SPORTS
Thursday, July 18, 2019
East Oregonian
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Martinez: Whole career, Taekwando: 8 Stanfield kids bring home medals
18 seasons, a Mariner
Continued from Page A8
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eye exercises after Dr. Doug-
las Nikaita diagnosed his eye
condition.
Davidson’s
technique
became another step in the
eye training. He developed a
system using tennis balls trav-
eling at high rates of speed to
help strengthen and train the
eye for recognizing pitches.
The training involved
watching the tennis balls,
which had small numbers
written on them, and trying
to focus the eyes to read and
recognize the numbers as they
buzzed by, sometimes as fast
as 150 mph.
As Martinez put it, a pitch
at 95 mph doesn’t look so fast
after seeing tennis balls go
flying by at 130 mph or more.
“The eyes set the body
up to be successful,” David-
son said. “That’s what Edgar
always told me. And the lon-
ger you see the ball out of the
hand and closest to the bat
that you can, gives you all
that time to adjust to the ball.
That’s what this training was
all about.”
Martinez hit .305 over
his final seven seasons after
first working with David-
son. He twice led the league
in on-base percentage during
that span and had a career-
high 145 RBIs in 2000 at age
37.
Those swings during the
back half of his career may
not have been as impressive as
what he did one day in Texas
just a couple of years ago.
Scott Servais had never
crossed paths with Marti-
nez until being hired as Seat-
tle’s manager in 2016. Mar-
tinez was the hitting coach
under the previous regime
and remained on staff. Other
than knowing Martinez’s rep-
utation as a hitter during the
era both played, Servais rarely
saw it in action.
all over Eastern Oregon,
including Irrigon, Umatilla,
and Heppner.
Up next, the kids will hit
the road to Southridge High
School in Kennewick on
Aug. 17 to compete in the
Columbia Gorge Tourna-
ment. The gym is also gear-
ing up to host a “Stranger
Danger” women’s self-de-
fense class in the same
month.
“We try to teach every-
thing you need to know in
two hours,” Watson said of
the yearly class.
As for the kids, the hours
and hours of hard work
they’ve put in to win the
gold in Lynnwood hasn’t
been lost on them.
“They could tell they
did a great job,” Watson
said. “They just shined.
As a coach, I’m just over-
whelmed. Most tourna-
ments we go into is some-
one’s first.”
SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
60
33
.645
—
Tampa Bay
56
41
.577
6
Boston
52
44
.542
9½
Toronto
36
61
.371
26
Baltimore
28
66
.298
32½
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
58
36
.617
—
Cleveland
54
40
.574
4
Chicago
42
49
.462
14½
Kansas City
34
62
.354
25
Detroit
29
62
.319
27½
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
59
37
.615
—
Oakland
55
41
.573
4
Los Angeles
50
46
.521
9
Texas
50
46
.521
9
Seattle
39
60
.394
21½
———
Tuesday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 3
Washington 8, Baltimore 1
Toronto 10, Boston 4
Cleveland 8, Detroit 0
Arizona 9, Texas 2
N.Y. Mets 3, Minnesota 2
Kansas City 11, Chicago White Sox 0
L.A. Angels 7, Houston 2
Oakland 9, Seattle 2
Wednesday’s Games
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.
N.Y. Mets 14, Minnesota 4
Oakland 10, Seattle 2
Boston 5, Toronto 4
Cleveland 7, Detroit 2
Arizona 19, Texas 4
Washington at Baltimore, late
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, late
Houston at L.A. Angels, late
Thursday’s Games
Toronto (Pannone 2-3) at Boston (Sale
3-9), 10:05 a.m.
Chicago White Sox (Covey 1-5) at Kansas
City (Keller 5-9), 10:15 a.m.
Tampa Bay (Morton 11-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(German 11-2), 12 p.m., 1st game
Tampa Bay (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (TBD),
4:05 p.m., 2nd game
Detroit (Boyd 6-7) at Cleveland (Bauer
8-7), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Fiers 9-3) at Minnesota (Gibson
8-4), 5:10 p.m.
