Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday July 14 1999 — Page 13 Martinez has a night to remember BOSTON (AP) — At the end of the next century baseball fans still will be miking about what Pedro Martinez did on this night Of how Mark McGwire flailed at strike three Of how Sammy Sosa looked like a statue when a called third zoomed by Of how Barry Larkin Larey Walker and Jeff Bagwell walked away from the plate strikeout victims all Baseball’s biggest hoppers came to the plate and Pedro Martinez made the power go out “I really didn’t appreciate leading off today I had to do it" Larkin said in awe of Martinez's MVP performance in the American League's 4-- 1 victory Tuesday night Martinez became the first pitcher to strike out the first three hatters in an All-Stgame fanning Larkin Walker and ar AL 10 Once it began Martinez made short work of the National League hitters Though its starters had outhomcied their AL counterparts 214-14- 9 they were no match for Boston's ace With Hall of Famers Bob Feller Warren Spahn and friend Juan Marichal watching Martinez tied an AL record for strikeouts and became the first AL starter to win an All-Stgame in his own park That was plenty to earn him the MVP award “I think it makes it a little more special being here in Boston" he said “Representing the decade the last one of the century Being ar there with all those players around us I never never expected it” Mixing a blazing fastball darting curve and tantalizing change-u- p he fanned Barry Larkin Walker and Sammy Sosa to start the game The Red Sox star already halfway to the magic mark at the break kept up the streak by striking out McGwire to begin the second inning After Matt Williams reached on 30-w- in an error by second baseman Roberto Alomar Martinez fanned Jeff Bagwell on a 2 curve And when Williams was caught stealing on the play Martinez was done The AL went on to win for the ninth time in 12 games cutting its deficit to 3-- 40-29- -1 “Last game of the century Williams Continued from Page 10 Afterward Williams recounted what he said: "They wanted me to meet (Don) Mattingly when he was going good and (Wade) Boggs And we went to this high-class restaurant and we're talking about hitting the intimate part of hitting where you put your foot everything like that Finally I said 'Did you guys ever smell the wood when you foul one real hard?' “They looked at one another like what's this guy smoking now? And I said I could smell it quite a few times and it smelled like wood burning I said the next time I see Willie Mays the next time I see Cepeda the next time I see Reggie Jackson I’m going to ask them They said ‘Oh sure we’ve smelled it too' So I asked McGwire the same thing and he said he could smell it too” "All the time" McGwire told him Williams wanted to keep talking but time and his own emotions wouldn't allow it No one came close to reaching the Green Monster in left field tx wrapping a shot around Pesky's Pole down the short right-fiel- d line This was the first All-Stgame without a home run since 1990 at Wriglcy Field Cleveland's four starters however helped the AL score enough to win John Wettcland got a save while Curt Schilling whom the Indians covet took the loss Kenny Lofton led off the AL first with an infield hit Indians say” Jeromy Burnitz recalled “Guys aren’t coming back happy and gay when they strike out" Martinez is 13-- 3 at the All-Stbreak and has an outside chance to become the first winner in three decades “He's got the best lively arm in the ar 30-ga- game of baseball" McGwire said “There's a very very good chance he'll win 30 or more” The performance drew comparisons of ar ar Manny 28-pit- ch BOSTON (AP) — As baseball's greatest living players gathered at Fenway Park Pete Rose remained the sport's biggest thorn The living players among the 100 nominated fix the team were invited to TuesAll-Stgame all except one — day night's the man banned for life because of gambling “Attendance at any function like that was forbidden” commissioner Bud Selig said Even Rose's face was banned from Fenway in 1984 teammate Williams at second for an inning-endin- g double play “Those guys those are some of the best in the world" Martinez said after his performance in two electric innings "But anything could happen and that's what makes our game so special” Martinez silenced the National League dugout “It's pretty obvious there's not a lot to the 1934 All-Stgame at New York's Polo Grounds when Hubbell struck out Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Jimmie