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him have it. Decked out in his signature white pants and shoes, the legendary Hawkeye coach read Long the Riot Act.
And then, the crescendo to a disastrous daw.
"I go right over to him and throw up all over his white pants and all over his shoes," Long said. "He benched me right on the spot."
It is not often one gets to upchuck on a College Football Hall of Famer, but that is exactly what Long did with family and friends watching from the stands.
After the game, Long's own grandmother was ready to bench him.
'My grandmother said, 'Hey
Chuck, you don't have to play this game anymore. You don't have to do this." Long said. "They were all so upset they didn't want me to play anymore."
There is a moral to the story, however. Despite the episode, Long would maintain the faith of his coach and go on to have his own College Football Hall of Fame career.
No matter how turbulent a quarterback's first impression is, there is always room for growth. That is the lesson Long wants Pick to keep in mind just in case things go south this Saturday.
"I always tell quarterbacks that story," Long said. "There was nowhere to go but up."
MLB
Royals take win against Rangers
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Willie Bloomquist scored on Alexi Ogando's wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and Alex Gordon drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 10-9 on Tuesday night.
Wilson Betemit opened the ninth with a double and Bloomquist pinch-ran for him. Brayan Pena walked with one out. Bloomquist stole third with one out and scored on Ogando's wild pitch with Yuniesky Betancourt at the plate.
Joakim Soria (1-2) picked up the victory, allowing one hit in a scoreless ninth. Rangers left-hander Darren Oliver (1-2), who started the ninth, took the loss and has allowed 11 earned runs in 10 innings in his past 13 outings.
Texas got home runs from Dulimir Guerrero. Michael Young, David Murphy and Mitch Moreland. Guerrero hit a two-run homer in a three-run fifth, while the other home runs were with the bases empty. Young went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and was a triple shy of the cycle.
Rangers left-hander Cliff Lee, who is winless in his past five starts with an 8.28 ERA while allowing 27 earned runs on 44 hits in 29 1-3 innings, got a no-decision. He left after 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing since Sept. 20, 2009, allowing seven runs, three
unearned, and 10 hits.
The Royals scored five runs in the fifth to take a 9-6 lead. Gordon and Jai Miller each contributed two-run doubles in the inning. Mike Aviles' two-out single scored Miller with the final run of the fifth.
Royals reliever Jesse Chavez, however, failed to hold the lead for one inning. He gave up a solo home run to Moreland and consecutive two-out doubles to Elvis Andrus. Young and Josh Hamilton for two more runs.
Royals right-hander Sean O'Sullivan, who is 0-4 with two no-decisions in six starts since being acquired in a July 22 trade with the Los Angeles Angels, left after five innings, allowing six runs and nine hits, including three home runs.
Gordon had a run-producing single in the Royals' three-run third. All the runs were unearned after a throwing error by Lee. Billy Butler singled home Gregor Blanco with the first run of the inning, while Kila Ka'aihue's fielder's choice groundout scored Aviles with the other.
Betancourt homered, his 14th, in the second for the first Royals run.
Guerrero's fifth inning home run with Hamilton aboard broke a 4-4 tie. Hamilton's single to right scored Andrus, who led off the inning with a single.
The Royals beat the Rangers for only the second time in eight games this season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Star shines in both football and baseball
DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas prep quarterback Bubba Starling is a true dual threat.
Sure, Starling can run and throw a football like few of his peers. But he also hit, pitch and play the outfield with the best of them.
Starling, a 6-foot-5,
200-pound senior from
Gardner-Edgerton High, has
Baseball might be Starling's best sport, and he's projected as a top pick as an outfielder in the 2011 major league draft. But he's one heck of a quarterback.
committed to Nebraska to play both football and baseball.
Starling threw for 1,433 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior last season and ran for an impressive 1,381 yards and 19 TDs on just 124 carries.
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Senior outside hitter Karina Garlinqton spikes the ball at Horeisi Family Athletics Center Tuesday. Garlinqton led the team with ten kills.
