MONDAY,APRIL 28.2003
"They picked the wrong restaurant with a couple athletes who are on a losing streak." Cleveland Indians pitcher Brian Anderson, after he and a teammate chased down a thief who attempted to steal a purse from a woman in a restaurant across from the Indians' hotel.
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Inside Sports
MONDAY,APRIL 28,2003
SPORTS COMMENTARY
Jason Hwang jhwang@kansan.com
Time needed to cultivate NFL players
Every year, the National Football League college draft is the one of the most anticipated events in the world of sports. A college football program's measure of success is not only through victories and defeats, but how many players from that school are playing in the NFL.
Colorado and Texas A&M led the Big 12 with six players from each of their teams drafted over the weekend. Every team in the Big 12, even Baylor, had a player taken in this year's draft except you guessed it — Kansas. This is the third time in six years that Kansas has failed to have a player drafted into the NFL.
During Terry Allen's five years at Kansas, only three players he coached and recruited were drafted in the NFL.
Fullback Moran Norris was taken in the third round in 2001 by New Orleans. He was cut by the Saints and now is on the Houston Texans' roster. Norris has not gained a yard in his short NFL career.
Two Jayhawks drafted last year have been invisible. Defensive tackle Nate Dwyer (fourth round to Arizona) did not play in any games. Guard Justin Hartwig (sixth round to Tennessee) played in three games, but had no starts.
If anyone thinks that Kansas cannot become a solid manufacturer of NFL players, they need to check their facts.
When Glen Mason coached at Kansas from 1988-1996, he recruited and coached 15 Jayhawks who were drafted into the NFL.
Dana Stubblefield was the last Kansas player to be drafted in the first round. He was the 26th pick overall in the 1993 draft. Stubblefield went to the San Francisco 49ers and was named the defensive rookie of the year. He won the 1997 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award and is now playing for the Oakland Raiders.
Minnesota took Gilbert Brown in the third round that same year. Brown is still in the league, playing for Green Bay.
St. Louis selected cornerback Gerald McBurrows in the seventh round in 1995. McBurrows now plays for Atlanta.
These three players were talented college players who turned into talented NFL players. Their long NFL careers prove Kansas can produce good NFL players if taught by the right coach.
Fans need to give coach Mark Mangino time to recruit the talent he needs and develop them. Mason showed that he could recruit and develop quality players at Kansas. He proved that it is possible for Kansas fans to have NFL players to be proud of.
Hwang is an Overland Park junior in journalism.
Freshman sets record for discus
By Chris Wintering
cwintering@kansan.com
kansan sportswriter
Kansas freshman Abby Emsick is in a lot of record books for being a freshman. Emsick, a thrower for the Jayhawk track team, put herself in a few more this weekend at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.
Emsick is from Council Bluffs, Iowa and won four straight Drake titles in the discus and two in the shot put in high school. Those six titles gave her more Drake championships than any high school athlete ever. That is remarkable considering the Drake Relays is one of the largest and oldest track meets in the country. This year was the 94th annual event and had 3,847 high school athletes competing.
When recruiting Emsick, Kansas throws coach Doug Reynolds said Emsick's performance at the Drake Relays made her a priority during recruiting.
"I had no question," Reynolds said. "I watched her compete at the Drake Relays last year. She's a stud, and I went after her from the get go."
Emsick added her name to one more record book when she won the
women's university/college discus. 171-08.00 feet, Friday at Drake. That placed her second all-time in the Kansas record book for discus.
Emsick's throw of 49-03 50 feet in the shot put during the indoor season placed her third in the Kansas record book for that event.
"I am taking small steps, and hopefully I will achieve more and more as time progresses," Emsick said. "I hope to one day have the record."
Emsick was one of Kansas' three event winners this weekend at the Drake Relays. She was joined by senior Anson Jackson, who won the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.00 seconds, and junior Leo Bookman, who won the men's invitational 200-meter dash with a time of 20.82 seconds.
Bookman's time was good enough to regionally qualify for the NCAA. On Thursday, freshman Benson Chesang ran a regional-qualifying time of 14:21.28 in the 5,000-meter run. That now gives the team a total of 20 regional qualifiers so far this season.
The team will travel to Manhattan for the Ward Haylett Invitational on Saturday.
for discus Seven grasp victories at invitational
The Kansas track and field team had seven event winners in last weekend's UMKC Invitational.
The men's team had three event winners. Sophomore Dan Ferguson won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:38.56, freshman Lantz Tolson won the 4000-meter hurdles with a time of 53.75 seconds and senior Jeremy Hull won the pole vault with a mark of 16-02.75 feet.
The women's team had four first-place finishes. The 4x400-meter relay team took first with a time of 3:52.95, freshman Jenny Woodward won the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.71), freshman Tiffany Cherry won the 100-meter dash (12.08) and junior Emily Hess won the high jump with a leap of 5-05.00 feet.
- Edited by Julie Jantzer
Some Kansas athletes competed at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend.