Foxx A1 Simmons and Joe Cronin each and even one elected to the Hall of Fame Larkin (163) Walker (250) Sosa (305) McGwire (483) and Bagwell (249) have combined fix' 1434 homers Hubbelfs victims in 1934 finished their careers with 2218 and before long Martinez's prey may lop that Era of offense? Not with Martinez on the mound Ignoring all the sluggers on the field fans who stuck around after the game kept chanting his name In the shadow of the ar Green Monster the very symbol of offense Martinez was the star “I think Pedro pretty much dominated and lifted everybody up" Cleveland's Jim Thome said “He's a pitcher and he rises to the occasion" big-ga- Al1 ’n M Boston Rod Sox pitihiM IVdio Martino liulils lip Ins MVP trophy ao tulloAinij Ilia Tuesday nujhl American riquo All Slns-- I 1 l aim Selig: Rose can forget reinstatement Fenway Park A lot of nostalgia" AL manager Joe Tone said "The weather cooperated It was great” Except for the hitters that is The teams combined fix a record 22 strikeouts including 12 by AL pitchers to break the mark of 21 Boston Continued from Page well and Ivan Rodriguez threw out Sosa in the first “I didn't see the ball when it went by me” Walker said He boosted his record to the first tour when he got McGwire on four pitches leading off the second Throughout old Fenway Park fans were buzzing Would Martinez equal maybe surpass the great Carl Hubbell who struck out five of baseball’s best all in a row “It's just a matter of how bad he wants to make hitters look" Texas closer John Wettcland said Now it came down to Matt Williams no slouch himself with 23 homers this season Williams who threatened Roger Maris' home run record before the 1994 strike turned out to be the only blemish And it wasn't that much of a smudge a grounder to second that was misplayed for an error No problem All Martinez did was strike out Jeff Bag- - Park Pictures of 98 of the 100 were hung on kicked Rose out of huvhull banners draped around the grandstand of the ballpark The only ones missing were Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson also banned for life And as long as Selig is commissioner Rose has no hope of reinstatement “1 don't think there's anything new or if there’s anything new that I would do to change what Bart Giamatti did" Selig said referring to the former commissioner who Because of tlu lifetime km lie Mimed will) Ciiamutli in August l‘)S‘) Rose is ineligible fix (lie Hall oflame Rose declined comment when Seim's statements were relayed lluuugli Ins business jeeni "It's the same old thing business as usual'' said agent Warren ( iiecne who mis with Rose hi Boston “Right now I don't think I Vie wants to start trading any haibsix make any lonimeui " ond in college and thrived there during his two years at BYU A preseason second team selection this spring Continued from Page 10 Pond led the Western Athletic shortly after Pond returned to the Conference in home runs (23) states Cache Valley baseball guru and slugging percentage (742) Dennis Udy received a call from and was an selection one of Anaheim's head scouts During his four years in col“It took us a while to get in lege Pond hit over 400 and belttouch hut once things happened ed 89 home runs Those kinds of numbers would they happened really fast Udy says “He knows (Pond) and he's normally warrant a draft choice but Pond served an LDS mission always liked him" to Argentina between his freshman By going to Cedar Rapids (about 30 miles away from Dyersville and sophomore years at Ricks ColIowa where “Field of Dreams” lege and will turn 24 this fall was filmed in the late 1980s) Pond “That’s not old but that's old is skipping over three levels of by baseball standards” Udy says minor leagues: rookie rookie “But I think he'll prove a lot of A advanced and short-seaspeople wrong who didn't draft “It's kind of funny because one him just because of his age" “I like challenges” Pond says of my best friends (former BYU outfielder Gary Johnson) got “I like trying to prove myself to drafted and he's playing in a other people and hopefully I can rookie league” Pond says prove that a returned missionary Pond will start right away can make it Then hopefully other either at second or third base A RMs will get a chance too" Had he not got a chance Pond third baseman for much of his career Pond was moved to sec- - Pond an All-WA- C Ramirez walked with two outs and Thome hit an RBI single Baltimore's Cal Ripken a All-Stfollowed Thome's hit with an RBI single for a 0 lead After the NL scored against David