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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The Royals have scored the fewest runs in the majors, which isn't exactly surprising considering they've hit one home run. But they've struck out the fewest times!"
David Schoenfield Sweet Spot
FACT OF THE DAY
Only four teams have a worse winning percentage than Kansas City. Miami, Cincinnati, Arizona and Chicago.
— MLB
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was the Royals record 11 games into last season?
A: 6-5
ESPN
THE MORNING BREW
Royals need to justify increased prices, expectations
Into the heart of April, baseball has officially begun. With that, expectations for the Kansas City Royals have vastly increased for the year of 2014. No longer the bottom feeders of Major League Baseball, the Royals are expected to compete this year and realistically have a shot at the postseason for the first time since 1985.
Because of these increased expectations, more fans are willing to spend that hard earned penny to go to Kauffman Stadium and see this team in person. Kansas City's front office expected this, and there has been a slight increase in attending a game. No longer can you and a buddy split parking, and pay $5 a piece.
Parking jumped a dollar more to $11 a car, which may not seem like much, but ultimately makes things awkward if you don't have that George Washington and you have to turn around at the gate to go get another dollar.
It's not just the parking that saw a slight spike in the green. College students used to be able to go to the gate every Wednesday home game and purchase an outfield seat for $7 a game. Now each student will have to bring $8 to get beat up by the sun for a few innings before enjoying an evening of Royals baseball.
The list goes on and on, for all the slight increases the front office tried to sneak by its fans. But here the Royals stand, where they have been so often
in the past, at the bottom of the American League at 4-7. A team that experts were predicting as their sneaky pick to win the division, can't even squeak out one win against the hapless Minnesota Twins. Which leads us now.
my main point, where is our money going? Year after year thousands of fans, including myself, have sat in that very stadium and watched the Royals be the Royals in hopes that one day it would all be worth it.
That day was supposed to be today and sure it is very early in the season. But when does it stop being early in the season? Why should I or any fan continue to give our own money when the Royals continue to not prove anything to us?
Should we have to pay to watch one of the worst offenses in baseball, a
team who has taken just one ball out of the park? I don't blame fans for not lining up to watch a team who sits last in runs and slugging percentage, and 20th in batting average.
Forgive us Kansas City, if we are not jumping on board when of the "surrender" of this
one of the cornerstones of this team in Mike Moustakas, is hitting a mere .111 and has yet to show any signs of turning the corner.
Even after this disappointing start I, like any other Kansas City fan, will continue to go to the games. To take a quote from one of my all-time favorite movies Jerry Maguire, "show me the money." Show me where our money is going Kansas City, and don't tell us to be patient. I'd say we all have had plenty of patience throughout this 29-year postseason drought.
This week in athletics
Edited by Austin Fisher
Baseball
Grand Canyon
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Wednesday
Track
Kansan Relays
All day
Lawrence
Baseball
Grand Canyon
6 p.m.
Lawrence
TRACK FROM PAGE 8
Thursday
Softball
Texas Tech
5 p.m.
Lawrence
Track
Kansan Relays
All day
Lawrence
Friday
started recruiting her. Once again Bartnovskaya saw an opportunity to better herself and to Kansas to be a Division I student-athlete.
novskaya was in Fayetteville, Ark. for the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Baseball Oklahoma State 3 p.m. Stillwater, Okla.
Track Kansan Relays All day Lawrence
Softball Texas Tech 1 p.m. Lawrence
While Bartnovskaya noticed the increase in the level of athletics, her coach, Tom Hays says she didn't skip a beat.
Saturday
Hays recalls his first impression as her being a person with great maturity and work ethic. Her hard work paid off: Months after her first track season began at Kansas, Bart-
Track
Kansan Relays
All day
Lawrence
The bar was set at 4.45 meters, about 14-and-a-half feet a mark never before cleared by a Kansas female athlete. Bartnovskaya cleared it, giving her the indoor title and the indoor school record, which still stands today.
"I think she has goals that she makes and I think she will do whatever it takes to get to them," Hays said. "When you're chasing a goal, like I think she does, you don't really have time to be afraid...and she is fearless in that respect."
Senior pole vaulter Alex Bishop said she remembers Bartnovskaya continuing her performances into the outdoor season after winning the indoor title. Bartnovskaya matched her indoor title-winning mark at the mid-season Ward Haylett Invitational, earning the school's outdoor record. But, it was watching Bartnovskaya at last year's outdoor championships in Eugene, Org., that Bishop remembers the most.
"She came into the meet so focused and so ready to do what she needed to do, and she was making every single bar on the first attempt," Bishop said. "She was dominating the whole meet until she missed her final bar and a girl just barely squeaked over it to beat her. But it was still an amazing performance...and it was unbelievable how mature she was about not winning."
Sunday
Bartnovskaya's runner-up finish contributed greatly to the Kansas women's team point total that would ultimately give them their first NCAA Outdoor title in school history.
Bartnovskaya also claimed NCAA First Team All-American honors for indoor and outdoor and claimed runner-up finishes at the indoor and outdoor Big 12 conference meets.
All of this made Bartnovskaya's 2013 season one of the greatest in Kansas track and field history.
Wemen's golf
Lady Buckeye Invitational
All day
Columbus, Ohio
Baseball
Oklahoma State
3 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
"I didn't expect it because I wasn't ranked number one or anything, but I figured out I could win and I just said 'OK, let's do it.' Bartnovskaya said.
Entering into the 2014 season, Bartnovskaya tried to continue the success of her 2013 campaign. Unfortunately, she suffered a back injury in January that would make the rest of the season difficult.
"With other sports like basketball or baseball, you can play pretty well at 90 percent, but with track and field, you're going to get beat," Hays said. "But the fact that she went out there and fought and did as well as she did really shows her character."
Despite the injury, Bart-
novskaya was still able to tally another runner-up finish at the Big 12 Championships and qualify for nationals, her final meet, where she tied for tenth.
Women's soccer Kansas Men's Club 5:30 p.m. Lawrence
Monday
"This season wasn't as successful as I expected, but you don't always get what you want," Bartnovskaya said. "I'm still setting new goals and now I just want to [beat my personal record]."
Hays said no matter what Bartnovskaya did in her final meet, she was going to be remembered for her great career here.
"In the history of the school, we've only had a handful of (pole vaulting) champions, and we've been doing this for a lot of years, so she's among that elite group." Hays said. "She'll be in the Hall of Fame and be remembered as one of KU's special people."
Bartnovskaya isn't exactly sure what her future holds. She is continuing to jump with the team, although she cannot compete as a Jayhawk — she's exhausted her athletic eligibility. When she graduates next May, she will have to figure out what she wants to do. But, there is one thing that's certain. With the unknown of her future ahead of her, Bartnovskaya will not shy away and once she figures out what is best for her, she will confront the new challenge without fear or hesitation.
"Maybe I am just an adventurist and I like to learn," Barnovskaya said. "How can you be scared of something if you don't know it? I just think if you face the unknown situation, you can find out if it is good for you."
— Edited by Nick Chadbourne
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