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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 7, 1998
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Fellow ball players consider McGwire diamond in rough
ST. LOUIS — It's natural for fans to get caught up in the moment, swept away by emotion.
The Associated Press
"You can feel the intensity and the electricity in the stands when he comes up, and rightfully so," said Bruce Bochy, San Diego Padres manager. "He hits a baseball like no other human being."
But when one of Mark McGwire's teammates referred to him as the modern-day Babe Ruth last week, it showed the true impact this force of nature has made on the St. Louis Cardinals.
McGwire homered in each of the first four games. On opening day, his grand slam broke up a scoreless, fifth-inning tie against the Dodgers and prompted the Babe Ruth comparison by veteran player, 39-year-old Gary Gaetti.
Fans began roaring in anticipation on opening day when the count went to three balls on the previous hitter, Delino DeShields, and ball four brought the proceeding to fever pitch.
McGwire didn't let them down, and he punctuated the moment with some thunderous forearmbashing and backslapping that left at least two teammates in
two teammates in pain.
"That was about as electric as they come," said catcher Tom Lampkin. "I think he got a little carried away."
In the second game, he ended with a three-run shot in the 12th inning against the Dodgers. In the fourth game, he put a game against San Diego out of reach with a three-run shot in the sixth and joined Hall of Famer Willie Mays as the only players in baseball history to homer in each of the first four games.
"You just don't see too many guys in this league do the things he does." San Diego's Tony Gwynn said. "If you look at his numbers, it's hard to argue that he's not the best power hitter in the game."
The way things were going, it was
almost an upset when McGwire did not homer in the fifth game on Sunday. San Diego's Kevin Brown and Trevor Hoffman held McGwire to a pedestrian 1-for-4 with a walk.
"He's established his reputation," said St. Louis manager Tony La Russa, who also managed McGwire in Oakland. "He's a hell of a leadoff man in an inn."
For McGwire, home runs just happen, even if they happen in bunches. As a young boy, he remembers watching the great Mays near the end of the line and not being all that impressed.
Nor does he seem to take his feats too seriously. All week he couldn't wait for the horde of reporters to leave his locker stall and was on the churlish side for a man enjoying the ride of his life. There's no way he's going to be fielding any Roger Maris questions anytime soon.
"Anytime you can help a team win a ball game, it means a lot," he said. "Home run, base hit, a walk, a defensive play, it doesn't matter to me. As long as you can contribute."
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Milwaukee excited for Brewers
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MILWAUKEE — Who better than Hank Aaron to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers' first National League game at County Stadium?
Baseball's home run king spent the first 12 years of his career in Milwaukee, helping the Braves capture two league titles and a World Series trophy before the team moved to Atlanta in 1966.
Although Milwaukee re-entered baseball in 1970 with an American League franchise when the bankrupt Pilot moved from Seattle, the city's fans never seemed to recover after losing their National League team.
"Milwaukee has always considered itself a National League city," said Aaron, who was traded to the Brewers in 1975 to finish his career, hitting the last of his 755 career homers.
National League president
Leonard Coleman will attend today's ceremonies before the game with the Montreal Expos.
The Brewers agreed to move to theNL to accommodate expansion teams in Arizona and Tampa Bay. The change has stirred passions in Milwaukee, where the Brewers already have sold more than 1 million advance tickets for the season at the earliest point in franchise history.
For the first time in team history, the club is using an oversized commemorative ticket fans can frame. The ticket features a photo of County Stadium along with the Brewers logo and their 1998 slogan, "We're Taking This Thing National!"
For a change, fans won't see the designated hitter, which the Brewers had to dump when they became the first team this century to
switch leagues. But they will see pitchers batting — or at least bunting — double-switches and other National League strategies.
Brewers pitchers are rediscovering the bat altogether, though Cal Eldred got things off to good start with a single off Atlanta's Greg Maddux in the season openers last week.
Milwaukee wasn't too successful in the American League. The Brewers won their only American League pennant in 1982, losing to St. Louis in a seven-game World Series. In recent years, they found themselves outspent by Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox.
"At least now we'll be financially more competitive in the National League Central," Bando said.
Manager Phil Garner said, "We've had a great fun. It's baseball. I mean, it's not like they kick it with their feet over here in the National League. It's played the same way. You just bat the pitchers."
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