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Not only will the Bears have to shut down the red-hot Swain, but they must also contend with Tony Metoyer, Buddy Haney, $100 00 REWARD Mama’s Pizza is offering a $100 00 reward for the RETURN of the cannon barrel taken from in front of the restaurant on Tuesday night April 17, 1984 — NO QUESTIONS ASKED Call Bob at 696-0032 m a mxs PIZZA Tim Carwright and Pat James. Metoyer is batting .426 in conference play and leads the team in doubles with six. Haney is hitting .367 in the SWC and leads the Ags in RBIs with 15. Metoyer and Haney have both hit three homeruns to lead the team. Cartwright started his first conference series at second base against Tech a week ago. Cartw right hit two clutch triples against the Red Raiders and leads the Aggies in that cat egory. As the designated hitter, James has 12 RBIs for the Ags and a .314 batting average in conference play. The three-game series with Baylor begins with a single game at 2 p.m. today. Saturday, the Aggies and the Bears will complete the series with a dou bleheader beginning at noon. C*ofu\ W/MC7C THIS r£DDY thrbb-Tines To STAY IN . PJRST PJ-Actl d dp i<?ey /Vs dump the microchijp Computers to crayons NOW HIRING Good benefits. Good pax;! Free uniforms and food! Flexible hours. Apply now! WORK FOR NUMBER ONE! See a Manager for an application. 2420 TEXAS AVE., COLLEGE STATION 801 University Dr. College Station 825 Villa Maria Road Bryan McVo/tafds s\ r\ y \ United Press International By MILTON RICH MAN Don’t get me wrong. I’m with you, and think the whole world will be run on computers some day. Some day very soon, loo. Look, even the Mets are us ing one now, right there in manager Dave Johnson’s office, and that has to tell you some thing. The Mets go out and get themselves a computer and while they’re doing that, the Oakland A’s decide to discard the one they were using, or at least stick it up on the shelf for awhile. Here’s the intriguing points to ponder about that: Using the computer, the A’s won nine of their first 13 games last year and were in first place in the American League West at that point. Operating without the com puter this year, the A’s won nine of their first 13 games again and — guess what? — they’re leading their division once more. What made them junk their computer? “It wasn’t cost-effective,” says . manager Steve Boros. “That’s a term I picked up from the busi ness section of the New York Times. I’m not sure what it means but it sounds impressive. “So instead of a computer, I’ve got a grade school tablet for kids and a box of crayolas now. What I’ve really got are some index cards and some crayons. Seagrams 7 and 1 Up or Seagram s / While you’re dancing to hot music, s ,^, orr ,h„ r stirring to the beat is even more enjoyable when you stir with and diet 7 Up. 9 Real chart toppers. Just rememoe , Seagram’s Seven gets things stirring. § prmf^rS n y amer ican whiskey-a blend. 80 PROOF SEVEN UP AND 7 UP ARE TRADEMARKS OF THE SEVEN-UP COMPANY. Seagram’s For Mostly I’ve got Steve Boros, better or for worse.” The A’s are lucky to have a manager like Boros. He's bright without being overbearing, through without being picky. He makes his job his primary working concern without turn ing it into some sort of holy cru sade and finds ample time for the media without ever neglect ing his players. What else can you ask from any manager? You can tell how the A’s feel about Boros by the way they ipe ific, who Schueler was quite especially with Rearm would be giving the signs. Warren was to waste a fast ball inside and then try to get Fisk out with a breaking ball. Warren’s first pitch was a fast ball inside, according to instruc tions, but Kearney then called for another fast ball inside and Fisk stroked it into the second deck to narrow- Oakland’s mar gin to 7-6. Greg Luzinski tied the score with a two-out homer in the ninth and the White Sox Using the computer, the A’s won nine of their first 13 games last year and were in first place in the American League West at that point.Ope rating without the computer this year, the A’s won nine of their first 13 games again and — guess what? — they’re leading their division once more. play for him. They’re alert, yet loose and relaxed, reflecting the manner in which he handles them. If he has something to say to one of his players, though, he doesn’t keep it a se cret. Example: The A’s were playing the White Sox in Chicago last Sep tember and were ahead 7-2 when the Oakland starter began to tire and Boros brought in right-hander Mike Warren from the bullpen. An error, a walk and a bloop hit cut Oakland’s lead to 7-3 and Carlton Fisk was the next hitter. Boros and Ron Schueler, the A’s pitching coach, knew how they wanted to pitch Fisk and Schueler conveyed that in formation to Warren and Bob Kearney, catching for Oakland at the time. both won the game in the 10th Boros and Schueler were livid. “What in hell is going on?” the two of them demanded of Kearney. Kearney, with Seattle now, actually had good intentions. He felt the first pitch to Fisk wasn’t inside enough to set him up properly so he believed it would be a good idea to try an other fastball inside instead of the curve Boros and Schueler had instructed him to call for. “I thought we should go back one more time,” was the way Kearney reasoned. Boros declined to reveal what he had to say to Kearney on the grounds his answer couldn’t possibly he printed in any fam ily newspaper. The A’s man ager did disclose what he and Schueler had to say to all the C iakland players at a A door meeting which called for immediatelyaftff game. "We told ’em we’d mail dec isions,” Boros said, turned out we were wrens.' get the heat, not them.” "As it happens,” Bow eluded grimly but non plaiuingly, “we’d get all dx anyway.” ’ How many times ha« heard that nothing is sure,i ever assume anything' Steve Boros has heard it dreds of limes. He’saguyi quick upstairs, picks upi things in a hurry anyway s knew enough not to tale thing for granted evenW he became aftnajor league! ager for the first time to! w it h the Oakland A’s. In case he mighthavefoi ten, though, a couple of buddies in the managerial ternity, Whitey Herzog,"In com hed for at Kansas City, Dick Williams, for whotnh worked the same job ail tteal, reminded him never t some anything about I ers or he’d find himselfit trouble. What Herzog and Wi told Boros was never sight of the fact thatballf even those in the bigleay are fallible, prone to mistalti kev situations and anythifj perf ect in their execution. “Whitey and Dick never to assume a major let] player will know wi when the game is on tlieli when he should steal or( put, when he should second base or homep things like that," Borost watching his players wot out in front of him. I W We Buy Used Books Everyday! 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