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Pep Talk
By Chris Silvestri
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If you're a cliehard New York
Yankees fan as I am, then you
haven't had very much to cheer
about this season.
When you take a look at their
roster, it's almost impossible to
believe they can't win 90 games in a
160-game season. Of course, as all
Yankees fans, I am not one to keep
my comments on their problems to
myself. Here are some of my
theories:
Problem Number One ? Of all the
things that disappoints me the most
about the Yanks, it's that they don't
seem to have any heart. Just take a
look at their record when trailing
after seven innings. It is a disappointing
4-54. If a team is going to win a
pennant, they need to win some
games with dramatic comebacks.
Needless to say, the Yankees are
lacking in that aspect. Countless
times this season, I have seen the Red
Sox and the Mets steal games in the
late innings with sensational rallies.
The Mets have already clinched and
Boston virtually has a lock on the
pennant. These teams are determined
and show heart and desire to win in
the later innings, whereas the
Yankees falter and seem to give up.
Problem Number Two ? Team
owner George Steinbrenner does
nothing all season but cause the team
problems. I can't understand the
logic of threatening to trade
superstars such as Dave Winfield and
Don Mattingly. It's simply
ridiculous. Winfield is a perennial
Gold Glove winner, who was hitting
in the upper .300s when Steinbrenner
was threatening to trade him. Mattingly
is another Gold Glove winner,
who consistently bats more than
.300. Steinbrenner is constantly reeking
havoc on the team's stability with
the trade threats and managerial
changes. He should keep his nose out
of the clubhouse and leave the
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Willie Randolph, Mattingly, Winfield,
Jack Clark and Mike
Pagliarulo, they don't need hitters. I
will never understand why they traded
for Ken Phelps. They should have
been looking for a good pitcher, not
another slugger. They do not have a
single consistent pitcher on their
staff. Even bullpen ace Dave Righetti
has had problems with consistency
this year. The Yankees' top priority
in the off-season this year should be
the acquisition of quality pitchers.
Problem Number Four ? The
Yankees are continuously plagued by
injuries. Rarely does a week go by
when one of their starters is not on
the disabled list. Henderson, Mattingly,
Pagliarulo, Randolph and
Clark all spent considerable time on
the disabled list this season. These
players ? along with Winfield ?
make up the heart of the Yankee
lineup and are depended upon every
day. The pitchers are not excluded
from this category, either. Rick
Rhoden, Ron Guidry, John
Candelaria and Richard Dotson were
also hit with injuries this summer.
It's virtually impossible for a team to
build stability when they are hurt by
injuries so often.
The Yankees are 83-72 and fourand-a-half
^arnes behind the Red Sox
in the American League East race. I
haven't completely given up hope,
but I am definitely looking forward
to next season, as I was at this time
last year. If the Yanks, however,
don't get their act together by acquiring
some pitchers and recovering the
desire to win, I'm afraid I'll be feeling
this way again next September,
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USC sophomore midfielder Phil Seidenburg and a Furman opponent race to
the ball in Sunday's match at The Graveyard. The Gamecocks defeated the
Paladins 2-0 with two second-half goals, improving their season mark to 6-2. i
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The temperatures were rising, and
the intensity was hot Sunday afternoon
as USC hosted Furman at The
Graveyard. The Gamecocks won 2-0
on two well-executed goals in the second
half.
"I'm proud of the way our team
played today against a very tough
Furman team," said head coach
Mark Berson. "It was a solid team
performance. We worked hard to
prepare for the game, and our group
was determined to come away with a
win."
In the first half, both teams played
a controlled passing game to keep
from running too much and getting
dehydrated from the heat. USC, now
5-2, had its best chance to score in the
first half at the 24-minute mark when
Billy McMullan sent a cross in front
3f the goal, but a Furman defender
beat Clark Brisson to the ball, spoiling
the play.
USC goalkeeper Charles Arndt
kept the Paladins scoreless when he
sailed over one of their attackers to
eel in a long cross. The match was
scoreless at the end of the first half.
The Gamecocks scored what proved
to be the winning goal with 3^25
?one in the match. Craig Hartman
jassed the ball to Jonas Gudjonsson
who immediately sent it to Grenville
Pope. Pope was flying down the right
side of the field and blasted the ball
)ff the hands of the outstretched
Furman goalkeeper and into the net.
Tempers flared and two yellow
:ards were given out by the referee at
he 71:43 point of the match. Johnny
Drindgreff of Furman kicked Arndt
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Jeff Love scored the final goal of
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Then, all I had to do was push it in."
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Still, our team played well."
USC ended up with five shots- on
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were made; Arndt had three, and Dee
had two. A total of 37 fouls were
committed during the match; USC
had 22 while Furman had 15.
The Gamecocks play North
Carolina today in Chapel Hill.
Coach Mark Berson promises his
team will be ready but is concerned
about UNC. "They are a big, strong
team and have the reputation for being
very physical. Playing there is
hard because they force an unfriendly
environment upon you."
Senior Pat Walsh said, "It will be
a tough game. We need to play just
like we did against Furman, even
harder to come out with a win.
We've never won up there so we will
try for a first and come home with a
win."
At the match, 2,400 fans attended.
The next home match is 2 p.m. Sunday
at The Graveyard against Appalachian
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