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The Reds and
flightless waterfowl
John Musser
The Colleglca
Here are some of my sportly thoughts as I try to recover from
Cincinnati's sweep of Oakland in the World Series.
• Speaking of the Series, did anyone think that the Reds
would win in four games? While I believed that Cincy would
win the Series (see last week's column), I thought that it would
take a few more games, like six.
• I think Reds Owner Marge Schott should send Pittsburgh
Pirates General Manager Larry Doughty a share of her World
Series money.
Doughty, who used to be a scout for Cincy, is responsible for
most of the players on the team being there. Plus, as the Pirates
GM, he accepted only two minor league players (quick, name
them) in the Billy Hatcher trade. And Hatcher was nearly
unstoppable at the plate against Oakland.
• For somebody who makes big bucks, Jose Canseco sure
does quite a disappearing act when the postct'ason comes around.
His batting average in the last three Fall Classics is barely over
the Mendosa line (that's .200). When A's Manager Tony
Laßussa benched the right fielder for game four, the move caused
some controversy. But as everyone knows, when you don't hit,
you sit.
Unfortunately the flightless waterfowl
still aren't playing defense, which
necessary if Pittsburgh ever wants
be more than a playoff contender.
the NHL, where 14 of 21 ,teasns wAke
the postseason, anybody can be a
playoff contender.
• Penn State's Shelly Hammonds didn't have any time to sit
in Saturday's game with Boston College.
Hammonds got a chance to play in the backfield when the
Lions top three tailbacks went down with injuries. The
sophomore had practiced for only a couple of weeks at the
position after spending most of the season as a reserve defensive
back. So the new guy probably struggled, right?
Oh yeah, he struggled. Hammonds barely managed to get over
200 yards (actually 208 yards on 24 carries), only scored two
touchdowns, and merely broke D.J. Dozier's freshman single
game rushing record, set in 1983.
After the game, Hammonds still professed that he preferred
being the "hitter" rather than being the "hittee." I guess being
successful just isn't enough for some people. I suppose you've
got to do what you love to do, especially if you're the one that
gets to hit other people.
• You ever wonder why if we can make Erie Hall so nice and
beautiful we can't get a decent softball field on campus?
The women's softball team, which has been 37-20 the past
two years (that's a winning percentage in the neighborhood of 65
percent), can't play home games on campus because the softball
field is so terrible.
Even if they hadn't been as successful. don't they at least
deserve as good a practice facility as the other varsity squads
have?
• While I'm at it, did you ever wonder why colleges the same
size as Behread have auxiliary gyms bigger than Erie Hall?
• Isn't it amazing that New Jersey Nets forward Chris Dudley
has a contract paying him one million dollars a year? While the
Midget is a fine rebounder and hustles as though his life depends
upon the game's outcome, he is perhaps the worst free throw
shooter (.319 free throw percentage last season) I have ever seen.
I guess the Nets management is going to use this fact as
some kind of marketing tool.
• So far, it doesn't look as though the Piusburgh Penguins
have 'camd much under new Coach Bob Johnson.
Despite the loss of scoring machine Mario Lemieux because
of his continued back problems, the Pens still have plenty of
offensive punch with John Cullen, Kevin Stevens, and perennial
All-Star Paul Coffey. So much punch that Pittsburgh is
averaging six goals per game.
Unfortunately the flightless waterfowl still aren't playing
defense (they've scored 36 and given up 38), which is necessary if
Pittsburgh ever wants to be more than a playoff contender. In die
NHL, where 16 of 21 teams make the pcntseason, anybody can
be a playoff contender.
The Collegian
Flag football,
soccer
intrarnurals
postponed
Seasons should
resume in a couple
of weeks
The intramural flag football
and soccer seasons have been
postponed, according to Athletic
Director Herb Lauffer.
Lisa Butch, Behrend's
intramural supervisor, has been
diagnosed as having
mononucleosis and will be
unable to run the program for
several weeks.
According to Lauffer, the
athletic department had no
alternative but to suspend the
intramural flag football and
soccer seasons. He also indicated
that by end of this week, the
athletic department will release a
date when the seasons will
resume.
Lauffer hopes that the students
participating in the two sports
will be understanding and return
in a couple of weeks to finish
their respective seasons.
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