Thursday, June 17, 1999 - Vol. 98, No. 156
CWS a unique
experience for
fans, players alike
INSIDE:
So long, and
thanks for all the
birdies
Five of the players who
helped turn NU’s golf pro
OMAHA - A kid in red mesh shorts and baseball cleats
opened a gate and confidently walked up to Stanford senior
Josh Hochgesang behind die batting cage Sunday afternoon.
The kid looked up through his oversized sunglasses and
extended a ball and pen to the Cardinal leading hitter.
Unshocked, Hochgesang signed the ball, and the two
shared a quick smile
«- before Hochgesang
jumped into the cage to
It hasn’t changed. Wt L1 ,
A block away, the
Its just gotten interstate was congested
J 0 with traffic hurrying to
bigger. Its the catch the action at
Rosenblatt Stadium dur
same old situation ing this, the one week of
the year in which the
— With a Jew more Midwestern city trans
, forms into a baseball
home runs. town.
Though the little
Ed VESCIO league field - which
Omaha native doubles as a College
World Series practice
field - was a good five
miles away from college
baseball’s center stage, a similar atmosphere still lingered.
It’s an atmosphere that’s only present during the second
week in June, when people from every walk of life are
brought together by a game.
“I can’t think of a couple adjectives in particular that
could do justice to what the feeling is here in Omaha,”
Stanford senior reliever Tony Cogan said. “It’s pretty much
all of your dreams coming true at once. You grow up watch
ing die College World Series and imagining that one day
maybe you’d get the chance to play there. Then, actually
coming here, it’s more than you ever imagined.”
Hochgesang, swarmed by children on a field they now
shared, didn’t seem to have as much difficulty finding the
Please see CWS on 6
Story by David Wilson
Photos by Rick Townley
gram mto a nationally rec
ognized force are hanging
up their collegiate spikes
this year. PAGE 8
Yeah,baby!
“The Spy Who Shagged
Me” is a worthwhile follow
up to the hilarious “Austin
Powers,” in many ways
proving itself better than its
predecessor. PAGE 4
