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Oregon Daily Emerald Sports
Finally the baseball season ends
When Joe ( larter belted
the dramatic World
Series-! Inn lung homer
in the bottom of the ninth Sat
urday night, nil I could think was.
Thank God this is over "
Whoopee' A team from Gina
da [list defeated a hum h of
m rilffy. fat gu\s m a game i ailed
"Amerti a s pastime
Puh-lease
Don't get me wrong. I grew up
loving hasehall. i ollei ting base
liall cards. playing nine years of
little league and making numer
ous trips to Civii: Stadium in
Portland to see the Portland
Heavers plav
Hut about the time I hit high
si hiKil. something ( hanged
Baseball lost something
I grew up reading the box
ores every morning The firs!
I»-.i:it | w i -: id < ! ■'< k w o:;Id lie the
Dodgers Steve < .arvev Ron ( lev
Davev lopes Reggie Smith,
- Baki Vngeles
favorite team, and the Dodgers
had the same guv s every vear
Mv other team was the Pirates
Hill Madhx k. Dave Parker, Willie
Stargell. Pirn l oli. Again. I ■ mild
name Pittsburgh's starting line
up instantly
Pile e.irlv 1980s rolled around
and Garvey went to the Padres
Then (lev went to the Cubs.
I .opes to the As. Smith, Baker
and Stargell retired. Parker went
to the Reds, and Madlm k went
to. of all teams, the Dodgers
Dm Chawonneai
H\ the time I was a freshman
in high sc.lioo 1, I began to fall in
love with tint "new Dodgers
Mike Marshall. Steve Sax. Pedro
(.uerrern, Mike S< iosc.ia.
Two sears later they were gone
loo.
About three years ago. I gave
up on the sporl altogether.
It's not I mm ause the game is so
boring, or be< ause ( US has done
a terrible job marketing the
games, or bet ause Marge Si bolt
is a racist. or because Ceorge
Steinbrimner lias the Yankees
bai k
It's Imm ause it s impossible to
base a favorite team anymore.
I mean you < an hove a favorite
team, but it c an have nothing to
do with the players on the team
bec ause the\ will inevitably be
gone to another team in two or
three years.
Your other option is to pic k a
few favorite players, and follow
them wherever they go Hut then
you c ould end up liking teams
like* Cleveland and San Diego.
Mv point is this jo** Carter was
I hi’ hero lor the Hint’ Jays this sea
son. but ho likely won t even he
in Toronto in two years Paul
Molitor won't he there either
And John krnk and l.ennv Dvk
stra will he out of Philadelphia
also
Baseball has no camaraderie
left Players no longer care who
they plnv for or where they play
As long as they have a shot at the
i hampionship and make very
good money, they'll play Actu
ally, the former isn't even a nt* es
s11v in most ( ases
I didn't watch one single game
of baseball this season, and I
don't regret that What I do regret
is that baseball has become so
lame and money-driven that it
drove my interest right out the
door 1'rue. basketball and foot
ball are heavily driven bv mon
ey . but there are still play ers yy ho
are dedicated to stu king with
their team until they either win
a title or he retires
Dan Marino |im kelly
Michael Jordan, (ilyde Drexler
These guvs have all dedii at
ed their c areers to one team
Major League Baseball had
only a couple of players left with
the same dedication. Unfortu
nately. one of them retired this
y ear, lbs name is George Brett.
ftnr Charboniwau is a sports
reporter for the Kmerald
Exercise your brain with
[ THE MALLARD MAULERs]
[the soda qu ackers
If you know four students (or if you are four students),
sign up now to compete with other wild and crazy
adventurers in College Bowl, the varsity sjx)rt of the
mind! It’s an exciting game that tests your knowledge in
everything from literature to science, from music to film.
Two teams with four players each square off in fast-paced
rounds dedicated to making you look either extremely
intelligent or extremely embarrassed. You might end up
representing the University of Oregon regionally and even
nationally! So. get a team up (name it anything you want
- the wilder the better) and exercise your brain!
Register: October 25th-29th. All
dormitory teams sign up with your
RA, everyone else sign up at the EMU
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Preliminary Rounds:
Wednesday. November 3rd.
Campus Finals:
Wednesday. November 10th.
Cost: $3 per person or $12 for a team.