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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
Up in arms
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Dodgers shine at right time as Bradley clouts ball in thin air
DENVER — Shawn Green called it the biggest home run of his life. Jim Tracy called it the biggest win of the season.
There was no arguing with either the player or the manager after Green's two-out homer in the ninth lifted Los Angeles to a 7-6 victory over Colorado yesterday. Then again, with the playoffs in sight, the milestones might keep getting more significant.
Green and Tracy agreed there was no better way to go into the stretch.
might keep getting more wins. The Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit for the second time in three games to win the series against the Rockies and stay 2.5 games ahead of San Francisco in the NL West. Los Angeles has 13 games left, and six are against the Giants.
"It's probably the biggest one I've had," Green said. "It's the first time I've been in first place at this time of the season. Any time you win a game with something like that, it's going to be as big as it can be."
middle. Green took advantage and drove it straight over the center-field wall to cap the rally against the worst bullpen in baseball.
right down the LA es. Los Angeles trailed 5-0 after six innings, but tied the game at five runs courtesy of Adrian Beltre's bases-clearing double, Milton Bradley's homer into the third deck and a sacrifice fly by Robin Ventura.
in baseball.
"Two out and two strikes. You don't want to go there with two strikes. Not right down the middle," Chacon said.
be as big as it can be.
On an 0-2 pitch with two down in the ninth, Colorado closer Shawn Chacon (1-9) made a mistake and delivered the ball straight down the middle.
The Associated Press
As important as Green's homer was, much of the Dodgers clubhouse was focused on Bradley's shot. It measured 479 feet, prodigious even in the mile-high air, and a few players were overheard saying they'd never seen a ball hit that far.
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University of Kansas Alum David Vaughn of Lawrence celebrates with other traveling fans before the Kansas vs. Northwestern game Saturday afternoon. Kansas fans' smiles turned to frowns after missed field goals and incomplete passes lead to a 20-17 loss.
Football fans flood Chicago
The fair-weather football fan may be a thing of the past
BY JONATHAN KEALING
jkealing@kansan.com
KANSAN SWIMMER
EVANSTON, Ill. — They're everywhere.
where:
Walking down Michigan Avenue, you see them. At the ESPN Zone, they're there, too. Everyone knows Jayhawk fans will follow their basketball team wherever it goes, but since when have they followed football?
when have they told the When the Jayhawks played the Northwestern Wildcats last Saturday,
many Kansas fans took the trip as a chance to visit nearby Chicago.
chance to visit Kenny. The Chicago area is home to one of the Kansas Alumni Association's largest alumni chapters outside of the state of Kansas. Kirk Cerny, member of the Alumni Association, said there were about 8,500 Kansas degree holders in the greater Chicago area.
"This is home away from home," Cerny said.
Fans seemed to agree, with some coming from Michigan, Missouri, as well as Kansas. Many of them were decked out in crimson and blue in order to beat the other purple wildcats.
To welcome local fans as well as those who made the trek to Chicago, the Kansas Alumni Association organized a pre-game pep rally at a golf course near Northwestern's Ryan Field.
One fan at the pep rally said that she had seen 12 other Jayhawk fans on the train ride to Evanston. There were even some students shopping at H&M on Michigan Avenue. Chancellor Robert Hemenway said he was excited about the support the football team was receiving.
"It's great to see this many people following KU football," he said.
On several occasions, the Kansas fans could be heard cheering on their team from all the way across the field
team from all of Northwestern's attendance was 24,817. It is estimated that 10 to 15 percent of the crowd was Kansas fans.
— Edited by Ashley Bechard
Panthers defeat Chiefs, 28-17
Yesterday's loss leaves Kansas City still searching for its first victory
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —DeShaun Foster showed the Carolina Panthers should be just fine without Stephen Davis.
Running around and through Kansas City's soft defense, Foster carried 32 times for 174 yards, including a team-record 71-yard burst, in leading the defending NFC Champion Panthers to a 28-17 victory over the Chiefs yesterday.
The total was 4 yards short of the team record held by Davis, who is out indefinitely after spraining his knee in practice last week.
"I had no idea that I was close to the record," Foster said. "I just wanted to get 150 yards," he said. "You always have to step up when somebody goes down."
down.
The Chiefs (0-2) were still within reach at 21-17 when Foster iced the game with his long gallop, which was followed immediately by a 3-yard touchdown run that gave the Panthers an 11-point lead with 10:35 left.
back right and it was open."
"It wasn't that big." Foster said. "I went to the left and made a little cut
The play unfolded like a nightmare for the Chiefs, who showed no signs of making any improvement to one of the NFLs sorrisrt defenses.
"I couldn't believe he was running down the field like that," defensive end Eric Hicks said. "That stinks. We can't let that happen. I can give you a million anecdotes and a million quips and quotes, but we've got to fix it."
Outside linebacker Shawn Barber took the blame.
took the blame.
"I needed to fill a certain gap a little harder," Barber said. "It was a playaction and he found the crease and he has the speed to go the distance. It was just a poorly executed play on my behalf."
Carolina (1-1) came in missing their top two offensive threats — Davis and wide receiver Steve Smith — but had little trouble with the poor-tackling and mistake-prone defense of the defending AFC West champions.
On second down from the 3, linebacker Monty Beisel came charging in on a blitz, got a hand on Delhomme's jersey and spun him completely around.
Jake Dehlomine threw three touchdown passes for the Panthers, including a 3-yard heave in the first quarter on the sort of play that normally gets a quarterback chewed-out, or even fined.
But as Delhomme was about to be slammed to the turf, he heaved a floater in the direction of the end zone.
in the direction. Tight end Kris Mangum, who was left uncovered, cradled the ball for a touchdown that made the crowd groan.
The Panthers, who lost their opener to Green Bay, took a 14-10 lead with a time-consuming 80-yard drive in the third quarter. They converted four third downs on the drive, including Delhomme's 9-yard touchdown pass to Keary Colbert, subbing for Smith.
Keary Colbert, subbing in A few minutes later, Eric Warfield intercepted Delhomme's pass and sped 43 yards, stiff-arming the Carolina quarterback on the 12 to get into the end zone for a 17-14 lead that lasted only a few minutes.
Given good field position by a 15-yard celebration penalty against Kansas City, the Panthers marched 56 yards in eight plays and regained the lead on Delhomme's 1-yard TD pass to Mike Seidman.
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both lost.
Those results guaranteed that St. Louis will finish no worse than tied at 97 wins with the Cubs, who also would be guaranteed a playoff berth.
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Kudos to Coach Mangino for partially benching Beck early in the season. That's the kind of leadership and direction I'd like to see.
Andy Roddick was wearing ankle socks at the U.S. Open last night, proving two things: Boys named Andrew or Andy are fundamentally flawed and ankle socks are a fashion crime worse than jean shorts.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ST. LOUIS — In Tony La Russa's version of the NL standings, the St. Louis Cardinals still have to win one more game to clinch the Central division title.
La Russa, Cardinals try to keep success in perspective
The Cardinals manager refused to acknowledge his team already had clinched the division, both before and after yesterday's 3-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Arizona Diamondbacks St. Louis ensured its third division title in five seasons on Saturday when the Cardinals beat Arizona 7-0, and San Francisco and the Chicago Cubs both lost.
would be guaranteed a player bench. La Russa wants to clinch it on the field.
"What the hell kind of question is that?" La Russa barked. "That's a rule for the thing when you're tied at the end of the season. We've got another 14 games to go, man."
He stormed out of his postgame news conference after angrily responding to a question about delaying the traditional champagne celebration.
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