THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013
PAGE 9
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I see the Red Sox are 8-0 in the last two World Series. That would be nice to keep that streak going, but any way to get a win is what we're working toward."
Jonny Gomes ESPN
FACT OF THE DAY
The Cardinals set an MLB record this season by batting .330 with runners in scoring position.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. Which World Series team has more titles?
A. St. Louis has 11.
ESPN
THE MORNING BREW Pujols-less Cardinals face bearded Red Sox tonight
The 2013 World Series begins tonight with the Boston Red Sox playing the St. Louis Cardinals at Fenway Park. Each team has a unique story about how it made it to the Championship this year.
Two off-seasons ago, the Cardinals had to decide whether to sign Albert Pujols to a long-term deal, making him the richest player in baseball. Now, in the World Series just a couple of years later, it seems the Cardinals organization made the right call to let Pujols go.
Since going to the Angels, Pujols has had career lows in home runs and batting average in consecutive seasons, with many other numbers in offensive categories declining as well. By letting him leave, St. Louis was able to save money and sign key players such as Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright among others, to longer contracts. This provided a solid core of veteran
This provided a solid core of veteran
players to play along with young players, forming what is the Pujols-less National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals of 2013.
Speaking of young players, it looks like 2012 first-round pick Michael Wacha is the real deal. The 22-year-old outduelled Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers in Game 6 and took NLCS MVP honors for going 2-0 in the series. With strong pitching and veterans like
Carlos Beltran, St. Louis has a good chance of winning their second World Series in three years. Boston will attempt to stop the Cardinals from doing that and will attempt to claim their first World Series since 2007, with nearly all the players of that championship team gone.
After finishing last in the AL East in 2012, the Red Sox climbed to the
in 2012, the Red Sox climbed to the top of the standings and finished first in their division this season. The change in attitude for the Red Sox clubhouse started in the offseason by firing Bobby Valentine and hiring John Farrell, but the team started producing wins when the players put down the razors and grew out their beards.
The reason for growing their beards? Team unity. After Jonny Gomes sported one, Napoli and Pedroia grew beards of their own and soon the whole team was in on it.
No one player wanted to let the other be the sole player with a mongy beard — if that's not team unity I don't know what is. Even if you're not a fan of
Even if you're not a fan of the Red Sox or the Cardinals, I'd recommend watching this year's World Series. It showcases two historic baseball clubs, each with veteran players
vying for their spot in the Hall of Fame, young players looking to make a name for themselves and every player giving 100 percent on each play to earn a ring. Enjoy watching the best baseball all season,
Enjoy watching the best baseball all season,
and Go Cubs Go!
My pick? Boston in 6.
This week in athletics
Edited by Chas Strobel
Wednesday
Volleyball
iowa State
6:30 p.m.
Lawrence
Thursday
No Events
Friday
Women's Soccer
Texas Tech
7 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
Men's Golf
UTEP Price's Give 'Em
Five invitational
All day
El Paso, Texas
Saturday
Men's Golf
UTEP Price's Give 'Em
Five Invitalian
All day
Ela Paso, Texas
Football
Baylor
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Soccer
Oklahoma State
12 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
Women's Golf 2013 Palmetto Intercollegiate All day Kiawah Island, S.C.
Monday
Women's Golf
2013 Palmetto
Intercollegiate
All day
Kiwa Island, S.C.
Tuesday
Men's Basketball Pittsburgh State 7 p.m. Lawrence
BASKETBALL
NCAA changes rules, increases fouls for physical play
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
Big 12 Coordinator of Officials Curtis Shaw explained the new rule changes on Tuesday at Big 12 Media Day.
The thought of playing on-ball defense against Andrew Wiggins may already be frightening for some opponents, but this season it could be more difficult to contain players like him than in past seasons. Changes to the NCAA hand-checking rules have been put in place this offseason to limit physical play on the perimeter by defenders and favor the offensive players.
"If you continually jab at a player, it's an automatic foul." Shaw said. "We'll let a player close out. We'll let them touch them and measure up. But when they keep measuring
up, we're going to call a foul. If you stick your hand on them and leave it on them or stick your forearm on them and leave it on them, it's an automatic foul. If you ever put two hands out on a player, it's an automatic foul."
That is the key. These are no longer judgment calls — they are automatic fouls. The intention of the change is to add more scoring and limit perimeter players from being physically controlling while guarding ball-handlers.
"I think we're just really going back to the rules of basketball," Shaw said. "Let's go back to playing an athletic game, not a physical game."
While the changes have been put in place, Coach Bill Self must figure out how to use them to his advantage, even if he's not a fan. He does think the adjustments could help an
athletic ball-handler like Andrew Wiggins drive and get to the free throw line.
"I would think with his first step, that's one thing that we're going to try and encourage." Self said.
The NBA made similar rule changes in the mid-90's when Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg was entering the league.
"I went through it in the NBA as a player where you can hand check guys and then it went to an arm bar rule and you couldn't touch anybody," Hoiberg said. "It was pretty ugly at first. I remember some of the games would take over three hours just because of all the fouls that were called."
So it could take some time for players, coaches and officials to adjust to the new rules, but Hoiberg said that will happen eventually. Self said it
will fragment games early on as the adjustments take place.
"My initial thought was that scoring is going to go up and good play is going to go down." Self said. "The reason scoring will go up is because we're shooting more free throws."
The rules could have several different outcomes depending on who answers the question, but the bottom line is it could be a drastic change in the way the game is played. Self is trying not to change the way his team plays defense too drastically for now.
"I don't want to say we're less aggressive, but we've got to be a lot more disciplined and smarter," Self said. "We're still going to try to pressure the ball."
Edited by Kayla Overbey
ASHLEIGH LEE/KANSAN
Thanks to recent changes to the NCAA hand-checking rules, coach Bill Self along with players, coaches and officials across the country must adjust their court strategies to avoid fouls.
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