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MINOR MIRACLE: USA minor leaguers beat Cuba 10-5 C-2 Sports notes Running wild Records Consecutive seasons 1000 or -more 10 Consecutive games 100 or more yards in a season 14 Most games 100 or more yards in a season 14 Most seasons 1000 or more yards 10 (tied with Walter Pay-ton) Career Rankings 3062 (second) Rushing 15 269 (sec- ond) Most games 100 or more yards 76 (second) 31-year-old Sanders said at Gatwick Airport after arriving on a flight from Detroit to London Tm just really not feeling like playing not the same game As gotten older the game has changed in my mind Tm thinking about doing other he added still firn but not as Am It just felt like it was Asked if he might change his mind he shook his head think going to he said Sanders becomes the fourth super-star to retire since January joining John Elway Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan Unlike those three -Sanders leaves while at the top of his game much the same as Jim Brown who retired from the NFL in 1966 at age 3a Why now especially since only 1458 yards shy of breaking Walter Payton's NFL career rushing record of 16726 yards? Sanders has never thought much of such records Payton who suffers from a rare liver disease and is awaiting a transplant said he understood decision See Sanders C-3 PONTIAC Mich (AP) Barry Sanders always had eye-popping moves dazing and dazzling NFL defenders for 10 years Now comes the move of all moves and like the others no one saw this coming Sanders retired on the eve of the Detroit training camp a shocking decision that prevents him from becoming the career rushing leader this season In a statement released Wednesday this game's most explosive running back said he was leaving because desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in The news stunned the Lions who left the door open for him to return That appear likely however years is a lot of football" the Return to action All-stars reach state FERNDALE The Clear Creek-Cottonwood Little League softball team won the Section 2 Regional 9-10 year olds all-star tournament on Wednesday by beating Olive-hurst 15-5 Next up fin Clear Creek-Cottonwood squad is the state tournament in Stockton which starts Saturday Winning pitcher Kari McLeam went all five innings as the game was shortened due to the 10-run mercy rule Desiree Hoyum was 4-for-4 Samantha Camuso was 3-for-4 while Melissa Naber Megan Pope and Mandy Williams each had two hits The team is hoping to raise money to fond its trip to Stockton for the state tournament To make a donation of for more information contact Jason Rubin at 3656879 One more game for Anderson team SUSANVILLE The Anderson Little League 14-15 year-old all-stars will have to play again today at the Section 2 tournament as it fell to Peach Bowl of Yuba City 99 Wednesday Anderson had defeated Peach Bowl in the tournament opener and the Yuba team fought through the losers bracket to reach game of the double-elimination tournament Jordan Prado doubled and tripled for Anderson and Ryan Watson added two hits Today's championship rematch is scheduled for 6 pm Diamondbacks dmb Woodland FAIRFIELD The Redding Diamondbacks notched an impressive 91 victory in the first round of the Area 1 American Legion baseball tournament Wednesday Pitcher Josh Oster tossed a two-hitter while striking out 14 and walking just three in the seven-inning game He was also impressive at the plate with two hits and two RBIs Josh Edwards Matt Im-walle and Mitch Eastman also had two hits apiece with Im-walle driving in a pair of runs Redding plays at 4 pm today Roach has solid outing for Heat CHICO Central Valley High School graduate Petie Roach had his best outing of the season for the Chico Heat earning the victory as Chico beat Sonoma County 40 Wednesday night Roach (3-2) went seven innings scattering five hits with six strikeouts and one walk in the Western League contest Retirement from playing short-lived for Shamburg By Rob Shore Record Searchlight CHICO As comebacks in professional baseball go' Ken was probably a little more abrupt -than most Shamburg who served as the hitting coach for the West-' em Chico Heat this season after two years as a player with the dub was activated player on July 19 with very little fanfare In fact the move abushed Shamburg himself kind of had no choice" said Shamburg an Enterprise High School grad ran out of players just the way it worked Shamburg announced his retirement on Jan 18 this year seemingly closing out a nine-year professional career that included stints in the Baltimore Orioles Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics organizations He stayed on with the Heat as a hitting coach but had no thoughts of returning as a player But in the midst of a rash of irjuries to two of its top power hitters Jon Fuller and Terrel 1 Hansen both went on the disabled list within days of activation the Heat pressed its hitting coach into action had a feeling it would Shamburg said year we see players dropping like flies Only this year seeing them drop at the same So for the comeback treated him too well Shamburg was hitting 3-for-21 after Tuesday 20 Heat victory over Sonoma County But Chico manager Bill Plummer still likes what he sees from the 32-year-old player-coach PLAYER AND COACH: Chico Heat's Ken Shamburg (27) has been the team's hitting activated to player status as injuries have hobbled the team apt MMm Retard StarckUgU coach this season but recently was SWING AWAY: Ken Shamburg maybe the hitting coach but talking about hitting and doing it are two different things UkVmKeeord Searchlight coaching full-time as soon as today has been a bit of an eyeopener for the former Hor- net As a player he finds himself paying a lot more attention to his own swing than those of the other Chico players He notices his swing is starting to come around a little After no winter workouts and no spring training the muscles are starting to remember what to do But he knows in the back of his mind his comeback will be over soon Even before his swing is back to 100 percent Tm sure by the time I hit a few hard he said be let that 158 average tool Plummer said hit the ball hard but he's just lined out a few times" Shamburg the Hitting Coach is for harder on Shamburg the Player It help that as the resident expert on hitting the players assume he'll be back to speed as soon as he gets in the box talk hitting with everyone and they think be able to Shamburg said it's the same as last year (for me) chasing a lot of balls out of the The stint as the designated hitter Plummer said Shamburg could go back to 1 Cardinals score six times against Hernandez to beat Giants off guard we expect him to be able to hit a ball Darren Oliver (67) gave up three runs and six hits in 7 innings for the Cardinals He allowed an RBI groundout by FP Santangelo in the fifth and was knocked out by a two-run homer by Burks in the eighth pitched a good game but Darren Oliver pitched a better game" Giants manager Dusty Baker said was one of the best-pitched games- seen all Ricky Bottalico pitched the ninth for his 16th save in 19 chances as the Cardinals avoided getting swept the Giants and I feel very good about the way I he said through a translator course six runs is six runs But I felt I made some good Fernando Tatis had a three-run triple JD Drew added a solo homer and Alberto Castillo had an RBI single for the Cardinals Mark McGwire who is tied with Sammy Sosa with 37 home runs went 0-for-2 before getting ejected in the fourth inning for arguing a called third strike Hernandez (5-10) obtained in a trade for two minor leaguers allowed seven hits and walked three while striking out five He allowed just SAN FRANCISCO CAP) A Cuban flag waved in the right-field stands Elton blared from the public address system The stage was set for a dramatic debut by Livan Hernandez But Hernandez obtained by San Francisco from Florida last weekend allowed six runs in seven innings in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the St Louis Cardinals was very happy with the crowd It was a very nice warm gesture especially fin: a player coming in for the first said Hernandez a native of Cuba who defected in 1995 feel very good being with one hit in the first four innings but gave up six runs and six hits in the next three innings did a great job today We just didn't get him any runs said Ellis Burks who hit his 18th homer for the Giants messed up on Tatis he hit that ball in the right-field earner mid we were playing him straightaway He caught us Amtoctated Prm OPENING EFFORT: New Giants pitcher Livan Hernandez felt his first outing in San Francisco was good but he was the pitcher of record in the 6-3 loss to St Louis -v -V zv' -rv -y -i'- i-'fr- -ten 1 vr tl1 i 'ill rf1t ft.