...group to succeed against the older and more experienced players of Cuba and others regional teams - former major leaguer Luis Polonia played for the Dominican Republic - was their pitching. Stars like Jered Weaver of Long Beach State and Huston Street...

...can play everybody and give guys some days off. We have some new people - Andruw (Jones), Terry (Pendleton), (Luis) Polonia, the bullpen guys - and it takes some time to fit in. This is a good time for them to mesh." Of all the Braves...

...Schuerholz's tenure, acquiring starter Denny Neagle on Aug. 28. Two years ago, reserve outfielders Mike Devereaux and Luis Polonia and reliever Alejandro Pena were all acquired in August. In 1991, Pena was acquired on Aug. 28, and in '92, Schuerholz...

...sacrificed. With two outs, Mike Sweeney beat out an infield hit. Dye followed with a line drive over right fielder Luis Polonia and the ball rolled to the wall as Sanchez and Sweeney scored. BLUE JAYS 6, ORIOLES 5: In Toronto, Darrin Fletcher...

...sacrificed. With two outs, Mike Sweeney beat out an infield hit. Dye followed with a line drive over right fielder Luis Polonia and the ball rolled to the wall as Sanchez and Sweeney scored. BLUE JAYS 6, ORIOLES 5: In Toronto, Darrin Fletcher...

...gave up one hit, a wind-blown single by Bobby Abreu. He walked none. Tigers 11, Indians 4 At Lakeland, Fla., Luis Polonia homered, tripled and scored three runs to lead Detroit. Robert Fick and Gregg Jefferies also homered for the Tigers...

...strengthen the club for a postseason run. In the past four years, he's traded for Alejandro Pena, Mike Devereaux, Luis Polonia, Denny Neagle, Greg Colbrunn (twice) and Greg Myers. ON A MISSION?: Watch out, National League hitters, Greg...

...off-season: Glavine, Ligtenberg, Millwood and Cather. ... Former Braves signed during the winter include pitcher Brad Clontz by the Boston Red Sox, outfielder Melvin Nieves by the Minnesota Twins and Luis Polonia by the Detroit Tigers.

...no stretch-run deals. But the Braves more than made up for that the last two Augusts. In 1995, they traded for Luis Polonia, Mike Devereaux and Pena (again) on their way to the first world title in Atlanta sports history. Last August...

...Finally, the bench. While Schuerholz's moves in the past have always worked out, not so this season. He added Luis Polonia and Mike Devereaux last year and Devereaux was the MVP of the NLCS. However, the addition of Terry Pendleton and Polonia...