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ELENA BORYSKA
Sports Editor
As the 2002 baseball season
nears its end, the Cougar men
continue to be plagued by
problems, being outscored this
last week by 15 points and
only winning one of four
games.
The first game of the double
header that Clackamas hosted
on May 5 was a shutout by
Lane, 6-0. Tom Henderson was
two-for-four in the losing
effort, while Scott Hunter
smacked out a triple and Nik
Mason pulled off a double.
The Cougars committed five
errors in this game, and
Jeremiah Beckert was shoul
dered with the loss while
allowing two earned runs.
In game two the Cougars at
least put some runs on the
board but couldn’t get the job
done, this time falling 9-2.
Henderson was consistent, also
going two-for-four in this
game, with a double and an
RBI. Mason was a perfect two-
for-two with another double
and Matt Paulsen also hit a
double. Brandon Gleich was
the losing pitcher.
On Saturday, May 4, the
Cougars traveled to Lane’s turf
to once again play a double
header against the Titans. In
the first game, the Cougs kept
the score relatively close, but
lost by a final of 7-4. Griffin
was a major offensive force,
going two-for-three, scoring
two runs and being credited
with two RBIs. Henderson was
two-for-four at the plate, and
Paulsen was two-for-five with
an RBI and two doubles.
The Cougars were able to
rally back from the first loss of
the day to steal the next game
from right under Lane’s nose.
Going into the sixth inning, the
Cougars were down 2-0 and it
looked as though they were on
their way to yet another loss at
the hands of Lane.
But Clackamas didn’t roll
over just yet. Hunter came to
the plate for the Cougars and
was hit by a pitch, earning him
a trip to first base. He then
stole second and moved to
third after a sacrifice bunt.
A double by Henderson
scored Hunter and put the
Cougars on the board. Gavin
Stephen went in to run for
Henderson, and J.R.
Richardson was walked, put
ting runners on first and sec
ond with one out. Beau
Holstad came to the plate and
slammed out a double, which
brought in both Gavin and
Richardson to score and put
the Cougars up 3-2, which was
the final. Jordan Denney was
the winner, and Josh Gaylord
got the save.
After these games, the
Cougars were 6-18 in league
games. They played a dou
bleheader at Linn-Benton on
Tuesday, May 7, but results
were unavailable at press
time.
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Lights, Cameron, action
Who is Mike Cameron?
He holds a starting roster spot
on my fantasy baseball team yet
when I watch, a Mariners game
on television, I find myself won
dering what he looks like.
“Let’s see,” I tell myself, “I
know he is a black guy and I
think he has an earring.”
That’s like going into a CPA’s
office and looking for the guy
with the straight face. Every
time a Seattle player steps up to
the plate, I beg the cameraman
to get a shot of the batter’s jer
sey so I can, see if it might be
Cameron.
You know of course, since
infamous trades are well publi
cized, the Mariners traded Ken
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onto the field, a toothy smile
displaying his joy at playing a
boy’s game.
But then I slip into the present,
remembering why he was traded
to the Reds, by his forcing the
team that drafted him to deal
him away at a bargain price.
And I laugh, because the Ken
Griffey Jr. I knew then is not the
self-pitying whiny player he is
now.
Even before he hit four dingers
on May 2,1 had been planning
on stepping up to the plate for
Cameron, dedicating a paean to
him in true columnist fashion. I
thought I had truly found some
thing to wax eloquently about
that the rest of the sports world
had missed out on—only to
watch in horror as The Sporting
News and ESPN, along with
other talking-heads in baseball,
have caught on to my ingenious
idea.
But while I suffer from writing
a weekly column, which does
not allow me to.be timely and
cutting-edge very often, I will
swallow my pride and be late
out of the gate for the sake of
Mr. Cameron. That other guy in
the Griffey trade well deserves
the attention, and, well, as this
deal has proved, one day the
lesser-known gets time in the
spotlight.
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Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds
for Mike Terrance Cameron in
2000. That deal has the potential
of being one of those trades that
history looks back on with ques
tion. It was the second out of
three transactions that disposed
of a trio of All-Stars for Seattle,
Randy Johnson and Alex
Rodriguez being the other two.
In every trade, analysts and
columnists release their verdicts
on who got the better bargain. At
the time, hardly a voice could be
found, outside of the village
idiot, who would have said
Cameron was a better center
fielder than Griffey.
But with Cameron the Mariners
got a Gold Glove outfielder who
played in last year’s All-Star
game, has smacked 53 home
runs and batted in 205 runs since
joining the squad. The Reds, on
the other hand, received a health
insurer’s worst nightmare in
Griffey, with 261 less at-bats
than his Seattle counterpart due
to injuries.
With a four-homer game, the
first player to do so since 1993,
Cameron has finally began to get
recognition for his talents and
abilities, not just for being
involved in a trade with a super-
star.
At times I feel sorry for Junior,
as I remember those care-free
days in Seattle, when, with
Mariner hat turned backwards,
baseball’s poster child would trot
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