The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 30, 1979, Image 11

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    THE BATTALION Page 11
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1979 **
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TAMPA, Fla. — Pete Rose didn’t
0 ff anc f leave the Cincin-
yipjti |U:ds holding the bag. He
in, gned it over instead to an eager,
polite young man in whom
I AW li: e felt he could put his confidence.
o far, Ray Knight hasn’t let him
l3 PP
!ir ' For the past two years, Knight
b Rose’s caddie with the Reds,
lied usually replace him at third
x fj&se for defensive purposes in the
II i itc innings if Cincinnati was ahead.
^ ^ Alljthe time this was going on,
'ete Rose did everything he possi-
lingofiycould to help Ray Knight. Rose
essorwj^Bto him about pitchers, about
import)itters, about the different plays
uins wi|)| come up, about everything,
rica i Vhen Rose decided to take the
and ioney and go with the Phillies,
nd and [night automatically inherited the
ation, [Bffifchird base job and it’s his now
:ssential nless he loses it to the best friend
traighto e has in the world, Harry Spilman,
r Rick Auerbach.
at a plaJ I kn ow it’s my job to win,” says
hey r [night “The opportunity is right
It’s just a matter of me pro-
ced tkucing.
Tier W! Up|to now, Knight has. He’s hit-
ie other mg this spring and figures to be at
still opeiWfcase when the Reds open the
leksagoiBson at home with the Giants next
e head i Wednesday. If he does, you can also
e Univrgure he’ll give much of the credit
h team ia Pete Rose.
! — fe- ‘N|body has helped me more,”
the bat Is the husky, clean-cut looking
the hid pyear-old Georgian. “More than
d undemything else, he taught me to think
it using;ositiyely. Pete is the most positive
ed once lerson I’ve ever been around.
Pete also taught me playing
eball should be fun and not a
Rtere, Knight goes on. “He really
njoys playing. It’s not a job with
m, It’s a joy. You’d be surprised
(W many guys consider it work,
lot Pete. He approaches it like a
tie boy and he has a lot of fun.”
Ray Knight already has the repu-
d afraintpon of being a defensive
■ yer, having hit only .200 for
ds in 65 times up last season,
le’s sure he can do much better if
e plays more.
k’emu
, Bill
coachini
didn’t
! toward
ormer
ch of the!
ned Br
liai
“When you don’t play regularly,
H ou lose your timing,” he says.
When you lose your timing, you
on’tlget hits, and when you don’t
let hits, you lose your confidence. I
a better hitter than I’ve
Indians shown with the Reds. In the minors,
(never had a problem making con-
iank bratjjct, u ever struck out much and I hit
t Eastliith some power, so why can’t I do
^enue. 11 in the major leagues?
cashed!; "j know I’m no Pete Rose and I
self and (mow there’s no way I can put the
fflffics on the board that he did,
ed the %it I just hope I can play consis-
jy Clevijently and with the ability I know
ItreetJHknight has.”
I , ta Nobody is ever really going to
Rudolpbr m P are Knight with Rose because
ffil don’t look anything like each
■ring, th 6 * 1- style of play is entirely
j shots *p' en t an d so is their general life
re wouiifffi The only similarity between
them is that both speak rapidly.
taken to 1
or treatf
pted eso
fired b(J
throng! 1
; e cruisf'
i(|se, a native of Cincinnati, has
city ways. Knight, from Albany,
is more smalltown. His biggest
^petition at third base is Harry
man, who is from Dawson, Ga.,
!y|15 miles from where Knight
es The two Georgians always
ted to be big league ballplayers
ave been very close all their
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