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World Series: The best thing money can buy Decades ago, a fan could buy a hot dog at a professional ballpark for less than a dollar. The taste was unique, the smell was unique. Today, a hot dog costs up to five dol lars in some stadiums. The mustard is runny, the color of the dog is green and the taste is bad enough to give a person heartbum. For those baseball fans that braved the sob stories daily broadcast by NBC to watch this year's World Series one thing was evident. The game has changed. Now, let's John not sit and ponder Thorburn why the game has Sports Editor changed like every other sports analyst is doing around America. Lets look at what the game has lost, or betteryet, what the FloridaMarlins' Game 7 victory over the Cleveland Indians sym bolizes. During the 1996-97 off-season, the Florida Marlins played the arbitrary field sacrificing an estimated $80 million dol lars in acquiring big-name players like Moises Alou, Bobby Bonilla, and Alex Fernandez. The Miami area was granted a major-league team five years ago, and struggled their opening seasons as do most expansion teams. The Marlins unloaded a large number of players and cash to rebuild for their championship run, which is evident in having only one player on the roster that was a Florida Marlin during their inaugu ral season. Now, while some critics say that the Marlins oiganization should be shunned, I applaud their multi-million dollar deals that enabled them to win this year's World Series. But what about the small market teams like the Milwaukie Brewers or the San Diego Pa dres that don't have the capital to obtain big name players? Who plays for those teams again? I bet they've got great hot dogs in San Diego. It seems these days that the only teams that carry some history with them are those teams that can't lure the superstars of base ball. The Seattle Mariners, playing in the old, grey Kingdome, are currently building their new outdoor ballpark for both eco nomic and community reasons. The new stadium is expected to enhance the feel ing that baseball is a family sport and will hold some private boxes for fans but not nearly as many as Jacobs Field in Cleve land or Pro Player Stadium in Florida contains, a Yankee Stadium, perhaps the most well-know park in sports, is full of history. You can't miss it when you walk into the grandstands, it hits you in the face. If it doesn't, some Yan kee fan will. The game is changing. Maybe some day "Take me out to the ballgame" will be replaced by "Whoomp there it is" or that ever annoying "Jock Jams" song. With the addition of two more teams, the Devil Rays and the Diamondbacks, we can only look forward to more changes in the upcoming years. I can't wait to see me color of the hot dogs in Arizona. 4 Wednesday, October 29, 1997 Marlins rally to win first title but managed to come back in four of the games. In Game three, Florida trailed 7-3, but scored four runs to tie the game and then scored seven in the ninth to record a 14-11 win. In Game five, the Marlins were down 4-2, when Moises Alou hit a three run home run to put Florida ahead 5-4. Florida went on to win 8-7, taking two of three games in Cleveland. Gamesevenwasonefortheages. Qeve- land rookie pitcher Jaret Wright held Florida to one hit through six innings and took a 2-0 lead into the seventh inning. Bonilla hita solo shot in the bottom half of the seventh to cut the lead in half. Cleveland went to closer Jose Mesa in the ninth. After retiring the first hitter, Mesa gave up back-to-back singles to Alou and Charles Johnson. With one out and run ners on the comers, second baseman Craig Counsell hit a sacrifice fly to right field, tying the game up, 2-2. After a scoreless 10th, the Indians threatened in the 11th, but came up empty. In the bottom half, Bonilla hit a single up the middle to start the inning. Catcher Greg Zaun popped out to pitcher Charles Nqgy on a bunt attempt, leaving Bonilla at first with one out. Counsell hit a bouncing ball towards Tony Fernandez at second, but the ball went right under Fernandez's glove. Bonilla raced to third, putting runners at first and third with one out. After an intentional walk to Jim Eisenreich, Devon White hit a ground ball to Fernandez, who threw ADAM CRUM Staff Writer The Florida Marlins proved that money can buy happiness. After Florida’s exhausting win in Game seven of the World Series, the talk of the town is not about the Marlins champion ship, but rather that they could be under new ownership next yean Wayne Huizenga, the Marlins' current owner, has threatened to sell the team after losing $33 million this year. Huizenga spent over $80 million on flee agents and he brought in manager Jim Leyland. Huizenga hasn’t said for sure that he is going to sell the team, but he did make ref erence to it during the playoffs. With all the talent Florida brought in this year, Huizenga expected to fill the seats all year. That did not happen. Now, with the possi bility of new ownership, the Marlins could lose