 1992-94 $4,666,667 Frank Viola, Bos 1992-94 $4,633,333 Chuck Finley, Cal 1992-95 $4,625,000 Cecil Fielder, Det 1992 $4,500,000 Doug Drabek, Pit 1992 $4,500,000 Nolan Ryan, Tex 1992 $4,400,000 David Cone, NYM 1992 $4,250,000 Andy Van Slyke, Pit 1992-94 $4,216,667 Wally Joyner, KC 1992 $4,200,000 Greg Maddux, Cubs 1992 $4,200,000 Tony Gwynn, SD 1993-95 $4,083,333 Darryl Strawberry, LA 1991-95 $4,050,000

leaped to the top of amateur athletics. Powell received the Sullivan Award for his world record jump of 29 feet, 4 1 /2. (AP wirephoto).

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