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SPORTS
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Monday, April 24, 1989
Aggies win two of three over TCU
Knox curtails A&M hitters to give Frogs victory in first game
BOM STAFF & WIRE I
RUSTON, La. —
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ding the distance a
fechsters 2-1 in the
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The Lady Tecnste
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By Jerry Bolz
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Texas Christian pitcher Kerry
Knox held high-powered Texas
A&M to seven hits in a 4-2 victory
Friday, but the Aggies exploded for
24 runs to win the final two games of
the three-game series 14-3 and 10-5
Saturday.
Knox, a senior lefthander, bound
the Aggies with good placement of
his fastball and curve. A&M found
themselves in a position they have
been in a lot recently — they were
behind going into their last at-bat.
This time the opposition was
stronger than the Aggie hitters.
“We’ve been putting ourselves in
that position a lot,” said John Bying-
ton, A&M’s leading hitter. “We need
to get out in front early — it didn’t
happen today.”
Aggie Coach Mark Johnson
Aggie Update
• Score: A&M wins two of three
from Texas Christian by scores of 2-
4, 14-3 and 10-5.
• Record: 46-3.
• Ranking: First.
• Next games: A three-game SWC
series against Houston beginning at
2 p.m. Friday at Cougar Field in
Houston.
wasn’t discouraged and said a come
back win isn’t going to happen every
time, but they needed to win the fi
nal two games of the series.
“I don’t think our guys will be
down,” he said. “We need to hook
up, win the ball games and get on
the road.”
A&M (46-3, 13-2 in Southwest
Conference), played more like their
No. 1 ranking the rest of the series.
Eric Albright, who had two home
runs for the Aggies in the third
game, said the team was not moti
vated in Friday’s game.
“Yesterday we came out pretty
flat,” he said. “Today we showed
what we can do. We really came out
and played with a mission.”
In the series opener, the Horned
Frogs started strong by getting their
first two men on base. Darren
Thorpe and Chad Shipes both sin
gled off A&M starter Pat Sweet (7-3,
3-2 in SWC with the loss).
Thorpe was running on Shipes hit
and made it to third safely. Shipes
then successfully stole second and
Photo by Mike C. Mulvc}
A&M shortstop Chuck Knoblauch makes Chad Shipes in the first game of a double-
the first out of a double play against TCU’s header Saturday. The Aggies won 14-3.
Thorpe snuck home on the play to
give TCU a 1-0 lead.
The two caused more trouble for
Sweet in the third inning. Thorpe
walked and stole second. He moved
to diird on a sacrifice grounder by
Shipes and scored on a sacrifice by
Paul Gonzalez to make it 2-0 TCU.
The Aggies worked Knox for a
run in the fourth as Mike Easley
walked, stole second base and scored
on a bloop single by Travis Williams.
A&M tied the score briefly at 2-2
in the fifth inning. This time it was
Kirk Thompson who walked, stole
second and scored on a single by
Chuck Knoblauch.
The Horned Frogs went ahead
for good in the bottom of the fifth as
Shipes scored from third base on a
double by Tom Hardgrove to put
TCU up 3-2.
TCU picked up their final run in
the eighth when Gonzalez walked
and scored on Hardgroves deep fly
to center field. Thompson, A&M’s
center fielder, lost the ball in the
sun.
The. Aggies busted loose early in
the second game of the series, taking
TCLT starting pitcher Scott Thoma
for three runs in the first inning.
Thompson and Terry Taylor got
things started with walks and Knob
lauch loaded the bases with a single.
Byington hit a sharp line drive to
right field to score Thompson and
Andy Duke doubled to left to score
Tavlor and Knoblauch, giving the
Aggies a 3-0 lead.
The first inning was just a primer
for the second, however, as AM
knocked TCU for seven runs on sis
hits.
Jim Neumann walked and went to’
third on a bunt single hv Blake We
and an overthrow to first by Thom.
Neumann mi Pyle scored and
Thompson went to second on his in
field lap and another throwing error
by TCU.
Thompson scored to make itM
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Sports. It’s the one topic that affects the lives
of most Americans in one way or another.
Whether you are a die-hard sports fan or related
to one, the activities often shape your lifestyle.
Within the past decade, one television network
has come to the forefront in sports coverage.
I’m talking about ESPN.
Before the emergence of this wonderful 24-
hour, all-sports TV channel, life for the sports-
hater was easy. When I was younger and my
father made all the decisions about what we
watched, I had to accept the fact that I could
either watch whatever sport was on television or
not watch it at all.
I’ve grown to enjoy watching football and
baseball games and even catch myself reading the
sports pages occasionally to catch the latest
scores. But sports is hardly my favorite pastime.
Now, thanks to ESPN, I can watch all the
sports all the time. And it’s not just the main
events, such as football, basketball, baseball and
golf. ESPN also covers the less publicized sports
— wrestling, fishing, snow-skiing, tractor pulls,
CBA basketball, beach volleyball, hockey, college
athletics, skateboarding and various
miscellaneous shows, just to name a few.
Is a 24-hour sports channel really necessary?
Who, besides the participants and their
families really cares about watching
skateboarding or beach volleyball tournaments?
Sure, they are fun to watch for a few seconds, but
you would have to be extremely bored to spend
more time than that. However, I must admit that
the scenery during the volleyball games adds
interest to the matches.
‘Part of the network’s appeal is probably due to
the wide variety of events they cover. Some
people are probably crazy enough to spend
hours watching tractor pulls, but I’d rather go
shopping for tractors. At least I’d be interacting
with people.
Their sports coverage also includes wrestling,
a sport previously limited to late-night weekend
time slots. Tm so thrilled to have even more
oportunities to watch grown men in outrageous
costumes throw each other around the ring.
What would the world do without adequate
coverage of the fishing tournaments? It’s bad
enough to actually go fishing, but to watch it on
TV? You don’t even get to play with the worms.
If you are unfortunate enough to miss all these
exciting sports, ESPN comes to t he rescue by
having three 30-minute sports update shows,
highlighting the day’s events.
ESPN does a good job covering every sport
imaginable, but their behavior and the behavior
they evoke from fans is less than desirable.
For example, when ESPN covered the Texas j
A&M-University of Texas baseball series two
weeks ago, they came to College Station and
turned Olsen Field upside down. Platforms had
to be set up for their cameras, the regulars were
forced out of the press box, and the fans turned
into suckers, willing to do anything to get on
television.
In the final game, one fan moved from his seal
two sections away, approached the ESPN
cameraman with a homemade sign combining j
the letters E-S-P-N and an Aggie slogan, and j
asked if he could be shown on televison for the
people at home.
The moron then moved about 15 seats away
and nonchalantly positioned himself with the
sign facing the camera. Do you really think he
was watching the game? I doubt it — he just
wanted his friends to tell him they saw him on i
TV. I guess his day was made when the
cameraman finally focused on him.
But the foolish behavior doesn’t stop there.A
group of lot mer students and their families, who
were sitting close to the cameraman behind home
plate, became ecstatic when he focused on them.
The thumbs were all in the “gig ’em’’ position
and their smiles extended the widths of their
faces. If they only knew the red lights, signifying
the camera was in use, were not lighted, the
smiles probably would have disappeared.
Our baseball team deserves national
recognition, but we cotdd do without the uproar
caused by ESPN. The fans can be themselves and
resume their pre-celebrity behavior and we can
all enjoy the games.
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