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CHICAGO (AP) — Check your
wallet if the kids are hollering,
"Take me out to the ballgame." It
muld cost about $85 for a family
| of four.
[ That's the average cost based
on four game tickets, two beers,
four hot dogs, four soft drinks,
two souvenir baseball caps, two
programs and parking, says a
Jihicago-based sports business
newsletter.
The average cost of a ticket in
creased 7.7 percent over the past
“The C's had a good showiii y ear ' according to the survey by
(in Waco)," Schroeder sail Team Marketing Report. That's
"That's what the club (succes more than the consumer price in
comes from. The C's have a dex, which is rising at an annual
moved up to A's and B's." rate of 3 percent.
There are three races leftinlli I "We've found that teams are
Cycling Team's season, includii pushing their entire ticket price
the Southwest Texas Criteriur structure into a higher tier,” the
this weekend. If the Aggies finis newsletter editor Alan Friedman
the season as conference champ said,
ons, they qualify for national ' ^ ut hi stor y T>as shown that
which will be held in Rome,Ci fans will continue to attend games
this next month. at or near record levels. When fans
"We haven't done that wellii 3t0 P coming to the park, the teams
the past," Schroeder said. "Thai! will know they've outpriced the
why it's pretty nice. Afewofiin market."
better riders have really helps
the other riders along."
The cycling team meetsi
front of the Academic Buildinge
eryday at 3:30 p.m. for trainiiu
rides.
According to the survey, 21
baseball teams have raised ticket
prices. The Baltimore Orioles, who
are moving into a new stadium,
raised theirs the most for the sea
son, up 27.18 percent from an av
erage of $7.59 last season to $9.65
this year. Raising ticket prices the
least were the California Angels,
up 1.06 percent from an average of
$7.94 last season to $8.02 this year.
The average cost of a major
league ticket is $9.41, compared to
$8.73 last season.
The most expensive seats in
baseball cost $18 at Boston's Fen
way Park and Oriole Park. This
season, 26.3 percent of all seats are
priced $12 and above.
Ticket prices at Cincinnati,
Houston, Detroit, San Diego and
Oakland are the same as last year,
while Toronto and Montreal show
a slight drop in price because of a
change in the exchange rate of the
U.S. and Canadian dollars.
The newsletter's Fan Cost In
dex for a family of four increased
even more than the average ticket
price - up 10.4 percent.
Lakers spoil
Olajuwon's
return, 107-101
HOUSTON (AP) - AC
Green got 16 rebounds
scored 22 points, including!
game-breaker with five sec
onds to play, helping Los An
geles win their fifth-straigli
game with a 107-101 victoir
over Houston T uesday nigh
The Rockets lost des/if
the return of HakeemC^/y
won fro 1 hi T thref'-gdjH
pension. Ib was theirsiM
straight loss and they fellta
games behind the Lakersinfe
race for the No. 8 and M
Western Division playoff^
After the Rockets scofed
seven points, cutting Los An
geles' lead to 103-101. Grew
tipped in his final points wiili
five seconds to go and Terry
Teagle added two free throws
with one second remaining.
Olaju won scored 20 points
and got 16 rebounds. Oils
Thorpe scored 30 points and
got 12 rebounds in the Rock
ets' loss.
Aggies have their way
with UT-Arlington, 8-2
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deer
leep over the left field wall for a
4-0 lead.
The onslaught continued as
[the Aggies loaded the bases with a
hit batsman, a base on balls and a
bunt single by Thomas. A sacri
fice fly by Gonzalez and an RBI
single by shortstop Jason Marshall
increased the lead to 6-0.
Left fielder Jay Estes closed out
the rally with a fly ball that was
misplayed by UTA left fielder
Clay Gould that scored Marshall
and Thomas.
Johnson said the Mavericks
had a solid team, qpd beating
them in a mid-week game was
bigger than it seemed.
"UTA has a good ball club,
and some people don't realize
that," he said. "They have a real
good record and I was glad we
were able to win."
