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thletic dorms big reason
hy Ag jocks are isolated
“Johnny Be Good” is a soon-to-be-
teleased motion picture about the
collegiate recruiting trials and trib
ulations of a high school football
Star. The kid
Itnows he’s
rood and
lie’s ready to
ireap the se-
ftufar re-
vards of be-
. g
i athletically
"jessed. He’s
thinking
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1 Rash, girls,
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Anthony
Wilson
Sports viewpoint
T h
Oll “novie is meant to be a spoof of the
ecent recruiting shenanigans of sev-
ral NCAA universities. However,
r, Johnny’s attitude is not such a far-
‘^etched portrayal. Since some ath-
, Jetic programs have been willing to
' provide recruits with almost any-
ntr *hing they desire, many coaches and
lumni have been willing to ante up.
The NCAA has been cracking
down on illegal enticements with
a itiff penalties, but the “Johnny atti-
;ude” remains because of goodies
kerned acceptable by the NCAA,
specifically, I’m talking about ath-
'etic dormitories.
A&M’s athletic dorm, Cain Hall, is
he Taj Mahal of on-campus living
>"ii [facilities, rivaling any athletic dorm
n the nation. In comparison, I live
n Crocker Hall, a simple little dorm
sn the north side of Aggieland some
orii Jvould refer to as hell.
A quick run-down of Cain Hall’s
idvantages include cavernous, car-
lie (;
peted rooms, free cable in every
room, an elevator, glass enclosed
study carrels complete with comput
ers, suite-style bathrooms and the
best eating facility on campus.
(Please, don’t get me started on a
comparison of Cain’s cafeteria and
Sbisa.)
A run-down of Crocker’s advan
tages is even quicker: a roof and an
air conditioner. Oh, I could mention
the mildewed carpet in the corri
dors, the chunks of missing paint on
the walls of the cramped, compact
rooms, and the public bathrooms
which are reminiscent of the Nazi
gas chambers. But what purpose
would that serve?
The point is that somewhere
along the way we elevated the status
of student-athlete above and beyond
that of student and into the general
neighborhood of demigod. Athletic
dorms are an example of that men
tality.
Few NCAA division I schools are
without athletic dorms. One excep
tion would be A&M’s 1988 Cotton
Bowl opponent Notre Dame. Notre
Dame athletes are dispersed among
the rest of the student body in the
various dorms on campus.
My roommate’s sister is graduat
ing in May with a degree in philoso
phy from Notre Dame. She knows
Tim Brown, this year’s Heisman
Trophy winner. He lives down the
hall from her boyfriend. She says
he’s an extremely gentle, modest,
nice guy.
Perhaps because Notre Dame
doesn’t treat Brown like a superstar,
he sees himself as a regular collge
student and not as someone special.
Perhaps because he sees himself that
way, it helped him handle the Heis-
AL process of elimination dictates
Athletics should preside over West
From the Associated Press
Let’s figure out the American
ague West this season by process
elimination.
Minnesota won’t win because divi
sion champions don’t repeat, even if
they win the World Series. Kansas
||lity can’t do it because the Royals
never score.
â–  Seattle has not reached .500 in its
11-year history and Chicago traded
away its three best pitchers. Califor
nia and Texas tied for last place and
won’t jump to first.
So that leaves the Oakland Ath-
tics as the annointed team to beat,
id that means they won’t win be-
use the favorite — as Cleveland
oved — never does.
But Oakland will win this year.
:aso ihe Athletics, whose 81-81 record
’’ was their best since 1980, made the
' i most improvement in a division
Bhere mediocrity is almost enough.
T R' hall goes well, this just may be the
year the Athletics again learn to win
1 championships.
Oakland Athletics
11 | Mark McGwire, Dave Stewart and
some surprises led to success last sea
son. Newcomers might push Oak-
11 land over the top this time.
The 6-foot-5 McGwire stood tall
est in baseball’s big year of home
a ,lruns. He shattered the rookie record
with 49 home runs, breaking Frank
Robinson and Wally Berger’s pre
vious mark by 11, and drove in 1 18
I runs. His homer total was the most
l|ih the AL since Harmon Killebrew’s
0 J in 1969. Canseco (31 HR, 113
el RBI) and Dave Parker (26 HR, 97
RBI with Cincinnati) round out this
modern version of Murderer’s Row.
p What the Athletics need is a few
f baserunners. Carney Lansford
(.289, 19 HR, 76 RBI) can do it.
