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  USATODAY.com - Seattle releases veteran left-hander Norm Charlton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton missed all of the 2002 season after undergoing surgery in January 2002 to repair a torn rotator cuff and a torn labrum.
The Mariners thought Charlton had a chance to come back and be the second left-hander in their bullpen behind Arthur Rhodes this season, but it was not to be.
Charlton was unable to pitch in a game this spring because of pain in his left shoulder.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/al/mariners/2003-03-20-charlton_x.htm   (404 words)

  
 Seattle Mariners News
Charlton is using the Mariners' annual Fantasy Camp this week to have some fun as a camp instructor, and also to test his left shoulder, which has undergone three surgeries -- two since he last threw a competitive pitch.
Charlton's best seasons arguably occurred in 1990 when he went 12-9 with a 2.74 ERA in 56 appearances with the Reds and the second half of the 1995 season, after the Mariners signed him following his release from the Phillies.
Charlton had a 2-1 record, 1.51 ERA and 14 saves in 30 relief appearances as the Mariners reached the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
seattle.mariners.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/sea/news/sea_news.jsp?ymd=20040112&content_id=627411&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp   (593 words)

  
 norm --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Norms are more specific than values or ideals: honesty is a general value, but the rules defining what is honest behaviour in a particular situation are norms.
Norms contribute to the functioning of the social system and are said to develop to meet certain assumed “needs” of the system.
Norm is also used to mean a statistically determined standard or the average behaviour, attitude, or opinion of a social group.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9056133   (1036 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Charlton released by Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. – Norm Charlton was released Thursday by the Seattle Mariners, who offered the 40-year-old left-hander a job in their player development department.
Charlton has surgery Monday in Seattle to repair a torn labrum, his second major shoulder operation in 14 months.
Charlton missed the 2002 season after surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and a torn labrum.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20030320-1045-bba-mariners-charlton.html   (190 words)

  
 The Thresher Online: Charlton pitches for Seattle (October 30, 1997)
Charlton was a member of the 1990 World Series champion squad, and he pitched one shutout inning during Game 2 of the series against the Oakland A's for a no-decision.
Charlton holds the Rice record for most wins in a season with 11, and his 2.25 ERA while at Rice is second-best in school history.
Charlton was nominated to the All-SWC team in 1984, and received the Dell Morgan MVP award the same year.
www.rice.edu /projects/thresher/issues/85/971030/Features/Story05.html   (316 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
TEMPE, Ariz. - With a condominium in Seattle and new house being built in San Antonio, Texas, Norm Charlton is in a win-win situation.
At a ripe old pitching age (38), Charlton is attempting to resurrect a career that already includes two stints with the Mariners - in 1993 and again in 1995, when he played a key role in getting the M's into the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
Charlton was "retired" in San Antonio with his wife, Brenda, when he learned that the Dodgers were moving their Double-A farm team out of San Antonio and the Mariners were moving in.
www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_20010310_charlton_news.jsp   (826 words)

  
 Seattle Mariners News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Norm Charlton's last season was 2001, when he went 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA for Seattle.
Charlton made 30 appearances, compiled a 1.53 ERA and saved 14 games to become an instrumental figure in the Mariners' remarkable, franchise-saving stretch drive that enabled them to win the AL West in a one-game playoff against the Angels and then come within two wins of playing in the World Series.
Charlton will be in a sling for at least a month and then begin rehabilitating the shoulder at a clinic in the northwest.
seattle.mariners.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/sea/news/sea_news.jsp?ymd=20040307&content_id=646953&vkey=spt2004news&fext=.jsp   (1167 words)

  
 Cowboy Norm won't be thrown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton said Dr. Larry Pedegana, the Mariners medical director, told him he'll be in a sling for three to four weeks and, depending on the severity of the injury, in rehabilitation four to six months.
So Charlton and his wife, Brenda, are driving north today, en route to Seattle to find out if their road trips of the future will be for work or for play.
Charlton seemed genuinely surprised, and maybe a little annoyed, that members of the media yesterday were assuming his doors to be closed, locked and barricaded, with a chair propped against the doorknob for good measure.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /baseball/112266_leves13.shtml   (920 words)

  
 JS Online: Mariners Reassign Charlton to Minors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton, a mainstay in the Mariners' bullpen in 2001 when the team tied the major league record with 116 wins, is scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery Monday in Seattle to repair a torn anterior capsule on the front of his left shoulder.
The 40-year-old Charlton missed last season after undergoing surgery for a torn rotator cuff and a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
In addition to Charlton, right-hander Brian Sweeney and catcher Rene Rivera were reassigned to the Mariners' minor league camp, leaving the team with 39 players in its major league camp: 27 roster players and 12 non-roster invited players.
www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/ap/mar03/ap-bba-mariners-mo031503.asp?format=print   (277 words)

