"I can't believe we don't have a game tomorrow the kind of the weird thing right now. I get to go deer hunting now." 23-year-old Florida Marlins pitcher Joe New York Yankees on Saturday night.
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wednesday, october 29, 2003
Ex-manager interested in Red Sox job
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Herzog, who hasn't managed since leaving the St. Louis Cardinals in July 1990, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he had some interest in managing in Boston. The Red Sox on Monday fired Grady Little.
If Jack McKeon could do it, why not Whitey Herzog?
"Sure, I listen if they called me," said Herzog, who lives in St. Louis. "All I've
been doing is fishing and I'm tired of fishing."
Herzog, 71, has enjoyed reminding friends that he is a year younger than McKeon, who led the Florida Marlins to a six-game victory over the New York Yankees in the World Series.
Yankees in the World "With Jack winning, a lot of old managers are probably going to get calls," Herzog said.
Herzog came to the Cardinals midway through the 1980 season and led St. Louis to the 1982 world championship His Cardinals teams also won NL pennants in 1985 and 1987.
Herzog succeeded McKeon as manager of the Kansas City Royals in 1975 and won division titles in 1976, 1977 and
1978. He was manager of the Texas Rangers in 1973.
Two offseasons ago, when Joe Kerrigan was managing the Red Sox, Herzog was offered the job as Boston bench coach.
But Herzog declined, saying he didn't want to leave the impression that he was
waiting in the wings to take over if Kerrigan was fired.
gam was fired. Kerrigan was fired in spring training of the next season, with Little taking over before opening day.
before opening day. The decision to part ways with Little came less than two weeks after Boston lost a chance to play in the World Series when its ace, Pedro Martinez, couldn't hold a lead against the New York Yankees.
kees. Little was criticized for leaving Martinez in too long.
Jury selection process begins
2002 Salt Lake City Olympics officals accused of bribery will face trial.
The Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — Jury selection started yesterday in the Olympic bribery trial, which will determine whether two Salt Lake City bid leaders broke the law to bring the 2002 Winter Games to Utah.
Utah. The jury will be selected from about 80 prospects who filed into the federal courtroom past tight security. U.S. District Judge David Sam expected a jury to be impaneled as early as yesterday afternoon.
The trial could last as long as six weeks. Tom Welch, 59, the bid leader, and Dave Johnson, 44, his deputy, are accused of doling out $1 million in cash, gifts and favors to win the Winter Games for Salt Lake City.
The defense argues that the extravagant gifts to Olympic officials were merely business as usual.
Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, who is President Bush's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, is among those scheduled to testify.
"I'm not looking for a deal and I don't expect one. Nor do I want one.."
Tom Welch
Bid Leader
The scandal was the worst in Olympic history, and it resulted in the expulsion or resignation of 10 IOC members.
Welch and Johnson have maintained their innocence and insist Utah's political and business elite knew what they were doing.
were doing. "It was open and notorious that people in the IOC were treated like royalty," said Max Wheeler, Johnson's lawyer.
The defendants were indicted in 2000
on 15 felony charges, including bribery, racketeering, conspiracy and fraud.
They have twice rejected the government's offer of a plea deal on a single count of tax fraud.
"I'm not looking for a deal and I don't expect one. Nor do I want one," said Welch, a business consultant.
Welch and Johnson could face up to 75 years in prison if convicted of all charges, though any actual sentence most likely would be far shorter.
In 2001, Sam threw out the case, sparing Salt Lake City the embarrassment of a courtroom spectacle leading up to the 2002 Games.
Then in April of this year, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver reversed Sam's order and said the bid leaders must stand trial.
Welch and Johnson received financial settlements from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee after their firings. The committee's insurer is paying millions of dollars for their legal fees.
baseball
McKeon to manage Marlins again next year
Jack McKeon will return to manage the Florida Marlins next season, owner Jeffrey Loria announced yesterday during the team's World Series celebration party.
"I have some good news and a little bad news. The good news is Jack is coming back. The bad news is there's no bad news. These guys did a tremendous job." Loria said, promising not to purge the team of star players next season. That happened after the Marlins won the title in 1997 under owner H. Wayne Huizenqa.
1997 under owner W. Wiley and manager McKeon, 72, took over when manager Jeff Torborg was fired in May and engineered the Marlins' turnaround from last place team to World Series champions. Under McKeon, the Marlins posted the best record during the final four months of the season.
McKeon became only the second manager to win a World Series after not beginning the season with his club. Bob Lemon managed the New York Yankees to a world title after taking over midway through the 1978 season.
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Royals relief pitcher hopes to stay in town
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Relief pitcher Curtis Leskanic, who came to the Kansas City Royals in a mid-season trade, says he hopes to be able to remain with the team next year.
race for four or five years, and I forgot what that was like."
like to stick around.
"I want to go again," he told The Kansas City Star. "I really had a fun year. It was the first time I'd been in a (playoff)
Leskanic, 35, could become a free agent, but he said Monday in an interview from his home in Florida that he'd like to stick around.
