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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2004
(AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Christopher Anderson)
Idaho football coach Nick Holt, left, reacts while talking about the death of Eric McMillan, during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004, in Moscow, Idaho. McMillan, a starting cornerback for Idaho, was shot once in the chest in his apartment in the university town of Moscow on Sunday afternoon, police Capt. Cam Hershaw said. He died at a local hospital Monday. Authorities said Tuesday they weren't even sure he was the intended target. At right is Idaho athletic director Rob Spear.
BASEBALL: Post season hype important
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seasons overlap and that is simply how the world works. I because I am part of a minority of people who wants to see the post-season baseball hape reach even half of the excitement level that football does.
Besides, how can a sport be viewed as second to another when it gives the little guys an opportunity?
The wonderful wild card innovation now allows teams such as the Chicago Cubs to have a shot at the play-offs despite the fact that they are 14.5 games behind division leader St. Louis Cardinals. Not to mention those poor hopefuls from the Boston Red Sox who make the fall oh-so important and never unevent-
Speaking of wild card teams, the race couldn't be tighter in the National League with the
Speaking of wild card teams, the race couldn't be tighter in the National League with the Houston Astros. Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants all within a game of each other.
Owens and Randy Moss competition wasn't that close.
Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants all within a game of each other.
Bottom line, this is the University's campus and it's Kansas football season. Whatever is going on in national sporting news, whether it be the NFL or MLB, will always be secondary to what's going on here.
Come on, even the Terrell
But if you're going to share your attention span, give the edge to baseball. The Fall Classic is exactly that — classic. I know we won't totally break away from football, but for the time being remember that the Yankees' dwindling lead in the AL East is much more newsworthy than the Chiefs' dwindling defense.
Giambi busts his longest slump against Blue Jays
Bauer is a Winfield junior in journalism.
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NEW YORK — Jason Giambi homered to end the longest slump of his career and Esteban Loaiza finally earned his 100th career victory and first for the Yankees, leading New York over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 last night.
Gary Sheffield hit his 36th home run two days after getting a pair of cortisone shots. Alex Rodriguez almost homered for the Yankees, too, but was robbed on a spectacular catch by center fielder Vern Wells.
Mariano Rivera matched his career high with his 50th save as the Yankees held their 4 1/2-game lead over Boston in the AL East and stopped Toronto's three-game winning string.
Giambi had been 0-for-32, with 11 of those at-bats coming since he returned from the disabled list.
Loaiza (10-7) outpitched Roy Halladay (7-8) after finishing runner-up to the Toronto ace last year in the AL Cy Young voting. Halladay, in his first outing since July 16, left after four innings trailing 3-2.
Red Sox 3. Orioles 2
BOSTON (AP) Mark Bellhorn singled in two runs in the ninth as Boston rallied past Baltimore and snapped a threegame losing streak after nearly blowing the game in the top of the inning.
Curt Schilling cruised through eight innings, striking out a season-high 14 as he went for his major league-leading 21st victory.
Given a 1-0 lead on Kevin Millar's sacrifice fly in the eighth, Keith Foulke (4-3) gave up Javy Lopez's two-run homer on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth.
Green Monster for his career high fourth hit. Pinch-hitter David McCarty popped up to first, then Johnny Damon struck out looking.
BJ, Ryan (3-6) walked Kevin Youkilis in the bottom half, and Bill Mueller doubled off the
Jorge Julio came on to face Bellhorn, who laced a pitch to deep center field.
Devil Ravs 7. Rovals 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fl. (AP)
— Jorge Cantu hit a go-ahead,
two-run double during a five-run
eighth inning to help Tampa Bay
beat Kansas City.
Cantu made it 5-4 on his drive to left-center field off Shawn Camp (2-1), and Carl Crawford and Jose Cruz Jr. followed with RBI singles off Jaime Cerda.
Rocco Baldelli pulled the Devil Rays to 4-3 on a solo homer earlier in the eighth off Dennys Reyes.
Cruz had four hits, including a two-run homer for the Devil Rays.
Mark Hendrickson (9-15) allowed one unearned run in two innings, and Danys Baez pitched the ninth for his 28th save.
DETROIT (AP) — Casey Blake's bloop single broke a ninth-inning tie and lifted Cleveland over Detroit.
Indians 8, Tigers 7
Cleveland Over the Hill
The Indians trailed 7-2 after five innings before rallying behind five RBIs from Ben Broussard.
Coco Crisp led on the ninth with a walk, and took second on a sacrifice bunt. After Victor Martinez flew out, Esteban Yan (3-5) intentionally walked Matt Lawton, but Blake looped a single into shallow right field to give Cleveland the lead.
Bobby Howry (3-1) got the win in relief, and Bob Wickman pitched the ninth for his 10th save.
Broussard hit a three-run homer in the sixth and a two-run
double in the eighth.
White Sox 8. Twins 6
CHICAGO (AP) Paul Konerko hit his 40th home run of the season, and Juan Uribe had his first career grand slam, a pinch-hit shot in the seventh inning that sent Chicago over Minnesota.
Ross Gload and Aaron Rowand also drove in runs for the White Sox, who snapped a seven-game losing streak against the AL Central-champion Twins.
Minnesota rested Torii Hunter and Shannon Stewart a night after clinching its third straight division title.
Konerko became only the third White Sox player to hit at least 40 homers in a season with his first-inning shot, joining Albert Belle and Frank Thomas.
J. C. Romero (7-2) took the loss.
Neal Cotts (3-3) struck out two in one inning for the win. Shingo Takatsu pitched the ninth for his 18th save.
Rangers 9. Athletics 4
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Michael Young hit a grand slam, Mark Teixeira had a two-run double and Texas beat All-Star starter Mark Mulder for the second time in a week.
While the September struggles of Mulder continued, Ryan Dreese (14-8) won his third straight start even though he allowed four runs in 5 2-3 innings.
Mulder (17-6) didn't make it out of the fifth, allowing nine runs — five earned — on eight hits with two walks and two hit batters. The left-hander is 0-2 with an 8.22 ERA in four starts this month.
Young's second career grand slam, his 21 first homer this season, came in the fourth after first baseman Scott Hattelberg's two-out error and put the Rangers up 7-2.
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