Article: 1999 SEEMS TO BE A GOOD OHMAN FOR LEFTY FORMER PONDEROSA PITCHER FEELS COMFORTABLE IN HIS ROLE AS CLOSER FOR CUBS IN FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE .(Sports)

Byline: Tony Jackson News Staff Writer

Will Ohman had his adjustment period.

It was called 1998.

``Part of the reason was that I had never thrown more than 75 innings in any one year before,'' the former Ponderosa High School left-hander said, explaining the statistics he put up for two Chicago Cubs farm clubs last summer after being selected in the eighth round of the amateur draft.

Not that they were bad, at least for a first-year professional still feeling his way in the low minors. Ohman was 4-4 with a 6.46 earned-run average at Class A Williamsport, then 1-1 with a 4.44 ERA at Class A Rockford. Those numbers were put up in a ...

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