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Baseball CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 in three innings in the loss. Texas was led by Brandon Fahey and Chris Carmichael’s three RBIs each. USC’s Yaron Peters, Steve Thomas and Trey Dyson managed the other three runs as the team scattered 10 hits throughout the game. Carmichael broke USC’s back with a three-run homer in the fifth. The Gamecocks mounted a comeback in the seventh and eighth innings to make it an 8-6 game. Texas came right back in the bot tom half to score four runs and clos ing pitcher Street shut the Gamecocks down over the last one and one-third innings. Street gave up a hit to Thomas in the ninth before Dyson ground ed into a double play and pinch hitter Jared Greenwood popped out to give Texas their fifth College World Series title in school history Street earned his fourth save of the series, a CWS record, to receive the MVP award, and Powell and Harris both made the CWS All Tournament team for the Gamecocks in what was an exciting season. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Allen CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Gamecocks in the next game. As far as the showboating is concerned, two words come to mind: SO WHAT?! A player like Trey Dyson should watch his home run ball leave the yard, and Steve Thomas should smile and pump his fist as he rounds the bases. This thrill is why they play the game, this achievement is the culmination of their collegiate baseball careers, and they should be allowed to enjoy it. I would be worried if they weren’t excited - about hitting home runs on national television at the end of their senior years. me maaness ui rvmg oacK continued on the off day between games against Carolina. I would love to know what he told his team, or how they prepared for the second game, but so would everybody else. He kicked the media out of practice, and he refused to comment on his actions, saying only that he didn’t want to put undue pressure on his players. Just a regular old practice, conducted in KGB-esque secrecy. Even before the Tigers took the field Friday, Leggett had the appearance of a captain whose ship is taking on water, simultaneously reassuring the passengers as he readies the lifeboats. You could tell just from watching the players’ faces; none of them wanted the ball hit in their direction. Again, I cannot presume what Leggett said in that meeting, but whatever it was, it must have scared the hell out of them. How else can you explain Khalil Greene’s game on Friday? The Tiger shortstop had perhaps the best single season in college baseball history, but in the biggest game of his life goes l-for-4 at the plate, with three errors in the field. He looked absolutely petrified - a .475 hitter who wanted absolutely no part of that game against USC. Leggett had Omaha printed on the back of the team hats to show the expectations he had for his program. While expectations are necessary for success, Leggett’s “all-or-nothing” approach last week resembled Vic Morrow’s character from “The Bad News Bears.” He sacrificed the joys of college baseball to his all-consuming ego, and his team suffered for his choice. Allen is a first-year history student. BRIEFLY iracK snows success The USC track and field teams completed a successful run at the 2002 USATF Outdoor Championships, with USC volun teer coach Allen Johnson and for mer Gamecock Terrence Trammell finishing 1-2 in the men's 110-meter hurdles title. Johnson ran a time of 13.08 sec onds to win his third straight 110 meter hurdle race. Trammell's time of 13.17 seconds, just .01 off his own personal best, allowed him to finish as the runner-up. The two some went 1-2 last year as well. Senior Demetria Washington was fifth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 51.59 seconds. Teammate Lisa Barber, battling the injury bug, was eighth at 53.90 seconds. USC volunteer coach Monique Hennagan, a Columbia native, was third with a time of 51.34 seconds. Heart failure likely in Kile’s death Joe Gfrardi tells Cubs fans Saturday’s game against the Cardinals will not be played due to the death of Darryl Kile. PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS CHICAGO (AP) Darryl Kile of the St. Louis Cardinals likely died from a blockage of a coronary artery, Cook County’s chief medi cal examiner said. An autopsy showed the 33-year old pitcher had ‘’80-to-90 percent narrowing of two of the three branches of the coronary artery,” Dr. Edmund Donoghue said Sunday. He said the blockage was the "likely cause of death.” Kile was found dead in the team hotel Saturday. Police said there were no signs of forced entry or foul play. Donoghue said Kile had dinner with his brother, Daniel, on Friday night and had complained of shoulder pain and feeling weak. Donoghue said a final finding on the cause of death could take four to six weeks because he wants to study toxicology reports. He gave no indication that drugs or illegal substances were involved. "The complete results are pend ing,” Donoghue said. Donoghue also said "possible marijuana” was found in the hotel room, but added, "I want to make it very clear it had nothing to do with his death.” Asked about Donoghue’s men tion of marijuana, Chicago police spokeswoman Officer JoAnn Taylor said: "Our reports show that there is no evidence of nar cotics in the room. If there was some contraband, the police would ■■ - not hold back on that. We’d hgjje to inventory that.” Kile’s heart condition, called coronary atherosclerosis, is com monly known as hardening of the arteries. Kile’s father died shortly after a heart attack in his mid-40s in 1993. Dr. Jim Loomis, the Cardmls’ assistant team physician, said Saturday the 6-foot-5-inch pitcher had no known health problems and was not on medication. About two hours before Saturday’s game against the Cubs was to begin, Cardinals players re alized Kile was not at the ballpark and called the hotel to check on him. workers ai me uuwmuwn Westin hotel forced their way into Kile’s llth-floor room because the safety latch was on the door. Saturday’s game between^he Cardinals and Chicago Cubs was postponed. Later that night, the Cardinals unanimously voted at a team meeting to play S.unday night in Kile’s honor. Kile had been scheduled to start Sunday. Kile’s name and No. 57 were dis played on the marquee outside Wrigley Field and on the score board inside the park Sunday as the Cubs beat the Cards 8-3. NASSAU! NASSAU! NASSAU! **★ CRYSTAL PALACE CASINO *** lv§SJ&| ( • Charter Plane NON-STOP from Columbia • Room Based on D.O. 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