2B = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY,OCTOBER 28,2002
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Oct. 28).
Do your best to increase the fortunes of others this year, and they'll return the favor. Your emotional support and good advice won't go unnoticed, partially because you won't let that happen. Stand up for yourself—subtily, of course.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 6. Focus on what you want to accomplish, and give it a final push. A friend or partner may do the deed because of your inspirational nagging.
Taurus (April 20-May 20, Today is a 7. It might be tough to talk about an area of disagreement. Maybe it would help to give yourselves two minutes each. That also gives each of you two minutes to listen.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is a 7. There's money to be earned; make that your top priority. This can be just what you need to finance a recurring dream.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is a 7. A disagreeable situation at home can be resolved. A change may that you've been putting off may be required. You might as well stop putting up with something you've been tolerating.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Today is a 6.
You don't like being told you can't have what you want. You'll have a fight on your hands, but so what? No pain, no gain.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is a 7. You'll soon have to make some tough decisions. Finish up whatever you're doing to make time for what's coming.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21). Today is a 7. Concentrate on acquiring the home you've always wanted. It's not an impossible dream. Do the planning so that you're ready to take action tomorrow. It's one more step in the right direction.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct 22). Today is a 7. Look for the perfect moment to make your move. Others are furthering their agendas, if you're quick, you can further your own.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is a 6.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19). Today is a 7. Recent frustrations can be eased by plugging an economic leak. You can't do it alone. This takes a team effort. Bring up the subject.
You've been doing a lot of cleanup lately, so you should be getting good at it. See how many odds and ends you can take care of by tomorrow.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 6. New information renews your faith in others and in yourself. After a few setbacks, you'll finally get something to work. You're getting the bugs out.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is an 8. Getting back into the weekly chores means a rude awakening. Memories linger, but don't make the call to discuss them until the big job is done.
Angels steal the show in World Series victory
This is definitely movie material and the stars are the never-say-die Angels.
The Associated Press
They come out of nowhere to reach their first World Series, rallying past every team in their way.
kansan.com
Their rookie pitcher wins Game 7.
And the best hitter in the world watches from the losers' dugout, knowing he was once just six outs away from winning the only title he has ever wanted. WORLD SERIES
The Angels became the eighth straight home team to win Game 7 of the World Series. History was on their side from the start and so was an omen — a skywriting plane put a gigantic halo over Edison Field before the first pitch.
John Lackey, Garret Anderson and the Angels made it all come true, beating Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants 4-1 last night for the franchise's first championship in 42 years.
Plus the most amazing thing — the Angels didn't even need to rely on their Rally Monkey.
A day after it blew a 5-0 lead in the seventh inning, San Francisco never got close to winning its first title. Bonds went 1-for-3 with a walk to close out one of the most dominant Series performances ever, yet it wasn't enough.
Instead, the highest-scoring Series in history came down to pitching. Behind Lackey and the bullpen, Anaheim had too much to win baseball's first all wild-card matchup.
Lackey wasn't even with the Angels, stuck in Triple-A, when they went 6-14 for the worst start in team history. But with both staffs worn down, the 24-year-old righty gave Anaheim exactly what it needed with five innings of one-run ball.
Anderson, finally due to get the recognition he's always deserved, hit a three-run double off Livan Hernandez in the third for a 4-1 lead. The monkey mascot made a brief, early appearance on the video board to celebrate the moment, then sat back and let the sellout crowd of 44,598 bang their ThunderStix like crazy.
Brendan Donnelly, Francisco Rodriguez and Troy Percival closed it for manager Mike Scioscia's bunch. Percival escaped a two-on, one-out jam for his third save of the Series.
Before this year, the Angels were known mostly for heartbreak. Beloved owner Gene Autry never saw his team get this far before passing away, and it didn't look like these guys would do it, either, especially after finishing 41 games out of first place last season.
And when it was over, Southern California, the land of celluloid stars, had just added a whole teamful of them while Hollywood luminaries Pierce Brosnan and John Travolta watched from the stands.
Somehow, the Angels pulled it together. They led the majors in hitting, overwhelmed the New York Yankees and Minnesota in the AL playoffs and then knocked out Bonds and Co.
Owned by The Walt Disney Co., the Angels are still for sale. Before then, though, they can certainly travel the three miles or so to Disneyland to enjoy this most improbable championship.
Bonds wound up 8-for-17 (.471) with four homers, a.700 on-base percentage and 1.294 slugging percentage.
Anaheim and the Giants combined for a record 85 runs and 21 homers.
The game might have been the last for San Francisco manager Dusty Baker in the Bay. There are growing indications he'll soon leave, possibly to take over the Chicago Cubs or Seattle.
Anderson doubled in the third to make it 4-1,and Angels fans went wild. A little too much, maybe.
David Eckstein made up for a rare baserunning mistake in the first by leading off the third with a single and Darin Erstad also singled. Tim Salmon came up and Hernandez cost himself, hitting the Angels star in the right hand.
