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4C THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 PARTING SHOTS A weekly snapshot from The Daily Astorian and Chinook Observer photographers The late afternoon sun starts to go down on the Warrenton High School ballfields during a recent softball/baseball doubleheader. DAMIAN MULINIX — EO Media Lund: Dane has been a catcher since he was 10 years old Continued from Page 1C And now Sue. You are a writer, and this is a story just right for you. Wouldn’t it be cool WR ¿QG RXW KRZ KLV PRP DQG GDG VDZ WKLV JDPH":HUH WKH\ WKHUH":LOO-RUGDQ3R\HUZKR like Dane, was undervalued in KLJKVFKRROWDONDERXW'DQH", UHPHPEHU'DQHLQ$VWRULDDVD stubby blond dirtball, good hit- WHUEXWWRRVPDOOWREHDFDWFKHU +RZ GLG KH JHW IURP WKHUH WR 268",VXUHQHYHUSLFWXUHGKLP LQ 'LYLVLRQ , FROOHJH EDOO DQG WKHQFDWFKLQJDKLVWRULFJDPH 2K,IRUJRWWRVD\,QWKH¿UVW LQQLQJ 'DQH SXW GRZQ D SHU- IHFW VDFUL¿FH EXQW PRYLQJ WKH runner to second base. That guy scored on a single for the only UXQWKH%HDYHUVZRXOGQHHG,Q WKH WKLUG 'DQH¶V VLQJOH RQ P\ VFRUHFDUGZDVDQRWKHUSHUIHFWO\ SODFHGEXQWIRUDEDVHKLW What a day, thrilling for the NLGDQGIDPLO\,¶PVXUHDQGH[- KDXVWLQJHYHQIRUPH7RRPXFK fun. — Robin Dear Robin, 'DQH¶V SDUHQWV were in the VWDQGVLQ&RUYDOOLV0DUFK³,W ZDVMXVWDPD]LQJ´'DQH¶V0RP .LPVDLG³:HZHUHVRWKDQNIXO WREHWKHUH,W¶VEHHQKLVGUHDP WRSOD\DW2UHJRQ6WDWHVLQFHKH ZDV\HDUVROG´ ³,NLQGDNQHZULJKWIURPWKH VWDUWZKHQWKHUHZHUHWKUHHXS DQGWKUHHGRZQ´WKDWWKHSLWFK- HUZDVRQKLVPDUNVDLG'DYLG Lund, Dane’s father. ³%\ WKH ¿IWK LQQLQJ ZKHQ WKHUHZHUHXSDQGGRZQ ,NQHZKHZDVRQKLVJDPH%\ WKHVHYHQWKLQQLQJ,KDGWRJHW XSDQGVWDUWHGZDONLQJDURXQG´ 7KH DPD]LQJ SDUW ZDV WKDW 5DVPXVVHQ SXW WKH EDOO ZKHUH he wanted it, David said. “They didn’t hesitate to throw inside RU LQ WKH GLUW 7KH RQO\ WLPH the baseball was in the dirt was ZKHQ WKH\ ZDQWHG LW WKHUH´ $QG 'DQH VWRSSHG LW HYHU\ Photo courtesy Robin Cody Robin Cody’s soggy scorecard from Oregon State’s per- fect game March 21. Note at bottom says “excellent bunts — Dane Lund.” Photo courtesy of Lund family Dane Lund catches in the 2003 Little League state tournament. WLPH³7KHSLWFKHUZDVXQKLWWD- EOH´'DYHVDLG ³7KLVLVKLVWRU\´.LPDGGHG <HV 'DQH SOD\HG ZLWK -RU- GDQ 3R\HU LQ KLJK VFKRRO +H was one year younger than 3R\HUZKRFKRVHIRRWEDOORYHU baseball and starred at OSU be- fore heading to the NFL, where KHQRZSOD\VIRUWKH&OHYHODQG Browns. 7KHURDGWR'LYLVLRQ,ZDVQ¶W SDYHGZLWKJROGIRU'DQH He attended Mt. Hood &RPPXQLW\ &ROOHJH IRU WZR years, where he was all-league, DOOWRXUQDPHQW DQG DOOFRQIHU- ence. +H WKHQ ZHQW DW 6DQ -RVH State for one year, but wanted to EHFORVHUWRKLVIDPLO\KHVDLG +HSOD\HGVXPPHUEDOOLQ&RU- vallis and knew the OSU coach- HV&RDFK3DW&DVH\RIIHUHGKLP DSODFHLQWKHEDVHEDOOSURJUDP but, in Division 1, if you trans- fer, you have to sit out a year. ³7KDW ZDV URXJK´ 'DQH VDLG RI QRW SOD\LQJ ODVW \HDU ³%XW , WKLQN LW KHOSHG LQ WKH ORQJUXQ´ Since he was 10 years old, Dane has been a catcher. “You DOZD\V JHW WR EH D SDUW RI HY- HU\ VLQJOH SOD\´ KH VDLG ³,W¶V GH¿QLWHO\QRWERULQJ,ORYHLW´ Dane said his focus changed when Dave Gasser, Oregon’s winningest baseball coach ar- rived in Astoria. Dane was in HLJKWKJUDGH³,WZDVOLNHKDYLQJ \RXU H\HV RSHQHG IRU WKH YHU\ W E GE T RESU L TS ¿UVWWLPH´'DQHVDLG2YHUWKH \HDUV*DVVHUSUHSDUHGKLVSOD\- ers to continue after high school, Dane said. Coach Gasser was a catcher, EXWQHYHUFDXJKWDSHUIHFWJDPH $FRXSOHRIQRKLWWHUVEXWQRWK- LQJOLNHZKDWKDSSHQHGLQ&RU- YDOOLV ³, FDQQRW HYHQ LPDJLQH ZKDWLWIHHOVOLNHWRFDWFKDSHU- IHFWJDPHLQQLQHLQQLQJVDWWKDW OHYHO,W¶VOLWHUDOO\LPSRVVLEOHWR LPDJLQH´ “Dane is a great catcher, no GRXEW DERXW LW´ KH VDLG ³7KH FDWFKHULVVXFKDELJSDUWRIWKDW VXFFHVV WKH SLWFKHU DQG FDWFK- HU DFW OLNH RQH RUJDQLVP 7KH FDWFKHUVWDUWVWDNLQJRQUHVSRQ- VLELOLW\IRUWKLVDFFRPSOLVKPHQW WRKDSSHQ'DQHZLOOUHPHPEHU WKLVIRUWKHUHVWRIKLVOLIH´ 'DQH VDLG KH SODQV WR NHHS EDVHEDOO LQ KLV IXWXUH DQG SHU- KDSVZLOOFRDFK — Sue Robin Cody played baseball in his hometown of Estacada and was captain of Yale Uni- versity’s baseball team. He later was an umpire in the Portland area, where he still resides. His books include “Voyage of a Summer Sun,” “Ricochet Riv- er” and “Another Way the River Has.” Sue Cody is deputy man- aging editor and sports editor at The Daily Astorian. K IM B ERLY FLAIG G cla ssified sa les representa tive for N orth Coa st com m u n ity pa pers The Da ily Asto ria n • Chin o o k O b server Co a st M a rketp la ce • Co a st W eeken d S ea sid e S ig n a l • Ca n n o n Bea ch Ga zette Pla ce yo u r a d to d a y 5 03.325 .3211 • ext . 231 cla ssified s@ d a ilya sto ria n .co m C heck o ut the cla ssified s o n lin e b y clickin g “M a rketp la ce”