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Grand Opening Ceremony for the Moss Street Children’s Center Please join UO President Dave Frohnmayer and the EMU Child Care and Development Centers May 4, 2004 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM 1685 Moss Street Come check out be unique some of the trendiest stqlcs around! Melange located on the lower level of 5th Street Market 683-2595 W open mon-sun: 10am-6pm www.melanqe'twomen.com Citizens For Humanity Juicy Couture AG Jeans Joie Biq Star Red Enqine 7 For All Mankind 200 FITNI? CHALLENGE 12:00-2:00 Friday May 7, 2004 back courts of the SRC §pV| jus 10 OliUiiuWG EVENTS ★ PRIZES ★ Dinner and Movie Certificates Open tg all University Students yours^Zdw;ers Fruit, Snacks & Beverages Provided Sponsored by the University of Oregon Army ROTC A sunny Saturday in Eugene? Must be a sports fan's dream There are certain days during cer tain times of the year when life can get no better in the mind of the sports fan. For those who enjoy collegiate sports, one of those days happened re cently. May 1, otherwise known as the first day of the month and a beautiful — no, gorgeous — Saturday in Eu gene, was just one of those days. Oregon athletics put on its best show when the Ducks football team participated in the annual spring game, softball took on Washington and track and field hosted the Oregon Twilight. Attending all or parts of each three events makes one wonder. Let's see what's ticking through the mind of a fan who attended all three events. Football There is no easy way to put this. The Oregon offense just stunk. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. If any members of the Oklahoma defense were to watch a tape of the game, there would be laughs audible all the way from Norman to Miami. Of course, any Sooner who does will need a quick wake up. It's the spring game, and anyone who be lieves the spring game is any kind of indication of what could happen once the real season starts needs a fast reality check. Example: Arizona. The Wildcats were said to have a somewhat success ful spring, the first under head coach Mike Stoops. They're rejuvenated, most will say, playing with a renewed passion and ready to improve upon a 2-10 2003 record. Of course they are. Because they participated in scrimmages at the time of year when not much is revealed about the team. Leading rushers are worth next to Hank Hager Behind the dish nothing and aside from a few small position battles with every team, very little is concrete come May. But there are those who believe the spring is worth far more than it is, and to those souls, I say good luck. Because you've got four months be fore anything real happens again. En joy plotting out the expected two deep from here on out. Softball So Oregon played hated foe Wash ington on Saturday, in a game that started quickly after the end of the football game so that spectators could speed on over. I say, good call. With the Ducks winning their ninth game of the sea son against the Huskies on Saturday, Eugene has a market for the softball team. They're winning, and they're doing it with flair. But take heed. Caution any tales of the Softball World Series. There's still time in this season. Be sides, great teams in the regular sea son don't always equate to success in the postseason. A couple of years ago, California was nowhere near the top of the Padf ic-10 Conference standings. So what did the Golden Bears go out and do? Drive their way to the national title. They upset teams, played with emo tion and made believers out of soft ball fans. So while the Ducks are on a roll, at least compared to years past, don't get ahead of yourself. In college soft ball, the postseason is a long and winding road. But hey, when it's 80 degrees out side, there are not many better places to be in Eugene. Track and field Fans of the sport will have to wait more than a month before the next meet comes to Hayward Field. That's because the Oregon Twi light ended the Ducks' season at their home facility Saturday, and the Prefontaine Classic is in mid-June this year, three weeks later than it has been in recent years. For those who missed the twilight, too bad. Entered in the meet were two of the better pole vaulters the University has seen in recent years. Duck freshman Tommy Skipper is something to see. He has some seri ous talent and could be Olympic bound, if everything goes right. Then there's former Oregon star Becky Holliday, who won an NCAA outdoor championship last year. Now she's competing for New Balance, also hoping to head to the Athens Olympics in August. She's the female version of Skipper and there's no reason to think she won't peak later in the year when things re ally start to heat up. Holliday won the women's pole vault at the twilight, a good start for the former Duck who represented a nice addition to the meet. Contact the sports editor at hankhageri@dailyemerald.com. His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. SPORTS BRIEFS Mariners run over Detroit DETROIT — Tigers manager Alan Trammell said it before Sunday's sog gy afternoon game against Seattle. After their first winning April since 1993, the Tigers face a crucial question. "Is this going to last?" Trammell said. "And I can't answer that." Sunday7s game might have cleared things up. The Tigers looked more like the 2003 team that lost 119 games than the team that has looked respectable in 2004. Rocky pitching performanc es, a few untimely errors and cold bats allowed the Mariners to run away with a 12-2 victory at Comerica Park — their first wire-to-wire victory. Seattle won two of three in the se ries, and the Tigers finished 4-5 on the home stand. That inconsistency is get ting to Trammell. "Not what we wanted," he said. "Not even close." Nate Cornejo dropped to 1-3 and hasn't pitched a quality start in five attempts. Trammell pulled Cornejo after 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander allowed six hits and four runs, all earned, and left after giving up a 3-2 pitch homer to Scott Spiezio. "I tried throwing a 3-2, back-door cutter," Cornejo said, "and he just got the pitch. He just lifted it up." Cornejo's struggles weren't the only thing on Trammell's mind during Sunday night's plane ride to Ana heim, where the Tigers begin a six game trip. The offense managed only four hits Sunday, seven runs in the series. Right-hander Gil Meche got his first win of the season. The Tigers' bullpen was problematic. Right-hander Esteban Yan followed Cornejo and pitched 2 2/3 innings, giving up five hits and four runs, two earned. Left-hander Steve Colyer came in for the eighth and, in one-third of an inning, allowed three hits, includ ing another home run, this time to second baseman Bret Boone. The score was 8-2 when Colyer en tered. When he left, Seattle led, 12-2. "He's been inconsistent," Trammell said. "He's got a good arm, but the lack of command with him and others — pitching at the major league level — you've got to have some command. * — Krista Latham Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) Giants outlast Florida SAN FRANCISCO — It was a long day of botched and bonehead plays, a late addition becoming a hero, and a superstar rising off his death bed (OK, it was only a leather rediner) to set off the winning rally. It was a four-hour, 11-minute mis adventure at SBC Park, a flashback to days gone by. In other words, it was a Giants victory. 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