Article: WHEN IS IT THE RIGHT TIME? : JETHAWKS FANS REMEMBER JOSE CRUZ JR., AND MARINERS AREN'T LIKELY TO FORGET HIM EITHER, EVEN THOUGH HE'LL START '97 IN TRIPLE-A.(SPORTS)

Byline: Marc J. Spears Daily News Staff Writer

Lou Piniella loves him.

So he sent him to Triple-A.

Jose Cruz Jr., who starred with the Lancaster JetHawks last season and owns just a year-and-a-half of total minor-league experience, got a long, long look by Piniella and the Seattle Mariners this spring.

Cruz, son of the former Houston Astros All-Star, will play next to another famous junior soon enough in the Mariners outfield. But on Tuesday, the Seattle brass decided the 22-year-old needed a bit more seasoning. He'll open the year at Triple-A Tacoma.

``We were proud of the way he performed,'' Mariners vice president of ...

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