Friday, November 20.1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
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Cubs' Sammy Sosa receives NL MVP title
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Sammy Sosa was voted the National League's Most Valuable Player yesterday in a landslide against Mark McGwire, his rival in the most memorable home-run chase ever.
Sosa, who finished second to McGwire with 66 homers, got 30 of 32 first-place votes and 438 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
"I would have voted for Mark," Sosa said from Chicago during a telephone conference call. "In my heart, Mark McGwire is still the man for me."
McGwire, who set the record with 70 homers, got the other two first-place votes and 272 points. Two sports writers for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch both voted for McGwire and listed Sosa second.
"It's hard to hit 70 home runs and not win MVP," Sosa said. "I was never so sure to myself that I had it until today."
While Sosa was first or second on every ballot, McGwire got 20 seconds, three threes, one fourth, four fifths, one sixth and one seventh
Sosa, given a hero's welcome when he
Sosa, given a returned to his native San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic last month, created a historic Latin American sweep 'Texas' Juan Gonzalez, who is Puerto Rican, won the AL MVP Wednesday.
Sosa, a former teammate of Gonzalez in the Rangers minor-league system, is the second Dominican to win an MVP, joining George Bell (1987). Sosa intends to return home today.
resume his relief efforts following the damage caused by Hurricane Georges.
Sosu: Hit 66 homeruns with the Chicago Cubs last season
"What happened in my country was tough," said Sosa, whose charitable foundation is distributing food.
Sosa hit .308 with a major league-leading 158 RBIs — one more than Gonzalez — as Chicago reached the postseason for the first time since 1989. He also led the majors with 132 runs and 414 total bases.
McGwire, who smashed Roger Maris' previous home-run mark of 61, finished with 147 RBIs and a .299 average as the Cardinals stumbled to a third-place finish in the NL Central, 19 games behind Houston and seven behind the wild-card Cubs. McGwire led the majors in walks (162), slugging percentage (.752) and on-base percentage (.470).
"My reputation outside the field, that counts a lot," Sosa said. "Maybe people took it from there."
Even St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa thought Sosa had the edge when it came to MVP voting.
"I'm so biased it's ridiculous, but I think Sammy deserves it," he during the season's final week. "I don't think he's done more for his team than Mark has, but his team has
done more than ours has, so his contribution counts for a little more in my book. Just barely, but that's who I would give it to."
Sosa, who was in Japan for the major league all-star tour, returned to Chicago for the announcement. McGwire, who remained on vacation in Australia, said late in the season that a team's finish shouldn't be taken into account.
"It should be the guy who has the best over all year, no matter if his team is in last place or first place," he said.
Houston's Moises Alou was third with 215 points, followed by San Diego's Greg Vaughn, who hit 50 homers and wound up with 185 points. Houston's Craig Biggio was fifth with 163 points, followed by Atlanta's Andres Galarragua (147), San Diego's Trevor Hoffman (117) and San Francisco's Barry Bonds (66).
Sosa gets a $250,000 bonus for winning. Galarraga gets a $100,000 bonus and Alou gets $10,000. It was the eighth time a Cubs player won the MVP, the first since Andre Dawson in 1987.
Kentucky football team mourns player after crash
The Associated Press
EDGEWOOD, Ky. — Infectious joy and enthusiasm made Arthur Steinmetz a winner on and off the football field, his pastor said yesterday eulogizing the Kentucky player killed in a truck crash.
"Not only was he good at the game of football," the Rev. Douglas Fortner said. "I think Artie was good at the game of life."
About 1,100 mourners -- about 200 of them standing
— gathered at St.
Plus X Roman
Catholic Church to
pay last respects to
Steinmetz, 19. He
died Sunday when
teammate Jason
Watts' truck went
out of control and flipped on a rural highway.
Mourners included members of the Kentucky football team and coach Hal Mumme, who spoke briefly with Steinmetz's parents, Marshall and Therese Steinmetz.
Also killed in the crash was Christopher Scott Brock, 21, of Hyden, Ky., a student at Eastern Kentucky and a friend of Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch. Brock's funeral was Wednesday.
Watts is being charged with drunken driving and two counts of second-degree manslaughter after a test showed his blood-alcohol content to be 1 1/2 times the legal limit. He received a 12-inch gash in his right forearm and remains hospitalized at Lex-
ington's University of Kentucky Medical Center in good condition.
Blood tests have shown all three men were legally drunk when Watts' truck crashed. All three were thrown from the vehicle.
Jack Kennevan, who was Steinmetz's principal at Covington Catholic High School, recalled meeting Steinmetz for the first time when he visited high school football practice on a hot July day.
"What I remember most was his enthusiastic, 'Yes, sir,' to my questions." Kennevan said. "Artie conducted himself with enthusiasm and joy. He was contagious. He loved, above all, people."
Also eulogizing Steinmetz was Bishop Robert Muench of Covington. He referred to Steinmetz's August decision to transfer from Michigan State, where he had played as a freshman, to Kentucky, where he was sitting out this season before becoming eligible.
Muench noted that blue and white, the colors for Covington and Kentucky, also were the colors of the Virgin Mary, whose prayer of last resort has become the name for a last-second, desperation pass play in football, the Hail Mary.
Muench then led mourners in reciting the Hail Marv.
Fortner told mourners that their sense of loss was real.
For Steinmetz, he said, death was the beginning of a life of full love with God and was comparable to being born again.
"He didn't belong to us." Fortner said. "He was on loan to us from God."
Steinmetz's parents have said they do not want Watts prosecuted in the case.
Edmonton to play host to premier track event
Event never has been on North American soi
The Associated Press
MONTE CARLO, Monaco — Edmonton, Canada beat Stanford University for the right to stage the 2001 World Championships, putting track and field's showcase event in North America for the first time.
The International Amateur Athletic Federation said that Edmonton received the consensus in the secret ballot by the federation's Council yesterday.
Paris and New Delhi were the other bidders.
The exact voting breakdown was not released, but a federation source said Edmonton beat Stanford 22-2. Two Council members were absent and one apparently abstained.
It had been widely expected that the event would go to North America after the championships were held in Helsinki (1983), Rome (1987), Tokyo (1991), Stuttgart (1993), Gotheborg (1995) and Athens (1997).
Edmonton trumped Stanford by lining up government financial support and guarantees, promising to pay for travel costs and accommodations for athletes and officials, and presenting a lucrative Canadian TV deal with the federation.
"The financial issue was very important," federation representative Giorgio Reinler] said. "I think that convinced a lot of people to vote for Edmonton."
Edmonton also impressed the federation by bringing a 27-member delegation
that included Alberta Premier Ralph Klein and Canadian Justice Minister Anne McLellan.
"We were impressed by the guarantees made, the exposures promised and the overall presentation which was splendid," federation president Primo Nebiolo said.
Stanford couldn't match Edmonton's financial guarantees.
"One of the challenges is American cities being asked to, in a sense, guarantee the whole event, and that is certainly not done in the United States," said Dan Fenton, chief operating officer of the San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau.
He said Stanford offered a novel deal under which an insurance company would guarantee revenue. The United States also offered to offset transportation costs but not to the extent Edmonton did, Fenton said.
"Edmonton was both creative and enthusiastic in their bid and benefited from more than 800 million in government support," said Craig Masback, executive director of USA Track & Field.
"We remain committed to bringing major international events to the United States, and I am confident that we will one day host the World Championships."
The championships will be held at Commonwealth Stadium, home of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. Edmonton staged the 1978 Commonwealth Games, 1983 University Games and 1996 World Figure Skating Championships.
"This is indeed an honor for our province and for the nation." Klein said.
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