8B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 2006
SPORTS
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Players try out receive honors
BY DREW DAVISON
ddavison@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Former Kansas football and basketball player Cliff McDonald will be the grand marshal for Lawrence's Saint Patrick's Day Parade. The Parade will begin at 1 p.m. on March 17.
NFL Combine report — Former defensive end Chariton Keith attended the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, Ind., recently and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds. Whether Keith, a 238-pound defensive lineman, will stay a defensive lineman or move to linebacker in the NFL is still up in the air.
Former cornerback/wide receiver Charles Gordon attended the combine as well. Gordon ran two sub-par 40-yard dashes at 4.53 and 4.62 seconds, respectively. He also ran a not-so-intriguing 4.27 short shuttle, which tests quickness and explosiveness, so there are concerns about whether he can be the playmaker he was at Kansas in the NFL. Gordon led the NCAA with seven interceptions in 2004. Gordon and Keith are projected to get drafted.
Todd McShay of Scouts Inc. listed Gordon as one of the combine's 10 losers on www.espn.com. McShay said Gordon lacked a true position fit in his transition from college to the NFL.
Big 12 defensive backs who performed well in the 40-yard dash included Texas' Michael Huff (4.34), Baylor's Willie Andrews (4.38) and Nebraska's Daniel Bullocks (4.38). The NFL draft is set for April 29-30.
KU Pro Day — Kansas will hold Pro Day March 15. Former linebacker Nick Reid, former wide receiver Mark Simmons and other seniors will perform workouts similar to the combine in front of NFL personnel.
Bobby Douglass, former KU All-American, will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Douglass led the Jayhawks to the Big Eight title and Orange Bowl in 1969. He continued his career in the NFL with the Chicago Bears.
- Topeka practice — On April 1, the Jayhawks will play host to one of their spring workouts in Topeka. The practice will be at 2 p.m. in Hummer Park. The event is free.
- Edited by Vanessa Pearson
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Baltimore Orioles Jay Gibbons is safe at the plate, to score as the St. Louis Cardinals catcher Gary Bennett applies the late tag in the third inning of their spring training baseball game in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday.
MLB
Cardinals cleaned by Orioles
BY DAVID GINSBURG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Kevin Millar doubled in two runs and scored during a four-run third inning against Jason Marquis, and the Baltimore Orioles got 21 hits in a 12-8 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.
Andy Tracy homered for the Orioles, and prospect Nick Markakis doubled twice in two at-bats. Markakis, the seventh overall pick in the 2003 draft, is 6-for-7 with four runs in 12 trips to the plate this spring — an on-base percentage of .909 over five games.
"Let's just say he's certainly
up to the competition he's facing so far," Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo said.
Making his first start of the spring, Marquis allowed two hits in two scoreless innings before coming unlugged in the third. With two outs and runners on the corners, Jay Gibbons singled in a run before Millar chased Marquis with a double to left that made it 3-3.
"For two innings I thought I did a pretty good job. I got a little fatigued in the third inning," Marquis said. "They were out there swinging, but overall I thought it went pretty good."
leff Conine followed with an
"or two innings,
I thought I did a pretty good job.I got a little fatigued in the third inning. They were out there swinging, but overall I thought it went pretty good."
Jason Marquis
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher
RBI single off Braden Looper, putting the Orioles ahead for good. Conine went 3-for-3.
Brian Daubach and Chris Duncan homered for the Cardinals. Daubach's shot to right came off Orioles starter Jim Johnson, who yielded three runs and four hits in two innings.
Because four of the five members of Baltimore's starting rotation are involved in the World Baseball Classic, Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo went with Johnson, who was the Carolina League pitcher of the year for Class-A Frederick. But he was no match for a St. Louis lineup peppered with backups.
Millar is batting .364 in four games.
Duncan had three of the Cardinals' 11 hits.
Notes:
OBITUARY
45-year-old Twins legend Puckett dies dav after stroke
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Kirby Puckett died Monday, a day after the Hall of Fame outfielder had a stroke at his Arizona home. He was 45.
Fans, family remember jovial outfielder's home runs, smiles
Puckett died at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. He had been in intensive care since having surgery at another hospital following his stroke Sunday morning.
Puckett was given last rites and died in the afternoon, hospital
The bubbly, barrel-shaped Puckett carried the Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 before his career was cut short by glaucoma. His family, friends and former teammates gathered at the hospital Monday.
spokeswoman Kimberly Lodge said.
"On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett," commissioner Bud Selig said. "He was a Hall of Famer in every sense of the term.
"He played his entire career with the Twins and was an icon in Minnesota. But he was revered throughout the country and will be remembered wherever the game is played. Kirby was taken from us much too soon — and too quickly," he said.
Puckett broke into the majors in
1984 and had a career batting average of .318. Glaucoma left the sixtime Gold Glove center fielder and 10-time All-Star with no choice but to retire after the 1995 season when he went blind in his right eye.
Out of the game, the 5-foot-8 Puckett put on a considerable amount of weight, which concerned those close to him.
"It's a tough thing to see a guy go through something like that and come to this extent," former teammate Kent Hrbek said Monday night.
"That's what really hurt him bad, when he was forced out of the
game," he said. "I don't know if he ever recovered from it."
Asked what he would remember the most from their playing days, Hrbek quickly answered, "Just his smile, his laughter and his love for the game."
Puckett was elected to the Hall of Fame on his first try in 2001 and thrilled the crowd in Cooperstown when he said, "I'm telling you, anything is possible" during his induction speech.
His plaque praised his "everpresent smile and infectious exuberance."
"This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere," Twins owner Carl Pohlad said.
Puckett's signature performance came in Game 6 of the 1991 World
Series against Atlanta. After telling anyone who would listen before the game that he would lead the Twins to victory that night at the Metrodome, he made a leaping catch against the fence and then hit a game-ending homer in the 11th inning to force a seventh game.
The next night, Minnesota's Jack Morris went all 10 innings to outlast John Smoltz and pitch the Twins to a 1-0 win for their second championship in five years.
"If we had to lose and if one person basically was the reason — you never want to lose — but you didn't mind it being Kirby Puckett. When he made the catch and when he hit the home run you could tell the whole thing had turned," Smoltz said Monday night.
John Dunn/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Minnesota Twins player Kirby Puckett displays his plaque during the 2001 National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in this Aug. 5, 2001, file photo, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Puckett, who played in two World Series, died Monday.
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