Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, July 08, 1997, Page 8, Image 8

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son said.
Disorderly conduct is a fairly common
charge in South Carolina, with fines running
between $200 and $300. The magistrate also
could impose a 30-day jail sentence, prosecu
tor Leah Moody said.
O'Neal and a friend, Thomas Simmons Jr.,
spent a night in jail June 14 for allegedly curs
ing at officers after they were asked to leave a
shopping mall. Someone in the group they
were with was handing out fliers, a violation
of mall policy.
O’Neal starred at Columbia’s Eau Claire
High School before skipping college to go di
rectly into the NBA draft. He was Portland’s
first-round pick last year, averaging 4.1 points
and 2.8 rebounds in 45 games as a rookie.
He will play for the Trail Blazers later this
month in a summer league for rookies, young
players and free agents in Long Beach, Calif.,
and Salt Lake City.
O’Neal said he expects to be back in Co
lumbia on Aug. 4.
■ Blazers going after free agent John
Williams, newspaper says
The Portland Trail Blazers reportedly are
going after free-agent center John “Hot Rod”
Williams, according to The Oregonian.
Williams’ agent, Mark Bartlestein, said
Williams is mulling substantive multi-year of
fers from three teams, which he would not
name. Two of the teams are believed to be
Portland and Vancouver, the newspaper re
ported.
The Blazers can free up more than $4 mil
lion if they renounce Chris Dudley, who ap
pears to be leaning toward the Pistons. Dud
ley opted out of a $13 million contract and is
shopping his services to several teams.
Blazers President Bob Whitsitt would not
comment, and spokesman John Christensen
all but dismissed that report Monday.
“Summertime is rife with rumors about
roster transactions,” Christensen said. “If and
when we make any changes to our roster, we
will be happy to announce it. I do know Bob
is pursuing all avenues to improve our ros
ter.”
Williams’ team, the Phoenix Suns, is trying
to clear cap room for next summer and will
offer Williams only a one-year deal.
“I’ve stopped asking for more than one
year,” Bartlestein said.
Williams’ pay counted $4.15 million
against the salary cap last season, but his ac
tual take-home was less.
His two years with the Suns have been
marked by injuries, but when he was healthy,
the agile, defensive-minded center was a big
plus for the team.
Phoenix was 40-28 with Williams in the
lineup, and 0-14 in games he didn’t play. Dur
ing the Suns’ late-season, 11-game winning
streak, Williams averaged 12.1 points, 11.3 re
bounds and 2.2 blocked shots. In 68 regular
season games, Williams averaged 8.0 points
and 8.3 rebounds.
MLB: National League on three-game winning streak
■ Continued from Page 5
Mark McGwire is now at 31,
Griffey is at 30.
“The only time you guys
should bring it up is if you’re at
50 home runs in September, the
first of September,” McGwire
said after batting practice. “Then
a guy has a pretty good chance of
doing it.”
Williams batted .406 in 1941,
the last player with an average so
high. That season, he was at .405
at the break.
Larry Walker is at .398, Tony
Gwynn is at .394.
“I think everybody thinks it
will be done, but we’re finding
out that it’s not that easy,”
Gwynn said. “You have to get
two hits every day, every game.
And if you don’t, you better
sneak a walk in there.”
DiMaggio hit in 56 straight
games in 1941. He happened to
be at 48 at the break.
Sandy Alomar is at 30 and
counting.
“I think it’s actually helped me
concentrate on every at-bat late
ly,” he said. “Hopefully, going
for the streak doesn’t hurt the
team.”
For at least a day or two, Alo
mar doesn’t need to worry. The
Cleveland catcher can focus on
having fun, calling pitches for AL
starter Randy Johnson and hitting
against NL starter Greg Maddux.
The NL has won three straight,
and leads the series 40-26-1.
Thanks to interleague play,
Maddux has already pitched this
season to five players in the AL
starting lineup — Cal Ripken,
Roberto Alomar and Brady An
derson of Baltimore and Tino
Martinez and Paul O'Neill of the
New York Yankees.
