Arbelo climbing Bears HR ladder
August 17, 2010 by Roger Underwood
• Yazy Arbelo’s Northwest League-leading 13th home run of the season, hit Monday night at Eugene, boosted him to fourth on the Bears modern-era single-season home run list.
The leader is Lamont Matthews, who belted 17 long balls in 1999. Jamie D’Antona hit 15 in 2003, a total equaled by Chris Carter a year later.
Carter is Yakima’s RBI leader, with 63 in 2004. Arbelo, with 47, leads the league but is four away from the Bears top 10.
The league’s all-time home run leaders are John Warner, who hit 37 for Tri-City in 1964, a long season, and Central Oregon’s William Darkis, who holds the short-season mark of 25 set in 1980.
• FROM THE QUOTE FILE
Earl Weaver, Baltimore Orioles manager when asked to analyze why the American League had lost another All-Star game:
“Same old crap — they scored more runs than we did.”
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