High strikes become rule in 1999 spring training
In Vero Beach spring games umpires began calling higher pitches strikes under a new memo from Bud Selig. Players like Hollandsworth and Knoblauch challenged calls while veteran umpires warned of adjustment. Baseball hopes the change reduces wide strikes and speeds adaptation across teams and managers.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Todd Hollandsworth
Kent Mercker
Hollandsworth
Bruce Froemming
Los Angeles
Mercker
St. Louis
Bud Selig
Umps
Chuck Knoblauch
New York Yankees
Jim McKean
Knoblauch
Eric Cooper
Greg Rose
Cal Ripken
Mo Vaughn
Albert Belle
Bernie Williams
Paul O'Neill
Eric Gregg
Livan Hernandez
Montreal
Jim Beattie
Yankees
Joe Torre
Tye
ISU KU baseball moved to Lawrence for weekend series
Big 12 officials shifted the Iowa State at Kansas three game set to Hogland Ballpark in Lawrence due to weather. The Jayhawks and Cyclones, both winless in league play, stage a noon doubleheader Saturday and a 1 p.m. Sunday game. All contests at Hogland Ballpark.
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Ames
Big 12
Iowa State
Kansas
Lawrence
Cyclones
Hogland Ballpark
ISU
DiMaggio funeral to be private as family honors wishes
Joe DiMaggio will be laid to rest in a private service at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco with about 30 relatives and close friends attending. The pallbearers include his son Joe Jr and several relatives. memorials are planned in other cities, including a Yankees park service and a Babe Ruth Monument.
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Joe DiMaggio
Sts. Peter and Paul Church
DiMaggio
Dorothy Arnold
Joe
George Steinbrenner
Reggie Jackson
Engelberg
Associated Press
San Francisco
North Beach
Beach Street
Marina
Holy Cross
Colma
Joe Jr
Steinbrenner
Yankee Stadium
Memorial Park
Babe Ruth
Miami
Hollywood
Fla
Strawberry to make spring debut with Yankees in Florida
Straw berry returns to action after colon cancer surgery and knee issues with the New York Yankees. He travels to Fort Myers to face the Boston Red Sox and aims to be ready by opening day in Oakland on April 5. He will not play left field initially, contending with Ledee Spencer and Curtis. He resumes weekly chemotherapy on March 19 after a two week break.
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Strawberry
Fort Myers
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Oakland
Ricky Ledee
Shane Spencer
Chad Curtis
Wohlers Shines in Scoreless Inning For Braves Versus Mets
Atlanta reliever Mark Wohlers pitched a clean scoreless inning against New York, retiring three of four batters after entering in the third. He allowed a Mike Piazza single but got Olerud and Paquette on grounders and Ventura on a flyout, noting he failed to get ahead early but finished with fastballs.
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Kissimmmee
Fla
Mark Wohlers
Atlanta
New York Mets
Wohlers
Mike Piazza
John Olerud
Craig Paquette
Robin Ventura
City swimming relays showcase Lawrence High and Free State wins
At Shawnee Mission East relays Lawrence High placed fourth and Free State eighth among 11 teams. Lawrence High’s Elise Schnose Crystal Hendren Beth Sheely and Andrea Hemphill won the 400 freestyle relay in 3 52 77 while Free State’s Caitlin Standish Alicia Roberts Kelli Criswell Bria DeSalvo took first in the 400 medley relay in 4 24 79. Both squads advance to Thursday action in Emporia.
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Patriz Village
Lawrence High
Free State
Shawnee Mission East
Pat Grzenda
Elise Schnose
Crystal Hendren
Beth Sheely
Andrea Hemphill
Caitlin Standish
Alicia Roberts
Kelli Criswell
Bria DeSalvo
Emporia
SM East
Olathe East
Overland Park Aquinas
SM North
SM Northwest
Leavenworth
Free State High
Olathe North
Miege
KC Ward
LHS
FSHS
Kelly Criswell
Sadie Caplan
Mary Maczuga
Ashley Burns
Wendy Burns
Casey Boyer
Shauna Swanson
Randi McGovern
Kristen Tedrow
Sheely
Kerry Frick
Morgan Hill
Hemphill
Elise Schose
Felts
Boyer
Swanson
W. Burns
Tedrow
Corkill
Lynelte Grimes
Catie Johnson
Kindra Myers
Allison Cropp
Swimming League Meet Team Winners and Relays Results
SM East led with 86 points followed by Olathe East 70 and Overland Park Aquinas 43. Lawrence High 34, SM North 32, SM Northwest 30, Leavenworth 30, Free State 28, Olathe North 20, 5M Miege 8, KC Ward 8. Relays and swimmer placings listed with team names and times.
Royals hold off Indians in ninth for spring win
Dave Swartzbaugh escaped a bases loaded jam in the ninth for his first spring save as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3. Jose Rosado earned the win, Jaret Wright took the loss, and Jeff Conine drove in two early Royals runs while Omar Vizquel homered for Cleveland. The Royals added two more on Cabrera’s error and a Ray Sanchez sacrifice fly. The Royals next face the Dodgers in Baseball City.
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Haines Crrry
Fua
Dave Swartzbaugh
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
Swartzbaugh
Jolbert Cabrera
Manny Ramirez
Will Cordero
Pat Borders
Cleveland
Jaret Wright
Jose Rosado
Jeff Conine
Kansas City
Omar Vizquel
Jeff King
Royals
Cabrera
Ray Sanchez
Los Angeles
Baseball City
Kansas high school basketball state tournament schedule detailed
A dense schedule lists Class 6A to 1A games across venues like White Auditorium Emporia and Bicentennial Center, detailing matchups among Wichita teams, Leavenworth Maize, Blue Valley, Miege, Kapaun, and many more with dates, times, and progression to third place and championship rounds. Key teams include Wichita Southeast Wichita Northwest Olathe South Shawnee Mission North and Leavenworth. girls and boys brackets across multiple classes.
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Wichita Southeast
Wichita Northwest
Olathe South
Shawnee Mission North
Leavenworth
Maize
Wichita Heights
SM West
Wichita
Wichita NW
SM North
Leavenworth-Maize
Shawnee Mission
Washburn Rural
Blue Valley
Hutchinson
Junction City
SM South
McPherson
Wichita Kapaun
Mt. Carmel
Andover
Great Bend
SM Miege
Salina South
KC Schlagle
Goddard
Miege
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Bert Lebo
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