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FROM THE SIDELINES South Carolina's Mikki Barber and Terrence Trammell both won relay gold medals on the final day of track and field competition at the World University Games in Spain. Page 6 Capita The Bombers Height: 5*9" Weight l'uBI Age: 20 Bats: R Thr< How obtained: Met; rminri nirk in 100ft Resides: Meridian, b _ College: Navarro (T( L A Wife 1999 statistics " ( g Avg. AB R H 2B 3B _88 309 51 89 20 Height: 5'IT Weight: 203 |^j Age: 20 Bats: R Throws: R How obtained: Mets 5th round pick in 1997 H Resides: Port St. Joe, Fla. High School: Port St. Joe j^>^i I 1W) statistics Avg. AB B H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 1 .301 236 40 71 11 7 9 45 13 I ^ How obtained: Met: round pick in 1998 Resides: Plainville, ( College: University c ^__J5Avg. AB R H 2B 3B BSB^Elii .270 319 47 86 13 3 Height: 5'11" Weight: 190 Age: 22 Bats: R Throws: R I How obtained: Mets 4th F/v*""?^ round pick in 1995 Resides: Springfield, 111. ' i High School: Lanphier 1999 statistics ^ Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB .288 309 54 89 20 2 10. 45 23 a Age: 20 Bats: L Thr( How obtained: Met: round pick in 1997 Resides: Waldo, Fla. High School: Gaine: 1999 statistics Avg. AB R H 2B 3B .222 135 14 30 6 1 J 1 Jeff Romig Sports V. Editor il City' provide a su\ ~YT2 ^hR BATS l/r IS ex.) ( f\ I ^ 1 Hj ?? HR RBI SB | I 10 45 23 . J, > 36th jf "onn. >f Hartford . C J*l? HR RBI SB 20 63 2 7 p)* 5TI o s|R i 17th U ^ i n i id ?I 9 ? HR RBI SB 2 8 3 Each spring, Columbia gets a new batch of minor league players when the Capital City Bombers suit up at the beginning of April. In turn, each spring, the majority of the Columbia baseball fans focus on the tail end of the Gamecock baseball season until USC gets knocked out of contention for the College World Series. A.I /-> 1 f . _ 1_ _ J 1 1 _ as tne uamecocKS nnisnea up ineir seasons the past two years, the Bombers >PORTJ The Gamecock sboys mmer alternai METS I _?: BRIAN C Chi AS 6 MVlMBHIL BRIAN JgNlONj RQR?RT SIRMO EARL SNTOER COREY ggUKJoN/ K? LLY RAmoj goBDYHlLU won two consecutive South Atlantic League first-half championships. What Hnps this mean? This means that no matter what the Bombers do during the second half of the season, they are assured a playoff birth. Last year, they went on to win the second-half championship before winning the SAL title. This year's Capital City club arguably s< s ^ Ph of SUI Hve to Gamec DEF Cf Rj L Lf I Height: 6'2 _____ _______________ Age: 21 Ba How obtaii round pick Resides: Pe ^ T-Tirrh RF ^ 1999 stati; Avg. AB H .296 253 39 : ?) Height: 6'2 31> Age: 23 Ba How obtaii round pick . Resides: Ai College: Tt 2 B p= ? 1999 stati; Ayg. AB R .236 220 38 1 ~ 5 ? A is better than last year's. The funny thing is, the stands aren't usually full of college students. Is it offense you want? The Bombers have hit 107 home runs this season and are on pace to smash the club record of 112. TV, Tool li'L-o cincrlo-A hnoohnll icn't good enough to watch? If that's the case, any baseball fan knows that single-A baseball is a higher CHEDULE Current Gamecocks Brad Snyder d Mikki Barber, as well as former imecocks Dawn Ellerbee and Dan lillips, will be competing Aug. 2-7 the 1999 Pan-Am Games in innipeg, Canada. Wednesday, July 21,1999 nmer ock athletics Immm #^g H 2B 3B HR RBI SB By Height: 6'2" Weight: 240 Age: 21 Bats: R Throws: R y J How obtained: Mets 1st //Mi round pick in 1996 Resides: Santa Barbara, Calif. / fl High School: San Marcos !t a I statistics J ATg. AB H H 2B 3B HR RBI SB .276 228 44 63 11 3 17 43 2 " W*?ir>ht. 7AA I I xjn | r*?n i r H 2B 3B HR RBI SB 52 19 1 8 30 1 MQ33 J Height: 6'1" Weight: 180 Age: 22 Bats: S Throws: R I How obtained: free agent Resides: San Pedro de 1^^ Marcos, DR High School: Anajosefa Pueblo 1999 statistics Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB .258 217 26 56 U 0 9 28 3 H1 1 level of play than college baseball. Many of Capital City's players took part in college baseball for three years before turning pro. The others could have if they had chosen to. Left-handed starter Jason Saenz was pitched for the University of Southern California. In 1998, he was a member of their National Championship team BOMBERS continued on page 7