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McGwire ready to
step to the plate
By R.B. Fallstrom
The Associated Press
St. LOUIS — If the St. Louis Car
dinals make it to the World Series,
Mark McGwire believes he’ll be
ready for DH duty.
“I’d love to get four or five at
bats,” McGwire said Monday. “It
would be great.”
McGwire hasn’t gotten that type
of action since early July, when he
went on the disabled list with se
vere knee tendinitis. Since he re
turned Sept. 8, he’s been limited to
one at-bat per game.
McGwire said running out a
grounder as a pinch-hitter in At
lanta at pretty much full speed was
a huge step in the right direction.
“It’s going away,” he said of the
pain. “I got out of the box and I
started running and said, ’Hey, this
isn’t feeling too bad.’ I was pretty
encouraged.”
He also felt that it was about
time, considering all the rehab he’s
put the knee through this season.
“We haven’t stopped doing any
thing,” he said. “You think over a
course of time, it’s going to heal
some day.”
Manager Tony La Russa was
pleased that McGwire, limited to
32 homers this year after hitting a
record 70 in 1998 and 65 in 1999,
was feeling better.
“Potentially, it’s real exciting,”
La Russa said. “I know it’s been de
pressing and discouraging. To
speak in a positive way, none of us
has seen that.”
La Russa wasn’t getting too excit
ed because the Cardinals first have
to get past the New York Mets.
Their best-of-seven NLCS begins
Wednesday night in St. Louis.
“It doesn’t mean he’s going to play
first base in this series,” La Russa
said. “The worst thing you can do is
make plans for the next one.”
More at-bats during the potential
four games at the American League
ballpark in the World Series would
be more than enough for McGwire.
He doesn’t think trying to play first
base would be wise because he’d
be so rusty, and because Will Clark
has played so well.
“There’s no way,” McGwire said.
“Why put a wrench into what’s go
ing on right now? Will’s a Gold
Glover, so there’s no reason to even
think about it.”
The progress he’s made is raising
McGwire’s hopes that he won’t
have to undergo surgery. The team
will discuss the options after the
season is over.
“There’s been no decision, but
my hopes are better now that I
won’t have to do it,” McGwire said.
“But then again we might have to.”
Jeff Smith
continued from page 7
becher Children’s Hospital in Port
land and is paralyzed from the
shoulders down. He is listed in se
rious condition.
Immediately after the injury, Ty
acke had to endure eight hours of
surgery and is currently attached
to feeding tubes and lines, as re
ported by The Oregonian.
When hearing of the news, it
made me sick to my stomach.
For those of us who have played
high school sports, we know what
it’s like to be on the field to make
that key tackle, or drill that clutch
three-pointer, or knock home the
game-winning RBI to help your
team win. But when you were
playing, did you ever think of it be
ing the last time you would ever
stand on your own two feet?
Fortunately — if there is any
hope to be had from this incident
— injuries such as Tyacke’s are
rare.
But wouldn’t you know, six days
after Beaverton’s loss to Glencoe
on that fateful night, two other
teenagers were seriously hurt.
Justin Goe, a 15-year-old sopho
more at Rex Putnam, was injured
playing in his junior varsity foot
ball game on Sept. 28. He came out
of the game with his head throb
bing. Soon thereafter, he became
incoherent and lost consciousness.
Goe is staying in the same hospital
as Tyacke and is listed in critical
condition.
On the same night, 14-year-old
Joshua Carlson of Milwaukie also
came out of his freshman football
game with a headache. And yes, he
also became incoherent and ended
up collapsing. Carlson was treated
for a bruised spinal cord and re
leased two days later.
And then, just last Friday, 17
year-old Matt Murray of Castle
Rock High School was airlifted off
the football field after suffering a
- head injury. He is listed in critical
condition.
My point in sharing these recent
sad tales is not to say that high
school football is a horrible thing.
It’s not. It’s a great growing experi
ence for young athletes as they
learn to unite with a group of
teammates.
But hearing of these awful in
juries begs the question: How se
cure are teenagers when they strap
on those pads every Friday night
under the lights? Does something
need to be done to prevent such in
juries?
The answers to these questions
are not easy to come by. High
school football will not lose its im
portance, and therefore, the only
thing coaches can do is teach their
players the correct techniques for
tackling and blocking.
I have two younger brothers
who both currently play high
school football, and while they
may know the potential for injury
is high, I doubt they realize the
severity of some of the risks.
But prep athletes probably
shouldn’t be thinking such
thoughts when they are playing.
Because whenever you worry too
much about a certain thing, it be
gins to play with your mind.
Back on that night in Roseburg,
Kris Tyacke certainly was not
thinking it would be one of the last
times he would ever play football
again. He did not realize that he
may always remember talking into
a recorder in the pouring rain —
while being able to shake hands
with his teammates.
“It’s great to beat a team that has
been the best for the past 20 years,”
Tyacke said after that game. “But
they’re going to get better and bet
ter as the year goes on, and I
wouldn’t be surprised to see them
again.”
Beaverton and Roseburg may in
deed fight it out for the state title
sometime in November, but for
Kris Tyacke and his family, there is
a much more immediate fight to be
had.
The fight for the 17-year-old’s
life.
jeff Smith is the Emerald’s sports editor.
He can be reached at Smittside@aol.com