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By The Associated Press
A group heavily financed by a
Japanese businessman has won the
support of commissioner Fay Vincent
and the head of baseball's
ownership committee in its bid to
buy the Seattle Mariners, according
to a report published Tuesday.
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Fred Kuhlmann, chairman of the
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By KATHY HEBERGER
Copy Desk Chief
The sun glares into the third
base stands as the player readies
his bat over home plate.
"Mooooooo. Swing-backswingswing-backswing.
Wobble.
Wobble. Wobble ..."
Spectators sip on Cokes and
munch on boiled peanuts and hot
dogs as they wait for the crack of
the bat or the umpire's call.
Strike one.
"It's the little white thing."
"You're a senior. Does that
mean you're washed up?"
"Swing when it's coming in, not
on its return."
The player steps back from the
plate, takes a deep breath and
smacks a base hit.
And USC's World Famous
Third Base Hecklers shrug their
shoulders, straighten their hats and
prepare to yell at their next target.
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the opposing team or at the GameStudent
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be as entertaining as the basei
play at Sargc Fryc Field.
The third base hecklers begir
gather three hours before the 1
phrases of the "Star Spangled B
ner" stream across the field.
"We want to get our front r
seals and start heckling the pi
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David Warren said.
"Baseball is our religioi
another heckler explained.
John Spade has been a th
base heckler at Gamecock basel
games since his days as a stud
in the late 1960s. "People co
and go, but lots of the origi
ones are still here," Spade, a I
mer sports editor of The Gar
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his generation say they keej
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themselves senior advisers to
younger crowd.
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know," Spade said with his e
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nancing coming from Hiroshi Yamanrhi
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Nintendo Co. Ltd., would put up
$125 million to buy and operate
? the American League team,
the Kuhlmann, owner of the St.
hey Louis Cardinals, denied telling the
ale? buyers group he supports the bid.
t0" He said intends only to present the
baseball games foi
can glued to the field. "Hey! Put a
i>all stamp on that pitch!"
Hub Plott and James Buchanan
1 to have been heckling since their
irst undergraduate days in the early
an- '80s. They worked with Spade to
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baseball and have a good time,"
a," Plott, a 1985 international relations
graduate, said,
ird "If we can get the other team's
)all player's minds off the game, we
lent feel good," Warren said.
me While no player's name, size or
nal hometown is beyond the realm of
or" the hecklers' calls, they say racial
ne* slurs and cussing are not a part of
their fun.
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der another matter," Spade said,
the "There are a lot of people out here
who call themselves hecklers who
we are really just jerks."
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By TIM THORSEN
Staff Writer
The Gamecocks renew their intrastate
rivalry with the hated
Clemson Tigers tonight at 7 p.m.
at Sarge Frye Field.
The Tigers are ranked sixth in
the nation by Baseball America
and 10th by Collegiate Baseball.
The Gamecocks are positioned
20th in the nation in the Baseball
America poll.
The Gamecocks are coming off
a three-game sweep at the hands of
the Louisiana State Tigers, the defending
Southeastern Conference
and national champions.
Tonight's game will be a break
from the rigors of SEC baseball,
but by no means are the Tigers inferior
competition. ~
Clemson comes into the game
with a 22-3 record overall, and a
10-2 mark in the Atlantic Coast
Conference. The Tigers sport a
15-2 record at home and a 7-1 re
Japanese
proposal to his committee.
Final approval of the sale requires
a vote by 11 of 14 American
League owners and seven of
12 National League owners.
Vincent, through a spokesman,
declined comment on the discus
sions ne nas naa with prospective
buyers on Friday.
r many fans
and think we're Tunny, others get
mad and curse, and others ignore
us."
He added that .tobacco and spit
have flown up from the dugout on
occasion.
The hecklers say they can't really
shake up the teams from
schools with large programs, but
they heckle anyway.
"I think it's a way of letting off
steam," Warren said.
"The game wouldn't be any fun
if we had to keep quiet," Buchanan,
a 1986 graduate in mechanical
engineering, said.
One fan who comes to the
games alone said the hecklers
make the experience more fun for
him.
"They'll crack you up," David
Wiles, a part-time occupational
therapy student, said.
