SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
A NNUAL C APE M T . T RAIL
R UN BEING HELD TODAY
The rugged Cape Mountain
Trail Run, which is a challeng-
ing and scenic course that
begins at Horse Creek
Trailhead and loops through
the single-track USFS Coast
Horse Trail system, will take
place today, June 13, begin-
ning at 10 a.m.
The 10-mile course has a
1,850-foot elevation gain with
panoramic views of the Pacific
Ocean from several places
along the course. The highest
point is Cape Mountain
Lookout, which was built by
the CCC in the 1930s.
Refreshments will be served
following the race.
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Correction
In the June 10 article, “Rely
Good Time,” on page C1 of
the Sports and Recreation sec-
tion, the identity of STEP vol-
unteer who helped clean fish
should have been Fred
Petersen, who was assisted by
another volunteer. Together,
they cleaned 254 fish.
Also, the Free Fishing Day
event at Honeyman State Park
has been going in for more
than 20 years, not 25.
Siuslaw News regrets the
errors.
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hitter. The game previous he
had pulled three homers to beat
the Indians by a run, and
Boudreau, who was considered
one of the best hitters in the
game, decided it might be a
good ploy.
Williams had an ego and
nobody thought he would drop
a bunt to the vacated field to his
left.
It’s
interesting
that
Boudreau’s name should come
up. He is a bit of a trivia
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American League player-man-
ager, and unlike Pete Rose, the
last player-manager, he suc-
cessfully guided Cleveland to
its last championship and won
a batting title and MVP to boot.
He integrated the AL by
starting Larry Doby, and did
something way cool by signing
Satchel Paige for a pennant
chase. Along the way he han-
dled the scorching grounder —
barehanding it at face level
after a bad hop, no less — that
ended Joe DiMaggio’s 56-
game hitting streak.
Even though the infield shift
was used a time or two in the
old days, there are few anec-
dotes pointing to the fact that it
was used to the degree it is
today, which, anecdotally
speaking, is a lot.
A lot, lot.
Like, every game, a lot.
Ty Cobb called Williams
“stupid” for not bunting against
the shift like he would. Today,
former hitting stars like Don
Mattingly are urging players to
learn how to hit to all fields. In
a recent op-ed, Hall of Famer
Mike Schmidt pointed out that
for many players, it’s too late to
change.
This is ironic because, in the
AL at least, the designated hit-
ter rule has finally done what it
was marketed to do in the first
place, namely extend the
careers of aging stars.
Alex Rodriguez and Ortiz fit
that bill perfectly.
But defenders of the shift
argue that it’s something that
will work itself out. Personally,
I don’t want to see Mark
Teixeira or Ryan Howard bunt
and run every game, and I
don’t want to explain to my kid
why the third baseman is
guarding the line — at first
base.
This is silly.
The game only had one flaw,
and it was fixed when they
instituted the infield fly rule.
We say that runners have to
remain in the base paths, field-
ers should field their positions.
Enough of this shift.
