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The Battalion
SPORTS 9
Tuesday, February 21,1989
Aggie softball in rebuilding year
Brock’s 9th-ranked Aggies start season today at No. 13 UTA
By Stan Golaboff
SPORTS WRITER
They say if something happens in
Aggieland twice, it becomes a tradi
tion.
The Lady Aggie softball team is
counting on that proverb.
A&M, ranked ninth in preseason
polls, begins what can only be called
a rebuilding year today when they
face No. 13 University of Texas at
Arlington.
However, the last time A&M was
supposed to be rebuilding, they won
the national championship.
“Rebuilding worries us and it
doesn’t,” Head Coach Bob Brock
said. “If you are rebuilding, what
ever you can get out of this year will
help you in years to come.”
Despite the fact that A&M is
ranked ninth, Brock is not sure if his
team is the ninth best in the country.
"The ranking is quite a tribute to
the girls on the team, especially
when you consider all of the things
that have happened to us,” he said.
Brock is entering this season with
just 13 players on the team. That
leaves just three players on the
bench.
Aggie Softball
• WhatrNo. 9 A&M plays a double-
header at No. 13 Texas-Arlington
• When:Today at 4 p.m.
• Where:Arlington Athletic Center.
“We are a little low on numbers,
but I think we can manage,” he said.
“These girls are all good athletes and
they have the desire to do what it
takes to win.”
With only 13 players on the ros
ter, it goes without saying that the
team can not suffer a rash of injuries
like last year when five players were
out at one time.
“We can’t have any injuries,” he
said. “We might be able to get by
with one, but any more could be di-
sasterous.”
One problem Brock shouldn’t
have to face this year is having just
one pitcher. Last year when Cathe
rine Steadman broke her leg, A&M
had to rely on Julie Carpenter to
pitch every game.
Carpenter pitched in 61 games
last year posting a 40-21 record.
A&M was 43-21 last year.
“We had to put Julie in a glass
cage last year to try to protect her
from injury,” Brock said. “Hopefully
we won’t have that problem this
year.”
A&M will be relying on the pitch
ing arms of freshman Dana Mitchell
and junior college transfer Michelle
McSpadden to lead them to victory.
“Both Dana and Michelle have
had some good outing in practice
and if we can get good performance
from them, we should be able to win
a lot of games,” he said.
“In softball, pitching is every
thing. If we can answer some of the
question marks about our pitching,
who knows what we will do.”
The mound is not the only place
where the Aggies will need answers.
Brock has moved some several play
ers into new positions this year.
The most talked about shift is
Carrie Heightley’s move from
catcher to first base and her subse
quent move to shortstop this year.
“I have no doubt in my mind that
Carrie can play shortstop,” Brock
said. “She is an awesome athlete and
will make the transition. She was ten
tative at first, but she has practiced a
lot and I think she is better than
some of our previous shortstops.
“She could be an All-American at
shortstop, she’s that good of an ath
lete.”
Taking over behind the plate is ju
nior Erika Eriksson.
“If it wasn’t for Erika, I wouldn’t
even think about moving Carrie to
shortstop,” Brock said. “Having
Erika let’s us do somethings we nor
mal wouldn’t be able to.”
Taking Heightley’s place at first,
where she played last year, is fresh
man Michelle Mayfield. Another ad
dition to the infield is Renee Blaha at
third base.
“If we have some good practices
before the season opener we should
be ready,” Brock said. “If we are
See Softball/Page 10
Rain gives Aggies
extra home game
By Jerry Bolz
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Texas A&M baseball fans get a
treat today when the Aggies take on
Sam Houston State at 3 p.m. on Ol
sen Field. The game, originally
scheduled to be played in Huntsville,
has been relocated due to wet
grounds at the Bearkats field.
Aggie Baseball
• What:6th-ranked A&M (7-0) hosts
Sam Houston State (4-2).
• When:Today at 3 p.m.
• WhererOlsen Field.
The Aggies are fresh off a two-
E me sweep of Northeast Lousiana
it weekend to up their record to 7-
0.
T he undefeated start has moved
the Aggies to No f> in the nation
according to the ESPN/Collegiate
Baseball poll and No. 8 on Baseball
America's list.
The Bearkats are 4-2 on the year
after taking three of four from Pan
American over the weekend.