  
 Norm more than an arm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton attempted to pull off a medical miracle when he rehabbed so diligently from surgery that he almost made the roster in September.
Charlton has a dream of making the roster for the games in Japan March 25-26, but the home opener April 8 is more realistic.
In case Charlton doesn't make it, the cranial conflagration would be an appropriate salute to the teacher and counselor the first time Madritsch takes the major league mound.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /baseball/111495_thie07.shtml   (1052 words)

  
 Norm Charlton | BaseballLibrary.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The skinny, hard-throwing Charlton was the Expos' first-round draft pick in June 1984 but was traded to the Reds two years later.
Charlton notched 18 saves in 21 chances for the Mariners before tearing a ligament in his left elbow in early August and spending the rest of the year on the disabled list.
Signing a free-agent contract with Seattle at the end of 2000, Charlton was reunited with his former Reds skipper, Lou Piniella.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Charlton_Norm.stm   (691 words)

  
 The Sports Network - Major League Baseball
Charlton came out of retirement prior to the 2001 season and helped Seattle capture the American League West Division championship.
Charlton went 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 44 regular-season appearances two years ago for Seattle, while walking just 11 batters.
Charlton is 51-54 with 97 saves and a 3.71 ERA while playing with Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Seattle.
www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/news/aan2501499.htm   (159 words)

  
 norm --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Norms may be internalized—i.e., incorporated within the individual so that there is conformity without external rewards or punishments, or they may be enforced by positive or negative sanctions from without.
The social unit sharing particular norms may be small (e.g., a clique of friends) or may include...
Such decisions are typically dictated by social norms and conform to one of three patterns.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056133   (829 words)

  
 Major League Baseball News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton, 38, went 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA with one save in 44 appearances last season after appearing in only two games in 2000.
"Norm did an outstanding job for us last year and we felt that there would be some interest in other places, and there was," Mariners Manager Lou Piniella said.
Veteran reliever Norm Charlton re-signed with the Seattle Mariners for one year on Wednesday.
www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=mlb_20011212_charlton_news&team_id=mlb   (246 words)

  
 Sports: Veteran LHP Charlton frustrated by release
Charlton, an 11-year major-league veteran who has a history of speaking his mind, took some parting shots after the Rays released him Friday morning.
That left Charlton as a situational left-hander in the sixth inning.
Charlton would have earned around $1-million with easily attainable incentives, and that is a hefty salary just to face a half-dozen left-handed hitters a week.
www.sptimes.com /News/040100/Sports/Veteran_LHP_Charlton_.shtml   (698 words)

  
 Mariners 2004 -The Olympian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum repaired a torn labrum in the shoulder, then delivered the news that Charlton wasn't shocked to hear: His shoulder would never be strong enough to pitch in the major leagues again.
Charlton won a World Series title with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990 and pitched 14 years in the major leagues, including three stints with the Mariners.
Charlton said pitching again was the least of the four things he wanted to accomplish with the surgery.
www.theolympian.com /home/specialsections/Mariners2004/20040308/10271.shtml   (807 words)

  
 Cincinnati Reds News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Larkin is in his 15th season as the Reds' starting shorstop and is one of only six players (along with Norm Charlton, Eric Davis, Joe Oliver, Paul O'Neill and Jose Rijo) from the 1990 Reds' team still active in the Major Leagues.
Charlton went 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA in the post-season, and pitched a scoreless inning in Game 2 of the World Series.
Charlton recorded a career-high 26 saves for the Reds in 1992, and then went on to pitch for the Mariners, Phillies, Braves, Orioles and Devil Rays.
reds.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/cin/news/cin_news_story.jsp?article_id=cin_20020103_90roster_news&team_id=cin   (3601 words)

  
 kingcountyjournal.com - Charlton continues drive to pitch again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton, the 41-year-old relief pitcher trying to resurrect his pitching career after surgeries the last two years, refuses to give up even though his left shoulder continues to tell him it might be time.
Charlton began throwing about a month ago and last weekend pitched a 20-minute session of batting practice at the Mariners' annual fantasy camp in Peoria, Ariz.
Don't let your babies grow up to be writers: Charlton spent a week on the Mariners' annual caravan this month, when he spoke to school-age kids around the Northwest.
www.kingcountyjournal.com /sited/story/html/154583   (522 words)

