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This week's sports report for the Juvenile Merchants Fastball Team is sponsored by Classic Hot Dogs, XL Gas, Haugens and Williamson GM. This weak, the Merchants played only one game in the Oshawa and District Mens League, and it turned out to be a very successful evening. Nt only did the Port team beat the highly successful Oshawa Juveniles team which has come out on.tep of every Port-Oshawa match this year, but it also was Richard Brough"s first pitching The score was 0-0 until the top of the fourth when Moase got on with a single and was driven in on a two out home run by Vander Slagt. Unfortunately, Timms was left stranded at third since the pitching duel between Brough and Sharp was allowing a few hits which made runs a scarcity in the game. In the bottom of the fifth, Empringham led off the inning with a single and was moved over to third when an attempted bunt by Shrigley caused an outing in three years. errant throw to first leaving InA i Soi Sige Dave Righetti and Ryne Sandberg are both = their mid-30s and financially set. They've made millions playing baseball for the last dozen years and now have reached the end of the line, but one has let go, the other one can't. |_-Sandberg recently walked away from a contract that guaranteed him $16 million to play second base for the Chicago Cubs for two more years. He said he didn't have a competitive edge anymore and If he couldn't perform at his best he felt he was cheating the people who paid him. Righetti has been released by two teams in the last six months but still has that edge and now is pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays. Unlike Sandberg, he's being pushed away but isn't ready to leave. What Ryne and Rags are going-through was tossed around by a few 30.something ballplayers who are faced with the same. dilemma. They've chosen a career that comes to an end 30 years before we're programmed to retire. Each handles the reality in his own way. Dave Stewart of the Toronto Blue Jays is 37 and saw the end coming so he announced before the season that it would be his last. "I can't und d that," d Stewart of the news that Sandberg didn't feel like playing anymore. "That's why | don't even tak about it. I'm afraid it would bother me and | wouldn't make ft through the season. Once you've decided to leave you really have to work and stay focused." Work Is exactly how Jack Morris views his profession. At 38 he was discarded by Toronto but wasn't ready to stop pitching. His motivation, though, seems monetary. "The first tithe you throw a pitch as a pro, baseball is no longer a game, it's a job," says Morris, who always looks like he's working, not playing. "But | can't imagine him (Sandberg) walking away from all that money.' That's the reaction most of us have. It's like throwing away the winning lottery ticket. But it you've already got more money than you can use, pay isn't the only reason to play. Thirty-seven-year-old Paul Molitor, in his 17th season, hasn't considered quitting and thinks, perhaps intluenced by Michael Jordan's celebrated retirement, fewer players will face growing too old to play. "Some all-time records might never be broken," says Molitor. "I mean, what's Robble Alomar, 25? What will keep him in the game In another five years when he's got $30 million in the bank?" Only the need for team-mates and competition. And that brings us back to Dave Righetti, whose drive is still there even if his fastball isn't. Righetti has the dough but not the desire to sit at home or start something new and, in fact, feels obligated to keep "pitching he s the last year of a four-year deal | signed with San Frandisco and | want to show Mr, Lurie (Former Giants' owner) that I' . still working hard to earn the money. | don't want to take ney and walk away." | regard Rags and Tyne are still the same. They want to for their pay. But at the Career junction, where every choose a path, the job is still a game to one and too work for the other. AVN VAY p Va Sale (0S) 4437 ASO runners at third and second with none out. Laird, on a ground-out to first, was able to drive in the run for an all important 3-0 lead. This enterthining game was full of sparkling defensive plays which the Merchant fans have been used to in the past. The win in itself was satisfying, but the knowledge that the Merchants can beat the Oshawa Juveniles, a team which they will face in the Eliminations, was even more important. Brough pitched seven strong innings, striking out 3, walking 2, and allowing only 3 hits and noearned runs. . itters for the week; Brough - single'; Empringham-single; \ Laird-RBI; Moase-single; Timms-single; Vander Slagt- home run, 2 RBL The schedule for the next two weeks will be: Tuesday, July 4 - Bowmanville vs Merchants 8:30 pm Thursday, July 7 - Merchants vs Scarborough Royals Double header - 7 & 9 pm Juveniles Ie a solid victory over Oshawa : db Fergus on Di (Woodview). This park is located at the end of Elgin Street on the east side of Central Park Boulevard south of | Adelaide. Central Park Boulevard is located between Ritson Road and Road. If the Merchants win, the next gamp.witl | be Friday at 9 pm at Thursday, July 14 has been Diamond | (Durham Fields). If cancelled since the town of Port" game one is a loss, the next Perry will be | bs hosting the er Towa header bet a the Tom after Elimination Games i be held in Oshawa on July 8,9,10 with 37 teams registered. The Merchants first game will be at 3 pm on Friday, July 8 game will be Saturday at 8:00 am on Diamond 6 (McLaughlin). There will be some excellent fastball played on this weekend, and all ball fans should mark their calendar. for a tournament not to be missed. Clowns and ots of balloons were evident on Saturday as Scooters officially opened at 40 Water Street. Scooters offers 26 different flavours of ice cream and 16 different kinds of pop- corn to tempt your tastebuds on a hot summer day. Kids in the photo with the clowns are Rebecca Wiison and Melissa Hudson. Win, loss for Winchester Tuesday June 28 saw the Winchester Arms girls play Ajax Black Argus at the soccer fields. The game was a slow paced 34 Water Street, Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1J2 985-8471 YQUR GENERAL INSURANCE NEE! baseball and NT {=a ¥ FORDER - PARKS INSURANCE BROKERS INC. 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Having lost on Tuesday night was all the inspiration the team needed to go on the early attached in this game. Sara Cosway took a corner kick which was redirected by Emily Cosway for a goal at fhe 2:00 minute mark for an early 1-0 lead. to put on the pressure.and by time were up 3-O on a goal by Paula Reed. \ The second half was. well played by both teams. The teams each of goals to make the final 5-3 for Winchester Arms. Shaun Gault and Robin Adderley scored for the Arms.