Sports briefs
Giambi slugs past Sosa
MILWAUKEE — Talk about a
tough act to follow.
Yankees slugger Jason Giambi
was the next batter to follow Sam
my Sosa in the first round of Mon
day night’s All-Star Home Run
Derby, which was a little bit like
taking the solo after Pavarotti in
his prime.
Sosa smashed 12 balls out of
Miller Park — one of them com
pletely out of the building —while
Giambi watched in awe from the
on-deck circle.
“He’s unbelievable. He’s a Man
imal,” Giambi said of Sosa. “He’s
the best of the best, and it’s really
fun to have the opportunity to go
against him.
But Giambi responded to the
challenge, going on to win the con
test by beating Sosa in a head-to
head duel in the final round.
With lightning flashing in the
distance, and the rumble of thun
der adding an apt soundtrack, Gi
ambi launched seven home runs in
the last round.
Sosa hit only one home run to
counter Giambi’s final round, de
spite hitting off his personal bat
ting practice pitcher, Cubs coach
Benny Calajere.
Yankees’ third base coach Willie
Randolph pitched to Giambi.
— Pete Caldera, The Record,
Bergen County, N.J. (KRT)
MVP award to honor Williams
MILWAUKEE — During a
pregame ceremony Tuesday night
honoring the late Ted Williams,
baseball commissioner Bud Selig
will announce that the All-Star
Game MVP award will be named
after the former Red Sox Hall
of Famer.
Baseball officials are waiting un
til tonight to comment publicly re
garding the award, but word
spread among the players Monday.
“It’s great,” said Red Sox short
stop Nomar Garciaparra. “It’s a
nice tribute to Ted.”
Several of the current All-Stars
were aware that Williams is to be
honored, but Mike Piazza was one
of the few who seemed to know
anything about the dispute be
tween son and daughter over John
Henry Williams’ apparent deci
sion to have his father’s DNA
frozen and preserved.
“It’s unfortunate,” said Piazza.
“He was a real-life John Wayne,
and he deserves to be treated as
a hero.”
—John Harper, New York Daily
News (KRT)
No strike vote from players
association meeting
CHICAGO — More than 30 base
ball players spent the first day of
their All-Star break in a basement
meeting room at the O’Hare Hyatt,
discussing preparations for a possi
ble strike. But the tone of the meet
ing, as well as that of union leader
Donald Fehr afterward, made it
clear major-leaguers don’t want to
stage a summer rerun, especially if
1994 is the year in question.
Fehr, executive director of the
Major League Baseball Players As
sociation, did not ask the players
for a vote on a specific strike date at
the meeting Monday. He indicated
that one could be forthcoming if ne
gotiations set for the next few
weeks don’t bring the sides closer
to agreement.
Yet Fehr sounded hopeful
about satisfying the owners’ de
sire to increase significantly the
amount of local revenue shared
without subjecting fans to what
could be a second season-ending
strike in eight years.
The most recent rounds of talks
have brought some small conces
sions from the owners, which may
have encouraged players that there
is a way for the sides to meet in the
middle. The players are concerned
that in the absence of a negotiated
agreement at the end of this season,
Major League Baseball will declare
a bargaining impasse and unilater
ally impose new terms, including
some form of salary cap.
— Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune
(KRT)
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slightly offended, roll her eyes
and spout off, “The only reason
Serena is here today is because I
taught her everything she knows.
And by the way, Serena likes girls,
if you know what I mean.”
The two could then part ways
and live unhappily ever after.
Finally, we’d have something to
differentiate the two. We’d have
the cocky youngster with the
bruising game against the aged
veteran who knows what her op
ponent will do before she does.
We’d have animosity and
excitement. We’d have a fan fa
vorite and a hated icon. We’d
have sport.
Sure, it would be ugly. But, as
was previously mentioned, what
we got now ain’t pretty.
Sport is spectacle and spectacle
is sport.
Enough with this goody-goody,
Olsen twins impersonation.
Let the real games begin.
Contact the sports editor at
bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com. His
opinions do not necessarily reflect those
of the Emerald.
