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But that's a long way off. Now is the time where people make their lame-brain predictions about what teams will smell success and why the Rangers will stink once again. So here goes. The American League is a lot more normal than the National League. It's a little easier to figure out than the Senior Circuit. The AL East will be a two-team race, just like it has been for the last five or so years. The Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays will again dominate their division. Every sea son it seems like these two teams go back and forth until the last week of the season, when one sweeps the oth er in a crucial series and wins the di vision title. Last season, the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox. This season it will be the other way around. The Red Sox acquired pitcher Frank Viola and he will be the differ ence. He, along with Roger Clemens, should bring the division title back to Boston. Also, look for Red Sox out fielder Phil Plantier to be a big addi tion to the team. How big? Start thinking along the lines of 30 homers and 110 RBIs. Rangers fans won't have much to cheer about. But they can look on the bright side of things. They will be competitive this season. Another year of .500 ball in Arlington can be See Andro/Page 10 A&M rebounds against Lamar Jason Marshall flags down a throw from homeplate in order to stop a steal by Lamar. The player was safe. Aggies eliminate errors, pitch solid to freeze Cardinals 5-2 By Steve O'Brien The Battalion Two things failed the Aggies last Saturday when they lost both ends of a doubleheader to Baylor. The A&M defense committed critical errors and the Aggies pitching staff had control problems. Tuesday night, the Aggies reme died both. A&M left-hander Jason Hogue al lowed four hits and one run in five innings of work as the Aggies beat Lamar, 5-2, in front of 629 fans at Olsen Field. The two-hour, seven- minute game was played in 46 de gree weather. The victory improved the Aggies record to 14-7 on the season. Lamar fell to 12-7. Lamar right-hander Stephen Westbrook (1-2) gave up five runs in six innings of work to take the loss for the Cardinals. Senior right-fielder Jay Estes led the Aggies on offense, going 2-for-3 with two RBI. Hogue (1-0) gave up no walks and struck out four as he notched his first win of the year. Freshman right hander Brian Parker took the mound for A&M to start the sixth and gave up one run on one hit. "I had a tough time getting ahead of the batters,' Hogue said. "My curve ball saved me. "I just try to throw strikes and let the defense get some work." The defense got the work and an swered by playing errorless ball the entire game. A&M pitchers threw 13 ground outs, including the game's only double play that ended the sec ond inning. Freshman left-hander Trey Moore finished the game for the Aggies, working two scoreless innings and allowing no hits. He struck out three. A&M head coach Mark Johnson said he was pleased with his team's performance. "Our batting practice before the game may have been the best one of the year," Johnson said. "Our pitch ing was good. Our young guys got (the pitches) in there and that's im portant." Hogue said Johnson wanted the team to bounce back from the losses to Baylor. "Coach Johnson did a good job pumping us up for the game," Hogue said. "He told us to keep our heads up and keep playing." Lamar opened the scoring in the top of the first when third baseman Kevin Miller drove in Bryan Lovelace from second off a fielder's choice. The Aggies answered in the half of the first with four runs. Estes drove in Billy Harlan from second and Rob Trimble from first with a standup triple in the bottom of the first. The Aggies completed their scor ing with one run in the fifth. With one out, Eric Gonzalez pulled a dou ble down the right field line. Short stop Jason Marshall then singled to bring Gonzalez home. Lamar scored its final run of the game in the seventh. King of the Court Brown pushes A&M tennis team to fast start with tough leadership By Anthony Andro The Battalion T he way Doug Brown plays tennis could have been summed up in last weekend's H.E.B. Teams Championship. Brown not only won all three of his matches, but was involved in a mi nor skirmish with a Clemson player after one of the matches. Both are typical results for Brown. "He's just a tough street kid," A&M men's tennis coach David Kent described. "If you're going to be on the streets of New York City, you want to have him. "He's just a tough kid, he never quits and is an overachiever." Brown's overachieving has paid off for the Aggies this spring. He has a 10-1 singles record this season and is 5-7 in doubles action. A se nior from Houston, Brown has com piled an 88-42 singles record throughout his career at A&M, His doubles over that span is 60-31. Brown believes singles play is his strong suit. "The way my games set up makes it singles," Brown. "My abil ity to keep the ball in play. That's what I try to do, just keep running See Brown/Page 8 Battalion file photo Senior Doug Brown has esablished himself as a leader this year on the A&M tennis team. Lady Aggies begin tourney against SMU From Staff and Wire Reports Ironically, Lynn Hickey's Lady Ag gies will be the home team tonight when they play Southern Methodist University in the Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament in Dallas. By virtue of A&M's win over higher- □ SWC Women's brackets Page 10 seeded Texas during the regular season, the 4th-seeded Lady Aggies will be con sidered the home team in SMU's Moody Coliseum when they face the 5th-seeded See Lady Aggies/Page 10 The Texas A<SlM University Student Publications Board is accepting applications for Editor, The Battalion Summer 1992 The summer editor will serve from May 25, 1992, through August 7, 1992. Editor, The Battalion Fall 1992 The fall editor will serve from August 17, 1992, through December 11, 1992. • Qualifications for editor of The Battalion are: Be a student at Texas A&M with a minimum 2.0 GPR at the time of appointment and during the term of office; At least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The Battalion or comparable student newspaper, OR At least one year editorial experience on a commercial newspaper, OR At least 12 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303 (Media Writing I and II) or equivalent. The 12 hours must include completion of or enrollment in JOUR 301 (Mass Comm Law) or equivalent. Editor, Aggieland 1993 The Aggieland editor is responsible for staffing, producing and promoting A&M's 1993 yearbook. 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