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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1979
Page 15
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Former pro takes softball seriously
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United Press International
EW HAVEN, Conn. — At first
ce, it appears the inmates are
ning the asylum in the American
Prjofessional Slo-Pitch Softball
gue.
oe Pepitone, who in 11 years
with the New York Yankees led the
perctj ti?am in home runs, fielding and
e plaji) breaking curfew, has been named
they’ifi player-manager of the Trenton,
N. J., Statesmen of the ASPL.
morejajBPreviously, the only thing
iiiry. Hi Pepitone managed to do was give
6nd ttfj'gre\ hairs to his managers during a
dnld 15-year career with the Yan
kees, Astros, Cubs and Braves.
alMam Pepitone, 38, is taking the new job
^Hriously, however.
l‘When I was 24 years old with the
. Yankees and I stayed out all night, I
it was hurting the
am, he said this week. “Now I
jow whats right and wrong. I’ve
gone through it all and seen the
good and the bad. So with my ex
periences, I think I can help the
players on the team.
“I’ve managed restaurants, I’ve
managed lounges, what’s so differ
ent about a ball team? You got to
have the horses if you’re going to
win, just like in anything else.”
One advantage manager Pepitone
will have is player Pepitone in the
lineup.
In his first season of softball, he
batted .489 with 14 homers and was
the league’s all-star first baseman.
“I enjoyed every minute of it last
year,” he says. “I retired from
baseball so many times, I didn’t
enjoy the game like I used to and I
didn’t know if I was going to enjoy
softball. But when I hit my first
home run, it felt just like the first
homer I hit in professional ball and I
had that feeling all season long.”
Pepitone says hitting a softball is
easier said than done.
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XEVELAND — Gary Alexan-
ir drove in four runs, including a
lee-run homer, to spark Cleve-
Id to a 6-4 victory over Texas
^Wednesday and snap a 13-game In-
[ns losing streak to the Rangers.
ter spotting the Rangers a 3-0
kd, the Indians pushed across
fee runs in the third inning and
exander belted his first home run
lof the season off reliever Sparky
jle in the seventh after Texas
jded a single run in the top of the
ling.
The Rangers tallied once in the
firsl when Bill Sample walked, took
third on Al Oliver’s single and
;s(jDred on a groundout by Buddy
Bell Oliver ran his consecutive hit
ting streak to nine games, added a
Irun-scoring triple in the third inning
;and scored on Bell’s infield out.
|A sacrifice fly by Bobby Bonds, a
jses loaded walk to Alexander and
^4 infield hit by Duane Kuiper tied
litlfor the Indians in the third before
apcrifice fly by Bump Wills scored
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[The Texas A&M rodeo club will
irticipate in the Sam Houston
State University rodeo in Huntsville
beginning today and running
[rough Saturday.
Last week, at the Stephen F. Aus
tin rodeo in Nacogdoches, the Ag
gies finished as follows:
[Team roping, Clayton Zwerschke
id Joe Dutton, third and John
Tarlton and Jake Hersman, forth;
If roping. Hardy Stewardson, sec
ond and Mark Ivey, sixth; breaka-
[ay, Glenda Rainey, sixth; goat ty-
Dorthy Sypert, fifth.
Bert Campaneris for the Texas go-
ahead run in the seventh.
George Medich took the loss
while Sid Monge took over for
rookie starter Eric Wilkens and
pitched the final three innings.
“It’s hard to hit a softball. I don’t
want to name drop, but Norm Cash,
as good a ballplayer as he was, just
can’t hit a softball. The only adjust
ment I made was to run up on every
pitch and make every pitch a strike.
It’s hard to wait on the ball coming
down,” he says.
Pepitone says he would “rather
watch a softball game than a baseball
game.
“I really think this league can
catch on. I’m making pretty good
money and there’s a lot of good
money in it. Plus you only play
weekends. I wish we only played
baseball on weekends. Then it
would have been more fun than
business. ”
Pepitone still looks like he could
play first base for the Yankees, but
sayS his career ended at just the
right time.
“There’s no way that I could ever
play for George Steinbrenner. I
would have got paid about $14 every
two weeks after they took out all the
money for fines. He’s strictly busi
ness and he makes it tough to enjoy
the game. You can’t play tight, you
have to enjoy it.”
He ended his career before the
free agent sweepstakes made many
ballplayers instant millionaires, but
thinks they deserve every penny.
“I think players like Reggie
Jackson deserve what they’re get
ting. People come to see Reggie no
matter what he’s doing. In New
York, when the press puts a guy
down, they’re just putting money in
his pocket. New Yorkers dig distor
tion.
“I think they come to see prob
lems instead of good, talented
players. That’s their idea of
entertainment. I think getting into
trouble prolonged my career in New
York five extra years,” Pepitone
says.
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