FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 2000
Steinbrenner...Oh, the hypocrisy
Mets, because who in New York really
cares about the Mets anyway?
5.) And the final part of the Yankees
Five-Step Plan to Rebuild a World
Out of Bounds
Series Team that Doesn't Really Have
to Win, would be to sign John Rocker.
Jason Snyder Oh yeah...it's no joke. The Yankees
might not have to win but surely they
5 1 1 / 4 , would have to get the most media
coverage in all of baseball.
So the plan is ready in case New York
doesn't win. But all sarcasm aside, George
Steinbrenner knows that "losing isn't an
option."
The Yankees wouldn't have gone after
every player rumored to want to be traded
if they didn't "have to win." Denny
Neagle, David Justice and Jose Canseco
wouldn't have all been added to the richest
line-up in baseball. And Mo Vaughn and
Manny Ramirez wouldn't be on the Yanks'
want list if they didn't "have to win."
Teams like the Kansas City Royals and
the Montreal Expos could make an
argument about not having to win for the
the last set of words that you would expect
to hear from a team owner that has $ll2
million dollars worth of professional
baseball players taking the diamond almost
every night? Things you might expect the
owner to say would be, "losing is not an
option," "second place is the first loser" or
Vince Lombardi's famous words, "winning
isn't everything...it's the only thing."
Well, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner
has thrown us for a loop. Rivaling the
famous words of Lombardi are
Steinbrenner's thoughts of this 2000 playoff
season..."we don't have to win." And you
know? He's right. The Yankees don't have
to win. In the famous words of my 6' h grade
elementary teacher, "no one has to do
anything in life, hut die. - As harsh its that
sounds, she was right. It's the only
requirement
But let us picture the world with a Yankee
team that didn't win. Because according to
Steinbrenner, they don't have to.
I.) The Yankee budget on players will
go higher than Steinbrenner's ego.
2.) The Yankees will trade to get
Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Jr. for 10
players to be announced at a later date.
3.) Joe Torre would he fired, replaced,
and re-hired until the cycle is finally
successful.
4.) There would he a New York
merger that would revamp the Yanks'
starting line-up with the top five New York
Beh rend Scores
Women's Soccer
Sept. 27 at Fredonia W 3-1
Sept. 30 at Pitt-Greensburg
W 6-0
October 3 at Allegheny W 1-0
Men's Soccer
Sept. 26 at Carnegie Mellon
L 0-3
Sept. 30 at Pitt-Greensburg
W 3-1
Volleyball
Sept. 27 at La Roche W 3-0
Sept. 30 v=s. Frostburg L 0-3
October 3 vs. Pitt-Bradford
W 3-1
Cross Country
Sept. 30 at Frostburg Invitational
Men finished Bth
Women finished 13th
Women's Tennis
Sept. 27 vs. Fredonia W 9-0
Sept. 30 vs. Penn State Altoona
W 8-1
Oct. 1 at Pitt-Greensburg W 9-0
October 2 at Edinboro W 5-4
Men's Golf
Finished 4th at AMCC Champi
onship @ Hannanstown CC
Men's Water Polo
Sept. 30 at John Hopkins L 17-5
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Ben Grieve and the Oakland Athletics
look to dethrone the Yankees in the
division playoffs.
AMC( STANDINGS
(Standings as of October 2, 2000)
WOMEN'S SOCCER
School
Penn State Behrend
Frostburg
La Roche
Lake Erie
Pitt-Bradford
Pitt-Greensburg
MEN'S SOCCER
School
Frostburg
Penn State Behrend
La Roche
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
Pitt-Bradford
Penn State Behrend
Penn State Altoona
Pitt-Greensburg
La Roche
Lake Erie
FILE PHOTO
Matt Lawton feels the pressure of a low
payroll, but proves that teams like the
Minnesota Twins can still be exciting too
simple reason that they can't compete with
teams like New York, Atlanta and
Cleveland. But Steinbrenner crossed the
line when he made his ludicrous comment.
It's hard to determine why he uttered
those words. The only explanation is
"pride." I mean, how much fun would it he
to beat the Yankees that realize they "don't
have to win?" The satisfaction one gets in
beating the Yankees is based on the fact that
no one should realistically have a chance
against the star-studded team. So when
Steinbrenner says it would be okay for a
team to beat him, he is saying that it
wouldn't be a surprise if it happened.
It's just mind games. The man knows his
team isn't as ready as they should be, so
he's, in a sense, making excuses for them. I
THE SCOREBOARD
Conference record
3-0
3-0
1-2
1-2
1-2
0-3
Conference record
3-0
2-1
2-1
1-2
1-2
0-3
Conference Record
6-0
3-2
2-3
1-4
0-1
Conference Record Overall
4-0 13-1
3-1 10-6
3-1 7-8
2-2 8-7
1-2 1-8
0-3 0-15
0-4 0-4
SPORTS
Major League
Baseball Playoffs
Overall
9-2
6-3
7-4
3-8
3-7
0-7
AL PlayofTs
Chicago White Sox vs.
