Fans ‘savor’ Bonds’ moment
Barry Bonds hit career
home run No. 660 in San
Francisco's 7-5 win over
Milwaukee on Monday
By John Simerman
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
SAN FRANCISCO —The pitcher
threw another squeamish one out
side the slugger's reach, and the fans
booed in unison.
"Why does he do that?" asked the
wife with the baby on her lap.
"Because," the husband replied
matter-of-factly, "they know he can
hit it out of the park."
Seconds later, as if on cue, the
pitcher seemed to need proof, and
Barry Bonds supplied it, launching a
bodacious smash over the right field
crowd and into San Francisco Bay.
It was his 660th home run, tying
his godfather, Willie Mays, for third
on the all-time homer list. And it
turned a sea of derision to frenzy
among the crowd of 42,548 who
came out to SBC Park hoping to find
history on Opening Day.
Fireworks cracked, Bonds took an
Olympic torch from Mays, and in
the stands, fans high-fived and
reached for their cell phones, to gloat
about a hooky day well spent.
"Magical," said Kim Welty, who
quickly e-mailed back to the office
and tried to reach a friend on the
other side of the ballpark, but had
trouble getting through.
"It was so unexpected at that mo
ment. We were hoping."
Welty spent $80 for a bleacher
seat, where she sat bundled in a Gi
ants sweatshirt and Giants blanket,
to ward against a stiff wind that blew
hard all day. The wind tugged the
flags toward Oakland, pleading
along with the fans for Bonds to un
leash one with his signature left
handed uppercut.
As the ball dove into the Bay, the
cloud of steroid suspicion that has
hovered over Bonds all spring
swept away in a sea of elation. A
seafaring man wearing an Arnold
Schwarzenegger costume plucked it
out from the water.
"Good for Arnold. That guy's out
there all the time," said Tony Pollil of
Petaluma, who wore a Willie Mays
jersey and a hatful of pins, the badge
of honor for longtime Giants fans.
"I feel really privileged to be able
to witness this," said Pollil, of
Petaluma. "When I was a kid grow
ing up, Willie Mays was my idol. But
all records are made to be broken."
David Kirkland shot up and
screamed. His curly haired daughter,
Jasmine, shielded her ears from the
fireworks blast. Like others, they
raced to a concession stand where
fans were snatching up $25 com
memorative T-shirts.
"I tried to explain to her what his
tory means, but it's hard for a five
year-old," he said. "But she'll always
have it to remember."
Tom Crum brought his ragged old
Wilson A2000, scalped a ticket and
snuck his way onto the right field
promenade. He hoped to catch No.
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at the Pepsi Team Invitational over
shadowed the disappointment of
junior transfer Roderick Dotts.
Dotts made his Oregon outdoor
debut in the 800 Saturday, finishing
sixth with a time of 1:53.06, more
than three sec
onds behind
Minnesota's
Trent Riter (first,
1:49.75).
Last year
Dotts recorded
the 17th-best
time in the na
tion (1:48.41)
among college
athletes in the
800 while at
tending Barton Community College
in Great Bend, Kan.
"I'm extremely disappointed,"
Dotts said. "It was a horrible race.
During the last 100 meters I sort of
ran out of gas."
Dotts struggled through knee
and hamstring injuries during the
indoor season but said he had
since recovered. The only explana
tion he could give for his struggles
on the track was the difficulty he's
had adjusting to the added pressure
of running at a Division I school.
"I thought I was back," Dotts said.
"I don't know what's going on. Last
year at this time I was running 1:48."
Observant Skipper
Along with competing in three
different events for Oregon Saturday,
freshman Tommy Skipper had time
to make a couple of observations.
With the success that the Ducks
experienced at the Pepsi Team Invi
tational — along with the rest of the
season — the Sandy native said Ore
gon is on its way back to becoming
an elite track school.
"I think that Oregon track and
field is coming
back," Skipper
said. "With the
guys we have,
Leonidas (Wat
son), (high
jumper) Jeff
Lindsey, this is
early in the sea
son and we've
had a lot of great
performances.
I he training is
tough right now and pretty intense.
Once the training load gets a little
lighter I think you're going to see
even more great performances."
Skipper also spoke of the impor
tance of giving back to the Oregon
fans who come out to cheer for
Duck athletes.
"You have to show a little enthusi
asm while you compete," Skipper
said. "There's a lot of young kids out
here and one of these days they're go
ing to be out here for Oregon track
and field and that's what inspires
them to do great things in their life. If I
can be any type of inspiration to any
one I want to do that"
Contact the sports reporter
at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com.
Tm extremely
disappointed. It was a
horrible race. During
the last 100 meters I
sort of ran out of gas."
Roderick Dotts
Oregon junior
Oregon junior
Maegan Traver
achieved a
personal best
of 17 feet,
6 1/4 inches
in the long
jump at the
Pepsi Team
Invitational
Saturday at
Hayward Field.
Erik R. Bishoff
Photographer
SYSTEM
continued from page 7
record of 191-04 set by Jordan
Sauvage last year.
Her sister, Rachael Kriz, also set a
new personal best with her high jump
of 5-08. Kriz celebrated her jump im
mediately afterwards on the landing
pad as the crowd of 3,514 at Hayward
Field acknowledged the feat.
Kriz credits assistant coach Rock
Light for working with her on her
technique.
"(Coach Light) is just trying to get
my basics nailed down before we try
anything complicated, which is al
ways nice," Kriz said.
But the most notable record broken
so far has been redshirt junior Sarah
Malone's own javelin record of 179
07 achieved two weeks ago. It eclipsed
her personal best by five inches. The
mark not only broke her own record,
but it placed her first all-time in Ore
gon history.
"We're all healthy," Malone said,
"We're all throwing farther than we
ever have, so (the coaches) are obvi
ously doing something right."
Back on the track, junior transfer
Sofie Abildtmp has provided a spark
for Oregon's sprint events. Abildtmp
is expected to play a big role in the
200-meters and 400-meters, while
also being the anchor of the 4x400
meter relays team.
Her time of 54.49 in the 400 at the
Pepsi Invitational ranks her ninth all
time for the Ducks. She also moved to
seventh place in Oregon history in the
200 with her time of23.94.
Abildtmp said that the women
were motivated to succeed in their re
spective events after holding a team
meeting last Thursday to discuss their
upcoming goals.
"We decided we wanted to get out
of our comfort zone and just start
breaking some (personal records),"
Abildtmp said.
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