Show yiinaif'n iyijfionvi i Page 18 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday July 9 2000 jci' X' - J 'iini M " “ : — - r- - t ’ ”" "! c A lot’s changed since i j Atlanta midsummer classic is !' ATLANTA (AP) — Hank Aaron wu the only membo of foe hometown team to play in the 1972 game And when he left Atlanta Stadium that night he thought he had a good chance to be foe MVP ffe ETVXr' V - 5b- All-St- - game’in said 24 played - I- AP photo New York Mete Todd Zeile is called out by second base umpire Mark Carlson after it was ruled that Zeile interfered with New York Yankees second baseman Chuck Knoblauch Playing in an game in your home town may be a All-St- ar record “I had throwing out the first pitch and serving as virtually the lone link to that midmnmitr elastic 28 years ago —Chipper Jones the Falcons joined the NFL Since then the city Atlanta Stadium is now a Summer Olympics The much different look than the pitiful franchise of the early ’70s drove in a career-hig- h eight runs as the Reds battered Cleveland’s wobbly pitching staff Griffey led the barrage with two homers a bases-loade- d dou- single and a ble adding to his reputation for hitting them out and driving them in against the other league He leads the majors with 25 homos and 67 RBIs in interleague play since 1997 Cubs 9 White Sox 2 Jon Liebo threw his second straight complete game a and Eric Young Sammy third straight time in the Subway Series and took their fifth in a row overall Mariano Rivera saved both games ensuring the World Series champions would head into the break in first place in the AL East Meanwhile everything went against the Mets — including the traffic — as they failed to gain even a split in the split twinbill Mets manager Bobby Valentine was ejected after the first pitch of the day fw arguing an obstruction call He played die game under protest Mike Piazza was tnt: Ueber (8-- s" ar a ( See CHANGED on Page 20 ' — LV’f I’ J'-- - As o'! it pJff' u- ' - w:?'! " V'c —i’1 - t1 f y mm who beat the 5) two-hitt- er v- ' ' ‘ j H' L' 7i Darin Erstad hit a MoJfesdded lf an All-Stgame every 30 so It couldn't be any yean better” M'J't in his Pirates with a bid start lost his fa a' previous second straight shutout when Magglio Ordonez hit his 20th homer in the sixth Liebo tied his careo high with 12 a- shot as the Anaheim Angels defeated Colorado 2 Saturday sending the Rockies two-ru- n concussion He wound up in a hospital - MRvto'V Sosa and Henry Rodriguez w r- y homered off James Baldwin 4-St-ai fa managing in you hone city” said Braves manager Bobby Cox who will lead the NL team “What are the odds on that happening? You only get five-hitt- er All-St- ar ended up ovo the wall This was the first doubleballpark doubleheado in the majors since Sept 7 1903 when the New York Giants played the Brooklyn Superbas later the Dodgers Both road teams won that day in games at Brooklyn’s Washington Park and the Giants’ Polo Grounds — a year later New York city’s subways opened After the opener many in the sellout crowd of 54165 at Shea immediately headed Game 2 which drew 35821 At both parks loyalties were divided game run-scori- ng The Yankees won for the fielder Lenny Harris’ glove It All-St- ar Local soccer Cincinnati’s four homers and at Yankee Stadium And Knoblauch’s gameturning homer escaped left i "It’s a dream cometrue Congress Center:' There’s also a celebrity hitting contest a game for mina league all stars workouts a All-St- ar drove in three runs in the — ) in the same year All-St- ar ue opener at Shea Stadium then Chuck Knoblauch hit a three-ru- n homer to win the nightcap Supo Bowl and atmosphere k began four days before the game itself with the opening FanFest at foe of the mammoth Georgia World ut 4-- laid-bac- that allowed Aaron to skip out of town before the final out in 1972 has been replaced by a highly orchestrated event mat The people’s choice would been Aaron who hit a truck left less than an hour have By The Associated Press two-ru- n homo in the sixth off The 1972 game was a after the game They rode a and national coming-oGaylord party for Perry spitballo Inis the back ova Triborough Day night Queens Bronx which six he Atlanta hit the later dry only years It made no difference Bridge to their park taking side quipped had shed its minor-leagearlier closed-of- f A 14 minutes Yankees win Yankees win oily label when the Braves “That was probably my Dwight Gooden and Roger entrance to the Grand Central biggest moment in an from Milwaukee and moved Clemens teamed up to shut Parkway sped their path Reds 14 Indians 5 down the Mets and the New Ken Griffey Jr hit two of Yak Yankees swept baseball’s most unusual doubleheader in 97 years by identical 2 scores Tino Martinez homered and didn’t have all these ofoo activities to make a bid with its new park gladly stepped up its timetable giving the city a Four Supo Bowl and 1996 dramatically growing from about 14 million in 1972 to nearly 4 million today The Braves winners Offive NL pennants since 1991 have a ng played spectacles including foe Final at 4-- 6-- to their ’ sixth season-hig- h straight loss Home runs dominated the Angels’ scoring for the second straight game as they moved five games above 500 for the first time this season with one interleague game remaining -- before the All-St- break ar begins Monday Giants 7 Cardinals 6 Ellis Burks had three hits for the second straight game and Alan Embree got another big out in relief as the San Francis' co Giants won thqir eighth straight game Saturday 6 7-- ovo the St Louis Cardinals Burks led off the fourth with his 10th homer doubled and scored in the fifth and had an RBI infield hit in the sixth one hour to nde the No 7 He’s the last two Flushing train change