2B | SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS
W ORLD O CEANS D AY EVENT AT AQUARIUM TODAY
NEWPORT — The Oregon
Coast Aquarium will celebrate
World Oceans Day on Saturday,
June 30. The event highlights
the importance of the ocean
and its inhabitants through
interactive activities, raffles,
and animal presentations.
The theme for 2018 World
Oceans Day is “Our Oceans,
Our Future.”
The goal is to call attention
to the ocean’s inextricable link
to the well-being of the planet,
and how reducing plastic con-
sumption benefits the world’s
largest ecosystem — from
plankton to people.
The event will encourage
guests to take part in everyday
solutions to plastic pollution
and marine litter.
Learn from Max the sea lion
Little
however, is not decided by
time. Its games go down to the
last out.
Yogi Berra, former catcher
for the NY Yankees, once stated
“It ain’t over until it’s over.” He
meant “until the fi nal out” but
he is known to talk confusingly
at times.
Th ere have been many games
in baseball and soft ball decided
on a team’s fi nal at bat.
Th e biggest defi cit overcome in
MLB occurred Aug. 21, 1990.
I had to go to the internet to
look up this fact. But I only had
to take out my scorebook from
1999 to fi nd the biggest defi cit
overcome by any team I have
coached in over 25 years. Th e
comeback was actually two in-
nings in the same game.
On June 19, 1999, the Flor-
ence Junior Soft ball team
played Dallas at the Waldport
Tournament. I was the coach
that year and we had the fi rst
game scheduled to begin at
and Schuster the sea otter as
they show their commitment
to recycling by disposing of
plastic bottles in the proper
receptacle.
Presentations starring JoJo
the brown pelican will educate
guests on the importance of
proper waste disposal so that
plastics and fishing line don’t
endanger seabirds.
Visitors can also chat with
the marine mammal team
about the aquarium’s entangle-
ment rehabilitation cases, like
the northern fur seal pup.
Don’t miss the once in a life-
time opportunity to see the
dissection of a blue shark that
was caught as bycatch.
To illustrate the concept of
reducing plastic consumption,
visitors are encouraged to take
10:05 a.m. Th e fi rst three in-
nings were pitcher dominated.
Six of fi rst nine outs were strike-
outs, including three strikeouts
to end the third inning.
We trailed 3-2 entering the
fourth inning as Dallas, the vis-
iting team, took advantage of a
sudden lapse of defense from
our team to score fi ve runs in
the top of the fourth inning. As
the girls trudged into the dug-
out they seemed defeated.
I had to change their out-
look.
I walked over to the bat
rack and gathered the bats
and threw them loudly on the
ground. Th e startled girls asked
me what was wrong?
“Nothing. I just needed to
wake up the bats,” I said. “It
seems they slept in this morn-
ing and we need them to be
alert this inning. Now go hit
like I know you can.”
We rallied for six runs to tie
the score 8-8, with fi ve of those
runs coming aft er two outs. We
answered the challenge of Dal-
las and left the dugout excited
the Better Bag Challenge by
pledging to avoid disposable
bags for at least one year.
Pledgers will receive a free
aquarium tote bag sporting the
slogan, “This Bag Saves Sea
Turtles”.
The annual World Oceans
Day event is celebrated by
organizations across the globe
to promote understanding and
stewardship of the ocean.
The aquarium will be host-
ing the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, NOAA
Marine Operations (Pacific),
USFS Cape Perpetua, Depoe
Bay Whale Center with Oregon
State Parks, Whale and
Dolphin Conservation, and the
American Cetacean Society.
Each organization will
engage visitors with displays
about the game.
Th e combination of Dallas
hitting the ball and Florence
unable to fi eld it cleanly led to
8 Dallas runs before its last out.
Th is time, the girls entered the
dugout angry at themselves for
the errors and poor defense;
now Dallas had a commanding
8-run lead at 16-8.
Th e bottom of the fi ft h would
be our last at bat.
I have a good memory — but
I had to go to the scorebook to
give you the following play-by-
play of the fi ft h inning.
Our fi rst batter, Millie,
walked. Brandy followed with
another walk but was thrown
out at second on an attempted
double steal. With 1 out, Mi-
randa walked to put runners at
the corners on fi rst and third.
Next, Melissa singled to
score the fi rst run of the inning,
making it 16-9. Allison then
fl ew out to left fi eld.
We now had two outs and
trailed by 7 runs. Th e dugout
and fans were quiet until Kelsey
singled to score a run. Th en
and activities that inspire
ocean conservation.
“World Oceans Day is a
great opportunity to celebrate
and honor the blue planet that
we all depend on,” said Jeff
Harms, Education Manager at
the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
“The aquarium hopes to
inspire visitors to appreciate
our ocean and to take action in
helping to keep it healthy.
Working together, we can and
will protect the ocean that con-
nects us all.”
World Oceans Day activities
are free with aquarium admis-
sion and advance registration
is not required.
For more information or to
buy tickets online. visit aquari
um.org or call 541-867-FISH.
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along Salishan Spit today
The Yachats Coastal Gems
walking group invites inter-
ested walkers on a family fun
walk today, June 30.
The walk will be a leasure
stroll out the Salishan Spit.
Follow signs to Gleneden
Beach State Park Wayside,
just south of Lincoln City, and
meet in the picnic shelter of
Gleneden Beach State Park
Wayside on Wesler Street.
Golf
traditional World War II
biplane flyover by Aero
Legends at Ocean Dunes Golf
Links at 10 a.m. on Aug. 4.
To register to participate in
Amanda doubled to score 2
more runs and put us within
four runs (16-12) as our fans
were stirring.
Krista got aboard on a walk
as our two-out rally continued
— with Stephanie walking to
load the bases.
At that point, as the Dal-
las team was getting worried,
we are getting more and more
excited. Take my word for it:
there’s nothing quite as loud
as 11 young girls yelling and
screaming.
Fortunately for me I was
coaching at third base.
Th at’s when the parents and
fans joined in making noise
and the excitement continued
as Lara singled to drive in 2
more runs to put us within 2
runs of tying the game.
At 16-14, Molly walked
to bring Tatjana to the plate,
where she quickly fell behind in
the count with a pair of strikes
before unleashing the bat for a
double, scoring all three run-
ners — including Molly, who
beat the throw to the plate for
the winning run.
Florence had scored 15 runs
in the fi nal two innings, includ-
Register for and start the
walk between 8 a.m. and
noon, and the walks finish by
3 p.m. The 3-, 6- and 13-mile
walks are fairly level. However,
due to sand, none of the walks
are suitable for strollers or
wheelchairs.
For more information, call
Maryann at 541-961-4279 or
email yachatscoastalgems@
gmail.com.
the tournament findraiser, call
Ocean Dunes Golf Links at
541-997-3232 or visit www.
theforencerotary.org.'Registra-
tion forms are also available at
Ocean Dunes Golf Links, 3345
Munsel Lake Rd.
ing 13 of those runs with two
outs on the board.
Th ere are few lessons in life
to match what happened on
that soft ball fi eld. Th ey girls
learned to trust in their team-
mates, have confi dence in their
own ability and, most of all,
never give up.
Whenever I hear “It ain’t over
until the last out” I think of that
game from almost 19 years ago.
It still ranks as the most thrill-
ing game I have ever coached,
watched or played in.
No matter how he said it,
Yogi was right.
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