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SPORTS Thursday, September 13, 2001 - Page 7 Quest for 70 homeruns: Is Bonds worthy? Mike's some- WWF Rick Grams discusses can only beat you in. one way. injury- plagu~d McGwire. sun, it home runs without the aid of Bonds, even when having an off seems that no one wants Barry Bonds' effort to strength-enhancing drugs, McGwire 's record to fall to Bonds, claim. cannot break the homerun record night at the plate, can help his San as seen in columnist Rick Reilly's thing McGwire since quit taking an- win a .gamc by Francisco Giants McGwirehas As the baseball season draws to stealing a base or making a clutch piece in that same issue of SJ. a substance banned - Fanatic a close, Barry Bonds is challcng- defensive play. Reilly says that a self- centered, drostcnedione, sports besides in all professional in& Mark McGwire's record of 70 One could argue that McGwire egotistical player like Bonds is bad baseball. but he did so during his home runs in a season, set in !998. deserves the home run record be- for team chemistry. Baseball, how- record-breaking season. Series: Recently, there have been many cause heis a home run hitter, but I ever, is unlike most other team And while I'm on the subject anti-Bonds cries from both the feel a player who does more than sports in that team chemistry on of McGwire, let me just say that press and the public, complaining one thing deserves one of the most and off the field is not a huge fac- hc and Chicago Cubs' rightfielder Austin vs. mainly of bow self-centered Bonds hallowed records in sports. tor m team success. Sammy Sosa did not "save base- seems to be. Bonds is also widely considered Another reason Bonds is more ball" with their historic '98 sea- However, Bonds is a much bet- the best player of his generation. deserving of the record is that heis dis- Rock? sons. ter player to have hold one of He has consistently put up great hitting home runs while the Giants gruntled Cal Ripken brought fans back to the game, baseba!1's most cherished records, numbers throughout his career. He are in the midst ora tight pennant with his pursuit and eventual break- even more so than everyone's has won three National League race with the Arizona Diamond- ing of Lou Gehrig's consecutive MICHAt:L,IENKINSON poster boy, McGwire Most Valuable Player Awards backs and Los Angeles Dodgers, games streak in 1995, one season Sl<1jjWriter First of all, Barry Bonds is a {1990, 1992, 1993) and could have not to mention the wild card race. after the World Series was can- five-tool player, meaning he can hit easily won in 1991 and 2000. When McGwire broke the record, celled due to a players' strike. Where is the WWF going? for average, hit for power, run, McGwire has not won a MVP his St. Louis Cardinals finished out Cal, who is retiring this year, The storylines seemed headed throw, and field the ball well. He award- not even for his record- of contention for both the division played in 2,636 games before talk- for an obvious Rock vs Stone Cold is on the verge of becoming the first breaking 1998 campaign. crown and the wild card {oddly ing a day off. Ripken will finish Steve Austin (SCSA) match, but player in history to hit 500 home Big Mac, on the other hand, was enough, last season the Cardinals his career with over 3.000 hits and now the WWF seems to have made runs and steal 500 bases. recently called the most overrated made it to the NL Championship 400 home runs. the decision that they don't like McGwire, on the other hand, is player in baseball history in a re- Series in a season in which He had a great career for the money. That seems to be the only one-dimensional. The one thing he cent issue of Sports Illustrated. McGwire missed nearly half of his Baltimore Orioles, and fans will reason not to have done Ihe big can do is hit home runs. Though Throughout his career, Bonds has miss seeing him in. the lineup ev- payoff match yet. Remember, it he does this extremely well, he been far more consistent than the was Austin's double crossing that Men's soccer off to lead to The Rock's "suspension." the The rivalryisso natural.nnd match should have taken place at perfect start this year Summerslam. Yet they put it off. I suppose the strategy is to have the conflict at Survivor Series. Stili, GREG LEDERER into their home opener against season thus far carne when "VMC the WWF title picture is weak right sports Editor Wilmington College on September traveled to Frostburg College and now, and stalling for another two At the start 01 the lall season, 3rd. emerged with a 3-2 will over a months until the November pay- the Western Maryland College In a tightly contested game, heavily favored Frostburg squad per-view is a bad idea. The Kurt Men's soccer team is off to a record scores were hard to come by as the 'Led by senior Jessica Rouse, Angle/SCSA feud has lost its