SPORTS
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
East Oregonian
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Machado, Padres agree to $300M, 10-year deal
By BERNIE WILSON
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — With
their city’s long-suffering
fans desperate for a win-
ner, the rebuilding San
Diego Padres delivered their
splashiest free agent sign-
ing ever by agreeing with
All-Star infielder Manny
Machado on a $300 million,
10-year deal.
A person familiar with
the negotiations confirmed
the deal to The Associated
Press on Tuesday, speak-
ing on condition of anonym-
ity because the agreement
was subject to a successful
physical and had not been
announced. Machado can
opt out after five years and
become a free agent again,
the person said.
Machado’s
agreement
would be the second-larg-
est in baseball history
behind Giancarlo Stanton’s
$325 million, 13-year deal
signed with the Miami Mar-
lins ahead of the 2015 sea-
son. It would be the highest
deal for a free agent, topping
Alex Rodriguez’s $275 mil-
lion, 10-year contract with
the New York Yankees from
2008-17.
More records may be
broken soon. Free agent out-
AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File
In this Oct. 16, 2018, file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Machado (8) reacts after scoring
on a Cody Bellinger walk-off hit during the 13th inning of Game 4 of the National League
Championship Series baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Los Angeles.
fielder Bryce Harper could
top Stanton’s deal in coming
days or weeks.
That won’t matter a bit to
Padres fans, who have never
celebrated a World Series
title and were keeping their
fingers crossed in recent
days as it became appar-
ent that their team, with
a mostly sad-sack history
stretching back a half-cen-
tury, actually had a chance
at landing Machado, who is
only 26.
Some fans seemed braced
for yet another disappoint-
ment. But news of the deal
was greeted with euphoria
on social media.
Speaking at spring train-
ing in Peoria, Arizona,
Padres executive chairman
Ron Fowler declined to con-
firm the deal, saying: “We
do not have a deal with any
free agent player. We are
continuing discussions, and
that’s all we have to say.”
Teams draw a distinction
between an agreement sub-
ject to a physical and a final-
ized deal.
While Fowler looked
serious, general partner
Peter Seidler couldn’t help
but smile while waiting for
his turn to speak.
Without confirming the
deal, Seidler — a nephew of
former Los Angeles Dodg-
ers owner Peter O’Malley
— spoke of what his owner-
ship group wants to bring to
San Diego, where the Padres
play in a gem of a ballpark
just off the bay.
“Ron and I, we love the
city of San Diego, we love
sports in San Diego, but
we’re also well aware of
the history. There’s never
been a championship from
a major sports franchise in
San Diego. ... We as an orga-
nization want to completely
change that. We want our
franchise to win year after
year after year. And we’re
going to do whatever we can
rationally do to help make
that happen.”
The Padres lost 96 games
last year, haven’t had a win-
ning season since 2010 and
haven’t been to the playoffs
since 2006. They haven’t
won a playoff series since
the 1998 NL Championship
against Atlanta. They were
routed in their two World
Series appearances, by
Detroit in 1984 and the New
York Yankees in 1998.
And they’ve had the
city’s big league sports
scene to themselves since
the NFL’s Chargers moved
to the Los Angeles area
two seasons ago. The Char-
gers did win the AFL title in
1963 but were blown out by
San Francisco in their only
Super Bowl appearance,
after the 1994 season.
Other than the AFL title,
the biggest championships
won around here were prob-
ably Little League World
Series titles in 2009 by Park
View of Chula Vista and in
1961 by El Cajon-La Mesa
Northern, which included
Brian Sipe, who won the
NFL’s MVP Award in 1980.
Padres players were
ecstatic, even though the
signing was not yet official.
Catcher Austin Hedges
was headed toward bun-
ting drills when he heard
the news. He pumped his
fists and said, “I’m just that
excited about bunting.”
“You see me smiling right
here,” said first baseman
Eric Hosmer, who exactly a
year ago earlier finalized a
$144 million, eight-year deal
with San Diego.
Hoops: Boys score a victory in final game of the regular season
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Bradt turned around and
drained one of her own to
send the game into overtime
at 51-51.
“I just told the girls, ‘Just
keep your composure,’”
Porter said. “When they got
up on us towards the end, we
started rushing. Sometimes,
you just have to settle the
troops a little.”
Clark returned with four
unanswered points in over-
time to keep the Ravens
ahead, but Bradt sunk a
point at the line to push the
game into double overtime.
The Ravens knocked
down eight points over
Pendleton’s three — another
trey from Nirschl — to put
the game away and replace
the Bucks as the IMC’s No.
