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Calcium and Boron Chelated & Activated by L-Amino Acids
Foliar Applied & Readily Available to Your Turf
Low Rates—Affordable
Provides Maximum Protection from Stress
QUELANT®-Ca is a true systemic with no phytotoxic effects. When drought, high temperature, low relative humidity, salinity, and other adverse conditions limit the uptake of calcium by the plant, QUELANT-Ca provides the calcium necessary to maintain healthy turfgrass. QUELANT-Ca is an economical and environmentally sound approach to correct a calcium deficiency and improve turfgrass quality.
CALCIUM DEFICIENCY CORRECTOR
Beechtree Golf Club, Aberdeen, Maryland ~ Hole #2, Par 3
For more information, go to macro-sorb.com or call 1-800-925-5187.
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Angels Crossing Golf
Course 1 0 , 2 8 , 2 9 , 3 0 , 3 2 , 3 4 , 3 6
Aventis 76
BASF Professional Tuff 7 6 , 8 0
Bayer Environmental Science 5 1 , 6 2
Bayer Environmental
Science 2 2 , 7 4 , 7 8 , 8 2 , 8 4
Bernhard and Co. 16
Blythefield Country Club 30
Cantigny Golf and Tennis Club 82
CBS 26
Cebeco International Seeds 66
Clemson University 64
Coldwell Banker Commercial/Nicholson Williams Realty 22 Colina Park Golf Course 2 2 ~
CP Medius 66
Dearborn Country Club 30
Double Eagle Golf Club 18
Dow AgroSciences 80
Economics and Social Research Council 14
Environmental Protection Agency 74
ESPN 1 2 , 9 6
Forest Highlands Golf Club 20
GCSAA 8 , 1 4 , 1 6 , 2 6
Georgia Pacific (BlueYellow) 90
Golf Datatech 12
Grand Haven Golf Club 29
Grand Rapids Junior College 30
Grow-Tech 66
International Horticultural Technologies 66
JADA Corp. 87
Jefferson County Metro Parks 40
John F. Byrne Golf Club 3 8 , 4 0 , 4 4
Juniata Golf Club 38
L i s c o 1 4 ~
Loch Lomond 18
Maplewood Country Club 87
Memorial Park Golf Course 42
Michigan State University 30
Milliken Turf Products 5 1 , 6 1
Morrison Lake Golf Course 30
National Mower 90
National Turfgrass Evaluation Program 14
Norman K. Probstein Community Golf Course 42
North Carolina State University 5 1 , 5 6
North Dakota State University 61
North Texas GCSA 8
Nu-Gro 22
O.J. Noer Turfgrass Foundation 22
Oakmont Country Club 86
Pawtucket Country Club 82
PDC Marketing 66
PGA Tour 26
PohlCat Championship
Golf Course 2 8 , 2 9 , 3 0
Precision Labs 90
Purdue University 30
Ridgewood Country Club 87
Ridglea Country Club 8
River Crest Country Club 8
Shawnee Golf Course 3 8 , 4 2
Soil Science Society of America 58
Stevens Water Monitoring Systems 90
Syngenta Professional Products 76 ,78
The Andersons 5 1 , 5 2
The Rim 18
The Scotts Co. 5 1 , 5 8
The Stone Canyon Club 18
The Torn Co. 5 1 , 6 3 , 9 0
Titleist 18
TopPro Specialties 76
Torrey Pines Golf Course 26
Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course 22
Turfco 90
United Industries 22
University of Bristol 16
University of Kentucky 72,73
University of Tennessee 56
USGA Green Section 80
USGA 18 ,36
Virginia Tech 5 6 , 6 7 , 6 8
Pennington Seeds 16_ Precision Labs 17_ Pro Source One 4_ Progressive Turf Equip 80_ Pursell Tech Covertip Rain Bird Sales 77_ Reelcraft Ind. T \_ Regal Chemical CV3 SGDGolf 22_ Sepro 79_ Syngenta 19,(reg)81 Tee-2-Green CV4_ The Toro Co. 13_ Trap Master 82_ Turf Seed 18_ Uniroyal Chemical Co. 37_ Varicore Tech 11_
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fantasy baseball PUT TOGETHER YOUR OWN TEAM OF BASEBALL
SUPERSTARS - AND MAYBE YOU CAN COMPETE WITH THE YANKEES BY M A R K L U C E
In 1980, in a now-closed New York City restaurant named La Rotisserie Francaise, a bunch of literary types, led by Daniel Okrent, got together for an auction that would
change the course of history — at least baseball-fan history.
Armed with $260 each, the men bid on ballplayers for the upcoming season and had to fill a 23-man roster. Those players would be "theirs" for the entire season and would get points based on the players' performances in specific categories. To the winner, of course, would go the spoils.
The advent of ESPN and the boom of the Internet have helped spread so-called rotisserie baseball into a vari-ety of forms now more commonly known as fantasy sports. Gone are the reams of paper for stats. In its place are Web sites and instantaneous statistical information and injury updates. There are now vicarious leagues for football, hockey, basketball, golf and even Formula One Racing and NASCAR.
I played fantasy baseball for a few years with extraordinarily pathetic
results. The leagues were thoroughly addicting, a wonderful way to bond with buddies, and they brought back memories of childhood joy in rooting for "your" guys. On the down side, playing fantasy baseball requires time, patience and a huge effort to keep up with box scores, roster changes and injuries.
So if you care about the nations pastime and have a couple of free hours a week (or more, depending on how intense your league is), you should think about getting some friends together and forming your own league. Luckily, you can do it with minimal effort — or cost — on your end.
On the Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Web site 0baseball.fanstasysports.yahoo. com), the Web company offers a free league that's completely customizable, so all you have to do is sit back and overman-age your team. You can choose to play in a public league or create your own private league, opt for weekly head-to-head battles with other fantasy teams or play strictly on points
You can also choose roster sizes, create trading rules and even determine which
statistical categories you want to include. All you have to do is register on Yahoo (free) and start picking. You can either have an autodraft (less time consuming) or participate in a live online draft (could take a few hours). Soon afterward, you are managing your own team.
As you play, keep a couple of things in mind. First, if you just pick your favorite players, you may be disap-pointed to know that they are not good "fantasy" players in your league. You want to know what categories are being counted and find a balance of them among the players on your roster. Keep your eyes open for emerging talent and snap it up, and don't be afraid to deal to counter weaknesses in your team. Don't give up after a bad April and May.
If you are extremely lucky, your team will be able to challenge this year's real-life version of Steinbrenner's "Let's Buy Another Championship" Pinstripers — at least in wins and losses, if not the revenues.
Mark Luce lives in Lawrence, Kan., where he bats left, like Lchiro, his favorite player.
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