Toronto comes back to stop K.C.
The Associated Press
TORONTO — Mike MacDougal and the Kansas City Royals aren't invincible.
The Toronto Blue Jays overcame a 7-run deficit, scoring 6 runs in the ninth inning to beat the Royals 10-9 Sunday as MacDougal blew a save chance for the first time this season.
Toronto trailed 8-1 before scoring 1 run in the seventh and 2 in the eighth. Mike Bordick's single tied it, and the winning run scored on an error by shortstop Angel Berroa.
"It was a tough loss." MacDougal said. "I don't know what to say. It was a bad inning."
Shannon Stewart's RBI double in the seventh pulled Toronto to 8-2, and Josh Phelps' RBI double and pinch-hitter Greg Myers' run-scoring single made it 8-4 in the eighth.
Kansas City, which dropped to 17-5,
boosted its lead to 9-4 in the ninth on an
RBI single by Desi Relaford.
Toronto then opened the bottom half with singles by Stewart and Frank Catalanotto off Ryan Buckvich and a walk by Vernon Wells that loaded the bases.
Carlos Delgado's RBI grounder and Phels' 2-run double made it 9-7.
MacDougal (1-1), who had been 9-
for-9 in save chances, allowed a double to Eric Hinske, hit Tom Wilson with a pitch and gave up an RBI grounder to Dave Berg that pulled the Blue Jays within a run.
Bordick followed with a single that tied the score, and Stewart hit an a grounder to Berroa, whose throw to second base sailed past Relaford, allowing Berg to score.
"I was too quick with my throw, and I threw it away," Berroa said.
Stewart was given an infield single on the play. Cliff Politte (1-2) got one out for the victory.
"That was pretty exciting," Bordick said. "Kansas City has been playing really well early on. To win a series like that against them is a great confidence builder."
Fans continued to turn out despite Toronto's SARS outbreak. The Blue Jays drew 16,417 spectators Friday, 17,197 on Saturday and 17,059 on Sunday, their second-, third- and fourth-biggest crowds this season.
Kansas City, which outhit the Blue Jays 17-16, quickly built a lead. Relaford hit Pete Walker's first pitch of the game for a single before Joe Randa homered on Walker's second pitch.
"I don't think I've ever seen that in 13
years of professional baseball," Wilson said. "A hit and a homer on the first two pitches of the game, that's different"
Walker, who received a mock cheer when his third pitch of the game was called a strike, allowed Kansas City's first six hitters to reach.
He gave up 5 runs in the first inning and allowed back-to-back home runs to Carlos Beltran and Mike Sweeney in the second.
Sweeney's RBI single in the fourth gave Kansas City an 8-1 lead.
Staked to a big lead, Kansas City's Runelvys Hernandez allowed 2 runs and seven hits in seven innings. Hernandez, who turned 25 yesterday, struck out four and walked one.
Walker allowed 8 runs and 10 hits and in 31-3 innings.
"The win definitely took a lot of pain away," Walker said. "I felt miserable coming out of the game that early. I felt I really let them down. Right from the getgo they were hacking. I left some balls over the plate and I never really recovered from that first inning."
After Randa homered in the first, Beltran hit an infield single and Walker walked three straight batters before Brent Mayne hit into a run-scoring double play. Berroa's RBI single made it 5-0.
It's cool that we have Bill Self as our new head coach now, because Late Night can now be Late Night with your Self.
I just walked into Wayne Simien's room, and I saw his naked leg, and I liked it.
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I was watching reruns of the Bill Self press
conference, and he kinda looks like Lieutenant Dan from Forrest Gump.
Kansas City Royals baseball, you gotta love these guys!
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Carmelo Anthony just Royed Syracuse.
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A fundraiser
Someone who treats all sports fairly
An AD who knows where the money is — Football and Basketball
Most important is a person who has a good relationship with Mark Mangino and Bill Self
Log on to www.hansan.com to cast your vote
LAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTS
How successful will Bill Self be in his first season at Kansas? 1.497 votes were cast
The Jayhawks will struggle in his first year. 60 votes for 4 percent
He will have a winning record.
233 votes for 16 percent
He will lead the Jahawks to a Big 12 Conference title.124 votes for 8 percent
He will take Kansas to the Elite Eight. 293 votes for 20 percent
Kansas will see another Final Four berth. 365 votes for 24 percent
He will win the championship. 422 votes for 28 percent
Kansas Athletics Calendar
TODAY
Men's golf at Big 12 Championships, all day, Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
TOMORROW
Softball at Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma
City, Okla
Men's golf at Big 12 Championships, all day, Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
Baseball vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m.
Hoglund Ballpark
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Texas, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ball-
nark
Softball at Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma City, Okla.
SATURDAY
Rowing, Big 12 Regatta, all day
Track at Ward Haylett Invitational, all day,
Manhattan
Softball at Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Baseball vs. Texas, 2 p.m., Hoglund Ball-
park
SUNDAY
Softball at Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Baseball vs. Texas, 1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
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