The Battalion
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fhursday, May 3,1990
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He sun, and I remember diving for
it (on the play before). That’s the last
ing I remember. I don’t remember
tting up or getting ready for the
n^xt batter.
“I remember seeing Coach John-
n when I woke up, because he’d
:en there all the time, and I said,
loach, I don’t think I can finish the
ime.’ I didn’t even know it was
onday — I had lost all those days.”
H Robinson’s jaw was wired shut for
five weeks to prevent him from
opening his mouth. Of course, that
o prevented him from eating any-
ing this side of solid food.
For the next five weeks, Robinson
Ks limited to drinking milkshakes
aiid eating yogurt — anything that
jw$ smooth. It had to be strained be-
Huse there wasn’t any space for it to
gp through.
H But after the wires were cut two
eks ago, Robinson, who had lost
out 15 pounds from not eating,
s given the
[een light to
wnole
you-#* 1 -
When
Hey cut the
ICAI# r e s
miwT
1,” Robinson
id. “I just
t it in little
pieces and
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1*31 SHa use I
Huldn’t
Hew it. Now I can chew a little bit.
Hiis has been the first week that I
Hn barely chew. I’m eating anything
Hd everything now.”
•
—i H Dan Robinson remembers his re-
covery.
u' It wasn’t easy going from the Ag-
.Jjtgies’ team leader on offense to
^^tyatching his team go on without
Bn. But he said through it all — the
Hin, frustration and his doctors and
■aches not allowing him to practice
H even pick up a bat — his team-
Baates and the community helped
Hn with their support.
■ Cards poured into the Robinson
Up,,,Home in the Woodlands, Texas,
nc "'Hiere he spent most of his recovery
Jl£f|jtinie. Children would visit him in the
Hspital and ask him to get well be-
Scllt]$S ,lse c hey wanted to see him play.
H“The team has been really sup-
[wartportive — they’ve been great,” Rob-
. niBon said. “They give me a hard
nmUHie because of the stuff I’ve been
They’ve tried to blend every-
lUMtjjjing f or me a|; (]; a j n Hall. I’ve had
DOle# 38 * 1 m hkshakes and any kind of
Hiits — anything that would work,
ij* B“My teammates would always give
H a hard time about it, but they’re
:y St(ill happy for me. They say, ‘We’re
Hd to near you talk again.’”
leilSl Johnson may be happy just to see
Jp wield a bat again.
RThe Aggies’ offense has been ane
mic at best over the last month. And
Mth the team facing a crucial series
inst Houston last weekend, and
Dan Robinson
Battalion file photo by S. Weaver
Coach Mark Johnson (I) and trainers attend to Dan Robinson af
ter he broke his jaw in a collision with Trey Witte in March.
Arkansas this weekend, Johnson
said he’s happy to have Robinson
back in the lineup.
“Dan’s one of the guys who has a
chance to open a game up with the
long ball,” Johnson said. “Some of
the guys don’t have that ability. With
that in mind, we think maybe we can
get something generated if he can
get hold of some balls.”
That may have played a part for
last weekend’s pinch-hitting appear
ance, Robinson said. Johnson had
told Robinson before last Saturday’s
game to be ready in case he was
needed.
His chance came in the seventh in
ning.
“I got chills and goosebumps all
over my arms when my name was
called,” Robinson said. “It was just a
great feeling to be back. When I
walked up there, I asked (Johnson)
if we were going to take a strike —
because we usually take a strike
when we’re down a run.
“But he said, ‘No, you swing
away.’ He was hoping, too. I guess
he just had a feeling that I could do
something, like I could get an extra
base hit.”
Robinson didn’t. With his walk,
the Aggies had the baserunner they
needed to tie the game. Robinson
stood on first base wearing the pro
tective helmet the doctors make him
wear. The lower half of his face is
covered with a hard plastic shell, to
protect him from any sudden
movements.
Then came Weber’s repeated
pickoff attempts.
•
Dan Robinson remembers stand
ing on first base.
With pinch hitter Jeff Bernet at
the plate, Weber threw to first base
three times in hopes of picking Rob
inson off. But each time, Robinson
dove safely back into the bag.
He said he wasn’t thinking of a
possible collision with Houston first
baseman James Wambach, even
though it might have caused him re
injury. Robinson was thinking only
one thing — base hit.
“I wasn’t nervous, I was anxious,”
Robinson said. “I was ready to run.
On a double, I was going to score
from first base. I already had it in
my mind: ‘If he hits a aouble, I’m
scoring. I’m scoring.’ I was really
pumped up then, and I felt like I
could outrun Carl Lewis or some
thing—I was feeling that good.”
And Robinson said he’s feeling
much better since being allowed to
play again.
“The doctors didn’t release me
until the Houston series,” he said.
