With a bit more luck, a sprinkling of more consistent relief pitching, and the addition of one or two starting pitchers, Georgia looked to Brown like a championship team waiting to happen. Ga. - Saul Mendoza returned home from the 2000 Sydney Olympics last fall minus an important souvenir. The gold medal he won in the 1,500-meter wheelchair exhibition race didn't immediately make the trip back to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. Mendoza left the prize with family members in his native Mexico before traveling back to his adopted hometown, much to the dismay of his Georgia friends. Coca-Cola Space Science Center director Carole Rutland laughs as she describes frequent questions from the center's visitors.
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