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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I got behind him 2-0 and tried to come back on him with fastballs, and that's what he's supposed to do."
Royals reliever Kyle Farnsworth after giving up a 3-run home run in the season- opening loss.
FACT OF THE DAY
Kyle Farnsworth, who will make $4.5 million this season, is 0-3 with an 18.90 ERA after giving up a walk-off home run to Michael Young on Sunday.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
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Q: Who did Farnsworth, then a Chicago Cub, tackle in his infamous 2033 fight?
A: Cincinnati Red pitcher Paul Wilson. Wilson took issue with an inside pitch and started yelling at Farnsworth, who sprinted towards him and speared him into the ground. Farnsworth was given a three-game suspension.
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Through the Uprights:
THRUGH THE UPRIGHTS
four days over the weekend. Football reporter Stephen Montemayor is there to give you all the details.
Photo Gallery: Go to Kansan.com to see photo galleries from all four days of the Kansas Relays.
NASCAR Ganassi's fifth victory in Toyota Grand Prix
LONG BEACH, Calif. — One thing Dario Franchi and team owner Chip Ganassi have in common is that both hate to lose.
It wasn't easy for either one of them to accept the failure last summer when a lack of sponsorship forced Ganassi to shut down Franchitti's Sprint Cup team in the former IndyCar Series champion's abortive move to NASCAR.
"For both of us, that was very tough to swallow because we're used to such success," Franchitti said Sunday after giving Ganassi his fifth victory in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, but first since 1999.
"Chip lost an awful lot of money last year, I lost my drive and a bunch of people lost their jobs. So I don't think it was easy on anybody."
The win was only his second race back in IndyCar, and only his second race driving an open-wheel car for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, was a big moment for both.
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COMMENTARY
Rooting against your team could pay off
Aramis Ramirez's walk-off home run in the 11th inning on Saturday was my absolute best-case scenario.
Ramirez, Chicago Cubs third baseman, plays for my favorite team, but he's also on both of my fantasy baseball teams."
However, rarely does that
*Hamsterdam Bunnies are ranked first out of 12 in my keeper league and The Rowengartners are ranked second out of 12 (behind Sports Editor Andrew Wiebe) in my Kansas league. Bonus points for anyone who can tell where those team names came from.
perfect situation play out for a fan/ fantasy owner. So, what's the etiquette on cheering for your fantasy players when they're playing
against your favorite team?
Unlike fantasy football, it's okay to root against your favorite team if it results in a big move in your fantasy rankings.
I'm sure some of you disagree
completely, but that's okay. This is a guide for die-hard fantasy owners looking for someone to tell them it's alright to hope Ryan Franklin blows the save as long as Ryan Braun's three-run homer moves them inches closer to a fantasy title.
In football.
In football, it's never okay to root against your team.
In 16 games, any loss could end up costing you the playoffs, so who cares that you beat that
jerk Jim from work by 1.5 points because Jay Cutler's second interception cost him the game?
In baseball they play 10 times as many games, so no single game
(eespecially any pre-August) has too great of an effect on the final standings. So go ahead and cheer Royals fan/Michael Young owner. It doesn't make you a bad person to be happy about yesterday's outcome.
Of course, you could realize your rooting interest has no affect on the game, so just sit back and enjoy it. But where's the fun in that?
SELL HIGH
In honor of 4/20, I felt obligated to squeeze in at least one drug reference. However, The Morning Brew doesn't condone making any
fantasy base-
ball decisions
while impaired
and that
double enten-
dure does have a
purpose.
This week's fantasy advice concerns trad.
ing players who are off to fast starts
Minsul infiltrates Emilio Benfacio
(.321 Average, 13 Runs, 4 SB),
Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett (.429
Average, 2 HR, 5 SB) and Cardinals
outfielder Chris Duncan .(381
Average, 7 Runs, 11 RB) are bottom
300 players put up top-50
numbers right now.
That's great news for the owner who snatched them off the waiver wire or free agency, but reality is about to set in. Before these guys (or similar talents like Brandon Inge, JD Drew and Marco Seutaro) come back to Earth, put them out on the market to get maximum value returned in a trade.
What's the best way to do that? Find out which of your opponents is a fan of that player's team, then drop a line about how he could have the best of both worlds. Works every time.
