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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. Jason Hammel Jersey . - Lake Louise is becoming Kjetil Jansruds hill, and he has two white cowboy hats to prove it.The Norwegian completed a sweep of World Cup races at the Alberta resort with a super-G win Sunday.The 29-year-old also won Saturdays season-opening downhill. Hed never even finished in the medals at Lake Louise prior to his pair of victories.His Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal was a dominant skier at the hill west of Calgary with three straight super-G wins as well as a downhill gold two years ago.But Svindal is sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury, so it was up to Jansrud to keep the Norwegian anthem playing at Lake Louise.In addition to prize money, vases and flowers, each medallist gets a white cowboy hat.Lake Louise is Aksels hill and for sure it hasnt been mine, but I guess Im turning it into mine which is a good thing, Jansrud said. I never expected a double win though. Thats something you rarely see in alpine skiing. Kind of surprised.Jansrud won Olympic super-G gold and downhill bronze in Sochi, Russia, in February. His time Sunday was one minute 32.02 in clear, cold conditions.Austrias Matthias Mayer, the reigning Olympic downhill champion, was second in 1:32.31. Dominik Paris of Italy was third in 1:32.33.After tying for second in downhill, Manny Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, B.C., was the top Canadian in seventh Sunday. Calgarys Jan Hudec, the Olympic bronze medallist in super-G, was ninth.Canada put four men in the top 20 as Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., and Morgan Pridy of Whistler, B.C., were 13th and 17th respectively.Super-G is definitely not my bread and butter, Osborne-Paradis said. Downhill is where my forte is, but Im very happy with a top-10.Jansrud is skiing really well, Paris is skiing really well and theres a couple other guys. Its good to be in that group, to be fighting with the top five and not fighting with the top 20 and top 15.The temperature was close to minus-30, so the majority of the men wore some type of facial protection in Sundays race. The men head to Beaver Creek, Colo., for next weeks downhill, super-G and giant slalom.The women arrive in Lake Louise for downhill races Friday and Saturday and a super-G on Sunday. U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn is expected to be among them.The 30-year-old hasnt raced much over the last two seasons and wasnt able to defend her Olympic downhill title because of recurring knee injuries and surgeries.Vonn is three wins from matching the record of 62 career World Cup victories held by Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria. Of Vonns 59 wins, 14 have been in Lake Louise.The super-G race is a hybrid of downhill and giant slalom, so it combines high speeds with sections of turns.Unlike downhill, which allows multiple training runs prior to the race, super-G is a lesson in adaptability. The racers are given only one course inspection before the race.You almost have the same speed as a downhill, but its your first time down the hill at full speed, Hudec explained. Its a huge calculated risk and thats what makes it fun. Its like going to Vegas every weekend.The Austrians didnt have a man in the top eight in downhill, but put four in the top six in super-G.Yesterday, our best position was ninth and 13th and 15th and we werent happy about that, so everybody tried to go better today, Mayer said.Today was better than yesterday. I found the right set up for the snow and the cold conditions. I tried to push harder and it was good.Hudecs race Sunday was eventful as he nearly lost control in the air at one point.I had a few close calls, he said. The more out of control I look, the more Im going for it. I put everything on black and said let it ride.I was eons better today than yesterday. A good feeling on the snow. Im pleased.Cook raced from a start number of 35, which means hes ranked outside the top 30, into the top 15.Its for sure my best World Cup result, Cook said. Its something Ive been looking to do for a long time. I train that fast or faster all the time. Ive been trying to put it into race day and now Ive finally done it, its time to keep going.Erik Guay, who is Canadas most decorated World Cup racer with 22 career medals, didnt race in Lake Louise. Hes delayed the start of his racing season to recover from a pair of off-season knee surgeries.With a prize purse of CDN$118,000 per race, Jansrud earned $70,000 in Lake Louise. He also moved into the overall lead in the World Cup points race, which combines results from downhill, super-G, giant slalom and slalom.Crystal globes are also awarded to season winners in each discipline. Jansrud believes two are realistic goals for him.Super-G and downhill, I fancy my chances there, he said. Now Im leading the overall, the big overall, but thats a totally different story and thats going to be tougher.I dont have my eyes on that one yet. Just going to concentrate on being fast in the downhill and super-G and try to gain some momentum in giant slalom as well.In other results, Jeffrey Frisch of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was 42nd, Ben Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., placed 47th, Calgarys Tyler Werry finished 50th and Broderick Thompson of Whistler was 54th. Salvador Perez Jersey . Certainly not Monday night. 