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Portland Timbers player Darlington Nagbe, left, talks to students at the Warrenton Grade School on Monday as he and two other players visited the area as part of
a community outreach program. The Timbers will face the New York Red Bulls this Friday in Portland. Find more photos online at DailyAstorian.com/sports
‘PRETTY COOL’
By KAELIA NEAL
The Daily Astorian
TIMBERS PLAYERS VISIT
THE NORTH COAST
UP NEXT: TIMBERS
• New York Red Bulls (12-9-2)
at Portland Timbers (9-9-7)
• Friday, 7 p.m. TV: FS1
W
hen the Portland Timbers vis-
ited Providence Seaside Hospi-
tal and Warrenton Grade School
Monday, children were given the chance
to interact with their heroes.
As part of their sixth annual Rose City
Road Trip, Timbers players Roy Miller,
Darlington Nagbe and Lawrence Olum
began their day visiting patients at Prov-
idence Seaside.
Later that morning at Warrenton
Grade School, they helped make Buddy
Benches, an international project that
gives children a safe place to retreat.
To help with the benches, tree logs
with Timbers logos were stenciled and
ready for children to paint. Some logs will
be attached to the Buddy Benches or hung
in the hallways of the school.
“I think it’s cool and it’s good for kids
to be here and paint with them,” said
10-year-old Nayomi Holmstedt.
Her older brother, 14-year-old Dodger
Holmstedt, said he is a Timbers fan, and
that his experience helping to paint logs
was “pretty cool.”
Debbie Morrow, the chairwoman of
the Warrenton-Hammond School Board,
said a young boy and his hero — Olum —
signed a log together.
“The fact that we have, in rural Clat-
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Seaside High School graduate and Portland Timbers staff member Kai Davidson
gives her class a rundown on what to expect at a soccer clinic in Warrenton on Mon-
day. The event was part of a community outreach effort on the part of the Timbers.
sop County, Portland Timbers coming out
to hold a clinic for our kids is amazing,”
Morrow said. “Our kids will never forget
this.”
The benches will be placed in Warren-
ton, Astoria, Gearhart and Seaside.
“If you want a buddy, need a buddy,
then be a buddy. That’s really the premise
of the buddy bench,” Morrow said.
The Timbers players along with Tim-
ber Joey, the team’s mascot, worked with
children to help create the buddy benches.
“It’s been great,” Nagbe said.
He said a lot of the children asked him
questions about who he is and what he
does. “That’s the best part – seeing how
excited they get,” Nagbe said.
“For all of us it’s nice to be here,”
Miller said. “For me it’s cool to be part
of this project to be able to do this with
the kids.”
Miller said the children were happy to
see them, and that he learns from them.
“This is motivation for us,” he said.
Later Monday afternoon, a free soccer
clinic was held at Warrenton Soccer Com-
plex, followed by a question-and-answer
session.
“How do you become a real soc-
cer player?” a young girl asked. Nagbe
explained that it takes hard work.
One boy asked Timber Joey, “Who’s
your favorite Timbers player?” He
responded by saying, “Every player has a
special place in my heart.”
Orioles slam past Goodell: Have to understand
slumping Mariners other side in anthem protests
Seattle loses 11-3
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Manny Machado
didn’t think it was possible to reach
the second deck of Safeco Field’s
left field seats.
He proved himself wrong.
“Nah, no chance,” Machado
said. “Just good swings. Trying to
get back into my routine, doing the
things I need to do and I got a good
pitch to hit.”
Tim Beckham hit the first pitch
of the game out for his first career
leadoff homer, Machado hit the
sixth grand slam of his career an
inning later, and the Baltimore Ori-
oles routed the Seattle Mariners
11-3 on Monday night.
Baltimore pounded Seattle’s
pitching, scoring double-digit runs
for the second time in three games
and the sixth time since the All-
By JOSE M. ROMERO
Associated Press
UP NEXT: MARINERS
• Baltimore Orioles (59-60)
at Seattle Mariners (59-61)
• Tonight, 7:10 p.m. TV: RTNW
Star break. Beckham got the Ori-
oles started with his 16th homer, but
it was Machado’s slam that broke
open the game as part of Baltimore’s
six-run second inning. Machado
drove a 1-2 pitch into the first row of
the second deck in left field for his
23rd home of the season and second
grand slam in of the road trip.
Since July 30, Machado is hit-
ting .386 with five home runs and
20 RBIs.
“You look at where he is statis-
tically and where he was tells you
how much he’s been grinding,” Bal-
timore manager Buck Showalter
said. “ … He’s been really swinging
the bat well for us. He’s dug out of
a big hole.”
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Asked
about players who did not stand for
the national anthem before preseason
games, NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell said Monday that while the
playing of the anthem is a special
moment to him, “we also have to
understand the other side.”
Goodell made the comments at
University of Phoenix Stadium during
a 45-minute question-and-answer
period with Arizona Cardinals club
seat holders. One season ticket-holder,
Bruce Olson, asked the commissioner
whether players were going to con-
tinue to protest during the anthem and
if anything could be done about it.
“It’s one of those things where I
think we have to understand that there
are people that have different view-
points,” Goodell said. “The national
anthem is a special moment to me. It’s
a point of pride. But we also have to
understand the other side, that people
do have rights and we want to respect
those.”
Seattle Seahawks defensive end
Michael Bennett sat on the visit-
ing bench during the anthem before
the preseason opener against the Los
Angeles Chargers on Sunday, a deci-
sion he made before weekend pro-
tests by white supremacists in Char-
lottesville, Virginia. Bennett has said
that the aim of his protest is to make
people uncomfortable. In the process,
he hopes to spur greater communica-
tion, understanding and involvement
across racial, gender and socio-eco-
nomic lines.
Oakland Raiders running back
Marshawn Lynch sat on a cooler
during the anthem Saturday night on
the field at University of Phoenix Sta-
dium. Los Angeles Rams defensive
end Robert Quinn raised a first before
his team’s game.
The fact that former San Francisco
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick
is still looking for a team to play for
after his kneel-down protests last sea-
son is also still a hot topic.
Goodell, without mentioning any
of the players, said other players are
taking the platform they have into
local communities to create dialogue
toward positive change.
“Protest to progress is what I call
it, and we all have to recognize that
if we want to see change, let’s go out
and try to make that change happen in
a peaceful and important way,” Good-
ell said.
Olson, who described himself as
a season-ticket holder “since Day 1,”
said the commissioner “beat around
the bush” on the issue. He said he’d
like Goodell to take a tougher stance.
“The thing is, all he (Lynch) has
to do is stand up for two minutes and
he can still have whatever beliefs he
wants. Go with what looks good for
the game and to the people,” Olson
said. “He (Goodell) makes rules and,
‘You do this, you do that,’ why can’t
he just say ‘You stand up. You can
believe what you want or do what you
want. Just stand up like a man.’”