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Ambrose Kendrick successfully throws a medicine ball over the goalpost.
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back where they were for
the next contestant.
The remainder of the
course consists of pulling
an iron sled of roughly 120
pounds, running through
another series of dummies
in a zigzag formation, carry
ing two 40-pound dumbbells
to one point, and back, then
cutting across the field to
push the golf cart 10 yards.
Two of the best times were
turned in by Robby Taylor
(2:38) and JR Lassiter
(2:49). They were two of
the 96 Panthers to run this
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tiles: 'Braves soil focusing on division'
ATLANTA - Despite the
fact that his team just lost
its first series since June,
Braves sec
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Marcus Giles
was adamant
late Thursday
afternoon in
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Forget the wild card. We’re
not done in the East just
yet.
“Right now, we’re still
focusing on the division,”
Giles said in the midst of
a one-man pep rally after
Thursday’s 6-1 loss to
Florida. “I know that’s a
little far-fetched and a little
stupid to say, I guess, but
we are.
“We really are. Things can
turn around so quick.”
Entering this weekend’s
three-game series at Turner
Field, the Braves (48-53)
trail the Mets by 12 games
in the East.
When a New York writ
er suggested that the Mets
might be a little more wary
of the Braves because of the
club’s 14 consecutive divi
sion titles, Giles was quick
to jump on board.
“I think the Mets are
course, and all were divided
up into six teams. Taylor
and Lassiter were on the
same team.
The Grind was part of a
two-day event Scott tabbed
as the “NightofChampions.”
He said the Perry players
worked hard all summer in
the conditioning program,
and this was a way for them
to show the benefits. He
said, with most players com
pleting the course in three to
four minutes plus, it should
make a football game, where
each play may last about six
second, seem much easier.
Not that the Grind didn’t
take a toll on this scorch
ing afternoon. One young
ster was breathing so hard
looking over their shoulder
because of our track record,”
Giles said. “We’re not giving
up.”
The Braves and Mets last
met May 5-7, with New York
taking two of those games at
Shea Stadium. Since then, a
lot has happened.
CHIPPER SITS: Chipper
Jones sat out Thursday for
the fourth time in five days
because of his sore left side.
Wednesday, Jones went 0-
for-3 with a walk to quietly
end his career-long record
20-game hit streak.
During the streak, he
hit .512 (42-for-82) with
eight home runs and 24
RBIs. That was the highest
batting average in a 20-
game streak since Harry
Heilmann hit .512 in a 32-
gamer in 1922.
There are only two living
players to have hit .500-plus
he couldn’t take a drink of
water right away. It took
Taylor several minutes to
fully recover.
“My legs are gone,” he
said. “You see what kind of
shape you’re in in a hurry.”
Taylor attended football
camps earlier in the summer
at the University of South
Carolina and the University
of Tennessee. He said
Tennessee had an indoor
course similar to the Grind,
but it was more about going
to stations for five minutes
at a time.
At the football banquet
for the 2005 season, Scott
announced all members of
the winning team for that
year’s Grind.
in a 20-plus-game streak,
Jones and Larry Walker.
Within the 20-game streak,
Jones also had a 14-game
extra-base-hit streak, tying
the major-league record set
in 1927 by Pittsburgh’s Paul
Waner.
EJECTION SEAT: Cox’s ejec
tion from Wednesday eve
ning’s game was the 124th
of his career, tying him with
Leo Durocher for second on
the all-time list.
Cox, rung up Wednesday
for arguing a checked swing,
said he got to know Durocher
one spring at Dodgertown in
Florida. Cox was a young
minor-leaguer, and Durocher
was a Dodgers instructor.
“He was a sharp guy ...
unlike me,” Cox said. “He
hung out with the Hollywood
crowd ... unlike me. And he
had a foul mouth ... like
me.”
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