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Going over the list of players already in Cooperstown, I found it interesting that four went by the nickname "Kid" or "The Kid". They would be former Expos and Mets star Gary Carter, the Brewers Robin Yount, the immortal Red Sox legend Ted Williams and one you may not be as familiar with, Charles "Kid" Nichols. "Kid" Nichols began his career in the Majors in 1890 and was through in 1906. But the numbers he put up were truly remarkable. Starting in 1890, with the Boston Beaneaters in the National League he went 27-19 with a 2.23 ERA. In seven of the next eight seasons he won 30 or more games. He finished his career with 361 victories against 208 losses and a 2.96 ERA. Not only that he started 562 games over his career and finished 532. In other words he pitched complete games in about 95 per cent of his outings. Granted it was a different era. In his first three seasons, 1890-92, the distance from the pitching mound to home plate was only 50 feet. Nevertheless Nichols was the main reason the Beaneaters won three consecutive pennants. After that though the mound was pushed back to its current distance of 60 6" but Nichols remained every bit as dominant. The funny thing is Nicholls wasnt physically imposing. It has been estimated he only weighed about 138 pounds when he broke in with Boston and looked like a teenager, hence the nickname "Kid". "Kid" Nichols threw straight over the top and threw few if any breaking pitches. He and others have credited this for his durability and good fortune in avoiding injuries. He had impeccable control, and an uncanny ability to change speeds on his fastball. Nichols was almost lost in the annals of baseball history and didnt get into the Hall of Fame until 1949 when he was selected by the Veterans Committee. One of the loudest voices in getting him elected was a charter member of the Hall of Fame was none other than Ty Cobb. The most amazing fact about "Kid Nichols" is that he won his 300th game when he was only 30 years old. Again, there is a bit of a caveat. During his career teams usually only carried five pitchers at most and depending on circumstance you could be pitching every second or third daay. Paulo Orlando Jersey. Still the numbers he put up and the career he had was amazing. Heres the thing Im wondering about. Its "Kid" Nichols Canadian connection. Baseball Reference.com claims he went to secondary school at Queen Elizabeth High School in Surrey, BC. If you click on the school name, Nichols name comes up along with another former Major Leaguer who attended the same school, Kevin Nicholson. Nichols was an American born in Wisconsin, who spent part of his youth in Kansas City. I can find no mention of how he wound up in a Canadian high school. Interesting to say the least. I also wanted to mention another "Kid" who is not in the Hall of Fame. You might remember the name "Kid" Gleason. He was the manager of the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox, of the "Black Sox" scandal infamy. Gleason played no part in throwing the series to the Cincinnati Reds, in fact he called out some of his own players for tanking after they played a brutal first game of the World Series. Well before that series, Gleason was a decent player in his own right. In 1890 for instance, he pitched 506 innings and completed 54 of the 55 games he started. Gleason was also a decent position player over part of his career in addition to being a manager. It was said he was every bit the fiery competitor Cobb was, if not more so. Bringing Back Banks It seems only fitting, when Disney is releasing the movie "Saving Mr. Banks" about the making of the "Mary Poppins" movie, the Blue Jays should be shooting out a lifeline to a Mr. Banks of their own. Theyve signed right-hander Josh Banks, a pitcher they originally drafted in the second round in 2003 to a minor league deal. Banks only pitched in three games for the Jays back in 2007, then bounced from San Diego to Houston and finally to the minor league systems of the Giants and Orioles. He was actually released by the Os on March 31, 2012. So why is he back? Well back in the day Banks could throw eight pitches including a knuckleball. Now at age 31 he has re-invented himself as a knuckleballer. The Jays are hoping theyve caught "Lightning in a Bottle" on this one. Altogether now, the Jays have three knuckleballers in their organization, R.A. Dickey, Tomo Ohka who is coming back as a knuckler at age 37, and now Josh Banks. If Banks makes it after three years out of the Majors maybe Disney will come calling about another movie. 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