Jones: Cheers to athletes
with degrees for dedication
Continued from page 9
will prove that my skills far
outweigh the inexperience. I will
prove 1 got what it takes to
make it.
I understand that the Fargo Forum
in North Dakota has the first pick in
the draft, but I’m going to pull an Eli
Manning and refuse to write for that
squad. The inclement weather does
n’t fit my writing style, nor can 1
live in a place where cows
outnumber people.
This decision of mine may come
as a surprise to my family and fel
low sportswriters, but 1 hope they
will support and have confidence in
me to do this.
This has been my dream since
2002 — ever since the moment 1
realized my talents as an athlete
were inferior and nobody wanted
to have a right-handed pitcher
who tops out at 85 mph with a flat
curveball.
I know my early entrance
will cause problems with the
NCAA, seeing as I haven’t been
writing for a Division-I school
for at least two years.
But I haven’t hired an agent or
received any advanced money, so
1 could buy the Escalade of lap
tops, complete with a leather Guc
ci case, gold-plated mouse, a
r
seriously iced out keyboard, plat
inum disk drive with whoofers on
the side.
I’m going to continue to leave
my options open until the draft
gets closer and see where
my stock goes. 1 hope the
University and the Emerald
will have me back if my
decision changes.
If only all this could be real.
Instead, I am here, continuing
my education (a good thing 1
guess) and sitting through classes
wondering how this all pertains to
my future career.
I imagine many premier athletes
ponder this as well.
This is what makes me respect
professionals like Tim Duncan,
Emeka Okafor and Eli Manning,
who stayed at college and got
their degrees, because it must
be tough.
Tough to say no to making mil
lions and having a secure financial
future.
But like they always say, you
need something to fall back on,
and I guess getting my degree will
do that.
Unless someone is really inter
ested.
claytonjones@dailyemerald. com
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Boston evens up series 3-3
with 4-2 win against New York
Red Sox come back from 0-3 in its series against
the Yankees to force game seven in the ALCS
BY RONALD BLUM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Gritting his teeth
and grimacing throughout the game,
Curt Schilling willed away the pain in
his right ankle and the Boston Red
Sox got the benefit of two reversed
calls to move within one win of the
most shocking comeback in baseball
postseason history.
For the second straight year, the
New York Yankees and the Red Sox
will go to Game 7, a winner-take-all
battle for the AL pennant between
baseball’s perennial pinstriped pow
er and a Boston team desperately try
ing to win the World Series for the
first time since 1918.
Pitching with a dislocated ankle
tendon that forced him out of the
opener, Schilling smothered the Yan
kees by allowing one run over seven
innings to lead the Red Sox over New
York 4-2 TUesday night. This pulls
Boston into a 3-3 tie in an AL cham
pionship series that was three outs
from a sweep just two days earlier.
New York was ahead 3-0 in the se
ries before blowing a ninth-inning lead
Sunday night in Game 4 at Fenway
Park and losing in the 12th. The Yan
kees led Game 5 in the eighth Monday,
but lost that one also — another 5-hour
marathon that stretched for 14 innings.
Of the 25 previous major league
teams that fell behind 3-0 in a best-of
seven series, none had forced a Game
7. But back in the Bronx, where they
wasted a four-run lead in Game 7 last
year, the Red Sox broke through with a
four-run fourth against Jon Lieber.
The team that is still trying to put
an end to The Curse benefited from
two big reversed calls.
In the fourth, Mark Bellhorn hit a
ball over the left-field wall that was at
first ruled a ground-rule double be
fore it was correctly changed to a
three-run homer that made it 4-0. It
was his first postseason homer.
Then in the eighth, after Miguel
Cairo’s double and Derek Jeter’s RBI
single off Bronson Arroyo pulled the
Yankees to 4-2, Alex Rodriguez hit a ball
between the mound and first. Arroyo
picked it up and ran toward first, where
just before the base the striding Ro
driguez slapped the ball out of his glove.
