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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 2001
Page
9
Rob Houston compares offensive leaders from 1976 and 2001, noting stronger hitting today yet stronger top pitching. He recalls Kansas City Royals stars from the 1970s and argues baseball has entered a new, highly entertaining era with wood bats and evolving dynamics.
Darrell Smith 19 of Manhattan died at Via Christi Regional Medical Center Wichita after injuries from a June 29 highway construction accident near Council Grove on U.S. Highway 56. He played for Garden City Broacbusters and had surgery before kidney and lung failure led to life support and his death.
Luis Gonzalez defeated Sammy Sosa 6-2 to win the All-Star Home Run Derby at Safeco Field. Gonzalez hit five homers in the first round and later beat Barry Bonds 5-3 in the semifinals, earning fan prize money and rising to the league’s top slugger status. Bonds set a daylong show with a 476-foot shot, while Giambi posted a Derby-record 14 in round one before bowing to Sosa in the semifinals. Arizona leads the NL West, and Gonzalez says the derby fame won’t distract his club.
Jill Duesing of Garden City High School became the first all-state first-team softball player from Buffalo, earning Kansas Coaches Association all-state honors. She learned of the selection earlier this month and called it exciting and shocking.
Seattle rookie Ichiro Suzuki led all players with 3,373,035 votes. Starters named include Chipper Jones and Mike Piazza. Other selections feature Manny Ramirez, Juan Gonzalez, Edgar Martinez, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Luis Gonzalez, with Ichiro as DH for Seattle.
Ichiro Suzuki drew nonstop attention in Seattle during the All-Star festivities. Fans, players, and media praised his elite talent as he delivered a first-pitch homer at Safeco Field amid media crush, with teammates and rivals calling him among the game's best.
The Kansas City Chiefs propose a 150 million Arrowhead Stadium upgrade with the team potentially contributing 30 million. County leaders and the Royals’ similar plan share a target of state and bistate funding, aiming to modernize concourses restrooms and luxury suites to match top stadiums.
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