Sam Houston sends righthander
Bubba Butler (2-0) to the mound to
face A&M’s Keith Langston (1-0),
also a righty.
The Aggies faced Pan American
in their season-opening series and
took all three games. After the series
A&M led the Southwest Conference
teams with a .389 batting average.
Since the game with Sam Houston
was not originally scheduled to be
played at Olsen Field, only general
admission seats will be sold. Season
tickets won’t be honored.
Tickets go on sale at 1:30 p.m. at
the Olsen Field gate. Adult tickets
are $2, high school age and under $1
and A&M students with a season
pass and an I.D. get in free.
Despite the game location being
switched, the game between the two
teams scheduled for April 4 at Olsen
Field will not be changed.
Coaches need to use a firm hand while dealing with players
To kids who grow up playing sports, few
people have equal influence on them than
coaches.
A good coach not only makes a season
successful and enjoyable, but leaves an
impression on children that lasts. An
impression — good or bad — affects the
child until it is either reinforced or changed
by someone else.
From coaches, kids learn proper form
for batting and throwing a baseball. They
learn how to defense the wishbone offense
in football, or how to kick a soccer ball with
the greatest accuracy and distance.
Kids also pick up on other things that
coaches might not teach directly, but are
learned just as well. Unfortunately many of
these lessons aren’t good. Athletes learn
things like how to influence others
negatively using their status as an athlete or
how to take advantage of others with that
status.
With all of the NCAA violations against
coaches and players around the country,
and criminal incidents involving athletes
Jerry
Bolz
Assistant Sports Editor
like those at several universities, you have to
look and see how coaches are influencing
the players.
Growing up in athletic programs the last
15 years, I’ve seen some changes in how
strict coaches are with players. I feel
privileged to have always been on teams
with coaches who demanded the players’
attention at all times.
It was the days when a spirit of
foolishness fell on all the players and the
practice session went into disorder that I
really appreciated a coach with a firm hand.
Those days seemed fun for a while —
practical jokes, giggling and just general
funning around — but it got old soon and
players realized it wasn’t much good goofin’
off.
But things like being allowed to goof
around on a pee-wee team can get a lot
worse when little leaguers grow up.
A good coach makes kids feel like they
are part of something worthwhile, where
they can see the result of their work. Kids
realize when they’re goofing around that
they aren’t really pursuing anything
worthwhile and it bothers them; at least it
did me.
Kids need to be corrected. They scream
for attention. And if they are not corrected
for mistakes — which might hurt them a
little then — but are ignored, they are
capable of doing any number of rebellious
things to get attention — which can hurt a
lot more in the long run.
But it seems that coaches these days,
especially in colleges and high schools —
and without a doubt on the pro level — are
content to give players free reign and let
them act like wild stallions.
Part of it I can understand. When kids
get to be 16 or 17 years old, they are
physically adults, and a coach must show
them respect to get respect back. When an
athlete gets to be older than 20, there is no
question they are physically mature and
worthy of respect.
But adult coaches need to realize the
positive effect of discipline on an athlete
that builds respect for authority. Coaches
are throwing the baby out with the bath
water when they abandon discipline for the
reason of not making athletes feel
immature or childish.
Kids (infancy to college age) need
discipline. They need to understand
authority and that they are under it. I’m not
talking about the authority of an angry
coach punching out a player. I’m talking
about a man or woman who knows when to
constructively tell an athlete he’s out of line.
Look at college football. Big-name high
school athletes are catered to all their young
lives. When they are pursued by every
school in the nation and they pick one, they
might feel like they have some pull around
the school. Really, a lot of them seem to
think they can get away with anything.
I understand that college coaches are in a
tough position. They’re stuck right between
the big-name athletes who want their way
all the time and a school who wants the
athletes to play there no matter what he acts
like.
But that doesn’t make it right for a coach
to step back and let an athlete run free
when he’s breaking every moral code and
law there is.
It’s not right. With the authority coaches
have, or should have, they should take the
responsibility of keeping athletes in line —
for everyboay’s good.
It is disheartening to see athletes, who
were once full of character and integrity,
receiving the admiration of everyone when
they can’t even respect therhselves.
Something needs to be done, and coaches
are in the right place to do it.
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