The Royals acquired Leskanic July 2 from the Milwaukee Brewers in return for two minor leaguers, pitcher Wes Obermueller and infielder Alejandro Machado.
Leskanic, who spent much of the last two years in rehabilitation after surgery on his rotator cuff and labrum, said he thought he "got my love of the game back" with the Royals.
He had a 1.73 earned run average in 27 appearances for Kansas City.
"In April, I was trying to get guys out
with a 91-mph fastball," he said. "By the end of the year, I was throwing 96. I think that shows how much my arm bounced back from surgery."
Leskanie said his agent told him the Royals plan to make him a proposal, and he's awaiting further word.
"But that's the way the game is played," he said. "Sometimes, it's out of sight, out of mind. Also, they've got a lot of other guys, younger guys, in the bullpen. Maybe they want to get them signed first."
Leskanic made $3.7 million last season, concluding a three-year deal signed after he posted career bests in victories,
Players eligible for free agency have 15 days after the World Series to file for it, and as of Monday eight of the 15 eligible Royals had done so. They are pitcher Brian Anderson, pitcher Kevin Appier, catcher Mike Difellice, outfielder Raul Ibanez, pitcher Jose Lima, third baseman Joe Randa, outfielder Michael Tucker and outfielder Rondell White.
Those who hadn't filed were Leskanic, pitcher Jason Grimsley, pitcher Al Levine, pitcher Graeme Lloyd, catcher Brent Mayne, catcher Tom Prince and pitcher Jamey Wright.
FDA classifies newly detected steroid as illegal
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The newly detected steroid that is casting a shadow on Olympic and professional sports is an illegal drug that may pose considerable health risks, the government warned yesterday.
THG has been sold in the guise of a dietary supplement when it is in fact a drug that lacks federal permission for sale in this country, the Food and Drug Administration said. It is a drug derived from another steroid long-banned in athletics, the agency said.
It also is the strongest warning yet that using THG is risky. Anabolic steroids can have dangerous side effects, including liver damage, heart disease, anxiety and rage. While little is known about THG's specific effects because it is new, its close chemical similarity to other well-known steroids means it poses the same risks, FDA Associate Commissioner John Taylor said.
the scandal over the previously undetectable steroid emerged, puts manufacturers on notice that the government will crack down on anyone caught selling it.
U. S. drug authorities first learned about THG, or tetrahydrogestrinone, this summer after an unidentified coach gave them a syringe containing it. THG apparently was
designed specifically to be undetectable by the standard test given to athletes.
he says he thought were exactly who developed THG is unclear. Dozens of top Olympic and professional athletes have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury probing a California lab that sells nutritional supplements. Its owner has denied supplying THG, and federal officials, including FDA's Taylor, refuse to com-
the standard test given in the Nowarmed with a test, sports organizations are scrambling to re-examine athletes and to decide what penalties to impose for THG use. Four U.S. track and field athletes have tested positive for THG, and Europe's top sprinter has admitted taking it in nutritional supplements that he says he thought were allowed.
Troubling to lawmakers is that THG apparently was sneaked onto the market in the guise of a dietary supplement. It's not a supplement but an unapproved drug, making any sale or usage illegal, FDA's Taylor said.
FDA's taylor said. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) is pushing legislation that would give FDA broader oversight over dietary supplements to prevent steroids from being sneaked onto the market.
sneaked onto the market. Sens, Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced similar legislation last week that also would outlaw steroid precursors like androstenedione, popularized by baseball's Mark McGwire.
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So Bill Whitemore's hurt. Don't worry about it. When Jesus died he came back in three days so Bill should be back in two
There is only one word to describe Omar Wilkes: orgasmic.
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Why is it that when the football team loses one or two games everybody suddenly hates them? Before that everybody loves them. Come on, people, don't be so sickle.
Kansas athletics calendar
Volleyball vs. Kansas State 7 p.m.Horejsi Family Athletics Center
Friday
Soccer vs. Oklahoma State 3 p.m. SuperTarget Field
Today
Saturday
Swimming vs. Missouri 2 p.m. Robinson
Natatorium
Rowing at Head of the Hooch Gainesville, Ga.
Football at Texas A&M 12:30 p.m. College Station, Texas
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., — Kobe Bryant was fined yesterday by the Lakers for critical comments he made of teammate Shaquille O'Neal, and was listed as doubtful for their season opener against Dallas.
NBA
Bryant fined for comments could miss season opener
Bryant's remarks Monday exposed the degree of rift between the two superstars. The amount of the fine wasn't disclosed.
shooterJACKY mates said Bryant, O'Neal, Karl Malone and coach Phil Jackson were the only ones who spoke.
In disclosing the Lakers held a 20-minute team meeting in their locker room before their shootaround yesterday morning.
Bryant played in two exhibition games last week. He was expected to be ready for the season opener last night, but surprised the organization by telling ESPN a day earlier that he did not expect to play because of pain in his surgically repaired knee.
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