They are heavily counting on rookie
263 at Class
pinch
runner in his major league debut last
year, to replace Alfredo Griffin.
|.| They hope former playoff hero
| Dave Henderson can do the job in
^ center field. Glenn Hubbard, in
) from Oakland, is a solid second base-
man.
Stewart, who had never won more
than nine games in a season, went
' 20-13 and tied Cy Young winner
Roger Clemens for most victories in
shortstop Walt Weiss (.2
AAA Tacoma), who off
the
majors. Welch (15-9 with Los
Angeles) throws harder than AL bat-
^ ters see. Curt Young (13-7) and
V f Steve Ontiveros (10-8) are probably
l in the rotation and Storm Davis and
Rick Honeycutt might battle for a
spot.
Starter-turned-reliever Dennis
f Eckersley (16 saves) and Matt
’ Young, who struggled in the Na-
Itional League after success in
Seattle, make a good righty-lefty
S bullpen.
I| Getting Parker, Welch and Young
cost Griffin and pitchers Jose Rijo
and Tim Birtsas. Mike Davis (22 HR)
went free agent to LA and Dwayne
> Murphy was not rehired. Overall,
the gains far outweigh the losses.
Minnesota Twins
j| The Twins, outscored 806-786
during the season, did not convince
||nyone that they’re real good. But
phey showed they’re a decent team
With some real good players — plus a
lot of loud, Homer Hankie-waving
pans inside the Metrodome.
K The Fab Four of Kirby Puckett,
|Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek and Tom
prunansky was great. The Twins’
biggest asset, however, was their
home park. Minnesota went 56-25 at
the Metrodome and then won all six
of its postseason games there; on the
road, they were the Twinkies at 29-
52.
Puckett (.332, 28 HR, 99 RBI),
Gaetti (31 HR, 109 RBI), Hrbek (34
HR, 90 RBI) and Brunansky (32
HR, 85) are the nucleus. Shortstop
Greg Gagne, whose scratch single
drove home the tiebreaking run in
Game 7 against St. Louis, and sec
ond baseman Steve Lornbardozzi
anchor the infield on the only AL
team to commit under 100 errors.
World Series MVP Frank Viola
(17-10) is the winningest left
hander in the big leagues in the last
four years. Bert Blyleven (15-12)
gives Minnesota a Big Two. Les
Straker (8-10), who writes pitching
secrets on his glove, is the third
starter.
H ow weak is the rotation? Aged
Steve Carlton and Joe Niekro, each
with ERAs over 5.00, are in conten
tion for spots. Jeff Reardon’s 4.48
ERA was his highest ever, but his 31
saves were what Minnesota wanted.
Kansas City Royals
For all their pitching — Kansas
City again led the West — the Royals
continue to come up short because
they have no offense.
It’s somewhat surprising, consid
ering they have some big names. But
George Brett & Co. finished last in
the AL with 715 runs, and sudden
improvement is not likely.
That could change if Bo Jackson
makes the team and stays focused on
baseball. He hit 22 home runs, but
slumped below .200 after signing his
NFL contract in July and could lose
his left field job to rookie Gary
Thurman, a consistent .300 hitter
throughout the minors. Kurt Stil
lwell, acquired in a trade that sent
Danny Jackson to Cincinnati, might
finally give Kansas City an offensive
shortstop.
Brett (22 HR, 78 RBI) batted
.290, marking his second straight
season below .300. It’s the first time
he did that in his career. Danny Tar-
tabull (.309, 34 HR, 101 RBI) is back
after becoming the first spring train
ing holdout in Royals history and
rookie Kevin Seilzer (.323, 83 RBI)
was sensational.
Jim Eisenreich hit just .238 after
tearing up the minors. Royals Man-
ager John Wathan hopes Eisenr-
eich’s comeback with succed as a
DH. Kansas City could have used
free agent Carlton Fisk.
But add up the parts and the total
equals not enough runs.
Bret Saberhagen, 24 next month,
stayed on his roller-coaster ride
through the majors. He rebounded
from a 7-12, injury-filled disaster
and went 18-10.
Charlie Leibrandt (16-11) wins
with his off-speed stuff and Mark
Gubicza (13-18) is dependable de
spite his losing record, the result of
no runs. Bud Black (8-6) starts and
relieves.
The big question is reliever Dan
Quisenbei ry. He still has a rich con
tract, but the Royals lost faith in him
last season and Gene Garber (eight
saves in 13 games) could squeeze him
out.
