THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008
SPORTS
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Kansas pitchers field questions
Number Name Pitching hand Year Favorite MLB team Favorite athlete Favorite college stadium (other than Hoglund Ballpark) Significance of uniform number Baseball superstitions Memories baseball game with dad
17 Nick Czyz Left Junior Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals Andy Pettitte, even though he's going through some hard times right now. Obviously other than "The Hog," it's gotta be a toss up between Doug Kingsmore Stadium at Clemson and Olsen Field at Texas A&M. I used to be No. 16 because one of my coaches when I was younger used to call me Whitey Ford, but in high school they retired that number because of a tragic car accident one of the players got in so I just bumped it up one and stuck with it. Don't step on the white lines. I don't really remember the first game I went to with my dad, but when I was just a little guy my brothers and I used to get autographs of the players for some of the Triple-A teams back in Buffalo and Syracuse, New York.
19 Shaeffer Hall Left Sophomore Kansas City Royals Kirk Hinrich Hammons Field at Missouri State Same number worn by Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett. Jumping over the foul line while running on and off the field between innings. Going to Kansas City Royals games and being able to watch my favorite ex-Royal Wally Joyner play, who played the same position and wore the same number as me.
41 Wally Marciel Left Sophomore Seattle Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. Olsen Field at Texas A&M It's the only number that I could get. I wear two black rubber bands on my wrist along with a good luck pendant on my chain. I don't really remember because I was only 5 years old.
33 Sam Freeman Left Junior Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Tim Hudson and Ian Snell Roger Williams Ballpark at Weatherford College It was one of the only jersey numbers left when I transferred in. None. Kenny Rogers threw a no-hitter with the Texas Rangers.
44 Paul Smyth Right Junior Oakland Athletics Chad Cordero Doug Kingsmore Stadium at Clemson It's what they gave me. I like it, though. I wear stirrups and a flat bill, walk around the right side of the mound and toss the rosin bag. Cal Poly vs. Cal State Los Angeles. I had re-seen any baseball before and thought the umpire was calling strike that he was posing at
》 MEN'S GOLF
Jayhawks to compete in N.C. Weekend tournament last before Big 12
BY BRYAN WHEELER
bwheeler@kansan.com
The men's golftteam will compete in the River Landing Collegiate today through Sunday in Wallace, N.C. The 54-hole tournament is held at the River Course (par-72, 6,942 yards) at River Landing. This weekend's competition is the last the Jayhawks will compete in before the Big 12 Championship on April 25 to 27.
"We are looking forward to playing in the event," said coach Kit Grove in a press release on Wednesday. "It is a solid field and the weather should be good, which should make for a fun tournament."
Currently, Hopfinger and Barbee are ranked No. 16 in the nation, according to Golfstat. com's NCAA Division 1 freshman
class impact ranking.
"It has started to look like things are coming together for us," Hopfinger said. "Hopefully we can
Barbee
Hopfinger
finish strong at these last two because they're very hard tournaments."
— Edited by Jared Duncan
Also competing for the Jayhawks are juniors Walt Koelbel and Zach Pederson. Sophomore Patrick Roth will round-out the Jayhawks lineup.
OLYMPICS
Teammates refuse to give up gold
BY STEPHEN WADE Associated Press
BEIJING — Marion Jones gave up her Olympic medals. Her relay teammates aren't quite as willing.
Jones' former relay teammates paid for her doping offenses Thursday, losing their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics as the International Olympic Committee stripped them from athletes who won gold with Jones in the 1,600-meter relay and bronze in the 400 relay.
"The decision was based on the fact that they were part of a team, that Marion Jones was disqualified from the Sydney Games due to her own admission that she was doping during those games," said IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies, who announced the decision. "She
was part of a team and she competed with them in the finals."
Jones' teammates on the 1,600 squad were Jearl-Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander-Richardson and Andrea Anderson. The 400-relay squad also had Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry and Passion Richardson.
The runners have previously refused to give up their medals, saying it would be wrong to punish them for Jones' violations. They have hired a U.S. lawyer to defend their case, which could wind up in the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The IOC ruling follows the admission by Jones last year that she was doping at the time of the Sydney Games.