The Aggies travel to Lubbock
this weekend to open the second
half of their SWC schedule against
Texas Tech. A&M is currently in
second place in the conference
standings with an 11-7 record.
Johnson said his team needed
a good performance this weekend
to get momentum going for the
Aggies' trip to Lubbock and for
the rest of the season.
"It's going to be cold up there,
and we don't play well in that
weather," he said. "So I hope we
can go up there and play well.
"We didn't play very well up
there last year, but we're starting
to get things going and are getting
some guys back in the lineup, so
we'll see how we do."
KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
Stretch!
A&M catcher Rob Trimble reaches for a foul ball in the Aggies 8-
2 win over UTA Tuesday. Trimble dropped the ball in the attempt.
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Smith has strong showing in return to A&M lineup
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situation where I could ease into
the game with a sacrifice."
After that. Smith said he was
ready to go to the plate and take
his cuts.
"The rest of the night, I was
more relaxed and ready to play,"
he said. "I've been out for too
long and I was just ready to get in
there."
Smith said the foot didn't give
him many problems, but there
was some soreness after the game
which he expected coming off the
injury.
Johnson said Smith's return
will not only affect his team's of
fensive punch, but will also help
overall team confidence.
"Scott's home run was big be
cause it let everyone else relax at
the plate," Johnson said. "Things
like that are contagious, and so far
we haven't had anyone with a real
hot bat that helps everyone else
loosen up.
"All the guys are looking for
ward to Scott and Mike Hickey
getting back into the lineup, be
cause we've basically had to play
the entire first half without them.
It's tough to play without your
number three and five hitters. I'm
not saying they will hit .300 dur
ing the second half of the season,
but they will surely get some big
hits for us," Johnson added.
Smith complimented the work
his teammates had done during
his absence, and said he hopes he
can step in now and have an effect
on the second half of the confer
ence schedule.
"Rob (Harris) and Jay (Estes)
have done a great job while Mike
and I were out, and I hope we can
combine their play with my bat
and Mike's and have an impact on
the conference race," he said.
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players themselves. And because of that, In
diana might have a chance. This could be de
scribed as a game of gym rats. Laettner, Bob
by Hurley, Eric Anderson and Damon Bailey
aren't the kind of players born with the tal
ent, they have had to work for it.
This should make for a good physical
game, but Duke should prevail in the end.
Now that leaves Cincinnati and Michigan,
the two Cinderella teams in the tournament.
The Bearcats came into the tournament as a
No. 4 seed but have played like a No. 1 seed.
They beat Memphis State for the right to go
to Minneapolis and will come to the Final
Four as the team no one really knows about.
There could be a reason for that. Cincin
nati is 28-4 on the season but have taken a
pretty easy path to the Final Four. Wins over
Delaware, Michigan State, UTEP and Mem
phis State shouldn't really scare the Wolver
ines. But who knows? If Kansas and
Arkansas were not upset, maybe Cincinnati
would have beat them, too.
That leaves the Wolverines, or the UCLA
Bruins of the 1990s. This team is loaded with
the Fab Five of Chris Webber, Jalen Rose,
Juwann Howard, Ray Jackson and Jimmy
King. Sure they are all freshman, but they are
all athletes. If they stay together for the next
few years, there could be a true dynasty in
the making. If you don't think so, just ask the
Ohio State Buckeyes, the Wolverines last op
ponent.
The Michigan lineup is just plain scary.
The freshman can do it all. They will prove it
to Cincinnati and set up one of the more in
teresting championship games in a while.
On one hand, you have the Blue Devils,
who are trying to win back-to-back titles and
establish themselves as one of the best teams
ever. On the other hand, there are the
Wolverines, who could have the first of many
chances to prove that they are the best team
in the land.
Earlier this season, Duke beat Michigan in
Ann Arbor. But that was when the Wolver
ines were just 10 games into their season and
still trying to find their niche. Well, since that
time, they have discovered their niche.
In the end, it seems like the Wolverines
have too much athletic talent and Duke is a
step slow. Besides that, Laettner has already
used his miracle for this year.
Let the dynasty begin.
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