Sports briefs
30 Oregon athletes recognized
for academic success
Eight student-athletes represent
ed Oregon on the Pacific-10 Confer
ence’s spring all-academic first
teams, released in June'.
Seniors Adam Bergquist, Billy
Pappas and Jenny Kenyon, redshirt
junior John Stiegeler and redshirt
sophomore Ryan Andrus each re
ceived first team honors for their
academic performances during the
track and field season.
Tennis players Monika Gieczys,
a junior, and senior Janice Nyland
also earned first team status. Senior
golfer Kathy Cho was a first team
recipient as well.
A total of 30 Oregon athletes
were recognized for their academic
performances this past spring. One
softball player, one golfer, three ten
nis players and 17 track and field
athletes also earned second team or
honorable mention status.
Academic eligibilities require stu
dents to maintain a 3.0 GPA and be
either a starter or a significant con
tributor to their respective teams.
— Brad Schmidt
UO football tickets
go on sale today
Single-game tickets for six of
Oregon’s eight home games go on
sale today to the general public for
$29 each.
Tickets are available for games
against Mississippi Stated Fresno
State, Idaho, Portland State, Arizona
State and Stanford. Only the USC
and Washington games are sold out.
The University suspended ticket
sales in June after surpassing last
season’s total by almost 10,000 tick
ets, marking the fourth year in a
row that sales have been curtailed
before the start of the season.
The expansion of Autzen Stadium
—which will increase the seating ca
pacity from 41,698 to about 54,000
— allows for the growing ticket sales.
Tickets can be purchased over
the Internet at www.goducks.com,
in person at the Casanova Center or
over the phone by calling 1-800
WEBFOOT.
— Brad Schmidt
Oregon to host NCAA
Tournament in 2003
The NCAA Women’s Basketball
Tournament is coming to Oregon.
On July 1, McArthur Court was
selected as one of 16 first- and sec
ond-round sites for the 2003 college
basketball championships.
Oregon, which won the WNIT
tournament this past season, and
Stanford are the only Pacific-10
Conference teams hosting games in
the first two rounds of the 2003
NCAA Tournament.
The games will be played March
22 through 25.
— Brad Schmidt
Oregon recruit named
‘impact’ player
Oregon freshman Carolyn Ganes
was recently named one of 21
“Freshmen of Impact” players for
the 2002-03 season.
Ganes, the first basketball signee
under second-year coach Bev
Smith, received recognition from
womenscollegehoops.com.
A native of Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, the 6-3 post player
averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds
and five blocks per game during her
senior year of high school.
Oregon ended its season at 22-13
and won the WNIT title last year.
— Brad Schmidt
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award, chosen by USA Baseball,
is given each year to the colle
giate player who displays excep
tional athleticism and exemplary
sportsmanship.
Greene hit .480 last year while at
Clemson and ranks second in the
NCAA all-time in hits and doubles.
“It’s pretty exciting,” Greene
said. “It’s something to look back
on over my career.”
The Ems split the first four
games of their series with the Indi
ans, knocking off Spokane 8-7
Thursday and squeaking past the
club 9-8 Saturday in a game that
went into an extra inning. In the
two loses, the Ems got swiftly beat
en 8-3 Friday and 9-4 Sunday.
Today marks the first day — and
one of only three for the entire sea
son — that the Emeralds will have
off. The Ems will host a series
against Everett beginning Wednes
day and going through Friday,
with a double-header Friday night
beginning at 6:05 p.m. The double
header, which will consist of two
seven-inning games, will make up
the July 5 game that was canceled
due to rain.
Contact the sports editor
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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ownership. Some players ques
tioned whether it was ethical for
the Montreal Expos to make
trades, because the team is
owned by MLB.
Boston pitcher John Burkett did
n’t make the All-Star team, but he
said he would have boycotted the
game had he been selected. Burkett *
felt that strongly about Selig and
the labor issues. And on the eve of
the game, the players’ union met j
in Chicago to discuss a possible
strike date.
A possible strike? Steroid test- j
ing? Contraction?
“It definitely takes away from :
it,” Giambi said. “Especially for
the guys who are here the first
time. You kind of feel bad i
for them. This is supposed to be
special.”
©2002, The Miami Herald. Distributed by
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.
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