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OFFENSE continued from page 7 kid brings a different element — we have some who are speedy, some who see the ball well, and others who have their own specialties. A lot of kids are putting last year's experiences to good use." As a team, the Ducks have im proved their batting average from last season's .258. Through Sunday, Ore gon is batting .284. Home, home on the road At both Washington and UCLA, the Ducks had a reasonable cheering sec tion in the stands. Four Oregon play ers call the state of Washington home, while at least three California natives had family at the UCLA games. Pitch er Ani Nyhus, from White Rock, British Columbia, even got a surprise visit from her mom at Friday's game. "She hasn't seen me pitch in about four years," Nyhus said. "She took a day from work to come to the game." First baseman Kristi Leiter, from Lake Stevens, Wash., scored the first run for the Ducks on Friday with a home run to the bleachers in right field. "In front of her high school team, her summer team and her friends and family," Arendsen said. "She hit a home run in her first game at home. That's just the thrill of a lifetime." Leiter, Nyhus, third baseman Ashley Richards, outfielder Dani Baird and outfielder Suzie Barnes all had family at the Husky game. Julie Jaime, Beth Boskovich and Breanne Sabol each had family at the UCLA games. Pitching her way up In Friday's victory, Nyhus threw 11 strikeouts against the Huskies. Add in her six k's Saturday and one Sunday and the transfer junior is already up to 128 strikeouts this season. That puts Nyhus at No. 10 on Oregon's all-time career strikeout list. The 128 strikeouts also put her at fifth all-time for a sin gle season with 14 regular season games remaining. Contact the senior sports reporter at mindirice@dailyemerald.com. HAGER continued from page 7 early and see the shoot around. Bet ter yet, stand behind the glass and flinch as each puck flies toward you during warmups. Know it won't hit you, but pretend. Practice those re flexes, stay limber. Just remember what it was like when you were young, when your in nocence was more than a forgotten memory. I know when that exact moment struck me. As much as Barry Bonds has had a cloud fly over him for the start of the 2004 season, seeing him hit No. 660 for his career was cathartic. He did something that only three other play ers in history had ever done. That dates back to 1876 when the National League was officially formed. That's more than 125 years. Think about it. Digest it. Can you really tell me now that steroids are too much of an issue for you to stand in amazement at what he did? Is it possible to let that scandal sit in your head long enough to keep from enjoying what may be the most signifi cant record in our lifetime? 1 hope not. I was never a huge Bonds fan, not until recendy. I had heard the stories about him being rude, selfish and just generally a bad person. It drove me away from liking the man, even though I grew up a San Francisco Giants fan. Then I realized it all didn't matter. It came back to me. I remembered what it was like to sit in the stands and watch batting practice as baseballs flew more than 400 feet toward the center field seats. I remembered my days at Candle stick Park, how I swore I would never call it 3Com Park. Those were the days when base ball was baseball. And when foot ball players went to the trenches and the beauty of a spiral thrown by John Elway, Dan Marino and Joe Montana was a thing of beauty ri valed by no other. 1 remembered all those things last week as I watched Willie Mays em brace Bonds. Everything came back to me. The good old days. And how they can come alive again. Contact the sports editor at hankhageri@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. BACKUPS continued from page 7 defense, if you're the guy in the gap, then you're going to make the tackle, (if not) we're in trouble. We still have to play harder and faster." With Rodney Woods out of practice Monday because of an elbow sprain suffered before the scrimmage, Gip son practiced with the No. 1 defense for most of the afternoon. It is expected, however, that Woods will be practicing with the team as the week progresses. J.D. Nelson, who missed the scrimmage because of a concussion, practiced Monday. What was that sighting? The injury bug that hit Oregon dur ing the 2003 season has evidently continued and claimed some special teams talent. Before the Ducks scrimmaged Sat urday, they practiced special teams situations. Seen snapping during punts at one point was Leaf. The situation seemed even more dire during the scrimmage when Mar ques Binns blocked a Jared Siegel 35 yard field goal attempt. The snap ap peared to be high on the play and could have affected Siegel's timing. Later on, Clemens found Kause for a two-point conversion after the snap on the point after the touchdown was misplayed. "We have some issues in the kicking game right now with our snapping," Bellotti. "Again, a couple of our field goal snappers were out (Saturday) due to injury or academic suspension. Ob viously we were down to our third string snapper and we didn't have good continuity in terms of snap and hold." One of the first couple of snaps from Leaf? Errant, of course. Contact the sports editor at hankhager@dailyemerald.com. 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