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Gamecock Sports -* Former Bombers manager Stephenson returns to Capital City for second shot by Jeff Romig Sports Editor f The Capital City Bombers will take the field this season with new but fa miliar leadership. The New York Mets have named John Stephenson, who managed the Bomfyprs in 1997, as the Columbia team’s manager for 2000. His staff includes pitching coach Doug Simons, coach Donovan Mitchell, and trainer Brian Chicklo. Stephenson played as a catcher in the Major Leagues for the Mets, Cubs, Giants, and Angels over a period from 1963-1973 (451 games, •.216 lifetime average). His baseball memories in clude catching Nolan Ryan’s first three Major League strikeouts. r His coaching career includes 11 years at his alma mater, William Carey (Miss.), and six years at Southeast Louisiana, for a total college record of 557-316. Stephenson now enters his sixth season as a manager in the Mets orga nization. Local fans will remember Stephenson for taking the 1997 Bombers squad into the South Atlantic League Playoffs. Doug Simons will keep watch on the 2000 pitching staff after two sea sons in that capacity with the Pittsfield Mets in the New York-Penn League. The left-handed pitcher spent his play ing days with a few different organi zations, but had perhaps his best sea son in 1991. That year, Simons spentthe whole season with the New York Mets, com piling a 2-3 record with a 5.19 ERA and one save over 61 innings in his 42 appearances (including one start). Donovan Mitchell joins the coach ing staff as no stranger to the South At lantic League. Mitchell played second base for the Asheville Tourists in 1993, when they were an Astros affiliate. Mitchell (.291 avg.) made the SAL All-Star Team that season. Last year, after seven seasons in the Astros oiga nization, Mitchell tried his hand at coaching for the first time with the Gulf Coast League Mets. Brian Chicklo (pronounced chic o-lo) bdgins his second year as a train er in the Mets organization. Chicklo spent last season with the Pittsfield Mets. * Want to Earn Extra Cash? * ' * Be a Basketball Referee Earn Extra Cash $ $ $ Work on campus Set your own hours u COME TO THE BLATT PE CENTER & COMPLETE AN APPLICATION OR CALL 777-4593 FOR MORE INFORMATION ^mry * MANDATORY INFORMATION MEETING January 18 at 7:30pm Russell House, Room 203 • ' ■ * —_i_ Tuesday’s Headunes NFL Playoffs Saturday Miami at Jacksonville, 12:35 rm. Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:15 rm. Sunday Minnesota at St. Louis, 12:35 rm. TBteSSffiATlttAANAPOUS^OSRM. • Boston Caroon F4sk, Tony Pbtez MAKE UP 2000 CLASS OF BASEBALL Hall of Fame & • Chan Gailey rred as coach of Dallas Cowboys after losing to Minnesota in rrst round of NFL' playoffs • Redskins' Tre Johnson fined $50,000 for hitting an ofrcial • Virgma Tech loses tailback Shy rone Stith and cornerback Ike Chariton to NFL draft hours be fore deaduc • r ^ *‘Tm tellin' ya Clyde, ^you've gotta see it." Intramural Basketball 4 Challenge ATTTT7// , Come show your skills ! ENTRIES OPEN: JANUARY 10 ENTRIES CLOSE: JANUARY 13 EVENT TAKES PLACE: JANUARY 13 ENTRY FEE: FREE Sign up in the Ofice of Campus Recreation 202 Blatt PE Center Call 777-5261 for more information www.sa.sc.edu/pecenter/im.htm "My Part-time Job | at UPS is Really Working Out." “UPS is paying nte almost $10,000 a year to get in tbe best shape of my life. See, I work part time loading and unloading packages, about three to five hours a day. After sitting in class all day, it feels good to get some exercise. It’s like doing a couple of hours in a gym- except you get paid to work out. That’s not the only advantage of working at UPS. There are other^ benefits-like choosing your own work schedule and getting paid holidays and vacations.; No other company understands students like UPS. And no other company offers more. They make it easy to work your way through school. If the whole student body worked at UPS, everybody would be in better shape-physically and financially.” p . I WORKING FOR STUDENTS WHO WORK FQR US. Interested applicants should contact United Parcel Service @822-6294. An equal opportunity employer, m/t/h/v*