Archive for February, 2009

Fresno vs. Oregon Game 1: Second Inning 0-0

Start of the second, Fresno State’s third basemen Tom Mendonca up. First pitch foul ball barely foul down first base line.
Mendonca struck out but the ball came out, so he advanced to first base before being called out. 
Detwiler up, tries to draw a hit ball on his left shoulder but isn’t successful. Anderson 2-1 count, [...]


First Inning, 0-0. Fresno vs. Oregon Game 1

Two outs here, after Tyler Anderson allowed a single up the middle then picked the batter off. He retired the second hitter before Jake Johnson hit a pop fly right onto the roof of the press tent. 
Anderson ran the count to full, the third batter of the inning to get such a treatment.
Johnson then flew [...]


Here we are at PK Park…pregame

It’s cloudy out here at PK Park on a lovely Friday afternoon for baseball. For Oregon anyway. This is the place to come the entire day for score updates by inning and running play-by-play from yours truly. We’ll also be Twittering out score updates at twitter.com/odesports. Follow along for the Ducks’ first home baseball game [...]


Opening Day weather update

So I woke up this morning to the sun shining in my window. Despite the ominous clouds all about, it looks like today will be a good day for baseball, albeit a bit cold. Most weather services have today listed mostly sunny with a high of close to 50 degrees. Today’s chance of precipitation rests [...]


Stimulus may save bus routes

The Federal stimulus bill may save the Lane Transit District from cutting several bus routes for the coming term, an LTD spokesman said.
The routes that could be saved include the 76 and Breeze, which serve campus, but the 79 route will still be cut regardless, said Andy Vobora, the LTD’s director of service planning, accessibility [...]


UO baseball lovers…there are 500 tickets for you tomorrow

Students at UO have 500 tickets available for tomorrow’s game on a first-come-first-serve basis. Get there quick, as they say. 
That’s the gist of the press release from the UO baseball media officials…here’re the details.
Students will be admitted with their University of Oregon ID card on a first come, first serve basis.
The student entrance is at [...]


Floaty wings or band-aids

I begin to think that the ASUO Senate might have reason to fear legal action from Johnson & Johnson for disparaging remarks about its product, the Band-Aid. At Wednesday night’s meeting, there was a lot of discussion of the prospect of using the windfall generated by the Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit to compensate for [...]


Attention prospective football walk-ons….

Talked with Oregon’s Director of Football Operations Jeff Hawkins the past day and there are some announcements that have already been put out there regarding Oregon spring football, but they should be mentioned again.
1) If you want to try and walk-on to the football team in the spring, the process have been moved up to [...]