The World Famous Third Base
Hecklers will be at their best at the
Clemson game tonight at 7 p.m. at
Sarge Frye Field.
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South Carolina is 19-7 overall S
and 0-3 in the SEC. They boast a
13-4 record at Sarge Frye Field ^
and a 4-3 record away. In games
played at night, the Gamecocks are yc
10-4. lh
The Tigers began the year with ^
a scorching winning streak. They A
claimed victories in their First 17
contests. Since then, in ACC com- w
petition they have cooled off just a a*
bit, going 5-3 in their past eight ^
games. Clemson lost their latest P1
game, a 7-3 defeat at the hands of
Ohio University. a>
The Gamecocks' three games a'
with LSU were all competetive affairs,
with the first two games of 111
the contest that could have gone q
either way. South Carolina was ^
victimized by. an inability to score p
runs, it sent just two runners across p(
the plate the entire series. The wl
team also suffered its first shutout ->
or tne season in railing to tne 11- 2.
Lady Gamec
win seventh s
By SEAN RYAN
Assistant Sports Editor
The Lady -Gamecock tennis
team traveled to Utah, home of
the Great Salt Lake, and defeated
22nd ranked Brigham Young and
Utah to bring their winning
streak to seven.
South Carolina will play Auburn
today at 2 p.m.
Seniors Nathalie Rodriguez
and Michelle Duda, ranked 50th
and 57th respectively, staked the
Lady Gamecocks to a 2-0 lead ^
against BYU. Rodriguez dropped ^
the first set to Lady Cougar Evi
Koljanin 6-7, before storming jj
back to take the final two sets
6-1, 6-4. Duda blitzed Sarah
Mncrnaini 6-f)
BYU's Jennifer Holmes beat ^
South Carolina senior Robin
Deitch 6-4, 6-2 and Lady Cougar u'
Cherie Kaneshiro evened the
match with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win
against senior Nathalie Acacio.
Freshman sensation Heather
Coburn and sophomore Claire
Hammond rallied the Lady
Gamecocks with wins at the p
number five and six seeds. Coburn
squeaked by Anissa Robinson
6-4, 6-4. Hammond won a ?
Men's golf tej
second in Floi
By ROB RODUSKY ti
Staff Writer p.
The South Carolina men's golf
team tied the University of Central l(
Florida for second place at the K
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srs in the third game of the
;ries.
Clemson brings a potent offense
at puts runs up on the board at a
iverish pitch. Eight times this
jar the Tigers have scored more
an 10 runs, and two of the times
ey have scored 20 runs or more,
s a team, Clemson bats at a .319.
The pitching staff is strong as
ell, sporting an earned run averse
of 2.32. Also, opponents are
ltting a mere .217 against Tiger
tchers.
The Gamecocks' team batting
/erage dropped over the weekend,
id stands at .298. The pitching
Iso boosted the team ERA to
iore3,ll.
Tonight's starting pitcher for the
amecocks will be either freshman
/ally Maynard, freshman Scott
ace, or sophomore Jim Stoops.
or the year, Maynard has a record
f 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA, Pace is
-1 with a 4.02, while Stoops is
0 with a 3.38.
:ocks
traight
Duda
tree-set affair against Federica
entini 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Twin sisters Nathalie and Paune
Rodriguez clinched the
tatch for the Lady Gamecocks
ilh a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kolajan
and Lantini. Freshman Nina
astillejo and Duda also teamed
p for a doubles victory.
Against the Lady Utes from
tah, Rodriguez and Duda imoved
to 17-6 with victories at
le and two singles. Hammond
'on a crucial three set match
-6, 6-1, 6-4 over Kristen Longan.
The doubles tandems of
uda/Castillejo and Deitch/
cacio capped off South Carlina's
5-4 win against Utah.
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rida match
onal in Montgomery, Ala. this
ust weekend.
Freshman Chad Mason finished
jur strokes behind leader David
jrkpatrick of Alabama and fifth
verall to pace the Gamecocks,
dso, senior Michael Christie
;ored a top 10 finish and four
rokes back while senior Daniel
eawell finished seven strokes beind,
and sophomore Carl Paulson
ided up 10 behind Kirkpatrick.
The Gamecocks will travel to
ary, N.C. April 10 to participate
i the Ping/American Tournament.
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