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Friday, May 3,1991
Sports
| The Battalion
Roger Clemens
finally serving
suspension term
By David Leahy
The Battalion
It seems appropriate that Major
League Baseball took five months to
finally make a decision on Boston
Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens'
five-game suspension and $10,000
fine.
To refresh your memory, Clemens
received this penalty from American
League president Bobby Brown way
back in November for shoving um
pire Jim Evans and allegedly cursing
home plate umpire Terry Cooney in
Game 4 of the 1990 American
League Championship Series.
Last Friday, Commissioner Fay
Vincent upheld Brown's ruling, and
Clemens' suspension went into ef
fect.
True, Clemens will only miss one
start, and $10,000 is not going to
make an enormous dent in his
$2,600,000 yearly salary, but what
took so long?
Some of Major League Baseball's
decisions seem to take almost as
long as some of the baseball games.
Remember the gambler Pete
Rose? Even though his situation was
a little more complicated than Clem
ens', it still took baseball almost 7
months to finally decide his fate.
To make matters worse, Clemens
was in the midst of a 30 consecutive
inning scoreless streak, which is on
hold right now so he can serve his
five-game suspension.
Major League Baseball should
have done him more justice. Maybe
Clemens deserved a more stringent
fine or a longer suspension (after all,
Rose was suspended 30 days in 1988
for shoving an umpire), but the pen
alty should have taken place at the
See Clemens/Page 6
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Aggies have revenge on their mind
Tim Holt ready for Houston
By Tim Schnettler
The Battalion
For centerfielder Tim Holt, the hard
est thing to swallow about this year's
baseball season has been his transition
from a starting role to that of a backup.
"Last year I started all but four or
five games, and this year I've only
started in four or five games," Holt
said. "That's been one of the hardest
parts of my college career."
This season Holt has provided the
Aggies with a backup centerfielder
who has both excellent speed and a
great glove in the field. Holt's playing
time has been mainly limited to the late
innings of the game, but he feels that
he is an asset when the team is in situa
tions with the game on the line. "I feel
that I have helped the team when I've
come into the game with my speed and
my defense," he said.
Holt and the rest of the Aggie team
travels to Houston today to take on the
University of Houston Cougars, and
the thought of revenge is in the back of
their minds. Last year the Aggies
needed just one victory in their three
game series with the Cougars to gain a
berth in the SWC post season tourna
ment.
The Cougars came to Olsen field and
swept the three game series from the
Aggies and dashed any hopes the team
had of making the tournament.
"The thought of revenge is there,"
said Holt, "but that is not the only mo
tivational factor."
The Aggies come into the series rid
ing a nine game SWC winning streak,
and having already clinched a playoff
berth. Holt feels this streak will pro
vide the team with as much motivation
as the revenge factor will.
"Right now we are on a big winning
streak, and no one wants it to end," he
Jay Janner
Tim Holt a starter on the 1990 Aggie baseball team, has seen limited action in 1991.
said. "To us that is more important
than revenge."
Although Holt does not start, he
says this season has been exciting, es
pecially during the last six weeks.
"To me the most fun has come re
cently," he said. "We've gone from be
ing last in the conference to first, and
from not being ranked to number eight
in the nation."
Holt, who was a member of the 1989
Aggie team that won four of five games
from Texas in dramatic fashion, feels
that the wins over U.T. this year were
more exciting.
"This year's wins over t.u. were
sweeter because they were ranked
number three and we were not ran
ked," Holt said.
The series against the Cougars closes
out the Aggies' regular season. The
next step for them is the SWC tourna
ment, which will take place at Olsen
field on May 16th through the 18th.
Holt feels that the home field advan
tage will play a big part in the tourna
ment.
"We have the best fans in the nation
and they are always behind us," he
said. "They provide us with that extra
boost."
Holt also feels the confidence the
team has will carry them a long way in
both the SWC and NCAA tourna
ments.
For Holt and the Aggies nothing
would be sweeter then a trip to Omaha
and the College World Series, except to
win it all.
Olsen hosts
tournament
From staff and wire reports
College Station — After sweeping
TCU this past weekend, Texas A&M
clinched a spot in the 1991 Southwest
Conference Post-Season Baseball Tour
nament and will host the event May
16-19 at Olsen Field.
A tournament reserved seat ticket
package for all games is $36. A general
admission tournament pass is being
sold for $25 each, regardless of age.
General admission tickets for indi
vidual games will go on sale at the Ol
sen Field ticket booth two hours before
gametime. Single game general admis
sion tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for
A&M students and high school age
and under.
Games are set for 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May
16-18). If a seventh game is needed, it
will be played at 2 p.m. Sunday, May
19.
For more ticket information, contact
the Athletic Ticket Office at (409) 845-
2311.
Entering the final weekend of SWC
regular-season play, only two teams,
Texas A&M and Texas, have clinched
berths in the four team field.
Four other teams are vying for the
other two slots. Baylor is currently in
third place with an 11-7 mark, and Ar
kansas is in fourth at 9-9. TCU and
Houston are tied for fifth with 8-8 re
cords.
All six teams play this weekend with
A&M traveling to Houston, Texas at
Arkansas, and TCU at Baylor.
Season ticket deadline
May 1 is the final day for Texas
A&M faculty and staff members to
renew their football season ticket
options.
Contact the A&M Athletic Ticket
Office at 845-2311, or stop by the of
fice inside G. Rollie White Coliseum.
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