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Baseball team's lineup fields questions
BY SHAWN SHROYER
| Order | # | Name | Pos. | Bats/ Throws | Year | Favorite MLB team | Favorite athlete | Favorite college stadium (other than Hoglund Ballpark) | Significance of uniform number | Baseball superstitions | Memories from first baseball game with dad |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **1** | 40 | Nick Faunce | CF | Right | Jr. | Oakland Athletics | Steve Prefontaine | Doug Kingsmore Stadium at Clemson | It correlates the 40 days Jesus was tempted in the desert by Satan to my temptation for a hanging curveball (but in reality I was just given it). | Innumerable, but a few are not shaving (fear the stache) and using the same batting gloves. | Leaning over the fence and knocking the high arching foul ball out of A-Rod's glove and soaking in the boo's from the fans. |
| **2** | 37 | Robby Price | 2B | Bats left, throws right | So. | San Diego Padres | Chase Utley | UFCU Disch-Falk Field at Texas or Olsen Field at Texas A&M | In honor of Mike Zagurski | Whatever is working for me at the time. | N/A |
| **3** | 3 | John Allman | LF | Right | Sr. | St. Louis Cardinals | Albert Pujols | Olsen Field at Texas A&M | Wanted six, but it was already taken, because my brother was number six and I grew up watching him play. My sister is also number six on the University of Maine volleyball team. Stan Musial was number six. Three is half of six. |LTFF. | I went to a Cardinals game at the old Busch Stadium with my dad and my grandpa. My grandpa took me on the field and in the locker room. I ran out to center field and all I remember was how big it was. |
| **4** | 30 | Buck Afenir | C | Right | Jr. | San Diego Padres | Mike Scroggins | Doug Kingsmore Stadium at Clemson | That's what was given to me. | Repeat everything after a good game. | The Padres made light work of the Giants, as usual. |
| **5** | 11 | Ryne Price | RF | Bats left, throws right | Sr. | San Francisco Giants | Nick Swisher | Olsen Field at Texas A&M | Just like the number. | None really. | Just going to games from high school to college to the San Jose Giants games all over the San Jose area all the time. |
| **6** | 10 | Erik Morrison | SS | Right | Sr. | San Diego Padres | Peter Wazlawick | Doug Kingsmore Stadium at Clemson | The amount of times that I have beaten Robby Price in PS2 MLB. | Showering with green soap. | Not being able to stay in the sack and complete the race with Ryne Price at the Beavers (Padres AA team) game in Portland. |
| **7** | 20 | Preston Land | 1B | Right | Jr. | Boston Red Sox | Chuck Liddell | Doug Kingsmore Stadium at Clemson | Only one to choose from. | Same routine before I get in the box every time. | It was a Royals game. All dad wanted to do was watch the game and all I wanted was to get more ice cream. |
| **8** | 8 | Tony Thompson | 3B | Right | Fr. | Oakland Athletics | Eric Chavez | Goodwin Field at Cal State-Fullerton | Favorite number besides three. | Keep a guitar pick in my bat bag at all times. | I went to a Giants game at Candlestick Park and got yelled at by all the fans because I wore a Dodgers hat and jersey. |
| **9** | 7 | Jimmy Waters | DH | Bats left, throws right | Fr. | New York Yankees | Alex Rodriguez and Cael Sanderson | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the CWS, and Boshamer Stadium at North Carolina | Have worn it since I can remember. | I jump over the foul lines and, if I have a good day, I do the same thing. Have a bad day and I'll do the exact opposite. | We had the seats right by the dugout at the College World Series where I could actually see and reach into the dugout. Todd Helton was getting his bat and I asked him for a ball. He grabbed a ball, signed it, then warmed up and hit a home run that at-bat. I still have the ball. It was great! |
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Wilson leads by one stroke in first round of Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. — Refreshed after a couple of weeks off, Dean Wilson birdied three of the last four holes in windy conditions Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Zurich Classic.
"I've struggled a little bit," Wilson said. "I took a couple weeks off and just went home and tried to clear my brain and just play golf rather than maybe sit on the range and fiddle with my swing."
Twenty-five players in the field this week have qualified for the Masters, including defending Masters champion Zach Johnson (72) and defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington (71).
This is the third time the Zurich Classic has been played on the 7,341-yard TPC Louisiana course. Completed in time for the 2005 tournament, Hurricane Katrina hit the Pete Dye-designed course hard, flooding several holes and knocking down nearly 2,000 trees. It was closed for 10 months.
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