8A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2003
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Trible enabled Price to score. Later in the inning, Metcalf hit a three-run home run — his first hit of the year after going 0-4 against Arkansas-Little Rock Saturday — to give the Jayhawks a lead they never relinquished.
"Last week he was really tentative. He just needs to believe in himself," Price said. "I told him I believe he is a better hitter than he does."
Metcalf ended up going 2-3 with 4 RBI. He said Price's confidence in him helped.
"Coach has been talking to
me all week about staying aggressive," Metcalf said. "Hopefully, I can build on this for next week."
The Jayhawks won the game 10-6, with Falconer getting the victory. Ritch Price said he was happy to get the victory, but he knew the team needed to get better.
The Jayhawks travel to Louisiana State Friday to Sunday for three games against the Tigers.
"I was disappointed with the two errors we had." Price said. "We are trying to upgrade the defense because we don't have a power pitcher."
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most potent inside combination. Kemp said they already thought similarly on the floor, but the duo could have it down to a science in the near future.
"We both know that we're very versatile as far as being able to do things both inside and out," Kemp said. "We'll be able to communicate better. With time, all we can do is get better."
The team's theme this season
was growth. Whether it's growing mentally on the floor, or learning how to play as a cohesive unit and put together a complete half, this season is a building block for the future.
If Kemp has any say in the matter, she wants to lead Kansas back to prominence just as she did at Topeka High.
"I want us to be one of the teams that's not to be reckoned with," Kemp said. "Next year, we will be a team that teams will not underestimate anymore."
solution would not jeopardize
Gilddens' basketball career.
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Giddens
Giddens'mother, Dianna, previouly said Giddens had not known an illegal act had taken place that night. Last weekend, she said her family agreed not to talk further about the incident.
— Edited by Todd Rapp
Williams stood by Giddens, but one Jayhawk fan close to the situation didn't want to see that happen. Terry Webb, training coordinator at the Wal-Mart where the arrest occurred, is a Kansas graduate.
"I think coach Roy should take his scholarship away," Webb said. "We are the third-winningest program in the nation.
One of Webb's co-workers, sales associate Kara Hubbard, said she thought Giddens should get another opportunity.
and we didn't get that way by taking on people that aren't up to our standards."
"We all make mistakes." Hubbard said. "He's 17, he's young, he has a future. I think they should give him leeway."
Williams gave Giddens leeway, and Giddens said he planned on using it to better himself.
"You've got to live with the stuff that you did," Giddens said. "I used it as a learning experience, and I'd say it changed my life, but you've got to move on. Time to grow up."
Garcia awarded salary in arbitration
— Edited by Andrew Ward
TAMPA, Fla. — Seattle pitcher Freddy Garcia was awarded the third-highest salary in arbitration when he won his case against the Mariners yesterday.
The 26-year-old right-hander was awarded $6.8 million by arbitrators Richard Bloch, Jack Clarke and William Holley, who heard the case a day earlier in St. Petersburg. The Mariners had wanted to pay $5.9 million.
Garcia went 16-10 with a 4.39 ERA last year, when he earned $3.8 million.
Players and owners have split the four cases decided thus far, with Florida left-hander Mark Redman also winning.
Marlins right-hander Vladimir Nunez and Cincinnati left-hander Bruce Chen lost their cases.
Ten players remain scheduled for hearings through Feb. 20.
Houston infielder Julio Lugo's case was about to start yesterday when the sides agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. He also can earn $75,000 in performance bonuses.
The Associated Press
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launched throws — you name it
— it happened under former
coach, Bobby Randall.
Price has brought optimism and a renewed, gritty sense of "why shouldn't Kansas be able to win at baseball?"
Early on that outlook turned heads. Price has vowed to challenge his team through scheduling. Five top-25 teams await
Kansas in the Big 12 Conference.
So the rude awakening begins tomorrow, when Kansas goes to Louisiana State for a three-game series. Just seeing those two teams in the same sentence in regards to baseball demands a double-take.
Talk about a culture shock. By midgame yesterday, no more than 150 people graced the Hoglund Ballpark stands. Friday night at 6:30 at LSU's Alex Box Stadium there were more
than 8,000 screaming purple and gold baseball fanatics.
But that's what elevating a program is all about. You've got to see how the best do it before you can become the best yourself.
"I'm looking forward to going down and seeing quality arms," Price said. "It's going to be a good measuring tool for our club, as far as where we're at now and where we need to be. I thought we needed that environment in
order to take another step forward."
And right now, that's on the top of Kansas' to-do list, far ahead of caring about how many fans fill its own ballpark.
Malashock is an Omaha, Neb., senior in journalism.
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LEARNING TO HEAR THE STORIES IV:
WAR AND MODERN MEMORY
A WORKSHOP ON ORAL HISTORY AND TRADITION
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, February 28, 2003
Kansas Union, Ballroom
*William Tuttle, American Studies,
"Pearl Harbor and 9-11: 'Flushbulb Memories',
Oral History, and American Children's Lives in
Wartime"
*Richard Norton Smith, Dole Institute,
"War Stories and the Political Battlespace"
*John Musgrave,
"Vietnam and Its Aftermath"
*Mike Tosee, American Indian Studies, Haskell Indian Nations University, "Native Americans in U.S. Wars"
*Black Women's Oral History Group.
"Langston's Lawrence: Remembering the Stories"
*Sam Haskins & Glen Kappelman,
"Visualizing the War"
*Audrey Galex.*
"Sadat's Return from Camp David"
A box lunch will be provided, therefore, pre-registration is required. Please contact The Hall Center for the Humanities at 785.864.4798 or hallcenter@ku.edu to register by February 14th.
For more information please visit our website at www.hallcenter.ku.edu/oralhistory
Cossponsored by The Hall Center for the Humanities
KU Center for Research
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Chancellor's Office
FOR THE HUMANITIES
BLACK HISTORY
"Understanding Our Past, Living Today, Creating Our Future"
For tickets contact:
Charlee Fitts 331-3905
Kristin Lambert 830-8306
University of Kansas NAACP Chapter 2nd Annual black Heritage Ball Sunday, February 16, 2003 Kansas Union Ballroom, 6 PM
tickets sold at the Kansas Union • $12 for students • $15 for non-students
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