SPORTS
6 I TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010
2010 All-Star Game
8 p.m., FOX
Jimenez, Price to
start All-Star game
Colorado ace Übaldo
Jimenez will start for the
National League in the All-
Star game while the AL will
counter with Tampa Bays
David Price.
In this year of the pitcher,
Jimenez was a fitting pick by
Phillies manager Charlie
Manuel on Monday.
- One of the great talents in
baseball and he's a treat to
watch pitch," Manuel said of
choosing Jimenez over
Florida's Josh Johnson. "This
guy's 15-1. His record speaks
for itself."
Cleveland removes
James mural
Leßron James has left the
building.
Workers have finished
removing a gigantic Nike ban
ner featuring James, a sign
that hung on the side of a
downtown office building for
years and served as a back
ground for the Cleveland
Cavaliers' success during the
seven years he played for
them.
The mural was taken down
after James announced he
was leaving Cleveland as a
free agent to play with fellow
superstars Dwyane Wade and
Chris Bosh in Miami. In the
hours after James' announce
ment, some angry Cavaliers
fans hurled rocks at the 10-
foot-story sign that featured
James with his arms out
stretched after tossing pow
der into the air under the
heading: "We Are All
Witnesses."
Ex-Cowboy seeks
damages
A former Dallas Cowboys
player who was inside the
team's indoor practice facility
when it collapsed last year is
seeking damages and says be
suffered a career-ending
injury.
Jamar Hunt says in a court
filing that he suffered "seri
ous, disabling and permanent
injuries" when the tentlike
structure fell in May 2009. At
the time, Hunt was a rookie
free agent from Texas-El
Paso trying to make the team
as a tight end and deep snap
per.
Game should be for
entertainment only
It's mid-July, that means
it's time for what has become
the annual "change the All-
Star game rules" rant.
In 2003, Bud Selig, in his
infinite wisdom, decided to
further leave his mark (or
blemish) on baseball by giv
ing home field to in the World
Series to the league that wins
the All-Star game.
While a cute idea, home
field in baseball is far too
important to rest on the
outcome of what is nothing
more than an exhibition
game.
The team with the better
record come October is the
team that should have the
advantage of the extra game
at home.
Dear Mr. Selig,
Please Stop.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Brett
Favre had finished throwing to the
youngsters at Oak Grove High
School and poked
his head out of the
field house to see
b. • < I a few reporters
Q: What was the score to
the first MLB All-Star
game?
Monday's Answer: Dave
Parker of the Cincinnati Reds
won the first Home Run
Derby with 6 in 1985
Spikes
By Jake Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Entering Monday night.
Vermont Lake Monsters starting
pitcher Matt Swynenberg had
given up just one ___ _
run in 2010, and SPIKES
had the best ERA
in the New York- --
Penn League. His team had yet to
lose two games in a row all season.
If it looked as if the odds were
against the State College Spikes
Monday night at Medlar Field at
Lubrano Park. no one told them.
Behind a franchise record tying
20 hits, the Spikes beat the Lake
Monsters 13-2. The win was their
second in as many nights against
Matt Curry swings at a pitch Monday night. Curry went 4-for-5 with a homerun and four RBI in the Spikes win
Offensive line adjusting to change
By Andrew J. Cassavell
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Both Quinn Barham and Stefen
Wisniewski agree the offensive line
isn't ready yet.
But by the time FOOTBALL
Penn State starts
the 2010 season
Sept. 4 against Youngstown State.
the two linemen know they'll have
to be almost flawless to stop the
defenses of defending national
champion Alabama, Big Ten cham
pion Ohio State, and perennial
thorn-in-the-side lowa - all on the
road.
Barham, who is preparing at left
tackle, has a picture of lowa all
conference defensive end Adrian
Clayborn as the background on his
phone, just to make sure he's
aware of him at all times.
Last year, Clayborn swung
the game and season with his
blocked punt and touchdown
Favre impresses with speed at workout
By The Associated Press
standing near his truck,
waiting to ask him about his future
plans.
Favre ducked back inside and,
moments later, someone else
jumped into Favre's truck and
drove it around to the front of the
offense erupts
Vermont, who holds the best
record in the league.
State College (13-11) pounded
Swynenberg for
six runs on nine
hits, and the 6-
foot-5 right-han
der, who had given State College
up just 11 hits in 22
innings coming in,
lasted just two
innings. It was his
shortest outing of Vermont
the year, as he
hadn't gone less than five innings
in any of his four starts. The Spikes
raised his ERA from 0.41 to 2.63
and handed him his first loss of
2010.
He left a few balls over the plate
return in the Big Ten opener.
