Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, November 01, 2000, Page 9, Image 9

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    November I, 2000
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Metro/Sport
Yankees Celebrate Series Threepeat
ever.”
H ow close? For only the second
tim e ever and first since 1915— when
Babe Ruth was a rookie as the Boston
Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies
— no W orld Series gam e w as de­
cided by m ore than tw o runs.
“T here w ere so m any balls that
co u ld ’ve gone the other w ay,” Torre
said.
So w hile Luis S o jo ’s grounder
sneaked through the m iddle for the
go-ahead single in the top o f the
ninth inning, P iazza’s long drive was
hauled in to finish it, ending a Sub­
w ay Series that city fans had w aited
44 years to see.
“Going in, I knew this W orld Series
w ould be m ore than five nine-inning
gam es,” T orre said. “ It w ould be 24-
hour days.”
B y F rid a y m o rn in g , th o u g h , all
th a t h a p p e n e d th is w ee k — p u n c ­
tu a te d b y th e R o g e r C le m e n s - P i­
a z z a b a t-th ro w in g e p iso d e — w as
in th e p a s t. T h e fin a l g a m e , h a v ­
in g h a p p e n e d ju s t a 1 4 -m in u te
d riv e a w a y in Q u e e n s , a lre a d y
w a s p a r t o f th e h is to ry b o o k s.
O v e r in th e B ro n x , th e b ig sig n
a b o v e Y a n k e e S ta d iu m th a t lists
th e n e x t h o m e g a m e w as b e in g
c h a n g e d to re a d "26 W o rld C h a m ­
p io n s h i p s .”
N EW Y O RK (AP) — Even in the
final inning, Joe Torre found him self
wondering.
“ You ’re sitting there in the dugout
thinking, ‘H ow long is this run going
to go?’” the Y ankees m anager said
Friday.
M oments later, when center fielder
Bernie Williams caught M ike Piazza’s
bid for a tying hom e run on the edge
o f the w arning track for the final out
at exactly the stroke o f midnight, Torre
had his answer.
N ew Y o rk C ity h ad its c h a m ­
p io n , an d so d id b a s e b a ll. T he
m a jo r s ’ firs t th re e p e a t in a q u a r ­
te r-c e n tu ry , fo u r o u t o f five a n d a
re c o rd 2 6 o v e ra ll.
T h e Y a n k e e s ’ 4-2 w in o v e r th e
M ets a t S h e a S ta d iu m in G a m e 5
T h u rs d a y n ig h t m a d e it o ffic ia l.
T o rre ro d e o f f th e fie ld o n the
s h o u ld e rs o f te a m m a te s , M V P
D e re k J e te r h o is te d th e W o rld
S e rie s tro p h y fo r p in s trip e d fans
to s a v o r a n d P a u l O 'N e ill to a s te d
w ith c h a m p a g n e b e h in d se c o n d
base.
A celebration at the hom e o f their
Subw ay Series rivals, no less.
“This was the best o f the four
series since I’ve been m ayor,” said
the Y ankees’ No. 1 fan, Rudolph
G iuliani said. “This w as the closest
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JO N KOONCE & THE GAS HOGS
Thursday, N ovem ber 2, 7pm
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PIG IRON
Thursday, N ovem ber 9, 7pm
Old Time String Band
The New York Yankees celebrate winning the 2000 World Series over the
New York Mets.
SUNDAY GOSPEL BRUNCH
w ith p erform ance by
DISCIPLES OF SONG
Sunday, N ovem ber 12, 2pm
Fans Cheer Champs in Ticker Tape Parade
NEW YORK (A P) — Y ankees fans aren’t
getting tiled o f these ticker-tape parades.
Fans o f the W orld Series cham pions braved
raw w inds M onday to cheer their heroes during
the Bronx B om bers’ fourth parade in five years.
“ I got here at 6 a m., and I’m not crazy,” said
Robert Schaeffer. 54, o f the Bronx. “ It's a little
cold but it’s worth it.”
Reams o f shredded p aper hurled from office
w indow s created a virtual blizzard as the parade
kicked oft shortly after noon. G rand M arshal
Y ogi Ben .« vvaved from a 1952 Chrysler convert­
ible w hile a grinning M ayor R udolph Giuliani
joined Yankees m anager Joe T orreon the trophy
float.
Thousands crowded the parade route along lower
Broadway. Many were skipping school or work.
“W e called the school from here and they
know who the hooky m others are,” said Donna
Toscano o f W yckoff. N .J.. w ith her friend Lori
Cooke and their four young children.
Ticker Tape Parade.
Oregon, Oregon State Have Eyes on Rose Bowl
Ducks control own destiny, Beavers need
some help, and a Civil War win
drive 80 yards in the final seconds to
w in at Stanford 31 -28.
N ow , to earn a trip to Pasadena the
B eavers m ust w in their last three
gam es - including at hom e against
O regon on Nov. 18 -a n d hope W ash­
ington loses som ew here dow n the
road. T he H uskies alread y have
beaten the Beavers. O regon State
already has m atched its victory total
Corvallis, Ore. (A P) - H ow crazy
was the P a c -10 last w eekend?
The only certainty w as a lopsided
victory by Oregon State. Oregon State,
for decades the 98-pound w eaklings
o f the conference, routed W ashing­
ton State 38-9 Saturday night and
im proved to 7-1 for only the second
tim e since 1939. T he previous such
start for the B eavers w as in 1964, the
team ’s last R ose Bow l season.
W ith A rizona’s loss to U CLA , No.
14 Oregon State is am ong a dwindl ing
group o f challengers for this y e a r's
P a c -10 title. The B eavers are tied for
second place w ith W ashington at 4-
1, a gam e behind unbeaten Oregon.
W ere it not for rem arkable com e­
backs by the D ucks and H uskies,
O regon State actually w ould be in
control o f the conference race. O r­
egon rallied from tw o touchdow ns
behind in the fourth quarter at A ri­
zona State to prevail 56-55 in two
overtim es; and W ashington had to
from last season, when it w ent 7-5 for
its first winning record since 1970. To
com plete its transform ation, the Bea­
vers have a sim ple formula: m ore de
fense and m ore Ken Simonton.
O n Saturday night, the 5-foot-8
194-pound tailback ran for 169 yard-
and becam e the first player in P a c -10
history to rush for at least 1,000 yards
as a freshman, sophomore m djunioi
“ H e ’s really a special guy,” q uar­
terback Jonathan Smith said. “ Some
times I hand it to him, and ii s amazing
to w atch him go."
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