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Mayfield led the Kansas offense with 10 and nine kills, respectively. Freshman middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc added seven kills and six blocks.
"We had some soft spots, some things that we needed to clean up," said senior outside hitter Karina Garlington. "But overall...we played KU volleyball and had a pretty good result."
Part of that good result was a whopping 28 assists put up by freshman setter Kara Wehrs, which exceeded all of UMKC's assists by 11.
"Kara, I thought, got better tonight at setting," Bechard said. "Marianne Beal had a pretty good run tonight. We're excited about that, and farmco is really playing pretty well right now. We played
two freshmen and a sophomore tonight in the middle and had a lot of youngsters out there at one time."
This weekend, Kansas will host the Jayhawk Classic at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center with matchups against Akron, Arkansas and UT-Chattanooga on Friday and Saturday. Arkansas is 4-0 after defeating Oral Roberts in a five-set
match Tuesday night.
Wehrs had some of warning for the layhwaks' challenges. $^1$
"I think the weekend is going to go great," she said. "We've been playing for this the whole time, we've been practicing for it, so I think we're prepared and we're going to kick some...do good."
Edited by Joel Pettersón
MLB
Player proves he's worth recognition
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CINCINNATI — Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman was too fast to hit in his big league debut, throwing 102 mph during one perfect inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Tuesday night, wrapping up the best August by any team in the majors.
The NL Central leaders moved a season-high seven games ahead of St. Louis, which lost to Houston 3-0, getting shut out for the second straight night. The Reds haven't led by so many games since 1995, the
last time they reached the playoffs.
Now, they have a radar-busting reliever to get there again.
Chapman joined the Reds' bullpen and matched the hype his first time out, throwing four pitches clocked at 100 mph or better. The Reds called up the hard-throwing lefty, hoping he can add some sizzle to their September — and beyond.
The Reds have pulled away from second-place St. Louis in the NL Central by going 19-8 in August, the best mark in the majors.
Joey Votto drove in three runs with a pair of doubles off Yovani Gallardo (11-7), hearing "MVPI" chants each time he reached. Sam LeCure (2-4) pitched two innings in relief of Aaron Harang, who struggled to return from injury.
From the start, the Reds had their attention on September.
They called up Chapman from the minors before the game, making him eligible for postseason play. Chapman's fastball has been clocked as high at 105 mph in the minors, making him something of
an urban legend before he even reached a major league mound.
Fans started snapping pictures when he took off his jacket and started warming up after the seventh-inning stretch. The
stretch. The
tion from the crowd of only 19,288 when he jogged out of the bullpen to pitch the top of the eighth with the Reds leading 8-3. Fans let out a collective "ooh" after each high-velocity warmup throw.
"Chapman's fastball has been clocked as high as 105 mph in the minors, making him something of an urban legend..."
crowd cheered when Chapman — wearing No. 54 — was shown on the videoboard.
Chapman got a standing ova
His first pitch to Jonathan Lucroy registered 98 mph, and the third one hit 102 mph, drawing a loud cheer. Chapman made quick work of the three batters he faced a strikeout by
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Lucryon on an 86 mph slider and two weak ground balls by Craig Counsell and pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez. Half of his eight pitches reached triple digits, topping out at 102.
Votto put the Reds ahead to stay with his first-inning double, which extended his hitting streak to 10 games. The first baseman has led the NLS top offense in August. Scott Rolen broke the game open with a bases-loaded double in the sixth.
He walked off the field to another standing ovation.
The Reds are trying to find out if Harang can help them down the stretch as a starter. He returned from a nearly two-month stay on the disabled list because of back spasms, and had a tough time. The right-hander left in the fifth after failing to retire a batter.
Harang took Counsell's liner off his left foot in the fourth inning but staved in the game.
Gallardo has struggled in his last three starts, giving up 20 runs in 15 innings. He allowed eight in five-plus innings on Tuesday.