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:h 22,1991 open SWC, host Hogs today Granger shines on the diamond ITS I t ” her ition looms ■n there- know, but iV — and I avis) being well as the situation," i a tough By Anthony Andro The Battalion It should come as no surprise lat Jeff Granger's favorite pro- issional athlete is Bo Jackson. Like the multi-talented Jack- on, Granger plays both football ind baseball. Granger, a freshman from tangeneld, doubles as a start- itcher for the Texas A&M aseball team during the spring ind a quarterback for the football tarn in he fall. They're both difficult," Gran- jer said. "Physically, I'd say [aseball is harder because you lave to do a lot of running. But, in football you take a lot punishment when the game itarts." He was redshirted last fall, but may figure into the Aggie quar- srbacking plans in the future. Bud this weekend. Granger and his teammates will open fteir 1991 Southwest Conference schedule by hosting the Arkan sas Razorbacks. The 17th-ranked Aggies will face the 21 st-ranked Hogs in a 7 p.m. game Friday at Olsen Field before closing the se ries with a 2 p.m. doubleheader. Arkansas, the defending SWC champion, comes into the week end with a Mentally, Granger has to ■tg 6 >are himself differently for "In baseball, the mental pre paration is real important to a pitcher because if you don't think you can win, you won't," he said. He has pitched well, striking out a team-high 45 batters in 29 innings. The young left hander has a 3-1 record and a 3.41 ERA. One of those wins was a one-hitter against Ari zona last weekend. "It's a 1 21-9 overall record and a 1-2 SWC mark after playing Rice two weeks ago.A&M is 23-9 after sweeping a double- header from the Univer sity of Texas- Arlington Tuesday 5-2, 7-5. Junior pitcher Ron nie Allen (4- 1, 2.48 ERA) is slated to start tonight for the Ag gies. Granger and junior Jason Hutchins (3-1, 2.61) will take the mound Saturday. A&M freshman Jeff Granger was a two-sport star at Orangefield High School last year. ways good to throw a one-hitter against a team like Arizona," he said. "I was feeling good and ig strikes with my de fense behind me." Granger said he is happy with his performance this year. "I feel I am doing a pretty good job," Granger said. "But, it can always be better." A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson has pitched the fresh man in big games against Loui siana State and Arizona. "It's always good to be put in situations like that," Granger said. "In those games, you really test your mental qualities be cause you never know what you can and can't do." Because he is always involved in sports, it is hard for Granger to concentrate on the books. "Doing two sports is a lot dif ferent because you miss a lot of class and the extra time you have to study is taken up by the other sport," Granger said. "It's a lot harder than I originally expected but you can do it." But, Granger is no stranger to the added pressure of playing multiple sports. "Ever since junior high, I Reserved seats sold out Although all reserved seat tickets for this weekends' three- game series against No. 21 Arkansas are sold out, general ad mission seats are still available. General admission tickets go on sale at the Olsen Field ticket booth two hours prior to game time each day. The gates will open this evening at 5 p.m. and Saturday at noon. A&M students will be admitted with their valid I.D. if they have an all-sports option to the general admission student sec tions in the upper deck on a first-come first-serve basis. General admission tickets will be sold to the general public and A&M students without a season ticket option on a first- come first-served basis. Ticket purchasers must enter the sta dium immediately to be guaranteed admission. Ticket prices for adults and students (without all-sports op tion) $3. Cnildren high school age and under get in for $2. played five sports," Granger said. He played football, baseball, basketball, ran track and cross country. But, Granger said his favorite sport is baseball. "I've played baseball since I was real little," he said. "Striking someone out or hitting a homer affects me more than football." Granger should know a little about both. He ended his high school career at Orangefield High School with a 16-1 pitching record and a 42-game hitting streak, and was named All-State quarterback. With spring football practice starting April 1, Granger said missing it will affect him. "I'm missing the experience, but right now I'm in a starting role with this team," he said. "I'll be able to catch up this summer when I come here for summer school." In the wake of Jackson's ca reer-threatening injury. Granger is not wonying about being hurt on the football field. "I try not to think about it," he said. "If I don't think about it, hopefully it won't happen." na a coach s so much over your hat feels. I n the past, ng that is It's a differ- n ready to ?ction." ilready had the Univer- end of last nded a few his former d time but eason con- Tagliabue promises NFL will avoid politics infuture r defends rules KOHALA, Hawaii (AP) —NFL com missioner Paul Tagliabue said Thurs day that he expects that the league will be more aware in the future of "politi cal clouds" in selecting Super Bowl sites. "One lesson we've learned is to be more conservative," Taglilabue said in news conference wrapping up this week's league meetings. "If you see a political cloud on the horizon with a potential Super Bowl city, maybe you table the presentation of that city." It was the closest Tagliabue has come to saying that the league made a mis take when it awarded the 1993 game to Tempe, Ariz., despite Arizona's lack of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr- After Arizona voters turned down a paid King holiday last November, owners moved the game to Pasadena. They also awarded the 1996 game to Phoenix on a contingency basis. "I don't think the policy I'm talking about would have changed what we did last March toward Phoenix," Tagli labue said. On other matters: — Tagliabue defended the tougher policy against demonstrations in both the end zone and sidelines, one that presumably will end the "Ickey Shuffle" by Cincinnati's Ickey Woods. "The coaches all felt that those kinds of demonstrations aren't professional," he said. "What about an offensive line man who pushes a defender all over the field, then gives ups a sack in the 59th minute then watches the guy do a sack dance?" — Tagliabue there was no progress on reaching a collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Asso ciation. He said there are no plans to end the draft, which according to the last negoatiated contract, ends after 1992. "I think the draft as constituted is perfectly legal," he said. — He said he thought the one-week hiatus between the championship games and Super Bowl worked well this year. There will be a two-week break before next year's game in Min neapolis. The league goes back to a one-week break for the 1993 and 1994 games. ler things,' at times, i, and you he year. It :hilly. It all hen you do mg, it tugs ifter a whi- 3SS ays ir spouses many psy- xcept those ' he says. 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