“I don’t think that takes away
from anything,” the Atlanta ace
said.
Johnson, on the other hand,
may finally get to face Walker.
The Colorado slugger sat out
when the Rockies recently
played Johnson and the Seattle
Mariners.
Johnson provided an All-Star
highlight in 1993 when he threw
a fastball way over the head of
John Kruk, prompting the
Philadelphia hitter to pat his
heart.
Walker and Johnson were once
teammates in Montreal’s minor
league system. That friendship,
though, may not spare Walker,
whose 479-foot shot was the
longest in Monday’s home run
derby.
“I don’t remember receiving a
Christmas card from him,” John
son said.
Roger Clemens and Pedro Mar
tinez also are likely to pitch early
in the game. When Albert Belle
will bat, however, remains to be
seen.
Belle is back at Jacobs Field for
the first time since June, when
Indians fans booed him non-stop.
Belle responded with an obscene
gesture, and there’s no telling
how he’ll treat the crowd Tues
day night — he showed up late
in the AL clubhouse and did not
take part in workouts.
In between swings, Griffey and
Gwynn were besieged with ques
tions about baseball’s biggest bat
ting marks.
“Yes, I think 56 straight games
is doable. So are the 60 homers
and .400,” Gwynn said.
"Of the three of them, I would
say 56 is the most difficult,” said
San Diego’s seven-time NL bat
ALL-STAR GAME RESULTS
1933— American, 4-2
1934— American, 9-7
1935— American, 4-1
1936 — National, 4-3
1937 —American, 8-3
1938 —National, 4-1
1939—American, 3-1
1940 —National, 4-0
1941 — American, 7-5
1942—American, 3-1
1943 — American, 5-3
1944 —National, 7-1
1945 — No Game
1946— American, 12-0
1947— American, 2-1
1948 —American, 5-2
1949 —American, 11-7
1950 — National, 4-3
1951 —National, 8-3
1952 — National, 3-2,5 innings, rain
1953 —National, 5-1
1954 —American, 11-9
1955 — National, 6-5,12 innings
1956 —National, 7-3
1957 — American, 6-5
1958 —American, 4-3
1959 — American, 5-3
1959 — National, 5-4
1960 —National, 6-0
1960 —National, 5-3
1961 — National, 5-4
1961 — Tied 1 -1,9 innings, rain
1962 —American, 9-4
1962 —National, 3-1
1963 — National, 5-3
1964 —National, 7-4
1965 — National, 6-5
1966 — National, 2-1,10 innings
1967 — National, 2-1,15 innings
1968 — National, 1-0
1969 — National, 9-3
1970 — National, 5-4,12 innings
1971 —American, 6-4
1972 —National, 4-3
1973 — National, 7-1
1974 — National, 7-2
1975 — National, 6-3
1976 — National, 7-1
1977 —National, 7-5
1978 — National, 7-3
1979 —National, 7-6
1980 —National, 4-2
1981 —National, 5-4
1982 —National, 4-1
1983— American, 13-3
1984— National, 3-1
1985 — National, 6-1
1986—American, 3-2
1987 —National, 2-0,13 innings
1988— American, 2-1
1989— American, 5-3
1990 — American, 2-0
1991 — American, 4-2
1992—American, 13-6
1993 — American, 9-3
1994 —National, 8-7,10 innings
1995 —National, 3-2
1996 —National, 6-0
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ting champion, whose longest
hitting streak is 25 games. “Every
at-bat you don’t get a hit, the
pressure builds. Sandy can tell
you all about how he’s just going
out and playing, but it’s build
ing.”
Griffey saw it differently.
“I will say the home runs,” the
Seattle star said. "If they don’t
pitch to you, you can’t do it.
“Everything has to be perfect
with the swing,” he said. “It’s not
like a single, where you can
bloop it in.”
Walker, leading the NL with 25
homers and among the league
leaders with 68 RBIs, took anoth
er tact.
“I’d probably say winning the
triple crown is the hardest of all,”
he said.
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