Sports Out of Bounds Cuban American nobodies: you can’t save Elian Despite the homerun chase of 1998 between McGwire and Sosa, and the end of the century run of the New York Yankees in last year’s World Series, Major League Baseball is on its way to a popularity crash similar to the one it suffered in the mid 1990 s when the players went on strike. Yes, Michael Tejera and Mike Lowell and some other washed up Cuban has beens sat out a game. I’m afraid the only way we can save baseball now is if...they return Elian to his rela tives? Unfortunately, the Cuban-Ameri can baseball players didn't realize until it was too late that no one cares. We’ve already seen the Cuban- Americans in Miami make fools of themselves with their distasteful pro tests. And now, because baseball players have decided to protest... Final Season Standin Penn State Altoona Frostburg Pitt-Bradford Penn State Behrend Pitt-Greensburg La Roc lie Week in Review April 15 Frostburg Frostburg ; TOURNAMENT P.S. Altoona 2-6 L Pitt-Bradford 6-3 W April 20 April 25 Grove City Upcoming Games April 27 @ Fredonia w/JV 3:00 p.m April 29 @ Pitt-Bradford 1:()() p.m May 12-14 ECAC South. Tourney TBA May 19-23 NCAA Regionals TBA May 26-28 NCAA Championships TBA Penn State Altoona Frostburg Penn State Behrend Pitt-Greensburg Pitt-Bradl'ord La Roche Lake Erie Week in Review AMCC TOURNAMENT Finished 3rd April 22 Wait a minute; what exactly are these players protesting? I don’t think it was MLB Commisioner Bud Selig that made the decision to send in the INS to rescue Elian from his kidnap pers. Hey, I’m going to stop writing sports editorials for the Beacon until Elian is stolen from his father again. Then maybe, because Bill Clinton ,L (22-16 Final Season Standii La Roche Frostburg Penn State Behrend Pitt-Bradford Pitt-Greensburg Lake Erie Wee AM 17-15-1 7-1 14-10 6-2 11-16 6-4 22-16 4-6 5-10 3-6 3-18-1 1-8 5-9 L 10-14 L April 19 Lake Erie April 27 @ Grove City 3:00 p.m. 13-0 W For up-to-date sport scores around the clock call the SPORTSLINE at: (814) 898-6163 and Press 1 and Janet Reno enjoy my writing so much, they will ship Elian Fed-Ex back to the criminal relatives in Florida. Just like they’re going to send him back now because a bunch of base ball nobodies decided to sit out a game. For some reason, I don’t think Reno watches baseball or even cares that players decided to hurt their teams’ chances of winning by watch ing from the dugout. OK. I’m done with the sarcasm and down to business. We all know the Elian controversy has created such a stir in this country over the past few months. And be fore I begin to share my views about the issue, as you should be clear with them from the sarcasm above, I feel it’s necessary to state what an athlete’s role should be in a case like TOIIRI ' (M 5) 15-1 9-4 9-5 5-7 2-8 0-8 22-3 11-11 14-15 6-8 3-14 0-8 18-0 W We already have watched Cuban- Americans show their disgust in this whole ordeal. Crazed maniacs run ning and screaming through the cit ies. The last thing we need now are “mature” baseball players pouting about something that doesn’t even affect them. I’m not saying athletes shouldn’t be allowed to protest in some capac ity. But protest in a manner that is respectable. These protests by play ers this past week have been confined to the baseball stadiums in which they play. It has only affected their teams’ performances, not Janet Reno’s decision. 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