Texas Rangers
The Rangers are older, but may
not improve — especially if their
young pitchers don’t improve.
Bobby Witt (8-10), Edwin Correa
(3-5) and Mike Loynd (1-5) were
supposed to get better, not worse.
Texas finished with the worst pitch
ing in the West; the main man is still
Charlie Hough (18-13), provided
the 40-year-old knuckleballer
doesn’t get nailed too many times by
new balk rules.
Mitch Williams (8-6) did well in 85
games and teams with Dale Mohor-
cic (2.99 ERA, 16 saves) for a decent
bullpen. Manager Bobby Valentine
was disappointed to lose Steve Howe
to an alqohol incident and Brad
Arnsberg, a pitcher acquired from
the Yankees, for the season because
of an arm problem.
Ruben Sierra, at 22, has all the
makings of a big star. At 21, he hit
30 home runs and drove in 109
runs.
Larry Parrish still hits home runs
(32), Pete Incaviglia homered 27
times and Pete O’Brien is an unsung
first baseman (.286, 23 HR, great
glove). Texas needs Oddibe McDow
ell (.241) to rebound.
Seattle Mariners
Manager Dick Williams guided
the Mariners last year to their best
finish ever at 78-84. Williams is now
in his final season and would love to
put Seattle above the break-even
point, but it’s not likely.
Phil Bradley, a .300 hitter for four
seasons who never saw eye-to-eye
with Williams, was sent to Philadel
phia for Glenn Wilson and a young
pitcher. Wilson’s power might bene
fit in the Kingdome, although they’ll
miss Bradley more.
Alvin Davis (.295, 29 HR, 100
RBI), Ken Phelps (27 HR in 332 at-
bats) and Jim Presley (24 HR) are
the big bats. Harold Reynolds stole
60 bases and ended Rickey Hender
son’s eight-year reign in the AL.
Mickey Brantley (.302 in 92 games),
Mike Kingery (.280) and Scott Brad
ley (.278) are pleasant players.
The Mariners’ pitchers finished in
the middle of the pack and should
wind up there again. Mark Langston
(19-13 with AL-leading 262 strike
outs) is a bonafide ace. Mike Moore
(9-19) and Scott Bankhead (9-8 de
spite a 5.42 ERA) are in the rotation.
Ken Dixon, acquired from Baltimore
for Mike Morgan, and Steve Trout,
obtained from the Yankees for Lee
Guetterman, might also be there.
Edwin Nunez (12 saves) and Bill Wil
kinson (10 saves) head an adequate
bullpen.
California Angels
The Angels fell from grace
quickly after coming within one
strike of winning their first AL pen
nant in 1986. Manager Gene Mauch
has never won a championship in 26
years and may not get the chance
this season; he became ill and is be
ing replaced on an interim basis by
coach Cookie Rojas.
Wally Joyner showed he was no
rookie flash by hitting 34 homers
with 117 RBI in his sophomore sea
son.
Chcago White Sox
Rich Dotson, Floyd Bannister and
Jose DeLeon were traded away,
weakening the fourth-best pitching
staff in the AL. The White Sox got a
lot of potential in return, although it
won’t show this year.
Purr THLATRLS
THEATRE
GUIDE
man hype and pressure. Perhaps
that all came about as a result of his
interaction with nonathlete students.
Student athletes are being shel
tered and deprived of college expe
riences vital to their growth as hu
man beings. Just consider what a
vanilla university Texas A&M would
be if all engineering majors, or all
Students Against Apartheid mem
bers, or all transfer students lived in
separate dorms.
Some of A&M’s athletes seem sep
arated from the rest of the student
body. One friend of mine who’s an
athlete once asked me where I lived.
He had never heard of Crocker. I
explained it was across the street
from the Deluxe Burger Bar and La
Taqueria. He had never heard of
those places either.
Not that knowledge of the loca
tion of Crocker, Deluxe and La Tac
are vital for the survival of Aggies,
but those places are common hang
outs.
One Cain Hall resident admitted
to me that the only buildings he
knew on campus where Blocker,
East Kyle, the Commons and Cain.
That’s a shame.
Like Notre Dame, it’s time more
philosophy majors at A&M other
than Kip Corrington got to know the
athletes. A good start would be to
stop putting athletes in a special sep
arated category by placing them in a
palace to live. The current system is
separate and unequal. And believe it
or not, the athletes, even with their
luxurious dorm, are the ones miss
ing out.
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