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M ay 15, 2002 The CI ac I camas P rínt Jordan Denney struck out 10 batters In the 2-1 Cougar home victory over Linn- Benton on May 11. No playoffs for Cougar was less dramatic, as Linn-Benton gle. Matt Paulsen took the mound in game pitchers that the Cougar season will be two and pitched a complete game, all over after only a few more games. In a Saturday against Lirm-Benton, they were extremely shorthanded. Out of a the while shutting out the offense. He led his team to a 7-0 victory over Linn- season that Robinson had expected his Benton on May 7, the Cktugar baseball 22-man roster, injuries limited Benton to end the series. Jesse Gaylord playoffs are not part of the future for team came back home to sweep a dou Clackamas to only 13, and two out of was 3-3 with a double and a walk. Scott these men. Despite the disappointments bleheader on May 11 and showed just how much of a success this season those 13 were hot completely healthy. Hunter and Colin Griffin each had a of this season, Robinson is quick to point Despite the shortened roster, the two-hit game, while Paulsen and out the positives on this team. might have been. Cougars were able to win both games Dewey Steinmetz each had an RBI sin with the help of some great pitching. gle. Sports Editor After losii^bodi games at Linn- Tuesday, the Cougars just couldn’t get team to be at the top of the league, the ‘We have guys that are playing great,” Robinson said. ‘We have some tremen the job done. The first game went into - Game one was a close victory by The injuries that the Cougars experi 12 innings, even though the Cougars Clackamas by a final of 2-1. Jordan enced on Saturday have been the story dous talents.” A doubleheader was scheduled for were leading in the ninth. Clackamas Denney pitched really well, striking out the entire season. They have lost quite a Clackamas against ChemdcetaCC on committed an error in that inning which 10 Linn-Benton men and earning the number ofplayers, including their leadoff Tuesday, May 14 on the Gxigar dia allowed three tuns to score and send the win. Brandon Ferguson came in to hitter and designated hitter, as well as five mond. Results were unavailable at press game into extra innings, where Linn- relieve Denney and grabbed the save. pitchers. The loss ofthe pitchers has been time. Benton defeated Clackamas by a final Thetwo runs by the Cougars came felt more so than possibly any other play of 54. from Beau Holstad, who hit an RBI ers. “Many games, wejust needed one double, and Tom Henderson’s RBI sin mote pitcher,” said Robinson. 7b reach Elena Boryska e-mail cmzyforlance@hotmaiLcom or drop byB-104. The second game of the doubleheader Bash brother summer relived From the Bleachers Nick Barron Sttgf Writer We were two blonde-hpaded boys, flying into adolescence at the precipice of being teenagers, full of the drama that girls and cars would bring. It was summertime in Missouri, and along with playing on our little league baseball teams, my brother Travis and I, would venture into the summer heat for a little round of our own ver sion of baseball. Our ball was actually a hacky sack or a tennis ball, the bat made of plastic and covered in duct tape. Home plate was just feet in front of our house, the outfield walls were tree limbs and side walks It happened once or twice, a week, when I could coax my older brother out of the air con ditioning and into the humid day to play a game of baseball with me. But when he would finally appeasehis little brother, we would be Major Leaguers in our front yard. Travis would be Mark McGwire, a player I didn’t know much about, but I did know he hit home runs and played in the World Series. His counterpart, my wise sibling informed me, was Jose Canseco, and together they were the Bash Brothers. I would see posters of the duo at Wal-Mart, imagining that it was Travis and me, hoping that one day my lack of athletic ability would rise to equal his superior talent and we would play on the same Major League team we would literally be the Bash Brothers. On Monday, May 13, 2002, Jose Canseco called it quits, retiring from baseball. He was middling in the minor leagues, years removed from his Bash Brother days, bat ting just J72 with five homers for the Chicago White Sox’s Triple A affili ate, the Charlotte Knights. At the end of last season, McGwire became the first Brother to ride off into the sunset. McGwire’s career <. varied differently from Canseco’s, as the slugging first baseman played for just two Major League teams, as opposed to the seven Canseco suited up for. Canseco leaves behind a career that many argue, and probably rightfully soi is not suitable for the Hall of Fame. McGwire, on the other hand, will slide right into Cooperstown, eventually out lasting his former teammate and putting the finishing touches on a majestic careen Now that I am older and wiser, I see how perfect it was for Travis and me to pre tend we were the Bash Brothers. My brother was the jock, the one who could play any sport he desired to, and I was the one who was a little bit different. I always loved sports, and I knew exactly what I needed to do to be successful at them. The problem was that I couldn’t make my body do what my mind told it to, and for that I was always a little more goofy and a little more clumsy than my brother. So as I grew up, I suf fered from always wanting to be like my older broth er. But on those sunny summer days, when we were the Bash Brothers, I felt that we were equals. Now as Canseco has retired, I am faced with two truths: Even one of the Bash Brothers was a better player than his counterpart, and that even the Bash Brothers grow up and grow old. To reach Nick Barron e-mail barronoru@hotmail.com or drop by B-104. Softball- NWAACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday & Sunday, May 18 & 19 Delta Park, Portland It may be because of the losses of the coasted to an easy 3-0 victory. When the Cougars took the field on ELENA BORYSKA Cougar Athletic Calendar Track- NWAACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday & Friday, May 23-24 ©MLHoodC.C.