  
 Major League Baseball News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton: "None if you ask me, but a few if you ask the doctors who operated on me. The people who know me aren't surprised that I have been able to come back a few times.
Charlton: "I was a starter my entire career and came to the big-leagues in '88 as a starter.
Charlton: Charlie Sheen would have to be one of them because we all hung around with him and he knew what we were all about.
mariners.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_batting_around.jsp?ymd=20020805&content_id=97438&vkey=baround&fext=.jsp   (1396 words)

  
 Charlton signs with Mariners: 2/03/96   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NEW YORK -- The Seattle Mariners completed a big week Friday by agreeing to a contract with pitcher Norm Charlton that could be worth up to $8,225,000 over three seasons.
Charlton is guaranteed $2.2 million under the one-year contract, which contains two option years.
Charlton was 2-1 with a 1.51 ERA last season, saving 14 games in 30 appearances.
www.s-t.com /daily/02-96/02-03-96/8seatt.htm   (358 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Charlton faces another shoulder operation
Charlton was 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA and one save in 2001, when the Mariners tied the major league record with 116 wins.
Charlton felt pain when he attempted to throw hard, and didn't pitch in any games.
In a 13-year major league career with Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Seattle, Charlton has a 51-54 record with a 3.61 ERA and 97 saves.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20030312-1053-bba-mariners-charlton.html   (280 words)

  
 Norm Charlton Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Norm Charlton was born on Sunday, January 6, 1963, in Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Charlton was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 19, 1988, with the Cincinnati Reds.
Norm Charlton Autograph on a 1991 Leaf (#414)
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=charlno01   (307 words)

  
 seattlepi.com Mariners blog: Sheriff back in town?
Norm Charlton is going to make one final run at pitching this spring.
If Charlton is unable to pitch, there is a good chance that he'll end up in the Mariners organization somewhere as an instructor or coach.
Your right, I don't know a whole lot about Norm, but I do know that the M's need to start making use of their wealth of young arms and that maybe Norm would be better INSTRUCTING some of these guys than pitching himself.
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com /baseball/archives/001260.html   (1018 words)

  
 koch041300
At 37, the left-handed Charlton is trying to claw his way back to the major leagues after getting released during spring training by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Charlton didn't know it then, but 1990 would be the best year of his baseball life, a year the Nasty Boys would never repeat.
Charlton believes there's still a place in the game for a pitcher with a bit of a mean streak and a willingness to display it.
www.cincypost.com /sports/2000/koch041300.html   (558 words)

  
 CBS News | Rays Sign Minor League Pitchers | December 13, 1999 05:18:53
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays became the latest team to take chances on Bobby Witt and Norm Charlton, signing both veteran pitchers to minor-league contracts.
Charlton also has bounced around, pitching for Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Seattle twice in the past five years.
Ontiveros was Witt's teammate with the Athletics in 1994 and Charlton's with the Mariners in 1993.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/1999/01/20/archive/main29395.shtml   (506 words)

  
 McGwire Makes M's Pay
Mariners manager Lou Piniella made a strange decision yesterday, leaving it up to left-hander Norm Charlton whether to pitch to Mark McGwire in the eighth inning with first base open and runners at second and third.
Charlton made an even stranger decision, opting to come at McGwire rather than walking the bases loaded.
But McGwire made Charlton and Piniella pay for their lack of respect by driving in two runs with a crisp double to left-center, tying him for third in the league with 75 RBIs.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/07/16/SP54187.DTL&type=printable   (663 words)

  
 Norm Charlton and Stats, Statistics, Player News, Fantasy Baseball News - RotoWire.com
Charlton announced his retirement on Sunday, the Associated Press reports.
Charlton is scheduled to have exploratory surgery on the shoulder that has kept him from pitching the past two years, the Seattle Times reports.
Charlton (arm) was examined by Mariners physician Larry Pedegana Tuesday and given permission to start a throwing program, the Seattle Times reports.
www.rotowire.com /baseball/player.htm?ID=4809   (154 words)

  
 American League Baseball - Devil Rays vs. Mariners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charlton pitched to 1 batter in the 10th.
Pitches-strikes: F Garcia 86-58; Sasaki 20-15; Charlton 6-2; Paniagua 18-13; Sturtze 120-72; Zambrano 37-24.
Batters faced: F Garcia 26; Sasaki 6; Charlton 1; Paniagua 8; Sturtze 30; Zambrano 12.
www.usatoday.com /sports/scores101/101247/101247315.htm   (1338 words)

  
 AllSports' MLB News - Mariners LHP Charlton needs more shoulder surgery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 40-year-old Charlton had an MRI that revealed a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder.
Charlton, who has not pitched in a game this spring, missed the entire 2002 season after having surgery to his rotator cuff in January.
In 2001, Charlton was 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 44 appearances with Seattle, but he injured his shoulder while preparing for 2002.
www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=39752   (331 words)

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