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Show mmm , ... i Baseball fans were treated to many outstanding plays in the annual All-Star game in Cleveland Sunday and one of the most amazing defensive gems was turned in by Dusty Baker of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The American League had runners on base and Al Oliver of the Texas Rangers knocked a fly ball into left field. It appeared that it was going to drop for a base hit between three National Ix-ague players, but Baker dropped to the ground and nabbed the ball only a few inches from the ground for a shoe string catch. The shoestring catch prevented the American league from scoring at least one run and possibly a second run. The National League won the game with a two-run homer by Mike Schmidt in the eighth Inning. However, the All-Star game wasn't the only contest that had outstanding defensive gems. The contests in the UBIC men's A team softball tournament tour-nament were filled with amazing plays. 7-11 Cafe of Vernal was toppled by Strout Realty of Roosevelt in the first round 12-3, but 7-11 s Rafe Johnston turned in a defensive gem on a ball hit by -Ralph Wright. Johnston, a shortstop, backed up on the outfield grass, leaped back, nabbed the ball, fell to the ground with a thump, but held onto the Ixill for an out. Brent Labrum of Young's Paint drilled the softball toward the fence and he was about ready to begin his home run trot when Mike Todd of Bright ' Swabbing leaped toward the fence and nabbed the softball and crushed Labrum's home run dreams. Brad Denver of Young's Paint showed that he liad wheels m the game with Bright Swabbing. A kill was hit down the line in left field and Denver turned on the speed and made a great diving catch of the kill Denver darted to left center to nab a fly ball for tlie third out. There were aNo sonic oul.-tanding offensive plays during tlie URIC men's softkill tournament Young's Paint was behind 7 0 in Ihv.r i:.m.c with tin' Lamplighter Bailers ..n.l Danny Long was on third b.e-e ' in- luv.hgh!cr crew figured that Long failed to touch second base Tlx y decided to appeal the play. The kill w.is l ie. I to second tvise and Long took off iVr l-.nrne plate The speedy I .or..: ! at tin- throw from . al-cnnd to k'liie plate a'. '. ored a run , or Young s P.ilU '' bi. 'i . Ciii only run for the crew in an 11 I to the Bailers. Tlie ump-.ie sa.d tktt long touched second base .n:d tliat he was safe at home plate 1 lie ball is lis e on an appeal play, kit both iimpm-. said it was the first tune they had even seen anyone try what 1.01:1: accomplished Another interesting offensive play was turned in by Carlo Rot-d of Young's Paint Reed, twice, acted like be was going to swing at the softball and then he stopped and made third baseman. Lowell ,co k. jump Reed finally hit the ball and U struck the third base hag for a single However, the Bailers had tin- last lauch as Reed tried to stretch the single into a double Hearnved safely al the bag, but fell off second kise and was tag, fed out The Young's Paint Lamplighter Bailers game had a father son battle. Gary Huber was a member of the Bailer crew and his father. Dovle Huber, was the pitcher on the Young's Paint team When ( lary came up to bat his father said. "How would you like if" Gary liked it all right as he hit tl-ball tl-ball into the outfield for a sacnliee flv Huber ripped his dad for a single in the bottom of the third inning, but w hen the fourth inning arrived Ins dad moved from the pitching mound to behind the plate. There was also a father son combination com-bination on the same team Scott Kavanaugh was the second kiseman and his father, Pal, was the first base coach and a pinch runner on the tjimplighter Bailors Scott produced a number of hits for Ins team and came up with a number of fine plays in the field. His father, Pat, shouted out ad vice from his first base coaching box and also entered the game tvlwecn the Bailers and Young's Paint as a pinch runner for Unveil Aycock, who injured his foot when he stepped on Pat's foot Pat darted down the base path and arrived safely at second base. Kavanaugh moved to m-d base on a single by Jim Rhoades, but lie died on the bag when Shawn King hit into a double play However. Pat was happy as he at least made it to third base and the Bailers downed Young's Paint II to 1. |