Thursday, November 20, 1986ATie Battalion/Page 15
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VP choice
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
Clemens
" l ^]f(AP) — Henry Aaron, a former
Rational League Most Valuable
A ‘ ‘layer, Wednesday called the selec-
II | of a pitcher, Boston’s Roger
Bnens, as the American League’s
BP “a joke.”
'""he retired home run king was
mg several players who dis-
:ed with the choice of a pitcher
*r an everyday player as MVP.
iaron, who won the MVP in 1957
lie playing for the Milwaukee
ftraves, said, “Everyday players can-
iot win the Cy Young award, and
^'"'■hers should not be able to win
m MVP award. The pitchers have
fieir own MVP award, and it’s the
Cy Young. I feel very strongly about
Karon is now head of player de-
Hpment for the Atlanta Braves.
|Bhe first to speak out was first
Heman Don Mattingly of the New
. York Yankees, the 1985 winner who
w finished second to Clemens in the
1986 balloting announced Tuesday.
■1 know he is valuable, but it’s
ftlHd for me to conceive that a guy
IIH) is in 33 or 34 games can be as
Htable ... as an everyday guy who
sowt there 162 games.”
S Alike Schmidt, named Wednesday
■he National League MVP for the
hint time, said, “I’m prejudiced be-
■se I’m not a pitcher, but I tend to
blis w ‘ t ^ Mattingly that the MVP
)vha Auld be reserved for an everyday
ar#ilB er ’ a & u y who puts his neck out
teven days a week.
juARoger (Clemens) may be an ex-
I fltion, he was so dominant, meant
ill nfiiuch to the team. But I’m not in
favor of a pitcher being considered
for the MVP.”
JWitchers have been elected by the
Bajeball Writers’ Association of
America as MVP 16 times in the
thinlB hut Jack Lang, secretary-trea-
lUrer of the baseball writers and a
Irember for the past 22 years, said it
■ only been controversial since Cy
Ifoung winners were first named in
30th leagues in 1966. Eight pitchers
|ave won both awards.
■The rules that are sent out to the
raters on the (MVP) committee (two
An each city in each league), state:
Keep in mind that all players are eli
gible. That includes pitchers, start-
:rsand relievers,”’ said Lang.
“■Anybody on the committee that
Feels they cannot vote for a pitcher,
B replace them. In my 22 years
Aning the elections, only two writ
es have said that to me.”
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Coaches pick TCU to win
conference basketball title
DALLAS (AP) — Although the
consensus of Southwest Conference
basketball coaches makes Texas
Christian the team to beat. Horned
Frog Coach Jim Killingsworth says
almost anything could happen in
this year’s league race.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if we had
a conference champion and then
someone else came along and won
the conference tournament,” Kill
ingsworth said Wednesday as SWC
coaches gathered in Dallas to talk
over the upcoming season.
That’s exactly the scenario last
season when Texas, TCU and Texas
A&M shared the regular season title,
only to see Texas Tech come on
strong at the end and capture the
SWC post-season tournament and
the conference’s only berth in the
NCAA tournament.
The Longhorns, Horned Frogs
and Aggies all earned berths in the
National Invitation Tournament.
Killingsworth returns four start
ers, including Carl Lott, who aver
aged 15.8 points per game and was
named SWC Newcomer of the Year.
“The reason they pick us is that
everyone is coming back,” Kill
ingsworth said.
Pat Foster, who has succeeded the
legendary Guy V. Lewis as coach at
Houston, said TCU “has the guards
that will give them an edge over any
one in this league.”
But Killingsworth said he expects
trouble from the Cougars and the
Arkansas Razorbacks, both of which
will be trying to rebound from disap
pointing seasons.
Basketball Coaches
Media Day
“Houston’s always Houston,” Kill
ingsworth said. “They might be
down for a while, but not for long.”
Killingsworth said second-year
coach Nolan Richardson of Arkan
sas had a great recruiting year at Ar
kansas and is past his first traumatic
year of living in the shadow of Eddie
Sutton.
“Last year was his first,” Kill
ingsworth said. “He knows the
league and he knows his players
Richardson indicated he was cau
tiously optimistic about the Razor-
backs’ chances and said a key part of
the team’s rebuilding effort would
be a preseason schedule that in
cludes Alabama, Mississippi, Vir
ginia and a berth in the Rainbow
Classic at Honolulu in late Decem
ber.
“When we finish our preseason,
I’ll know what kind of team we’ve
got,” he said. “(If) we get a few
breaks and get rolling, who knows?”
A tough pre-conference schedule
also faces Texas Tech, which plays
Kentucky, Arizona, Clemson, Kan
sas State, Wyoming and Southeast
ern Louisiana. The Red Raiders
closed last season by giving highly
rated Georgetown a scare in the first
round of the NCAA playoffs before
losing by six points.
“We’re going to find out our
strengths and weaknesses, who can
play and who can’t play with our
non-conference schedule,” said
Tech Coach Gerald Myers.
Myers said the Horned Frogs
have the early advantage.
“TCU is the team to beat,” he said.
“But there are a lot of teams that
could develop throughout the year.”
Several coaches said they feel
more difficult non-league oppo
nents are a element to making the
SWC more competitive.
“Our overall conference schedule
is tougher,” Myers said. “We want to
win them, of course, but that’s not
necessarily the bottom line.”
Texas Coach Bob Weltlich said
the conference’s one-game show in
the NCAA could have a beneficial
aspect in the areas of scheduling and
recruiting.
“Maybe what happened last year
was good,” he said. “It called atten
tion to the coaches that we will have
to do a better job.”
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