Houston (Miley 7-4) at L.A. Angels (Har-
vey 3-4), 6:07 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Colorado at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay,
4:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 4:10 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.
Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
Atlanta
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Miami
Central
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
West
Los Angeles
Arizona
San Francisco
San Diego
W
58
50
49
44
35
W
52
50
48
45
43
W
63
49
47
46
L
39
43
46
51
58
L
44
47
46
50
50
L
34
47
49
49
Pct
.598
.538
.516
.463
.376
Pct
.542
.515
.511
.474
.462
Pct
.649
.510
.490
.484
GB
—
6
8
13
21
GB
—
2½
3
6½
7½
GB
—
13½
15½
16
Colorado
46 50 .479 16½
———
Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia 9, L.A. Dodgers 8
Washington 8, Baltimore 1
Miami 12, San Diego 7
Arizona 9, Texas 2
Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 3 (10)
Milwaukee 13, Atlanta 1
N.Y. Mets 3, Minnesota 2
Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1
San Francisco 8, Colorado 4 (10)
Wednesday’s Games
N.Y. Mets 14, Minnesota 4
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5
Milwaukee 5, Atlanta 4
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2
San Francisco 11, Colorado 8
San Diego 3, Miami 2
Arizona 19, Texas 4
L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, late
Washington at Baltimore, late
Thursday’s Games
San Diego (Lamet 0-2) at Miami (Smith
5-4), 9:10 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-3) at Philadel-
phia (Nola 8-2), 9:35 a.m.
St. Louis (Hudson 8-4) at Cincinnati
(Roark 5-6), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Strasburg 11-4) at Atlanta
(Teheran 5-6), 4:20 p.m.
Milwaukee (Davies 7-2) at Arizona (TBD),
6:40 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-4) at San Fran-
cisco (Bumgarner 5-7), 6:45 p.m.
Friday’s Games
San Diego at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
Colorado at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.
Milwaukee at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.
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Photo contributed by Erwin Watson
From left to right: Anna Rivera, Abel Garcia, Anna Garcia, Amauri Black, Jordan Velasco,
J.T. Rowden, Kiona Idris, and Isaiah Diaz pose with their medals earned at the Grand Mas-
ter Pierce’s Memorial Tournament in Lynnwood, Wash., on June 28.
Football: 3 linemen to represent
Eastern Oregon in Showcase
Continued from Page A8
as a junior. He lines up
at left tackle for the Bull-
dogs, who are entering
their second season in the
Washington-based MCC.
Bradshaw already has
drawn interest from Ore-
gon State University,
Western Oregon, Mon-
tana State, University of
Western Montana and
Portland State.
Coughlin, a 6-5, 285-
pound guard, was an hon-
orable mention MCC pick
as a junior.
“I was a little surprised
they wanted me to come,”
he said. “There are going
to be so many good ath-
letes there.”
Coughlin’s stock has
picked up since last fall.
He’s dropped down from
320 pounds, which has
McGee, a 6-foot-2,
285-pound offensive line-
man, was a first team Spe-
cial District 1-East selec-
tion at tackle, and earned
all-state honorable men-
tion honors as a junior.
Coughlin and Brad-
shaw have attended a few
camps this summer, and
know what to expect.
“They will be look-
ing at technique, fun-
damentals, hand place-
ment, body positioning
and agility,” Bradshaw
said. “They want see that
you know what to do. I’m
excited for it.”
The 6-4, 270-pound
Bradshaw was a Mid-Co-
lumbia Conference first-
team offensive lineman
improved his mobility.
He’s also a daily fixture in
the weight room.
Coughlin also is ranked
48th in Battle Prep West’s
top 50 Oregon athletes for
the class of 2020.
Eastern Washington,
Portland State, Oregon
State, Western Oregon,
Montana State, Southern
Oregon and Central Wash-
ington all have shown
interest in Coughlin.
“I’m excited for them,”
Hermiston coach David
Faaeteete said. “They
have been working hard
the past 3-4 years at what
they do. They showed
really well at the Eastern
Washington camp. You
can’t coach 6-5. They are
guys teams are going to
look at.”
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