Seattle Mariners
Game I:Mariners 7, White
Sox 4 (10 innings)
Game 2: Mariners 5, White
Sox 2
Game 3: Today at Seattle 4:00
PM
Game 4: Saturday at Seattle
4:00 PM (if necessary)
Game 5: Sunday at Chicago (if
necessary)
Overall
5-3
4-5-1
3-6-1
3-5-2
1-8
3-8
New York Yankees Vs.
Oakland Athletics
Game I:A's 5, Yankees 3
Game 2:Yankees 4, A's 0
Game 3: Today at Oakland
8:08 PM
Game 4: Saturday at New York
TBA (if necessary)
Game 5: Sunday at Oakland
7:30 PM
Overall
12-2
5-3
4-6
1-4
0-5
NL Playoffs
St. Louis Cardinals vs
Atlanta Braves
Game I:Cardinals 7, Braves 5
Game 2: Late Thursday
Game 3: Saturday at Atlanta
TBA
Game 4: Sunday at Atlanta
TBA (if necessary)
Game 5: Oct. 9 at St. Louis
TBA (if necessary)
San Francisco Giants vs. New
York Mets
Game 1: Giants 5, Mets 1
Game 2: Late Thursday
Game 3: Saturday at New York
TBA
Game 4: Sunday at New York
4:07 PM (if necessary)
Game 5: Monday at San
Francisco 8:18 PM
mean, how embarrassing would it be for
"moneybags" himself to say that he has a
team that's going to win the World Series,
then come up short? Sorry George. We all
know the Yankees have to win. Because
New York would he turned upside down it
they didn't.
World Series Facts:
Yankees and Braves
New York Yankees
25 World Series Championships
1923, '27, '2B, '32, '36, '37, '3B, '39, '4l,
'43, '47, '49, '5O, '5l, '52, '53, '56, '5B,
'6l, '62, '77, '7B, '96, '9B, '99
Yankees have appeared in every Divi
sion Series (best of out five) since its
inception
1995 - Lost 3 to 2 to Seattle
1996 - Beat Seattle 3 to 1
1997 - Lost 3 to 2 to Cleveland
1998 - Beat Texas 3 to 0
1999 - Beat Texas 3 to 1
2000 - Oakland Vs. Yankees ???
Atlanta Braves
5 World Series appearances in the
decade of the 19905.
1991, '92, '95, '96, '99
Braves have appeared in every Division
Series (best out of five) since its incep
tion:
1995 - Beat Colorado 3 to 1
1996 - Beat Los Angeles 3 to 0
1997 - Beat Houston 3-0
1998 - Beat Chicago 3-0
1999 - Beat Houston 3-1
2000 - Braves Vs. Cardinals ???
Snyder's sports column appears
every two weeks.
American League Cham
pionship series
Game 1 is scheduled for
Tuesday, October 10.
National League Champi
onship series
Game 1 is scheduled for
Wednesday, October 11.
World Series
Game 1 is scheduled for
Saturday, October 21. The
first game will take place at
the stadium of the American
League championship series
winner
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Behrend golfers finish
fourth at AMCC Tournament
by Michael Frawley
managing editor
The Penn State Behrend men's golf team
had a season of improvement to place v ell
in the AMCC tournament after a rough start
early in the season. It was a building year
for the golf programs under first year head
coach Pat Mashuda. He has spent the past
three years as an assistant golf coach and
seven seasons as an assistant basketball
coach for the Red Hawks at l.a Roche
College. "I am very excited about the
opportunity to join the staff at Penn State
Behrend," said Mashuda. "I hope to
contribute to the success of both the golf
and basketball teams." Mashuda was atwo
year standout at Butler Community College
in basketball and in golf. He then moved on
and competed for two more golf seasons at
Robert Morris College. Mashuda earned a
bachelor's of science in busines ,
administration in 1992.
This year's team was led by senior Chris
Neil (Brookville /Brookville). along with
sophomores Steve Merrill (Union City!
Union City), Jeff Reed (Butler/Butler), and
Casey Weed (Union City/Union City). Top
newcomers include Kirk Seth (Erie!
Harborcreek), John Telliho (Meadville/
Meadville), Michael Nguyen (Erie!
Cathedral Prep), Ryan Poole (Russelton/
Deer Lakes), and Luke Thorwart (St. Marys/
St. Marys).
"I hope that these young people will he
the cornerstones upon which we can develop
our program," said head coach
Mashuda"Our biggest challenge this year
will be to overcome the ups and downs that
we will experience, and our goal is to
become more consistent throughout the
season"
This season the team played on the road
at Pitt-Greensburg on September 12 placing
12", at Pitt-Bradford on September I 6
placing 12", at home for the Behrend
Invitational on September 21 placing 8", at
Lake Erie on September 23 placing 7th, and
topped off the season by finishing fourth in
the AMCC tournament on October 3 at
Hannastown.
National Football
League
Games for Week 6
Sunday, October 8, 2000
1:00 PM
New Orleans at Chicago
Tennessee at Cincinnati
Green Bay at Detroit
Buffalo at Miami
Indianapolis at New England
Pittsburgh at New York Jet,
Washington at Philadelphia
4:15 PM
New York Giants at Atlanta
Cleveland at Arizona
Denver at San Diego
Oakland at San Francisco
Seattle at Carolina
8:35 PM
Baltimore at Jacksonville
Monday, October 9, 2000
9:00 PM
Tampa Bay at Minnesota
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