2 seed.
“I feel like both teams
played their best — it was
only a matter of a few shots,”
Nirschl said. “I’d rather play
a game like this than blow a
team out by 40 points. This
was exciting.”
Bradt led Pendleton (8-12,
4-2 IMC) with 16 points and
17 rebounds. Neveau added
12, and Nirschl and Hoins-
ington each had 11.
With the number of
league games dropped due
to the winter weather, the
IMC has canceled the sec-
ond half of the regular sea-
son. In its place, a tourna-
ment has been scheduled to
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Josie Wilson (10) goes up for a shot during Tues-
day’s playoff game against Ridgeview.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Natalie Neveau (21) drives to the basket during
Tuesday’s playoff game against Ridgeview.
close out the season, with
the higher-seeded school set
to host each contest.
Pendleton will host Hood
River Valley on Thursday
Mac-Hi falls to Baker in
district championships
East Oregonian
The Mac-Hi boys’ best
run in 24 years came to
an end on Tuesday, after
losing to the No. 1 Baker
Bulldogs 51-34 in a Greater
Oregon League district
championship contest.
The Pioneers (16-9,
3-3) ended at No. 2 in the
league.
Elite: Teams improving
Continued from Page A8
split their regular-season
series, a third showdown is
possible during the Pac-12
tournament in Las Vegas
next month. Oregon cur-
rently sits atop the league’s
regular-season standings.
“I don’t know where
else this is happening, with
two programs this close
together geographically,
so it just makes everything
we’re doing more special
knowing that we’ve got
amazing platforms to oper-
ate from locally and nation-
ally,” Rueck said. “All eyes
are on Oregon right now.”
Both teams also look
to be high seeds in the
NCAA Tournament if they
continue to win.
The Ducks, Baylor,
Louisville, and Mississippi
State were the No. 1 seeds
in the first NCAA Top 16
reveal on Feb. 11. Oregon
State was a No. 3 seed. The
NCAA will have one more
reveal of the top 16 teams
on March 4 before Selec-
tion Monday on March 18.
Mississippi State, Lou-
isville and Oregon all lost
this past week, meaning
there already looks to be
a shake-up at the top for
the next reveal. If Oregon
can remain a top seed, the
Ducks will remain close
to home in the Portland
regional.
at 6:30 p.m. for the tourna-
ment’s first round.
Boys hoops
It may not have been
the performance they were
expecting, but the Pendle-
ton boys still managed to
end the regular season with
a win.
The No. 2 Bucks (15-5,
5-1 IMC) dropped the bot-
tom-ranked
Ridgeview
Ravens 76-61 on Tuesday.
“It was closer than it
should have been,” said
coach Zach Dong. “Rid-
geview is getting better —
they play hard, aggressive
defense and are really good
about putting the pressure
on you.”
The Bucks shot out to a
25-14 lead in the first quar-
ter. But the Ravens played
better in the second, were
outscored by 1 point, and
ended the half down 41-29.
Sophomore
Dakota
Sams, who led Pendleton
29 points, rang off 17 in the
first quarter alone.
“This was a great game
for Dakota,” Dong said.
“Overcoming (Ridgeview’s)
defense was our biggest
challenge. Cam Sandford
also did a good job coming
off the bench and getting
in front of them. He helped
stop them from beating us
off the dribble.”
The Ravens topped
Pendleton 15-14 in the third
quarter, but the Bucks kept
things in their control in the
final eight minutes, posting
21 points to seal the win.
“Defensively, we were
a little rusty,” Dong said.
“This was day 12 since we
last played a game. We had
to shake off some rust.”
The No. 2 Bucks return
to the court on Saturday at
Blue Mountain Community
College in a league tourna-
ment matchup. Their oppo-
nent will be determined on
Thursday.
BOYS’ BOX SCORE
Pendleton 25 16 14 21 — 76
Ridgeview 14 15 15 17 — 61
PENDLETON — Sams 29, Newsom 25,
Broncheau 8, Sandford 4, O’Hanlon 4,
Sweek 4, Sams 2
RIDGEVIEW — Davis 17, Conroyd 14, Car-
penter 13, Johnson 7, Edmonson 4, Shel-
don 3, Buckley 3
GIRLS’ BOX SCORE
Ridgeview 14 12 16 9 4 8 — 63
Pendleton 13 10 13 15 4 3 — 58
RIDGEVIEW — Clark 12, Pentzer 11, Love
11, Hall 11, Sargent 8, Albrecht 7, Jen-
sen 3
PENDLETON — Bradt 16, Neveau 12,
Nirschl 11, Hoisington 11, Spriet 6, Guer-
rero 2
SCOREBOARD
Chicago
Cleveland
LOCAL SLATE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20
Girls Basketball
Ione at Joseph, 5:30 p.m.
