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By MATTHEW VALLEE
Staff Writer
Columbia is competing with 13 other cities for one
L of two new A A baseball teams.
The teams will be affiliated with the new Major
League expansion teams, the Colorado Rockies or the
Florida Marlins.
v "We feel very good about the application we
made " said Columbia Mavnr Rnh Coble "As we
understand it, of the cities, we are the only one to
have a double-A stadium."
Coble said the city's primary role is to provide a
stadium for the new team and make sure it meets all
double-A requirements.
Capital City Stadium was remodeled during the
winter of '90-'91 to meet the requirements.
City government is awaiting a report from the AA
Selection Committee Inspection Team on the stadium,
which the city spent $1.5 million to renovate.
"The city pays for the stadium, the Mets pay for
promotions and everything else," Coble said.
If Columbia does get the AA team, the Mets
franchise will have to move.
Bill Shanahan, the Columbia Mets general manager,
said it is too early to tell where the Mets will transfer
*to'
"The transfer wouldn't happen until 1994," he said,
because Columbia will not know about getting the
AA team until then.
"Columbia has a 50-50 shot at getting the double-A
team," Shanahan said. "Things are going real well.
Chances of getting the team are better than they have
been."
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doubie-A in some form. Columbia
on the move. It is a city of the ri
size that it should have doubl<
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Shanahan indicated some pluses that will dra1
attention of the AA Selection Committee to Colu
including increased attendance at the stadium, v,
is up to 100 percent at Mets games.
Another attention getter is the South Ath
League All-Star game played at the Capital City
dium Monday night.
"If we don't get one of the double-A teams, we
seek to buy the Charlotte Knights which is doub
Charlotte is moving to triple-A," Coble said.
"So we are committed to getting double-A in
form," he said.
"Columbia is on the move. It is a city of the
size that it should have double-A baseball," (
said.
Coble saict aa baseball will play a vital roie 1
panding Columbia as a sports town, especially
USC in the Southeastern Conference.
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be the Bombers. The name comes from the Do<
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By JACK DUNN
Sports Editor
Columbia's All-Star first baseman
Omar Garcia knocked in the
I winning run on a one-out single in
the ninth inning to lift the Northern
Division Stars to a 4-3 win in
the 33rd Annual South Atlantic
League All-Star game Monday at
| Capital City Stadium.
Garcia, who led the Mets with a
.302 average and 37 RBI in the
season's first half, hit off eventual
loser Ian Doyle and knocked in
MVP Gary Mota to down the
Southern Division in front of a stadium
record 5,798 fans (the stadium
holds 6,000). Mota, who
got three hits, received Howe
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By the Associated Press
Michael Chang became the first
major upset victim of this year's
Wimbledon tournament, losing in
straight sets today to Briton
Jeremy Bates.
The seventh-seeded Chang
sprayed shots off the court in all
directions in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 loss to
Bates, ranked 113th in the world.
Chang was the first seed to lose
in the tournament. Twenty other
seeds had advanced without difficulty
Monday and Tuesday.
No British man has won a singles
title at Wimbledon since
1936, and Bates, as his country's
top male player for the past few
years, has often been used as an
example of what is wrong with the
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Crowds dangled from staircases her \
overlooking Court 14 to see the Cha
match, and a Union Jack fluttered straij
in triumph in the crowd after mate
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Three women's seeds advanced "7
to the second round Tuesday, out
though not all with the same ease. battl<
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Steffi Graf and seventh seed Mary ^
Joe Fernandez hardly broke a
sweat while winning. Jennifer Ca- ajso
priati needed to work a little onjy
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swept to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over gam<
Noelle Van Lottum on Centre from
Court and Fernandez won by the 20th
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We think this is the turning
it for A A expansion in Colum"
Shanahan said. "With the
out at Monday night's game,
tave a solid push for a Doubleam
by '94."
We're proud to be a part of this
munity effort to do the best we
to impress the expansion comee.
Hopefully, they can look at
as a sign that Columbia is on
nove," Shanahan said,
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ipriati, the sixth seed, was on
ivay to a similar victory over
nda Rubin, but lost four
*ht games near the end of the
h before finishing off a 6-0,
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here was not a lot of rhythm
there," Capriati said of the
; of 16-year-old Americans. "I
leading, and I just should've
t away."
11 16 seeds who played Mon?
11 men and five women ?
won with relative ease. The
big loser Monday was crowd
nte Jimmy Connors.
le magic missing from his
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i his heart, Connors left his
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