key free agents like Moises Alou, Bobby Bonilla, Kevin Brown, Jeff Conine, Robb Nen, Devon White and Al Leiter. Gary Sheffield and Alex Fernandez are two players that will definitely be back next year because they have a no trade clause in their contracts. If Huizenga does sell the team, Leyland, who won his first World Series in 34 years of coach ing, could retire. Although Huizenga basically bought Florida a World Series, he may have hurt the team and city more than anything else. It wasn’t easy for Florida in the fall classic. They trailed in every game, home to get the force. The bases remained loaded, but with two outs. Shortstop Edgar Renteria, who struggled at the plate the entire se ries, stepped up to the plate. Renteria lined the 0-1 pitch up the middle, just over the glove of Nagy. Counsell came home to score the winning run and gave the Marlins their first world championship in only their fifth year of existence. It was Renteria’s sixth game-ending hit of the year. Cougars struggle at championships ADAM CRUM Staff Writer It wasn't exactly what Clackamas' cross country teams had in mind. Both teams struggled this past weekend, when the Cougars competed in the South ern Region Championships at Chemeketa Community College. The women ran a very disappointing race, with only three runners finishing. Because they failed to finish five runners, the Cougars ran an in complete race. Mt. Hood won the championships, with Lane, Clark and Chemeketa finishing sec ond through fourth, respectively. The women were led by Ty ana Moralez, who finished 10th overall with a time of 21:08. Emily Schmierer wasn’t far behind, finishing 13th at 21:30. The only other fin isher was Anthea Dejamette, who finished 23rd at.22:12. Both Moralez and Schmierer earned sec- ond team honors for the Southern Region. - Coach Jack Kegg was extremely pleased /7 with the performance of Schmierer. “Emily had a particularly good race. It was one of her best times of the year and this course wasn’t that fast.” The men fared a little better than the women, however, they did not run to their potential. The Cougars finished fourth with 102 points. Lane edged out Mt. Hood for first place, with Clark finishing third. Andy Bradley finished 13thwithatimeof27:16 to lead the Cougars. Bradley's finish was good enough for second team All-South- em Region. Other top finishers for the Cougars in cluded Jason Bennett, 19th at 27:53, Tim Winter, 22nd at28:00, David Lemarr, 24th at 28:21 and Jay Hawkey, 30th at 28:52. Winter and Hawkey cracked the Cougars' top five for the first time this year. Despite not finishing as well as he had hoped, Kegg was happy with the performances of Bennett, Winter, and Hawkey. Clackamas hosts the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges [NWAACC] Championships on Saturday, Must Sell!! Qinatioial GoopHaiiu» Clackamas Federal Credit Union ¡¿lai 9ti. AJMMlruffi All Staff & Full-Time Students are Eligible to Join. <^> Dividend Bearing Checking; No Minimum Balance, Monthly Fee or Per Check Charge, VISA Debit/Check Card. <^> Free Notary, Free Travelers Checks & Free 24-hour PC & Telephone Access to Your Account <^> Money Markets, Certificates, IRA’s, VISA’S, Loans & Lines of Credit. Oregon City 656-0671 Join Today Nov. 8. Kegg feels the men's team can be competitive if they run to their potential. "We need to have our top three guys have good races and be a little more competitive early on." According to Kegg, the Community Colleges of Spokane are the favorite. With the competition as tough as it is, Kegg knows it's not going to be easy. 'Well see if we can get in the top three and win a trophy. It's going to be difficult because the best team in our conference [Spokane] didn't win it this week." The favorite on the women's side is also Spokane. Kegg believes his team will bor derline on finishing third or fourth. A top three finish would earn the Cougars a tro phy. "We'll have all five of our ladies back for the NWAACC and we'll hope to see if they can win a trophy too." Milwaukie 653-7788 1988 Chevrolet Beretta. 2dr, AT, AC, CC, 129,000 miles. $2200 obo. Call Kim at 817-7782 West Linn Boy Scout Troop #149 begins its Annual Christmas Tree Sale at Hammerle Park —located on Highway 43 --West Linn Saturday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The tree lot will be open weekdays, 4 to 8 p.m., weekends 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The selection includes beautiful, fresh cut Doug Firs, Grand Firs, and Noble Firs. GREAT PRICES!! 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Cable TV, all utilities, phone (excluding long distance), some storage, garage, large yard, and security alarm. Approx. 6 mi. from campus in West Linn. Non- smoker, male or female, poss. couple. 656-6367. National Fire Safety is Expanding- Now hiring full and part-time positions in Training and Sales Representatives. No experience necessary, training provied. Call 503-650-0741. 1 Bedroom- 10th & Madison, sep. entrance, 2nd floor, $400/m. 656-6197. Volume XXXI, Issue 4
