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Thursday, October 4,1990 The Battalion Page 11 Rozier becomes a Falcon HOUSTON (AP) — Running )ac k Mike Rozier, waived by the Huston Oilers on Tuesday, was re- Ued with his ■ormer coach on , d n e s d a y Mvhen he was ■laimed by the \tlanta Falcons. Rozier was ■laimed only lours after he laid goodbye to iis former tctim nates and joked that he wouldn’t be jutof work very long. “I’ll probably be working by to- orrow,” he said. Although Rozier said the Los An gles Rams and Cleveland had ex pressed interest in signing him, he preferred to to play for the Falcons, Mike Rozier I d like to go down with Terry since I know the of fense and 1 know Jerry, Rozier said before leaving “ft won’t take too long to adjust to the offense. I can fit in and play this week if necessary.” Rozier led the Oilers in rushing tour stnught years and made the Pro Bowl in 1987 and 1988: But he was the odd man out in the Oilers new run-and-shoot offense that employs one running back. He gained a career-low 301 yards last season after missing training camp as a contract holdout and un dergoing knee surgery. Oilers general manager Mike Ho- lovak said he released Rozier when he couldn’t make a trade for the for mer Heisman f rophy winner from Nebraska. Rozier said he understood. “It wasn’t any bad feelings, it’s business,” Rozier said. “You’ve got to be prepared to go anywhere in the NFL. That’s life. It doesn’t bother me. “It’s a great organization and I have nothing to say bad about it. I came here in style and I’ll leave in style.” Rozier had 10 carries for 42 yards this season as the starting running back job went to Lorenzo White with Allen Pinkett as the backup. But Rozier said he had mixed feelings about leaving. “I couldn’t leave without saying good bye to all my boys,” Rozier said. “It was like a little family-type thing, so I had to come over and say good bye to them.” pirates, Reds start series familiar with each other CINCINNATI (AP) — Forget about home-field advantage for the National League playoffs and throw out post-season experi ence. The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates have little of that. Head-to-head results? Dead even. It’s hard to find an advantage for either team as the NL playoffs begin Thursday at Riverfront Stadiu m, and they kind of like it that way. it’s not going to be a thing about matchups or this strength against that weakness,” Pitts burgh’s Bobby Bonilla said. “It’s just going to oe two teams going after each other. It’s going to be a lot of fun.” They split their season series 6- 6ing up on each other. The Pi rates came to Cincinnati in mid- August and put together their first-ever four-game series sweep at Riverfront. The next weekend, the Reds took three of four in Pittsburgh. They proved something to each other: neither team can feel dominant in its home park. lelder. Continued from page 9 fished 18 times. Fielder, who walked and lined out n his first two at-bats, sent a 2-1 litch from New York Yankees ookie Steve Adkins off the facade if the upper-deck in left field. He ook four steps out of the batter’s iox, watched to see if the ball would look foul, and when it didn’t, he be- ran jumping up and down and lumping both fists in the air. The two-run homer put Detroit ihead 6-0 and gave Fielder 129 IBIs. He leads the majors in homers mdruns batted in. Fielder had gone 2-for-21 since iis last home run. His longest jrought of the year w ithout a homer ras45 at-bats. Fielder went 0-for-4 in each of the irsttwo games of the season-ending eries at Yankee Stadium. He struck ml five times, increasing his major league-leading total to 181, popped out twice and grounded to the mound. Of the last five players to hit 50 home runs, four were later named Most Valuable Player. The only one who missed out was Mantle, who hit 54 homers to Maris’ record 61 in 1961 in the home run race between Yankee teammates. For the second straight game, Ti gers manager Sparky Anderson moved Fielder from the third spot in the lineup to second, hoping to get him an extra at-bat. Fielder drew a walk in a four-run first, capped by Gary Ward’s grand slam, and lined out to left in the second. The historic homer was the third given up by Adkins in 24 innings. Fielder, 27, finished far ahead in the race for the home-run title. ngs finished off a 12-point run that (ave A&M a 14-2 lead before Ray- helle Michalke came off the bench lo deliver the winning point on a iervice ace. The Lady Aggies made a habit out f killing balls into the bodies of the 3wl defenders in the second game. iUO lice finally was able to get on the K icoreboard when the Owls’ Nicole B ® ifarber blocked an Aggie kill and nade the score 7-1. 