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Also remember that by supporting unlimited bus service you’re helping alleviate traffic, reduce air-pollution, ease the campus parking problem, and provide transportation for thousands of students. But if you still want a refund, come to the EMU Ticket Office during normal business hours June 23 - 27. Also available at the LTD Customer Service Center during normal business hours June 23 - July 4. For more information call: 687-S8S8 (Voice) or 687-4268 (TTY) We’re going your way! ■ * F VI Hines: Individual goals are key ■ continued from Page 5 Hines’ off-season at home did as much to rehabili tate him physically as it did mentally. “I was homesick after my first two seasons here,” Hines said. “I missed my family and friends back home. The most important thing someone can do to get back [from injury] is to stay loose, stay in rhythm.” Hines’ first test this year was in Macon, Ga., with another Atlanta Braves single A affiliate, the Macon Braves. By his own accord, Hines struggled to regain the form that had made him one of the Northwest League’s toughest hitters a season ago. For Hines, entering his third season of minor league baseball, the expectations were higher than ever be fore. Playing in Macon, only hours from were he grew up and played his high school and college ball, Hines found it difficult to focus on baseball. “I had a slow start in Macon,” Hines said. “The coaches thought it would be better for me to play away from home. I guess there were a lot of distrac tions playing in Georgia. ” Distractions indeed. Hines lettered in basketball, baseball and football at Benjamin E. Mays High School outside Atlanta where he was first-team all-state at shortstop in high school. From there he went on to play two seasons in the ju nior college ranks with Dekalb College in Atlanta. Hines was first drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers after his freshman year with Dekalb, but decided not to sign with them and reentered the draft after his sophomore season. In June 1995, Hines’ boyhood dream of playing pro fessional baseball was realized when the Atlanta Braves selected him in the 47th-round of the drafr, a draft pick that brought him to Eugene. “I like playing in Eugene,” Hines said. “The atmos phere is real laid back, relaxed. It’s not as fast paced as Georgia; it’s something you need to get used to. It was nice to get back after that rough off-season, but I think the training I did last summer has prepared me better for this season.” Prepare him it did. Through the first 11 games of the 1997 season, Hines led the Ems in home runs, RBIs, on-base per centage, slugging percentage and batting average. The quick start earned him the Black Angus “Player of the Week Award” as the Emeralds’ top performer during the opening week. An amazing feet on a team that dropped nine of those first 11 games and now sits in the Southern Di vision cellar with a 2-11 record. Eugene’s poor start means that Hines, one of the Ems few veterans, must now lead in the dugout as well as the plate. “We’re a lot younger this year than we were last,” Hines said. “I think a lot of guys are a little bit nervous when they step to the plate. I know I was in my first year. I try to just tell them to relax, block out the fans and the surroundings. Just go out there and hit. ” As a veteran, Hines has learned that individual goals are the key to a successful season in baseball. “I set my goals real high,” Hines said. “It’s hard to get close to guys on the team because you never know when someone is going to be gone the next day. I’ve learned to just take care of myself. That’s the only way you’re going to make it.” “Making it” to Hines means, of course, trying to make it to the big leagues. But if he does not, he plans to return to Georgia and finish his studies at Dekalb. A mature decision for one of the Ems’ few remain ing veteran players. Frank: Idea ruins All-Star game ■ Continued from Page 5 sport that still held to its small number of playoff teams (4), which made the regular season mean ■ something. And what about the All-Star game? The best part of the game was that John Kruk hasn’t faced Randy Johnson before. Or that Greg Maddux will be facing Tino Martinez for the first time since last season’s World Series. Interleague play takes away what makes the All Star game special. Of course, there is also the World Series. Interleague play almost takes the fun out of the unique matchups it brings. We’ll already know how Roberto Alomar fares against Tom Glavine because we can just look back to the season stats. But 1 tend to take a purist’s look at these things. More conventional thinking would say, “Who cares? Bring those matchups to the regular season; give the fans something a reason to come to the games in June, July and August. ” Who knows, maybe the conventional thinking is right. Then again, maybe Milli Vanilli will come back into style again too. Ryan Frank is an associa te editor for the Emeral d. His views do not necessarily represent those of the paper. Emeralds: Eugene travels to Portland ■ Continued from Page 5 pie hits, going 2-for-4. Saul, protesting a call at first base, was thrown out of the game for the first time this season after an emotional argument, Saturday proved to be more of the same as the Ems managed just four hits in the 7-0 loss. Ems’ starting pitcher Ryan Schurman walked six batters and gave up three runs in five innings of work. On Sunday, the Ems’ showed signs of improvement, but did not capitalize on their scoring oppor tunities. Eugene collected eight hits and at one point led the game 1-0, but left nine runners on base and lost the game 5-2. Salem-Keizer’s Brett Casper hit three-run home run in the sixth that broke a 1-1 tie and gave Salem-Keizer the lead for good. The Ems now travel to Port land (8-4) for three games before returning to Eugene Thursday for a five-game homestand against Yakima (3-10). 78 id x Hi X LU ^0 0* (/) 3 ^0 0* LU Z cc LU uj I o CD o —D < o z o Basic UNIX Computer Viruses X Computer Maintenance & Troubleshooting the UO Library and University Computing INVITE YOU TO CHECK OUT The IT Curriculum Information Technology & Computing Workshops http://libweb.uoregon.edu/it/ ♦ Free-open to UO students, staff and faculty. ♦ Mo registration required-just show up! ♦ Pick up a copy of the schedule at Knight Library or the Computing Center. 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