Whoops

Like Bill Buckner's ground ball or Chris Webber calling a timeout he did not have, the Grand Opening of Lompoc Locker Room.com contained a ... well, an error. Actually a couple of them. Great start, eh?

First that comment about DANNY DUFFY finishing July in the Arizona Rookie League without giving up an earned run. It was true on Sunday night when I checked, but it was not true by the end of the month. Duffy gave up his first earned run Monday. He worked four innings and gave up just two hits. He struck out four and walked two but he gave up an earned run and took his first loss. He is now 1-1 with an ERA of 0.66. First rate work, but not quite what we wrote here.

And about DUANE SOLOMON being the best of the Americans in the 800 at the Pan Am games. Technically that was correct but it was sort of misleading. He was the best American partially because he was THE ONLY American. Both Khadevis Robinson and Nick Symmonds passed up the Pan Ams to concentrate on the Worlds later this month in Osaka, Japan.

Duane said today that he was not happy with his fourth place, and non-qualifying, finish in the semifinals. "Everything went pretty bad," he said. "I kind of got boxed in and my spikes broke."

Getting boxed in was a problem for Duane in the NCAA finals as well. The solution he said is to run more on the outside and in the front. "I think I could have run harder," he admitted.

Duane will be working out this week and next at Cabrillo's track, then head back to USC where he'll train before leaving for Japan. Our interview with Duane is still showing on Channel 25. Check the times on the left of your screen.

LLR-TV's next interviewee will be Berkeley miler MICHAEL COE. That interview should air Aug. 13.