11111 But the Aggies continued to roll the game, leaving the Rice de fense off balance. Michalke again tnished the game for the Aggies, his time with a booming kill. A&M continued to have problems inishing off its opponent in the bird game. The Owls’ Tricia Bowen, a 6-4 se- '■or, finally started making her pres- nce felt by blocking A&M shots and dding kills. Rice held serve for six wints to grab an 11-4 lead before lierholzer’s kill gave the Aggies heir seventh point. An Aggie kill went long and Rice wiled out the third game. Rice’s Bowen continued to keep he Owls in the match. But Michalke i .ady Ags Continued from page 9 McGee wins NL batting title in absentia OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Willie McGee won his second National League batting title while Rickey Henderson failed to win the Ameri can League crown, as the AL West champion Oakland Athletics lost to the California Angels 11-6 Wednes day. John Orton and Max Venable drove in two runs apiece in a seven- run fourth inning. Henderson, who needed to go 3- for-3 or 4-for-5 to catch George Brett for the AL League batting title, had one hit in three at-bats before leaving the game after four innings. Brett edged Henderson .329 to .325. McGee didn’t play but won his second batting title because his .335 NL average was frozen when St. Louis traded him on Aug. 28. Wudel. again came off the bench to fire off booming serves that tFirew the Owl defense off balance and gave the momentum back to the Lady Aggies. A&M ran off the last five points to end the fourth game and the match. Michalke’s supporting role was a boost for the Lady Aggies in the match. She had four kills in seven at tempts, but her serves kept the Rice defense in check when A&M needed it. “Sometimes it’s on, sometimes it’s not,” Michalke said when explaining her serve. “Luckily tonight it was on.” Michalke said the Lady Aggies’ victory let the Southwest Conference know the A&M team is for real. “We scared Rice. They don’t know what hit them,” she said. Hermesmeyer said the win is a boost for the team, as it continues conference play in Houston tomor row against the Cougars. The match will begin at 7 p.m. at Hofheinz Pa vilion. “It was a great start to conference play,” Hermesmeyer said. “I lelt good, we all did ... and we’re looking forward to playing Houston Friday.” Continued from page 9 the sports section. The games are there every week end. They are spread across a seven hour period of the day, and leave the viewers strung out with a mild case of indigestion from the garlic pizza and fiat beer that was finished off earlier in the third quarter. Studying is out of the question at this point. Monday rolls around. You just finished a long day of classes, the ones you were supposed to have read a multitude of chapters for but just couldn’t find the time. You eat a little supper and sit down just in time to watch Monday Night Football. Suddenly the good angel appears above you and gives you the “priori ties” speech. Then the bad angel ap pears, and refutes that theory with the “you only live once” argument. This is one of life’s more difficult de cisions. Once the bowl games and Super Bowl parties are over, there is still no relief for the college student turned couch potato. By this time basketball season is just getting warmed up, and games are played every day of the week. Terrific, more distractions and less chance to improve on the 2.5 grade point you were able to pull out in the fall semester. Here again you are sprawled out in front of the tube with your history test notes. You have every intention of recalling who was President of the United States before Lincoln and what the cause of the Great Depres sion was. But somehow the George town—North Carolina game takes precedence over the historical up bringing of the free nation which you are lucky to live in. And when finals arrive, pray your television goes on the blink or the weather knocks out the cable. Hats off to those persons who find a way to adjust their schedule to con form to the TV guide’s sports list ings. Thin Pizza in a Pan Our New pizza with a lighter, crisp crust. Thick Pizza in a Pan Our original pan pizza with thick, chewy crust. Stuffed Pizza in a Pan Our gourmet pizza with the goodies between two layers of crust. Try Flying Tomato's whole "Pizza In a Pan" - made to order anytime, any day - with your favorite fresh goodies and choice of three crusts! mm pm* 303 W. 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