Stopping Clayborn and the
defensive fronts of what figure to
be the Nittany Lions' toughest
opponents may be a complicated
task. however, as Penn State has
reshuffled its entire line this off
season, leading to questions about
positions and a poor showing in the
Blue-White game.
"We've certainly got some work
to do still," Wisniewski said. "But
we've got a month here until camp,
and then we've got all of camp to
get better. I think we can be where
we need to be by the time the sea
son starts."
Wisniewski, an all-conference
center last season, said he will
make the switch back to right
guard, where he played in 2008 and
2007. He is still taking snaps in
drills but said he feels more com
fortable at guard.
Senior Doug Klopacz is at
See 0-LINE, Page 8.
building Monday morning. With a
grin on his face, the 40-year-old
quarterback ran out of the build
ing, hopped in and drove off with
nothing more than a playful wave
to the waiting reporters.
Whether it's throwing passes to
high school receivers or dodging
embers of the media, Favre
,
oks like he's getting along just
ne on that surgically repaired
ankle.
Favre has yet to tell the
Minnesota Vikings if he will return
for a 20th season in the NFL, but
most people with the team and
and let us get our bats rolling," first
baseman Matt Curry said.
Down 1-0 after the top of the
first, the Spikes didn't waste any
time. Second baseman Gift
Ngoepe scored on a sacrifice fly to
l i n
tie the game, and thir baseman
Kelson Brown singled e short
stop Walker Gourley to give the
Spikes the lead, which they would
never give up.
Left fielder Pat Irvine, a 2009
Spike who is back with the team
after being demoted from the West
Virginia Power on Sunday,
smacked a two-run double down
the right field line to give State
College a 4-1 lead after one stanza.
The Spikes added two runs in
the second off Swynenberg and
Stephen Wisniewski (61) blocks in a game against Ohio State last season
around the NFL would be stunned
if he did not come back. He had
arthroscopic surgery on his left
ankle in May and has been throw
ing to receivers at the high school
for a few weeks, lending an air of
inevitability to yet another sequel
to the summer blockbuster
"Favre-a-palooza," as Vikings tight
end Visanthe Shiancoe likes to call
it.
"He ain't working out for no rea
son," Vikings quarterback Tarvaris
Jackson said recently.
"I welcome him back. There's
nothing I can do about it so I'm
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
in win
then three more off Vermont (17-7)
reliever Cameron Selik in the
third, making it 9-1 after three. The
Spikes kept piling on the runs,
adding one in the fifth and seventh
innings, and two in the eighth.
Eight of the nine players in the
State College starting lineup hit
safely and seven of them tallied at
least two hits. Curry led the Spikes
with four hits, including his first
professional home run, and four
RBI. Brown added four hits and an
RBI, raising his average to .333.
Hitting wasn't the only aspect of
the game the Spikes excelled at.
Just one day removed from shut
ting out Vermont, five different
State College pitchers combined to
See SPIKES, Page 8.
Curry
drives
scoring
By Zach Fleagle
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Matt Curry admitted after
Monday night's game that his hit
ting success had been overshad
owed by a goose egg on his stat
sheet - home runs.
The State College Spikes first
baseman went deep tonight for
the first time as a professional,
capping a night where he went 4-
for-5 with four RBI and a walk as
the Spikes routed the Vermont
Lake Monsters 13-2.
Spikes outfielder Adalberto
Santos said that he's known Curry
since they both played against
each other in Junior College and
again in Division 1 where Curry
was at TCU and Santos played for
Oregon State. Santos said its fun
to play with a friend he's played
against for that long and the home
run jokes are a fun way to stay
loose.
"You know, he's so big we call
him the doubles hitter," Santos
said. "It's actually fun to see him
hit one long and prove that he can
because that's what he needs to do
and he's been doing a great job.,"
If there is one thing that is for
sure. home runs aside, Curry has
had a smooth transition switching
horns.
The former Horned Frog and
burly 16th-round pick in 2010 by
the Pittsburgh Pirates has hit the
New York-Penn League in stride,
recording at least one hit in each
of the nine games he's played for
the Spikes so far. Last night Curry
kept the streak alive and started to
re-build his clubhouse reputation
See CURRY. Page 8.
going to welcome him back and
hopefully get to the Super Bowl."
The Vikings have made it clear
to Favre that they would be fine
with a similar timeline to last sea
son, when he joined the team after
it broke training camp in Mankato,
Minn., in time for the second game
of the preseason.
Favre had one of the best sea
sons of his career, with career
by.sts in completion percentage
(68.4), quarterback rating (107.2)
and fewest interceptions (7), while
throwing for 33 TDs and 4,202
yards to lead the Vikings.