Tuesday, April 11, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
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Major League Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division
East Division
| W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Baltimore | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | 5-1 | W-5 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| New York | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | z-3-3 | L-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Toronto | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2 | z-3-4 | L-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Boston | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3 | z-2-4 | W-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3 | z-2-5 | L-3 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Central Division
| Cleveland | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | z-4-2 | W-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| Kansas City | 5 | 3 | .625 | — | 5-3 | W-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Chicago | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1/2 | 4-3 | L-1 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2 | 3-5 | L-1 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Detroit | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3 | z-1-5 | L-5 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
West Division
| Seattle | 4 | 2 | .667 | — | 4-2 | W-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Texas | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1/2 | z-4-3 | W-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Anaheim | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | 3-3 | L-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Oakland | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | 3-3 | W-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Scoreboard
American League
Late Games Not Included
Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5
Cleveland at Oakland, (n)
Toronto at Anaheim, (n)
National League
Milwaukee 4, Florida 3
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 3
Colorado 7, Cincinnati 5
Arizona 8, San Diego 4
Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 7
St. Louis 8, Houston 7
Scoreboard
National League East Division
|  | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Str | Home | Away | Intr |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Atlanta | 4 | 3 | .571 | — | 4-3 | L-1 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Montreal | 4 | 3 | .571 | — | z-4-3 | W-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Florida | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1/2 | z-4-4 | L-1 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Philadelphia | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1 | 3-4 | W-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| New York | 3 | 4 | .375 | 1 | 3-5 | L-2 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
z-first game was a win
St. Louis 6 1
Milwaukee 4 3
Cincinnati 3 4
Houston 3 4
Pittsburgh 2 4
Chicago 3 6
Central Division
.857  —  z-6-1  W-3  5-1  1-0  0-0
.571  2  z-4-3  W-1  1-0  3-3  0-0
.429  3  3-4  L-1  3-3  0-1  0-0
.429  3  z-3-4  L-2  1-3  2-1  0-0
.333  3  2-4  L-2  1-2  1-2  0-0
.333  4  z-3-6  W-1  1-1  2-5  0-0
Artzona 6 1 .857 — z-6-1 W-3 5-1 1-0 0-0
Los Angeles 3 3 .500 2 z-3-3 W-1 0-0 3-3 0-0
Colorado 3 4 .429 3 3-4 W-1 1-0 2-4 0-0
San Diego 3 4 .429 3 3-4 L-3 0-1 3-3 0-0
San Francisco 3 4 .429 3 3-4 L-2 0-0 3-4 0-0
Home runs abound in baseball home openers
The Associated Press
Rockies 7, Reds 5
DENVER — Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player to hit 400 career homers, but the Colorado Rockies beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 in their home opener yesterday behind two-run homers from Mike Lansing and Todd Helton.
The new-look Rockies, with just 10 players remaining on the roster from last year's opener, got six strong innings from Rolando Arrojo (1-0), who became the first Rockies starter to win this season.
At 30 years, 141 days, Griffey beat the previous mark, set by Jimmie Foxx, who was 30 years. 248 days old.
Steve Parris (0-2) lost, and Stan Belinda got the final out for his first save.
Play was suspended 13 minutes during Colorado's home opener yesterday against Cincinnati because of a power surge that
knocked out the stadium lights. The large scoreboard in left field momentarily went blank, and most of the stadium lights, which had been turned on in the top of the inning, went out.
Brewers 4. Marlins 3
MILWAUKEE — Geoff Jenkins homered, and Milwaukee's bulpen had another strong outing in County Stadium's second final opener.
Jenkins' solo homer put Milwaukee ahead in the second, and the Brewers then capitalized on wildness by Vladimir Nunez (0-1) in the third.
The right-hander loaded the bases by walking Henry Blanco, Marquis Grissom and Mark Loretta, and Burnitz hit a two-run single under first baseman Kevin Millar's glove, Jenkins' sacrifice fly scored Loretta.
A crowd of 53,509 braved biting winds and temperatures in the 40s. Miller Park, rapidly approaching completion 100 feet behind the
current field, will open in 2001, a year behind schedule after a crane accident killed three iron workers last July.
Jimmy Haynes (2-0) allowed three runs — two earned — and seven hits in six innings, and Bob Wickman pitched the ninth for his second save. Nunez gave up four runs and three hits in four 2-3 innings.
Cubs 4. Braves 3
CHICAGO — Shane Andrews hit a gamey, three-run homer off Kerry Ligtenberg (0-1) in the ninth inning of the Cubs' home opener, and pinch-hitter Jeff Reed singled in Damon Buford with the game-winning run.
Andrews, whose throwing error allowed the tying run to score in Sunday's 8-7, 11-inning loss at Cincinnati, drove a 1-2 pitch from Ligtenberg into the left-field bleachers for his third homer of the season.
Ligtenberg, the Braves' closer until John Rocker's suspension is over April 17, then allowed a single to Damon Buford and was
replaced by Luis Rivera.
Joe Girardi sacrificed, and Reed slapped a single down the left-field line, sending the Cubs out of their dugout to celebrate.
Mark Guthrie (1-1) got the victory in Don Baylor's debut as Cubs manager at Wrigley. Andres Galarraga hit his fourth homer of the season for Atlanta, and Chipper Jones also connected.
The Cubs had lost six of seven games after opening the season with a win over the Mets in Tokyo on March 29.