“I’ve been in the dugout for the last
four weeks. It’s kind of discouraging
sitting there. When the team’s doing
well, it hurts because you want to be
a part of it.
“When the team’s not hitting, you
say ‘Maybe if I was there, I could
have helped.’ You never know. But
I’m just happy to play again, to be a
part of this team.”
Robinson’s back, even though it
took a long road for him to get
there. Doctors wanted to make sure
bond between the jaw bones were se
cure before they gave him permis
sion to play. Any sudden movement
might have broken the bond, which
could have disfigured Robinson’s
face.
He wasn’t allowed to even pick up
a bat for three-and-a-half weeks, but
they did let him throw a baseball. In
the fourth week, he started running
again.
Johnson said Robinson has a good
chance to play in Arkansas this
weekend. The Aggies (42-15 overall,
10-8 in Southwest Conference play)
are fighting the Rice Owls for the fi
nal spot in the SWC post-season
tournament. A&M’s magic-number
is two. Any combination of two A&M
wins and Rice losses will give the Ag
gies the final playoff berth.
Rice finishes its season at home
against Texas Tech on May 11-12.
•
Dan Robinson remembers last
weekend, watching A&M’s chances
at the SWC Tournament start to slip
while the Aggies were being swept
by the Cougars.
It was the first three-game series
sweep of the Aggies at home since
Arkansas did it in 1987. With Robin
son at first base, Bernet struck out.
Down to their last out, Pyle ended
the game on a long fly ball to right
field.
That extra base hit Robinson was
hoping to try to score from first base
on, never came.
“There wasn’t much we could do,”
Robinson said. “The team did the
best it could, and it just didn’t hap
pen. It’s disappointing to lose, but
we just didn’t come together as a
team and play as well as we should
have.”
Robinson said his biggest problem
since coming back is regaining the
timing on his swing. Johnson said
that will come back in time. What
may never come back is Robinson’s
memory of his collision. Right now,
all he can do to remember the play is
watch it on film. Even that cloesn’t
help jog his memory.
But that may not be all that bad.
“I think it’s good that I don’t re
member that, because I’m not scared
to play now,” Robinson said. “If I
would have remembered it, I might
be a little more hesitant toward ev
erything, even getting close to some
body. But it doesn’t bother me at all,
so I’m glad for that.”
The Aggies are happy too. Robin
son’s return won’t bring the team
victories. But it certainly won’t hurt.
“I’m so anxious right now,” Rob
inson said. “I haven’t played in six
weeks, and I want to come back and
help the team. And I’m not going to
do it by myself — everyone else is
going to have to contribute like
they’ve always done.
“That’s what I’ve got to get in my
mind, that I need to just stay back,
stick to my game, try to get base hits
and get on base. I feel good. I feel
strong again.”
Aggie fans may remember that
for a long time.
ains threaten golf tournament
| IRVING (AP) — Continuing
Mins, which have flooded large por-
Hns of North Texas, threaten
Hiursday’s start of the Byron Nel
son Classic.
H‘Tm trying to figure out if we can
ay 36 holes on Sunday,” Mike
ea, tournament director for the
PGA Tour, said Wednesday.
MAbout four inches of rain fell
Wednesday on the TPC at Las Col-
ihas in the Dallas suburbs.
■ The heavy rains followed storms
last week which flooded large por-
d6ns of North Texas, caused mil
lions of dollars in damage, forced
tljousands from their homes and
Were blamed for the loss of seven
lives.
I Most of the area remained under
ash flood watch.
“The forecast is for more storms,
more of the same, tonight. Maybe
another 3-4 inches,” Shea said.
“We’ll play when we can.”
The pro-am was washed out for
the second year in a row and gave
the 156-man field a day off. For
many of them, it was not completely
welcome.
Leading money-winner Mark Cal-
cavecchia and PGA champion Payne
Stewart were among the group
looking to the pro-am as their only
practice round.
“I’ve played here so much, that’s
not really a problem,” Stewart said.
“But it’s the tournament and the
local charity that’s taking the beat
ing, and all those people who bought
the gold sponsorships and places in
the pro-am,” he said. “It’s a shame.”
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reeling off three consecutive run
ner-up finishes a month ago.
“The last couple of weeks I’ve
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to a new set of clubs at the start of
the year, but I’d played so bad lately
I thought I’d go back to the old set
just to make a change.
“But I didn’t get a chance to prac
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if I want to go with the old set or stay
with the new or what.
“If it was any other tournament
I’d probably just withdraw. But this
stretch — Nelson, Memorial, Colo
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tournaments. It’s a stretch I’ve been
looking forward to all year.”
playoff alive
NEW YORK (AP) -
Ewing kept the New York Knicks
in the playoffs Wednesday night
with 33 points and 19 rebounds
in a 102-99 victory over the Bos
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