at with three doubles and games Grand Central Terminal and is a careo 389 hitter against No 4 Lexcatch the ‘ uptown ington Avenue line to the Bronx About 100 fans looked to get an early start — they watched from a subway platform from fence beyond the right-fiel- d perhaps drawn by the promise of free tokens which normally cost $150 The Yankees their bats and bags packed in an equipment the Cardinals Braves 5 Red Sox 1 Javy Lopez drove in three runs with a homo and a single and Terry Mulholland pitched 8 John WBdnHaiaM A 5-- nesota before opening the three-gam- e series against Atlanta They had just seven hits in a 3 loss Friday night and were held to seven again Peruvian athletes gather then get down to business By Katrina L Montaon sports writer 5-- Saturday - Blue Jays 6 Expos 3 David Wells became the winner majors’ first ami Raul Mondesi hit a three-ru- n homo to powo foe Toronto Blue Jays to a 3 win over the'Montreal Expos on Satur-day night won his eighth Wells (15-15-ga- 6-- 2) straight decision to become just the second pitcher since 1988 — following Pedro Martinez last season — to reach 15 break wink before foe ' Pirates 4 Twins 1 Kris Benson outdueled Eric Milton in a matchup of two of foe majon’ top young starters and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Minnesota 1 Saturday night — foe Twins’ seventh straight All-St- ar ’ r 4 i "APphoto Cincinnati Rads’ Ken Griffey Jr home (30) batches hie two-ru- n run hit off of Cleveland Indiana pitcher Kane Davis in the third Inning Saturday in Cincinnati 4-- lOSS' ‘ ' Kevin Young homered as foe K Soccer is everything to Peruvians Time — on foe other hand — ji unifier “It’s pretty laid back around here’’ Chris Bartlett a volunteer organizer said Indeed So laid back that foe one-da-y soccer tournament slat xl to begin at 9 am actually kicked off at noon Turns out there was food to take out of the burn pits before the action could start Held at foe Newton Tbwn Park foe extravaganza was supposed to host 2 teams But by foe first kickoff oily seven teams were present and at least one man whose team was traveling from Wyoming was a man without a ' 10-:1- strip Tie showed up wondering where his team was I think they must be lost - because the only directions anyone gave them was font foe field was by Logan” ' : Bartlcttiaid Too bad they didn’t tell the errant See SERIES on Page 20 I --L Journal Soccer player from Sun Valley Idaho (left) and from Evanston Wyo battle for the ball in Newton Saturday eight strong innings as the Atlanta Bnves shut down foe Boston Red Sox for foe second straight game with a 1 victory Saturday The Red Sox scored 44 runs in a four-gasweep in Min- J s" co-tain-ly host to numerous sporting city Atlanta already planning parking lot replaced four seaTuni-- o sons ago by 50062-seField The city has changed single Morgan’s gave the NL a 3 victory and earned him the MVP award hafc vote-getter- Originally the 2000 game was awarded to Pro Player Stadium in Miami but the uncertain future of foe Florida Marlins — maiding efforts to get a new stadium — prompted baseball to look fa another type things ance in Atlanta with Aaron Joe Morgan’s hit in extra innings I thought maybe he called up to say I was the MVP” er once-ln-a-care- game makes its second appear- the break" Aaron recalled "On the plane the captain came on and told us the and oh derby game yeah foe 71st All-St”1 think we had a dinar foe night before for foe top Aaron said “We ar ar didn’t hang around for the end “I caught a flight to Mobile I wanted to see mv mother spend a little time no during lOfo-inni- home-ru- n promised myself I was going to have a good game” On Tuesday the All-St- National League had won on Yankees sweep Subway Series Aaron who of them on his way to breaking Babe Ruth’s home-ru- n ar Turns out the Hammer ::- L team the field was actually nearly 22 miles away “I hope they find it” Bartlett said And although a strict time schedule V was not adhered to at foe start of the tournament time periods for games were monitored closely "Thirty minutes is foe amount of time each half” Alex Colqui president of the Peruvian Association said But this wasn’t just about playing socy tournaments cer No these held throughout the Mountain West from Sun Valley to Evanston are a way to bring people together and rekindle friendships This tournament involves more Thoe’s food music and flags to fa one-da- fly “We want to make it more friendly” Colqui said “We want to keep foe tradition of playing soccer alive “We like to bring people together and have fun” There’s no doubt fun wu had by all On foe sidelines children were playing Some of them jugghng soccer balls playing tag Sane lingered around foe V some of the park’s pavilion waiting authentic Peruvian food to be dished " ’ a fa k out With music blaring and food being devoured soccer was the main course and for people like Colqui it’s in four blood “Fa most of us this is what we know” Colqui said “We want to keep our foe tradition of playing around children” But it wasn’t all just fun and games at the town park Saturday — there were trophies to be won “It gets pretty competitive" Colqui said “Sometimes they go hard they want to win one of those trophies" Unfortunately only one team can win But those who don’t fair well this weekend should take heart There is another tournament held Aug 26 in Newton There will be other tournaments too Each team hosts a y event and in accordance with unwritten rules each team that hosts an event must travel to another team’s “We travel to many different places and play because they come to our tour nament” Colqui said ' Because to them soccer is everything Even if time isn't ' - 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