start. -Oefenses controllea the game. who recorded 13 digs and 46 as- fizzle, and we're leading toward a At 3-0, the squad is off to its WMC allowed a early goal, but the boring Un forgiven pay per view best start since the 1995 season. Grecn Terror struck back with a late sists, the Terror opened {he sea- later this month. I can't imagine SOil with a road victory. Returning all but two players from score from junior backer David Wall, a junior from North they are going to allow Kurt Angle last year's team, the team hopes t~ Filo to go into the half knotted at to fight Austin a third month at the Carroll High School, successfully use their perfect start to achieve I-I. ended the day with 30 kills and October pay-per-view, so that their goal of the Centennial Con- The second halfwas very simi- 18 digs. while Sam Stambaugh leaves us with another question, ference championship in 2001. lar to the first with both offenses who's going to step lip after Angle, added 10 kills in the winning ef- WMC kicked their season off struggling to score. Finally, at the WMC picked up victories over fort. Mandy Hoffman also posted but before The Rock, if they are with a road opener against 21:56 mark, WMC pushed ahead Gaucher. Salisbury. and Eastern 16 digs in the contest. indeed waiting for survivor series Bridgewater College. The opposi- with a goal from junior mid fielder I i but dropped their Con- With the graduation of First for the SCSNRock rnutch? tion stuck first with a controversial Aaron Bulls and received a strong tests with Mary Washington and Team All-Centennial Conference Could Booker T tum on the at- goal off the crossbar, but the Green performance from goalie lianecand feud with Austin? Could Moravian standouts Honesty Drumgoole Terror offense quickly responded Defibaugh to pull out the 2-1 vic- Kate Wall placed on the all- and Brianne Bray. the 2001 Green the WWF finally open their eyes within seconds with a netted goal tory. tournament team, posting 20 kills Terror volleyball team will rely (and ears) and understand that from junior forward Ryan Tetteris. With a perfect start in the early against Eastern Mennonite, and 13 heavily on Rouse and WaH for Chris Jericho is the third most A couple of minutcs later, WMC season, the Green Terror are look- kills against Mary Washington. leadership throughout the rest of popular man on the roster, and fill struck again with a score fromjun- ing strong and ready for another Jessica Rouse added 48 assists the season: Rouse holds the him in at the PPV? Could Triple H ior forward Steve Lennox ana amazmg seasou against Eastern Mennonite to lead return sooner then expected, and ended the half with a 2-1 advan- After last year's post season battle for the strap as early as Oc- , tage. performance, the first ever in the Green Terror in that category. tober? In their home opener last Tues- Early in the second half, Tenens school history, this team has the Also, the WCWIECW alliance struck again with his second goal chance to be one of the strongest day, WMC jumped out to a two vs.the WWF story was great for a of the contest and WMC used an- in the history of the program and games to none lead against the vis- while, but the WWF isn't putting other score by senior mid fielder perhaps, have a chance at their first any work into it. It's morphed into Pat Danaher to win the opener 4--2. conference championship. the crazy Stone Cold story. Don't The following day, the Green get me wrong, the paranoid, psy- Terror were looking to build on , Sports chotic Steve Austin is one of me their solid start against Eastern best characters in wrestling history, Mennonite University. From me but the WWF needs to throw some . start, the WMC offense was stag- Trivia wood on lhe aJJianceJWWF rivalry . gering, putting six goals on the The one thing I am very excited board in the first half, including about is the huge Christian vs Edge two scores by freshman forward Who was the first rnatchup that should happen at Trevor Brown. Goals were regis- Unforgiven. After teasing it for tered by among others, senior for- black player to years, the team split up last week. ward Vinny Pedalino and freshman The Intercontinental title feud be- midfielder Thorn Kane. In the sec- play in the Major tween these guys could be the best ond ha1f, the Green Terror scored Do you like sports?Do you have IC action since Jericho vs RegaJ anomer goal and got great defense Leagues? early this year, as me Ie belt has to pick up a 7-0 shutout. Confer- opinions on college and professional had !l pretty sad summer. ence first team goalie Ryan As always, we're just going to Defibaugh picked up five saves in sports? Then consider writing sports have to tune in to RAW and nswer will be in the next edition me victory. of the Phoenix. for the Phoenix. Call x8600 for info. Smackdo}Vn every week to find out WMC tooK meir petfect record what happens next.