Rangers-Yankees game postponed Today's Texas Rangers at New York Yankees game has been postponed because of a threatening weather forecast and rescheduled for 1.05 p.m. tomorrow. The game, originally scheduled for 7.05 p.m. tomorrow, has been postponed with no rescheduling date announced.
Giants to play in new stadium today
The Associated Press
"No other team has the site that we've got," said Giants' owner Peter Magowan. "The views from the upper deck are spectacular."
SAN FRANCISCO—With its view of San Francisco Bay beyond the outfield wall, the Giants' new Pacific Bell Park is being compared to the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
The $319 million stadium makes its official debut today when the Giants play host to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The park affords many fans a spectacular glimpse of the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the Oakland hills in the distance. But one Giant great is much more interested in what he'll be able to see on the field.
"Who cares about the view? Let's play ball," Willie Mays said. "This isn't a condo; it's a ballbark."
The 40,800-seat park, the first privately financed major league baseball stadium in 38 years, has plenty of curiosities for everyone to see. There's a 9-foot bronze sculpture of Mays at the stadium's main entrance, a 26-foot mitt above the left-field bleachers and an asymmetrical outfield wall that may drive fielders crazy.
The 20,000-pound mitt, built of fiberglass over a steel frame, is 36 times the size of the actual glove — a 1927 Rawlings — from which it was modeled. It sits 518 feet from home plate, reachable by some of today's power hitters.
The four-fingered mitt was designed by Gerard Howland, who grew up playing cricket in London. But he quickly learned about the love affair between little kids and their baseball gloves, and turned that into the centerniece of the stadium.
"I like all the icons of baseball, and I thought of the glove," Howard said. "I don't know if
"It has a personality, the ballpark. When you go from ballpark to ballpark now, at least you know what city you're in. For a while they all seemed to be cookie-cutter ballparks."
Joe Torre New York Yankees manager
anyone ever throws their glove away. I think it added a lot of warmth to the stadium."
The new park has touches of Wrigley Field, such as the hand-operated scoreboard in right-center and the cozy playing surface. It has very little foul territory, and front-row seats are just 48 feet from home plate.
There's a 25-foot-high brick wall in right field, which should lead to wacky bounces, and five portholes in that wall for passers-by to watch the game for free. The right-field foul pole is just 309 feet from home plate. Balls hit high enough over the right-field wall will land in a channel off San Francisco Bay.
More than 29,000 season tickets have been sold, compared to a peak of 12,000 at Candlestick Park, and most games this season are sellouts.
you went out to Candlestick, and I think the environment, the people got caught up in it and that was their personality," said Joe Torre, New York Yankees manager. "People are going to be in a better mood here.
going to be cookie-cutter ballpark."
New Detroit park has it all carousel, fireworks, Tigers
The Associated Press
DETROIT — Comerica Park, a spacious new ballpark in the heart of downtown Detroit, has all the amenities, from statues of Cobb and Kaline to liquid fireworks and a carousel.
Alas, it also has the Tigers.
After opening the season with a win, the Tigers lost five straight and will have the worst record in baseball when they open their new stadium against the Seattle Mariners today.
"Don't be misled by what this team did the first week," said manager Phil Garner, who expressed his displeasure after an 11-6 loss in Baltimore on Sunday. "This team will win a lot of games."
Win or lose, it's a safe bet fans will enjoy visits to the 40,000-seat stadium built at a cost of $300 million, about $200 million of it from team owner Mike Iitch, founder of the Little Caesar's pizza empire.
The scoreboard in left field is 202 feet wide, including a video screen 42 feet by 24 feet. A smaller board at field level in right-center will carry out-of-town scores. A board over the bullpen in right gives the speed of pitches thrown to each batter.
"It's kind of like Christmas," righthander Brian Moehler said. "You can't wait to get to the tree in the morning.
"The thing that caught my eye first was the monuments," he said. "Everything
seems to be first class. really nice."
seems to be first class. field wall produces a programmable "liquid fireworks" display. It is capable of spraying water up to 150 feet in the air from more than 900 nozzles.
The carousel, in a food court, features 30 hand-painted tigers and two chariots. A 50-foot, 18-ton Ferris wheel has 12 baseball-shaped cars.
"But, you know what?" outfielder Bobby Higginson said yesterday after the team's first workout. "It's going to be a fantastic place to play baseball."
Comerica is nothing if
not a pitcher's paradise. The power alley in left-center is 395 feet from home plate. It's 385 in right-center and 420 to get over the wall in dead center.
"Standing behind the plate, it looks almost like Yellowstone," reliever Doug Brocail said. "It looks like no man's land out there."
This will mark the first time in 100 years that baseball in Detroit hasn't been played at the corner of Michigan and Trumblund. In an effort to remember the team's roots, the flagpole at Comerica has been placed in left-center and will be in play, as it was at Tiger Stadium.
More than 16,000 season tickets have been sold, well up from 10,000 for the final season at Tiger Stadium.
Minnesota 010 002 002-5 8 1
Kansas City 101 101 011-6 14 2
Bergman, Hawkins (6) and Lecroy;
Rosado, Reichert (7), Bottallic (9) and
BJohnson. W—Bottallic 1.0. L—
Hawkins 0-1. Hrs. —Minnesota, Jones
(3). Kansas City, Damon (1).
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San Diego 100 101 001—4 11 0
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Hidalgo (3).
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