— Edited by Grant Treaster
ROWING
In rowing competition Sunday, five boats place
All five of the Kansas rowing team's boats competed on Sunday in the grand finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The Jayhawks' Second Varsity Eight and the Varsity Four each took third in their respective races. The First Varsity Eight finished sixth, and the Novice Four and Novice Eight both finished fifth in theirs.
SOCCER
"It was a good sized field in the varsity races with better quality opponents than last year," coach Rob Catloth said. "We showed a good team performance having all five boats make it to the grand final."
Kansan staff
Season ends with strong offensive performance
Junior midfielder Monica Dollinsky scored twice to spur Kansas to a 5-0 victory Saturday against South Dakota in Omaha, Neb.
Freshman forward Kortney
Cilbran and sophomores Erin Lewis and Kaitlyn Cunningham also scored to help propel the Jayhawks to their best performance
of the spring. Kansas finished its spring season 2-1-1.
— Andrew Wiebe
The Jayhawks begin their 2009 regular season on Aug. 28 against Pepperdine in Knoxville, Tenn.
Dolinsky
MEN'S BASKETBALL Little's surgery for stress fracture in leg successful
Junior guard Mario Little successfully underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his lower left leg Thursday of last week.
Kansas coach Bill Self announced the operation had taken place in a press release issued Saturday.
"The doctors inserted a rod into his left leg, which was healing fine," Self said. "The rod was put in to facilitate the healing process. The injured area is in the part of the leg that takes most of the load when you land from running and jumping. We are hopeful Mario will be fully healed by June."
Little arrived at Kansas as a heralded recruit from Chipola
Community College, but the injury immediately set him back
It never heal
Little sat out
the first two
months of
this season
because of the
injury.
He considered taking a redshirt, but opted to olay instead.
Little
The stress fracture limited his quickness, however, so he played out of position as a big man all season.
After Kansas lost to Michigan State in the Sweet Sixteen, Little said his goal would be to move back to the perimeter after the surgery.
Case Keefer
Can't touch this
A fan tries to catch New York Yankees' Jorge Posada's seventh-inning, two-run home run as Cleveland Indians right fielder Trevor Crowe leaps for the ball in the Indians' 7-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. The umpires went to a replay for the first time this season and ruled that Crowe's glove was in the stands when the ball landed, confirming their call of home run.
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Cardinals, Cubs game rescheduled for July 12
CHICAGO — The bullpins of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals got a much-needed break from the weather on Sunday night.
Steady rain and an ugly forecast postponed the conclusion of their four-game series, which will be made up July 12 as part of a day-night doubleheader. It was called about 3 hours before the scheduled first pitch.
"No question, our bullpen could use a break," said Cubs manager Lou Piniella. "There's no question about that."
The Cardinals won the first game of the series and the Cubs won the next two, both in dramatic fashion. Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead two-run homer in Friday's game and Aramis Ramirez hit a game-winning two-run homer in the 11th inning on Saturday.
The back-and-forth games put pressure on both hollpens.
Baseball
Missouri, 7 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
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Lawrence
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Softball
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Tulsa, Okla.
Softball Tulsa, 5 p.m. Tulsa, Okla.
Softball
Drake University.
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Lawrence
TUESDAY
Track
Drake Relays,
All Day
Des Moines, Iowa
WEDNESDAY
Tennis
Big 12 Championships, All Day Norman, Okla.
Baseball
Nebraska, 6 p.m.
Lawrence
FRIDAY
Tennis
Big 12 Championships, All Day
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Women's Golf Big 12 Championships, All Day Lubbock, Texas
Track
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Des Moines, Iowa
SATURDAY
Softball Baylor, 2 p.m. Lawrence
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Nebraska, 6 p.m.
Lawrence
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Big 12 Championships, All Day
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Drake Relays,
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Big 12 Champion
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Rowing
Minnesota, TBA
St. Paul, Minn.
"There are two things you don't want to do, if you take the worst-case scenario," La Russa said. "You don't want to get embarrassed, in this rivalry or anytime, especially if a lot of people are watching. The second thing is you don't want to penalize one of your key guys, like (Todd) Wellemeyer, if he's struggling and not having a good day."
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was forced to use situational lefty Denny Reyes in the 11th inning on Saturday, and he was tagged by Ramirez with the game-ending run. La Russa didn't want to be forced into that situation again.
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Piniella was forced to use closer Kevin Gregg for two innings on Saturday.
"St. Louis was basically in the same situation we were, bullpen wise. To me, early in the season, with cold weather, wet fields, you can get some injuries. That's my biggest concern," Piniella said.
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