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6 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, June 16, 2010 LOCAL SPORTS Kendal Eagles baseball Quantrill heads to the Hall by Chris Stark Dogs Have Eagles Number Sunday afternoon in Kendal was an ugly one for the Eagles. The Peterborough River Dogs were back in town and looking for their third straight win over the home town boys. Due to a rain out, the Birds had not played in almost two weeks. And the rust was evident from the get go. They gave up three earned runs in the second and then the errors began, and Peterborough took advantage. By the sixth, the River Dogs were up by a score of 9-0 and that was the way it would stay. It was a game the Birds will be trying to forget. They'll get a chance to put it behind them on Monday night against the Port Hope Juniors. Later in the week the Eagles will take on the Port Hope Flyers in a rare Friday night game under the lights in Kendal, game time is 7:30 pm. Bickell's Payoff The Eagles would like to congratulate Bryan Bickell on capturing the Stanley Cup. Bryan was up and down from the minors all season long. However, he never lost sight of Chicago's goal to win the Cup, showing local kids how focus, hard work and perseverance can payoff. Congratulations, "Bick." Quantrill's Career He never won 20 games, didn't strike out hundreds, and not once hit 100 mph on the radar gun. But, Paul Quantrill was able to refine his talent and become a professional who was respected by his teammates, managers, and league-wide, by his opponents. This coming weekend local pitcher and former Blue Jay Paul Quantrill will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (in St. Mary's, ON). He'll be enshrined alongside former Blue Jay fanfavourite Roberto Alomar, former Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins owner Calvin Griffin, and 'the modern father of baseball statistics' Allan Roth. Quantrill started his career as a star pitcher with the University of Wisconsin Badgers. He was drafted 161st overall by the Boston Red Sox in 1992. He was traded to Toronto in 1996 and found his niche as a setup man in 1997. In the setup roll he was given the ball with a lead, asked to hold that lead and then hand the game over to the more illustrious closer to finish the game off. Although being one of the best setup men in the game from `97 -'03, due to the ambiguous nature of his roll he never gained much fame. What are the things that make Paul Quantrill a Hall of Fame pitcher? For one, he has a 'rubber arm.' Over his entire career, spanning thirteen seaers had talents that equaled or surpassed his. I believe what truly set him apart was his drive to win, not just win the game, but win every single battle in each at bat. Many pitchers in the Majors are students of the game and know exactly what they should be doing during a game, but they don't have the focus to expand their game plan to every single pitch. Paul had this ability and used it to turn himself into a professional pitcher. He took his God-given gifts and amplified them by never losing focus or 'taking a pitch off.' Essentially he leveled the playing field with more physically talented players by being more mentally prepared. These skills allowed Quantrill to twice have an ERA under 2.00, lead his league in appearances in '01, '02, '03 and to set a New York Yankees record with 86 appearances in `04. He also represented the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2001 All Star Game in Seattle. And so he heads into the Hall of Fame as a player with a special arm, who turned himself into an elite pitcher by using his competitive edge. As a fan that followed his career and was able to see him in almost every city he ever played in, from a kid in Elmira to the league's most dominant setup man at the Chavez Ravine, congratulations on this well deserved honor. "He took his Godgiven gifts and amplified them by never losing focus." sons, he never had a sore arm. During an era when pitchers were 'babied' by organizations to save their arms, he was available to pitch every day. The strong finish he had on his fastball made it move more than some pitchers' breaking balls. And finally, his accuracy was tremendous; pitchers live and die by their location and Paul was one of the best at painting the black (the black edges of the plate). However, other than never having a sore arm, hundreds, if not thousands of other pitch- DURHAM COUNTY SENIORS EUCHRE JUNE 14TH RESULTS TOP SCORES REBEKAH HALL EUCHRE RESULTS FOR JUNE 9TH 1st Ina Smith 2nd Eileen Stephens 3rd Elaine Doty 4th Betty Charland Betty Charland Norma Moffat TOP SCORES 1st John Tompson 2nd Helen Simpson 3rd Marie Couroux 4th Reid Harness 5th Joan Sutcliffe 86 79 76 74 72 DRAWS 83 79 77 72 2010 PONTYPOOL MEN'S SUNDAY LOB BALL LEAGUE Results for June 13th, 2010 Cement Heads Blazers Pita Pit Renegades Black Jacks over over over over over Black Jacks K.C. Rams Roka Generals Slime K.C. Rams 16-1 16-3 29-11 11-4 19-14 League Standings TEAM GP WIN LOSS TIE RF RA +/PTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Cement Heads 7 Blazers 6 Renegades 7 Black Jacks 7 K.C. Rams 7 Pita Pit 6 Slime 6 Roka Gens 6 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 5 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 43 41 77 50 27 96 56 40 87 101 -14 67 103 -36 85 80 5 44 76 -32 55 105 -50 12 10 10 6 4 4 4 2 June 19th Next week's K.C.Rams vs. Slime - 9:00 am Schedule: Renegades vs. Pita Pit - 10:15 am Wooden Bat CementHs vs. BlackJacks -11:30 am Tourney RokaGens vs. Blazers - 12:45 pm Saturday All Championship Games on Sunday, June 20, starting at 2:30 pm