"It has nothing to do with the curse. It has to do with fan interference, and a very uncharacteristic error by [Alex] Gonzalez." Cubs' manager Dusty Baker after fan interference with a foul ball swung last night's game in the Marlins' favor.
2B. the university daily kansan
off the bench
wednesday, October 15, 2003
Jayhawks shutout Cornhuskers
Kristin Ahlvin, Kansas women's club soccer midfielder, controlled the ball during a match against the University of Nebraska. The Jayhawks defeated the Cornhuskers, 7-0, Sunday afternoon at Shenk Field.The team will take on Kansas State University at 6:30 p.m.
Cubs collapse after fan snags ball
The Associated Press
Then, it was almost as if the baseball gods realized these were the Chicago Cubs.
CHICAGO — Five outs to go. Wrigley Field crowd on its feet. World Series within their grasp.
Those lovable losers blew it again thanks in part to— of all things — one of their own fans.
In the eighth-inning turnaround, the Florida Marlins took advantage of left fielder Moises Alou's run-in with a fan on a foul fly and an error by shortstop Alex Gonzalez to score eight runs in an 8-3 victory Tuesday night, forcing the NL championship series to a Game 7.
Mark Prior, Sammy Sosa and the Cubs cruised into the eighth with a 3-0 lead, all set to end their 58-year absence from the World Series.
What followed was a sudden collapse that would rival anything in the Cubs' puzzling, painful past.
puzzling, palliating To add to the hurt, the fan who blocked Alou's path on Luis Castillo's ball was wearing a Cubs hat.
Once the rally got in full swing, fans around the man, who looked to be in his early 20s, starting hurling beers in his direction and he was escorted out by security with a jacket over his face.
security with a jacket "You cost us the World Series!" one fan yelled at him.
The inning began easily enough, with Prior getting the first out.
Prior getting the first out But Juan Pierre doubled, and sheer disaster followed.
castillo lifted a fly down the left-field line and Alou ran toward the brick wall ready to do anything it took to make the catch.
Instead, the man reached up for the ball and deflected the ball away.
Alou slammed his glove in anger and many fans in the crowd of 39,577 booed and began to pelt the man with debris.
an and deflected the ball. Left-field umpire Mike Everitt correctly ruled no interference — unlike 12-year-old Jeffrey Maier in the 1996 ALCS at Yankee Stadium, this fan did not reach over a wall.
Castillo then walked, and the crowd sensed trouble brewing. Ivan Rodriguez hit an RBI single and Miguel Cabrera followed with a grounder in the hole that
Gonzalez simply dropped for an error that loaded the bases.
Derrek Lee stepped up and hit a drive into the left-field corner, pumping his fist even before he reached first base, and the two-run double tied it.
two-run double jump Prior was pulled and Kyle Farnsworth came in and intentionally walked Mike Lowell to load the bases.
With the crowd sitting in complete stunned silence and Prior blankly staring, Jeff Conine hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly.
Prior was dominant until the eighth, allowing until only three hits until then.
Lofton led off the first with a single moved up on a sacrifice and scored his NLCS record-tying eighth run on Sosa's opposite-field double to right field.
And once again, Kenny Lofton got the Cubs off to a fast start.
Sosa and Alou singled to start the sixth. With two outs, reliever Dontrelle Willis threw a wild pitch that let Sosa scamper home.
That run gave the Cubs a 1-0 margin in the first inning of this series.
Mark Grudzielanek made it 3-0 with an RBI single in the seventh.
rowing
Olson, Hainer place in top ten in first competition of year
The Kansas women's rowing team finished its first regatta of the season with impressive results.
The Head of the Rock regatta took place Sunday in Rockford, Ill., and a large contingent of Kansas rowers did well enough in singles and doubles competition to place in the top 10.
Beth Olson, Arlington, Texas, senior, placed fifth in the singles race with a time of 21:10.10. Kristy Hainer, St. Catharines, Ontario, junior, placed ninth; Beth Hickey, Port Colborne, Ontario, senior, placed 10th; and Casey Smith, Kirkwood, Mo., senior, placed 11th.
Coach Rob Catloth said he wanted the team to work on the open eights and fours races for the next tournament. Those races consist of eight or four women, respectively, racing in one boat.
especially the Jayhawks had boats that placed 13th, 14th, 17th and 22nd in the open fours race, as well as boats that placed 11th and 19th in the open eights race.
The Jayhawks' next regatta will be the Head of the Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, on October 28.
— Mike Bauer
p.m., Iowa, 10 a.m.
Football vs. Baylor, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium
Free forAll
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This is for the football team: You did a hell of job. Keep it up.
Minnesota sports is the best there is. Kansas City is definitely far inferior to Minnesota.
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I was at Watkins and I saw Bill Whittemore getting an X-ray. Tell me that this isn't a bad omen.
--p.m., Iowa, 10 a.m.
Football vs. Baylor, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium
The Kansas City Chiefs suck. The Kansas City Royals suck. You know why they suck is because they are from Kansas City. All of these ignorant people from around here who say "The Chiefs. The Chiefs. The Chiefs. The Royals." suck too. I hate the Chiefs and the Royals.
Kansas athletics calendar
today
OCTOBER
Volleyball at Texas A&M, 7 p.m., College
Station, Texas
friday
Volleyball vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center
Swimming at Big 12 Conference Relays,
Ames, Iowa
Ames, Iowa Soccer at Colorado, 6 p.m., Boulder, Colo.
Color. Basketball, Late Night in the Phog, doors open 7 p.m. Allen Fieldhouse
saturday
Swimming vs. Iowa and Northern Iowa, 1 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa
sunday
Soccer at Nebraska, 1 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
soccer
Goalkeeper leads shutouts; wins defense player of week
University of Kansas goalkeeper Meghan Miller, Seattle junior, was named Big 12 Conference defensive player of the week yesterday.
Miller led the Jayhawks to two victories during the weakend against Iowa State and Missouri, recording her sixth and seventh shutouts of the season. The Jayhawks defeated Iowa State 2-0 Friday and Missouri 2-0 Sunday.
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With last Friday's shutout against Iowa State, Miller broke a Kansas record of five shutouts in a season. Jen Feke set the previous record in 1996.
Miller holds sole possession of Kansas' single-season shutout record as well as KU's all-time shutout record. —Nikki Nugent
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