FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000
The difference between a bat,
a ball, a fine and a suspension
Now here’s the dilemma. Do we look at
the object before we pick it up to make
p j sure that it is the baseball and not part of
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_ around and pick up whatever object
we feel first?
To make Clemens’ story make
sense, let's suppose we kept our eyes
closed. So now, we have an oblong object
in our hand with sharp edges. Knowing our
previous knowledge about how sharp and
jagged baseballs are, we now have another
decision to make. Do we take this long,
sharp, jagged and surprisingly heavy
"baseball” and throw it to first base to
record an out, or do we keep our eyes
closed and heave the ball to where our
imagination is telling us first base is?
Again, for Clemens' sake, we keep our
eyes closed and throw the “baseball” where
our imagination tells us to.
Oops. Our disliked Mets slugger
happens to be in the path of our “baseball”
which just misses his feet by an inch or so.
After opening our eyes, we see that the
object we threw wasn’t a baseball, it was a
bat. Oh well, someone else from our team
had their eyes open and got the out. The
moral of the story: a ball is round and light
in weight. A bat is heavy and gets sharp
edges when it is broken. Also, keeping
your eyes open during the World Series is
usually important for success.
So with that said and a lesson learned for
all, why don’t MLB officials open their
eyes and come to terms with what really
There’s a war in New York, and bats and
balls are flying everywhere, literally. After
beaning Mike Piazza in the head with a
baseball this past July, Yankee pitcher Roger
Clemens went one step further this past
Sunday, lobbing part of Piazza’s broken bat
in the direction of the Mets' slugger.
Clemens, a five-time Cy Young Award
winner, has recently been fined $50,000 for
his actions, despite stating his ludicrous
cldim that he thought the shattered bat was a
baseball. It's apparent that the Cy Young
Award measures only talent in pitching
baseballs, not knowing what they are or
what you are supposed to do with them tiller
they are hit.
Let’s imagine we are Roger Clemens for
one moment. Our rival team containing our
most disliked player is visiting us for Game
2 of the World Series. The player that we
just nailed in the head with a baseball is up
to bat. We know that we have to pitch
clean, given the history, so we do.
Unfortunately. Piazza gets a piece of the
ball (with his bat. not his head), and with it
sends a foot-long piece of his shattered bat
to our feet
Behrend Scores
Women’s Soccer
Oct. 19 vs. John Carroll L -
Oct. 21 vs. Brockport L 4-2
Oct. 24 at Buffalo State
W 2-0
Men’s Soccer
Oct. 21 vs. Brockport
W 5-2
Oct. 25 at case Western
Reserve L 2-1
Volleyball
Oct. 20 at Penn State
Altoona W 3-0
Oct. 21 at Frostburg L 3-0
Oct. 24 at Pitt-Bradford
W 3-2
Cross Country
No meets scheduled
Women’s Tennis
Oct. 18 vs. John Carroll W
5-4
Oct. 21 at AMCC Tourna
ment
Penn State Behrend 18
Penn State Altoona 12
Frostburg 5
Pitt-Greensburg 5
La Roche 2
Men’s Golf
The season has concluded
Men’s Water Polo
The season has concluded
AUegkmy
happened?
As stupid as Clemens’ explanation is.
there isn’t a law in baseball that allows
(Standings as of October 23, 2000)
WOMEN’S SOCCER
School
Penn State Behrend
La Roche
Frostburg
Pitt-Bradford
Lake Erie
Pitt-Greensburg
MEN'S SOCCER
School
Frostburg
La Roche
Penn State Behrend
Pitt-Greensburg
Lake Erie
Pitt-Bradford
WOMEN S TENNIS
School
Penn State Behrend
Penn State Altoona
Frostburg
La Roche
Pitt-Greensburg
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
School
Frostburg
Penn State Behrend
Pitt-Bradford
Penn State Altoona
Pitt-Greensburg
La Roche
Lake Erie
AMCC STANDINGS
Conference record
5-0
3-2
3-2
2-3
2-3
0-5
Conference record
5-0
4-1
3-2
2-3
1-4
0-5
Conference Record
Conference Record Overall
10-0 26-3
morons to “plead stupidity.” So how can a
player get away with a $50,000 fine
(pennies for a MLB pitcher) for
throwing a baseball bat at his
enemy? For some reason, it is as
if stupidity is contagious among
MLB players and officials when it
comes to decision making in
October.
When Roberto Alomar spit in the
face of an umpire just a couple of
years ago, baseball held off his
suspension until the opening
of the next season. Now,
Clemens throws a bat at
someone, finishes his eight,
two-hit shutout innings of
baseball and can pitch another
game if the series goes that far.
What is the moral of this
story? They are basically
saying that all is fair in love, war
and the baseball playoffs. We
can put a five-year old in time
out for swinging bats at people,
but we can’t put the almighty
Yankee pitcher in the dugout for a
game.
It's sad enough that a five-year
old knows more about self control
than Roger Clemens. It’s even
more sad that a first grade teacher
knows more about discipline than
Major League Baseball’s
disciplining committee.
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weeks
THE SCOREBOARD
Overall
13-4
13-5
9-6
7-10
5-12
0-12
Overall
10-4
6-8-2
8-7-1
7-7-2
1-12
4-12
Overall
16-2
9-4
5-7
1-6
1-11
7-3 15-9
5-5 12-10
3-6 4-16
1-8 2-22
0-10 0-10
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BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
Playoffs
AL Championship Series
Seattle Mariners vs.
New York Yankees
Game 1 .Mariners 2,
Yankees 0
Game 2: Yankees 7,
Mariners 1
Game 3: Yankees 8,
Mariners 2
Game 4: Yankees 5,
Mariners 0
Game 5: Mariners 6,
Yankees 2
Game 6: Yankees 9,
Mariners 7
NL Championship Series
New York Mets vs.
St. Louis Cardinals
Game 1: Mets 6,
Cardinals 2
Game 2: Mets 6,
Cardinals 5
Game 3: Cardinals 8,
Mets 2
Game 4: Mets 10,
Cardinals 6
Game 5: Mets 7,
Cardinals 0
NASCAR
WINSTON CUP
Leaders as of 10/15
1. Bobby Labonte, 4645
2. Dale Earnhardt, 4444
3. Jeff Burton, 4394
4. Dale Jarrett, 4315
5. Ricky Rudd, 4272
6. Tony Stewart, 4210
7. Rusty Wallace, 4115
8. Mark Martin, 4042
9. Jeff Gordon, 3904
10. Ward Burton, 3809
11. Mike Skinner, 3514
12. Steve Park, 3512
13. Matt Kenseth, 3436
14. Johnny 8en50n,3389
15. Joe Nemechek, 3246
World Series
Game 1: Oct. 21
Yankees 4, Mets 3(12
innings)
Game 2: Oct. 22
Yankees 6, Mets 5
Game 3: Oct. 24
Mets 4, Yankees 2
Game 4: Oct. 25,
Yankees 3, Met 2
Game 5: Oct. 26, N.Y.
Yankees at N.Y. Mets,
Bpm
Game 6: Oct. 28, N.Y.
Mets at N.Y. Yankees,
Bpm (if necessary).
Game 7: Oct. 29, N.Y.
Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 8
pm (if necessary).
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SUSPENSION
National Football
Games for Week 9
Sunday, October 29, 2000
1:00 PM
Carolina at Atlanta
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo
Detroit at Indianapolis
Cincinnati at Cleveland
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9:00 PM
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