Tuesday, September 15, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Home run derby continues
Everyone but Sosa is getting souvenirs of homeruns 61,62
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Sammy Sosa's going to have to rely on his memory for his historic day, because most of the mementos went quickly.
His jersey? Off to the Hall of Fame. His hat? Going right next to Roger Maris and Mark McGwire's in the hall. And the balls he hit for Nos. 61 and 627 Forget it. The fans who got them are apparently looking for cold, hard cash.
"How do you know what it's worth?" said John Witt, who caught No. 61 and was reportedly offered a five figure sum for it.
The St. Louis fan and groundskeeper who wound up with McGwire's 61st and 62nd home run balls immediately gave them back. No one contacted the Chicago Cubs to offer Sosa back the balls, team spokesman Chuck Wasserstrom said.
Unlike when McGwite neared Maris' single-season mark of 61 homers, the Cubs said major league baseball did not specially mark balls for Sosa.
When No. 62 salwed over the left-field fence at Wrigley Field, it set off a mad scramble among the hundreds of fans crowding Wave-
land Avenue.
lank Avenge.
"I caught the ball, and 50 people landed on top of me. One guy bit my left hand and wrestled the ball away," said Moe Mullins, whose hand was bleeding. "People tried to help me catch the guy, but the cops took him off in a squad car."
The man, whose name was not immediately available, was taken
to a police station near Wrigley Field, said Chicago police Sgt. Mary O'Toole. The man, described as being in his late 20s, left the
police station a short time later, she said.
"We got him out of there because we thought he was going to get his behind kicked," she said. "We brought him over here for his own safety.
"The story is changing now every minute. It's a big mess. The guy who has it is not the guy who started out with it."
Mullins later filed a police report about the incident.
When Sosa heard fans were fighting to get the ball, he chuckled
"If I wasn't a player, I'd be fighting, too, for that ball," he said.
ing, too, that can. Sosa didn't say whether he wanted the balls back, but he has a history of letting fans keep them. When the woman tracked down No.56, which tied Hack Wilson's NL and club record, offered it to him, he autographed it and returned it.
He did take No. 60, giving the fan four autographed balls in return
Sosa did look a little reluctant as he turned over his bat to the two representatives from the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He gave them a long look and kissed the natural wood-colored bat before finally sliding it into a green bag.
"give bad. "I don't want to give that bat from today," he said earlier. "I feel great for that bat."
Sosa's bat and jersey were to go on display today as part of "The March on Maris" exhibit. The bat, which he used for home runs No. 58-62, will be placed alongside the bat McGwire used for No. 62 and the bat Maris used to hit his 61home run.
The hall also got the gold number "3" that was placed on the Cubs' manual scoreboard Saturday after Hita击金 60, a three-roman homer.
("McGwire and Sosa" are tied, said Jeff Idelson of the Hall of Fame. "As far as we are concerned, they're both worthy of recognition."
McGwire is back in play after spasms, no home runs
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Mark McGwire was back in the lineup. He just didn't look like a home run king
A day after leaving a game at Houston early because of minor back spasms, the St. Louis Cardinals' slugger was a quiet 2-for-4, taking few healthy swings Monday night in a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh.
McGwire had a two-run single in a four-run second innning off Jason Schmidt (11-12). He has just three singles in 18-at-bats in six games since hitting homer No. 62 and has been caught by Sammy Sosa.
Against Schmidt, McGwire struck out in the first inning on a checked swing and grounded to first on a checked swing in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning, he had a rare single to the right off Todd Van Poppel on another awkward, incomplete swing.
As a precaution, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he probably would not use McGwire in both games of Tuesday night's doubleheader against the Pirates.
McGwire canceled his scheduled pregame news conference, but La Russa and teammates said his quick recovery had nothing to do with Sosa's pres-
ence alongside him in the record book.
In batting practice, McGwire appeared to be his old self with eight homers in 16 swings. Two of them reached the upper deck, and a third hit a window in the Stadium Club just below the top deck.
Still, he was probably happy The last time McGwire had back spasms, on June 1 in San Diego. he missed three games.
Still, he was probably happy just to be playing.
Jose Jimenez (1-0), making his first career start, held the Pirates to four hits and one run in seven innings. He walked five, including Abraham Nunez three times and struck out three.
McGwire: has not hit a home run since last Tuesday night.
Delino DeShields was 2-for-4 with a two-run double in a fourrun second inning that put the Cardinals ahead 5-1, and two steals. In the fifth inning, J.D. Drew had a sacrifice fly and
Jimenez, who struck out trying to bunt in the second inning and finally made contact on a sacrifice in the third inning , drove in a run with a groundout for a 7-1 lead.
Tim Laker homered in the Pittsburgh ninth. Schmidt, who has lost three straight decisions, lasted five innings and allowed 10 hits and seven runs.
Olympic officials condemn andro use
SOEUL, South Korea International Olympic Committee officials are concerned that baseball slugger Mark McGwire is sending the wrong message by using the performance-enhancing substance androstenedione.
The Associated Press
The IOC added the musclebuilding compound to its list of banned substances last year under the category of anabolic androgenic steroids.
Andro, as it is known, is sold over the counter as a dietary supplement in the United States and is not banned by the NBA or Major League Baseball. It is prohibited by the NCAA and the NFL, however.
McGwire, who hit his 62nd home run last week to break Roger Maris' single-season record, denied he was doing anything wrong. He said andro was perfectly safe and legal and was used by many other players in the league.
Andro came to the public's attention this summer when McGwire said he had been using the product for the past year.
But IOC officials, gathered in Seoul for executive board meetings, said the use of andro should be prohibited in all sports.
Anita DeFrantz, who as IOC vice-president is the highest-ranking American in the Olympic movement, said she was worried about the moral example set by McGwire
example:
"I worry children will think,
'OK, here's how you break all the records.' What they don't know is how hard you still have to work," she said.
DeFrantz said she also had concerns about the long-term health effects of andro.
"It's not regulated. It's not considered anything the FDA regulates. I don't want kids to be taking this stuff, or adults. We don't know how people react to it. That's scary," she said.
Androstenedione is classified as a "precursor" to testosterone, the male hormone.
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