Jake Locker played baseball over the weekend--after two years away from the sport, he hit a line drive over the centerfielder's head in the second inning. He was thrown out at third on the play, attempting a head-first slide--when I read that I nearly had a heart attack, but it turns out Locker thinks that's the safest method, telling Bob Condotta: "I figured if I slide that way, it's not my ankle, not (any chance of) catching my ankle."
Save Our Sonics is holding a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse when the Sonics trial starts one week from today, a rally that will include speeches by Xavier McDaniel and Gary Payton. Steve Kelley says a big turnout is critical: "The league doesn't like getting embarrassed and if a huge crowd gathers at the courthouse, the rally will rate ESPN airtime and it will be a signal to the rest of the country that Seattle still cares. If thousands, instead of hundreds, show up it will be another example that the NBA is dead wrong about this city."
Spanish sensation Rudy Fernandez confirmed that he'll play for the Blazers next season. Blazers fans are psyched. (Though this is bad news for Seattle Prep's Martell Webster, who'd seem to be the odd man out.)
Here's video of Fernandez set to Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal...
Erik Bedard got through just five innings yesterday, due in large part to Dustin Pedroia's tenacity and some iffy calls by umpire C.B. Buckner, writes Geoff Baker. M's lost 2-1, in case you hadn't heard. Saturday's loss was the 40th of the season, fastest any M's team has reached that mark, writes John Hickey. The 1978 team's payroll? $1,462,000.
The M's probably won't be on KOMO next year, writes Hickey.
Kasey Kahne won the Pocono 500, his third win in the last four races. He's now ninth in the NASCAR standings.
Ex-Husky Brad Walker set a U.S. record in the pole vault.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Northwest Sports: In the Morning
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you know what bugged me about the 1 run Bedard gave up? he hit JD Drew with the bases loaded, BUT THE PITCH WAS OVER THE INSIDE CORNER OF THE PLATE. i don't think umpires use their discretion enough when it comes to hit batters. you give up a run on a pitch that could have been a strike had the guys wrist not been over the plate. sounds more like horrible timing on the batter's part.
to be fair, $1,462,000 in 1978 is like $5 million today. That's good enough for 1/3 of a season from Sexson!
Fernandez = Spanish Dan Majerle
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