Cone in the third on a double by Jeromy Burnitz and a single by Larkin the AL added two runs in the fourth off St Louis winner Kent Botten-fiel- d 17-ti- ar 2-- 14-ga- Thome walked Ripken was hit by a pitch and Rafael Palmeiro starting in place of injured DH Jose Canseco hit an RBI single One out later Alomar drove in a wv jvitM sender that eluded Matt Williams at third base for an error “He wanted to talk baseball with everybody out there" McGwire said adding that a lot of players got choked up Larry Walker of the Rockies was one of them moment to end “It was kind of funny" Boston “Tears were coming out of didn’t matter What time was the first pitch? Nobody eared" Said Rafael Palmeiro: “That's the chance of a lifetime The We had chills game can wait all over” To a man the players a sense of reverence expressed about the occasion “Meeting Ted Williams was probably the greatest thrill of my career” Cleveland's Jim Thome said Finally Williams was helped back into the cart and the crowd roared again until he made his way to his box seat along the fust base line with commissioner Bud Selig “Wasn't it great!" Williams said “I can only describe it as great It didn't surprise me all that much because I know how these fans are here in Boston They love this game as much as any players and Boston’s lucky to have the faithful Red Sox fans They're the best" says he likely would have spent the rest of the summer playing with tlie Smithficld Blue Sox before returning to school Now that he's a minor leaguer he'll play with the Kernels through the end of the season on Sept 6 then finish his final semester at BYU this fall “You never know what's going to happen but I'm happy that I'm at least getting a shot" Pond says “I’m excited to get out there and show them what I can do” Pond who flew out to Iowa this morning will have his uniform and contract waiting fix him when he gets to Cedar Rapids Although he's not certain about numbers just yet he says it will be “decent money at least” “I don't really care how much it is” he adds “I'd play for peanuts or a plane ticket out there Any money at all is a bonus as far as I’m concerned" Although age may have kept Pond from being drafted it could play to his advantage now that he's been signed m “The guml thing older is they mow you up tiiuk-er- " Pond saw "II you pliy well soil' II probably lv mow-i- up little faster or" lie adds with a chuckle "Iv released iiiukei " Pond saw dial lie's piutclul to l'd lor his help "Dennis always wauls die liesi lm his This deal wouldn't iiae went down withoui Dennis" — and l‘d) was just Iul lhit he could help the process by making "a lew phone calls " "If an one deseives a chance it's him" I'd) saw o pond who played American Legion hall lor I'dy and Jiisiin Jensen "I wouldn't he surprised al all if in loin years ! k-in- l 1 you saw him in (he big leagues I think lv can hit al that level" As far as Pond is concerned he's already there "A gu) called me up yesterday and said ‘Ryan Pomi welcome to the Anaheim Angels oigania-tioMy heart kind of stopped It just hit me light then that I'll be playing pio ball" n' shortstop Nomar Garciaparra said “When the announcer asked everybody to go back to the dugout everybody said no It Ted's eyes" Walker said “I had to turn away because tears were coming out my eyes too" Finally the players backed away and Williams took the ball to throw out the ceremonial first pitch to Carlton Fisk “Where is he?" Williams asked His vision once the best in the game has suffered too and he can't see well outside a narrow range Tony Gwynn pointed him toward Fisk and held him steady “I got you” Gwynn said Williams joked a bit then tossed a soft pitch to Fisk inside but all the way to the plate Fisk jogged to the mound to hug him Other players came back to crowd around Williams and after a few minutes the public address announcer pleaded with the players to return to the dugout The game was running about IS minutes late but no one wanted this Back by Popular Demand UNITY MEETINGS to answer questions regarding the August 3 Parks & Recreation Special Election Bond Thursday July 22 Thursday July 29 Monday August 2 6-7:- I! i— -- 30 Aft 6-7:- I Lube OH Filter ji Alignment Check jj 30 jiw I 6-7:- 30 For more information call SJf: 0c Logan Community Recreation Center 1 95 South 1 00 West Logan POOR COPY ril nMI ft ITIfiHSE Brake Inspection 750-987- 7 ss"r I purchase ol Ameucan Car Cars lUo t Of ji AllBnmn1 ! -- vxa PscGiint TIRE ft AUTOMOTIVE kti Any !10s f W Brake Repair A ' LOGAN Mam k&S 753-241- 2 f |