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Battalion/Page 14
February 16,11
Haney
TANK MCNAMARA
by Jeff Millar & BillT
(continued from page 13)
hander Rick Luecken, will be
one of the keys to the 1983
season.
“Having Rick really helps us,
because he’s our stopper,”
Haney said. “We can almost al
ways count on a win just about
every series with him around.
He had a groin pull year before
last and his arm was bad last sea
son, but everything’s fine right
now.
“The pitching’s looking real
good. They’re throwing strikes
and that’s what the coaches are
working on, because we walked
too many people last season.
“We have confidence in our
pitching, which is something we
didn’t have last year,” he said.
“If the pitchers do their job,
which I think they will this year,
we should have a really good
year. We’ll hit the ball, so I think
we’re pretty confident.”
Although there are new faces,
including shortstop Todd Ed
wards, third baseman Tony
Metoyer and catcher Ron De-
vereaux, Haney said the infield
should be more than adequate.
“We really didn’t have a set
third baseman last year, because
it went back and forth between
Grant (Priess) and Clint
(Heard),” he said. “On the
whole, we should be tougher de
fensively. We don’t have as
many proven players, but Ed
wards should come around,
Clint’s going to be steady and
Tony’s looking good at third.
The outfield is probably one of
our strong points.”
As of now, the outfield shows
junior college transfer Don
Robinson in leftfield, junior Bil
ly Cannon in centerfield and
junior Kevin Smith in rightfleld.
Haney said he and his team
mates should benefit from the
extra running they’ve been
doing every day.
‘g P 1
ers, but we don’t have a lot of
relief.”
“We were a little tired at the
end of last season, but by being
in shape this year, we should be
ready for every series,” Haney
said. “Last year, we ran a little on
our own, but now we run sprints
and a mile every day as a team.
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“That was something that
even hurt our pitching last year.
In most of the games, our pitch
ers couldn’t go complete games.
It wasn’t so much that they were
getting hit — they just got tired.
I think you’ll see some more
complete games this year. We’re
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Longhorns are ranked No. 2 in
the nation behind Miami, Fla.,
which won the national cham
pionship last season. The Aggies
will travel to the Hurricane
Tournament, being held March
11-17, to play two games each
with Miami, Maine and South
ern Illinois. Maine, ranked No.
9, competed in last season’s Col
lege World Series as well ... In
Saturday’s season-opening dou
ble-header, the Aggies will start
Luecken, 6-2 with a 2.65 ERA
last season, and Sherman Cor
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
— Billy Martin has never been a
man to duck a challenge — and
he says his third time around as
the New York Yankees’ mana
ger will be his sternest test.
“This is the biggest challenge.
We ought to win. A good start is
so important, and we start right
here,” Martin said in his first day
of preparations for spring
training.
The Yankees finished well
out of the running in the Amer
ican League East last year, but
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George has been so great. Our
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Martin met with his eight
coaches and a few club execu
tives in advance of the opening
of spring practice Friday. Stein
brenner participated by tele
phone.
Pitchers and catchers arrive
Thursday for the opening of
workouts the following day. The
rest of the Yankees are due to
report next Tuesday.
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