No outs, bases loaded. The at-bat of a lifetime for Anderson, drafted by the California Angels in 1990 and out of the postseason until this year.
Unsung despite a stellar career, Anderson got the hit that will put him in highlight reels for a long time sending a line drive into the right-field corner that easily scored all three runners.
As Reggie Sanders tried to corral the ball along the low wall, an Anaheim fan got into the act, bopping the right fielder on the back with a pair of red ThunderStix.
There was no interference called, properly although two security guards were soon standing in the area.
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kansan.com If Bill Whittemore is out for
Could someone please tell the KU basketball team that no one,no matter how cool or how
the season, who will take his place as quarterback?
the season, who will take his place as quarterback?
good at basketball, can successfully pull off rapping to oneself while walking across campus without looking like a total and complete jerk. Yeah, that's right Bryant Nash, I'm talking to you.
POLI
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This is in response to the person who said that No. 20 Stephen Vinson is hot. Uh, sorry Stephen, you're not, but your girlfriend sure is. So Stephen's girlfriend, will you marry me?
Free for All
it will make the 12 votes for 10%
Beware of the Phog, New Orleans style.
■ Jonas Weatherbie
■ Zach Dyer
■ Brian Luke
■ Kevin Long
The KU men's soccer team needs a field to practice on. Without it, we suck, and sucking is bad. Go soccer.
I just wanna say thanks to whoever wrote outside Wescoe about the men's basketball players by Wescoe. Now I know I don't feel like the only one who was screwed over, literally.
LAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTS
Yeah, Jack Daniel is the man. Jack Daniel's is his whiskey. Daniel's is spelled D-A-N-I-E-L apostrophe S. Boy, the sports editors of the Kansan really suck.
- The season will end with the last regular season game. 26 votes for 21%
- It will make the second round of the NCAA tournament. 15 votes for 15%
Log on to www.kansan.com to cast your vote.
it will make the 12 votes for 10%
it will make the 12 votes for 10%
I was just wondering why Brett Olson's picture wasn't in the column about the walk-ons, because he's so much hotter than those other two guys. Brett, you have my support all the way. Go get 'em, tiger.
Did my eyes deceive me, or did I just see Drew Gooden in a commercial for a video game for the NBA, and he hasn't even played a season yet? What's up with that, man, I don't get it.
Yeah, I remember back in sixth grade when I was made fun of because I was the only kid who still wore sweatpants. And now I'm in college, and all the basketball players wear sweatpants and people think that they're cool. So, sweatpants it is
How far will the Kansas volleyball team advance this season? 125 votes were cast.
Why do the football players get to enroll three weeks before us? And what was the graduation rate for those football players? Hmmm.
- It will make the first round of the NCAA tournament. 43 votes for 34%
- It will win the NCAA tournament.
- 29 votes for 23%
"I told (crew chief) Jimmy (Fennig), I said, 'Do this, do that and it'll be perfect.' We drove ourselves right to victory lane," Busch said in the makeshift Victory Circle inside the empty Busch Series garage.
Busch got his third career and season victory with the help of some fast work by his crew during the last round of green-flag pit stops.
NASCAR
After one long rain delay and threatening skies throughout, the race scheduled for 325 laps at Atlanta Motor speedway ended under a yellow flag on lap 248 as the wet weather finally arrived.
Kurt Busch drives into NAPA 500 Victory Circle
HAMPTON, Ga. — Kurt Busch outran the competition and the weather yesterday, grabbing his second straight Winston Cup victory in the rain-shortened NAPA 500.
APTOP25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through yesterday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team     rec   pts   pvs
1. Miami (59)  7-0 1,832 1
2. Oklahoma (14)  7-0 1,788 2
3. Virginia Tech  8-0 1,611 3
4. Notre Dame (1)  8-0 1,597 6
5. Georgia  8-0 1,582 5
6. Ohio St.  9-0 1,575 4
7. Texas  7-1 1,351 7
8. Washington St.  7-1 1,271 9
9. Iowa  8-1 1,269 13
10. N.C.State  9-0 1,232 12
11. USC  6-2 1,100 15
12. Alabama  6-2 955 19
13. Colorado  6-2 894 21
14. Kansas St.  6-2 778 20
15. Michigan  6-2 702 8
16. Arizona St.  7-2 625 23
17. LSU  6-2 604 10
18. Florida St.  5-3 551 11
19. Oregon  6-2 536 14
20. Penn St.  5-3 388 18
21. Bowling Green  7-0 361 24
22. Iowa St.  6-3 335 17
23. Minnesota  7-1 327 25
24. Colorado St.  7-2 144 --
25. Tennessee  4-3 119
Others receiving votes: Marshall 104, Florida 103,
Maryland 84, Pittsburgh 58,庐溪 40, Boise 52, TCU 43,
Zebra 19, Air Force 12, Virginia 7, Oregon St. 6,
Wisconsin 5, Texas A&M 3, UCLA 3.
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