Southwest Christian at Echo, 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 22
Men’s Basketball
Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Umatilla at Sutherlin, 5:30 p.m.
Kennedy at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Pendleton, Irrigon, Heppner/Ione, Echo/
Stanfield, Riverside at State Wrestling
(Portland), 9 a.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 23
Boys Wrestling
Pendleton, Irrigon, Heppner/Ione, Echo/
Stanfield, Riverside at State Wrestling
(Portland), 9 a.m.
Girls Basketball
Santiam at Heppner, 2 p.m.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Toronto
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Charlotte
Miami
Orlando
Washington
Atlanta
Central
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
W
43
37
37
30
11
W
27
26
27
24
19
W
43
38
26
L
16
21
21
29
47
L
30
30
32
34
39
L
14
20
30
Pct
.729
.638
.638
.508
.190
Pct
.474
.464
.458
.414
.328
Pct
.754
.655
.464
GB
—
5½
5½
13
31½
GB
—
½
1
3½
8½
GB
—
5½
16½
14
12
44
46
.241
.207
29½
31½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
W
L
Pct GB
Houston
33 24 .579
—
San Antonio
33 26 .559
1
Dallas
26 31 .456
7
New Orleans
26 33 .441
8
Memphis
23 36 .390
11
Northwest
W
L
Pct GB
Denver
39 18 .684
—
Oklahoma City 37 20 .649
2
Portland
34 23 .596
5
Utah
32 25 .561
7
Minnesota
27 30 .474
12
Pacific
W
L
Pct GB
Golden State
41 16 .719
—
L.A. Clippers
32 27 .542
10
Sacramento
30 27 .526
11
L.A. Lakers
28 29 .491
13
Phoenix
11 48 .186
31
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Monday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Tuesday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Wednesday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Thursday’s Games
Miami at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Portland at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Indiana, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Denver at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Utah at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Portland at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Brooklyn at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Memphis at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Houston at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Dallas at Utah, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Orlando at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 2 p.m.
San Antonio at New York, 4:30 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
61 46 11 4 96 242 162
Boston
60 35 17 8 78 181 155
Toronto
59 36 19 4 76 208 167
Montreal
60 32 21 7 71 179 176
Buffalo
59 28 24 7 63 170 185
Florida
58 26 24 8 60 181 199
Detroit
60 23 29 8 54 168 199
Ottawa
59 22 32 5 49 186 219
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Islanders 58 35 17 6 76 169 138
Washington 60 33 20 7 73 202 191
Pittsburgh
60 32 21 7 71 210 187
Columbus
59 33 23 3 69 188 180
Carolina
60 31 23 6 68 174 167
Philadelphia 60 28 25 7 63 178 201
N.Y. Rangers 59 26 25 8 60 172 195
New Jersey
60 23 29 8 54 176 208
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg
59 36 19 4 76 202 171
Nashville
62 35 22 5 75 191 163
St. Louis
59 32 22 5 69 177 164
Dallas
59 29 25 5 63 148 154
Minnesota 60 27 27 6 60 164 180
Colorado
59 24 24 11 59 189 192
Chicago
60 25 26 9 59 200 223
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
59 36 16 7 79 217 176
San Jose
60 35 17 8 78 219 190
Vegas
61 32 25 4 68 180 172
Vancouver 60 26 27 7 59 170 188
Arizona
59 26 28 5 57 154 172
Anaheim
60 24 27 9 57 137 187
Edmonton 58 24 29 5 53 163 195
Los Angeles 59 23 30 6 52 143 182
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoffs.
Monday’s Games
Calgary 5, Arizona 2
Tampa Bay 5, Columbus 1
Chicago 8, Ottawa 7
Colorado 3, Vegas 0
Boston 6, San Jose 5, OT
Washington 3, Los Angeles 2
Tuesday’s Games
Florida 4, Buffalo 2
Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3
N.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 1
Montreal 3, Columbus 2
St. Louis 3, Toronto 2, OT
Anaheim 4, Minnesota 0
Nashville 5, Dallas 3
Arizona at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Colorado, 5:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.
Boston at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Florida, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Nashville, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Columbus at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vegas, 7 p.m.