Jeter came all the way around to
score as the ball bounced down the
right-field line. After Boston manager
Terry Francona came out to argue,
the umpires huddled, discussed the
play, then called Rodriguez out for in
terference and sent Jeter back to first.
Rodriguez raised both hands and
put them on his helmet, screaming
about the reversal. The game was held
up for 10 minutes while fans tossed de
bris on the field and Yankees manager
Joe Torre argued. Gary Sheffield then
fouled out, ending the inning.
After Boston's Orlando Cabrera was
ruled safe at first base in the ninth, pre
venting the Yankees from completing a
double play, public address announcer
Bob Sheppard made his second an
nouncement for fans to maintain order.
The umpires talked with Kevin Halli
nan, senior vice president of security in
the commissioner's office, as Yankees
reliever Tanyon Sturtze warmed up.
Helmeted police then came on the
field and kneeled in foul territory along
the stands on both the left- and right
field sides in the top of the ninth.
Schilling took a three-hit shutout
into the seventh before allowing
Bernie Williams’ solo homer on the
91st of his 99 pitches. Arroyo allowed
a run in the eighth, and Keith Foulke
pitched the ninth.
Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield,
who lost Game 7 last year on Aaron
Boone’s llth-inning homer, starts
for the Red Sox on Wednesday
night, most likely against Kevin
Brown or Javier Vazquez.
From the start, on a cold night with
an intermittent, misty rain, nothing
went right for the Yankees. Jorge Posa
da’s deep drive to right was held up by
the wind.
While the Red Sox looked loose, es
pecially after the initial call of a double
on Bellhorn’s ball was reversed, the
Yankees looked tight, overswinging for
the second straight night and never
testing Schilling’s ankle with a bunt on
the slick grass.
Volleyball: Oregon takes on UCLA Saturday
Continued from page 9
Cactus State rivalry
Arizona (11-7, 3-5 Pac-10) and
Arizona State (8-8, 3-5 Pac-10) will
duke it out this weekend in Tliscon,
Ariz. The Wildcats drew the fifth
largest crowd in Pac-10 history with
5,275 fans in attendance for their
match against Washington State.
Junior outside hitter Kim Glass
picked up a season-best 28 kills
against Washington. Bre Ladd con
tributed 27 kills over the weekend.
The junior middle blocker has 303
career blocks after posting 10 total
blocks last week.
Arizona State’s Nicole Morton hit
.315 last week and averaged 5.00
kills per game, with 40 total. The
sophomore has recorded a double
digit total for kills in 13 of 16 match
es and leads the Sun Devils with
206 kills this season.
Both teams have identical records
of 1-3 at home and 2-2 on the road.
Off the bench
Oregon’s competitive chain has
been missing links for a majority of
the season. The Ducks have had to
resort to backup plans due to
the permanent loss of Lauren
Westendorf and the absence of
Sarah Mason.
Sophomore Erin Little filled in and
immediately responded after Westen
dorf’s injury with notable offensive
output. Last week, Little became ill in
the middle of the Ducks’ Bay Area
road trip, and Oregon devised anoth
er plan.
Oregon’s second wave of replace
ments included junior Jaclyn Jones
and sophomore Allyson Leavitt.
Jones exceeded expectations
Saturday night with 17 kills against
Stanford. Preceding that perform
ance, Jones’ season-best was seven
kills. Leavitt is still adapting to the
outside hitter position after playing
defensive specialist for most of
her career. Nine of her 10 kills
this season have come in the last
three matches.
Air time
The Ducks will star in their only
televised match this Thursday at
McArthur Court. Fox Sports Net will
broadcast the UCLA versus Oregon
match Saturday.
This season, the home team is 3-1
in televised matches. However, the
Bruins (4-3, 11-5 overall) hold a 39-1
all-time advantage against the Ducks.
Oregon’s only victory came at home
in 1987.
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