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Texas A&M SPORTS The Battalion
Wednesday, September 2,1
Rangers react to Canseco trade
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"I was very disappointed in his
performance, but not from the
standpoint of being overly critical.
I see him as being a young guy
whose inexperienced and who ap
peared to be a little nervous."
Granger, himself, was equally
disappointed with his play last
week, but said that inexperience
or nervousness was not a problem.
"I felt pretty good," Granger
said. "I had the receivers there. I
just didn't do it. I felt confident in
my ability to read defenses. It's
just that I wasn't executing."
Slocum also noted that Michael
Hendricks will take over as start
ing strong safety in place of Steve
Kinney. Kinney severely injured
his knee last week against Stan
ford and will not be back for the
remainder of the season. Slocum
also said that receiver Brian
Mitchell, who suffered a broken
foot, should be out for four to six
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ARLINGTON, Texas - Jose
Canseco will be a big ticket draw
for his new team, but his debut at
Arlington Stadium in a Texas
Rangers uniform next week won't
be the only game in town.
Canseco will join his new team
mates in New York on Friday. The
Rangers' first home game with
Canseco, acquired in a blockbuster
trade Monday night for right field
er Ruben Sierra, pitcher Bobby
Witt and closer Jeff Russell will be
Sept. 7 against the Boston Red Sox.
Up the highway that same
night, the defending Super Bowl
champion Washington Redskins
visit the Dallas Cowboys at Texas
Stadium for the 1992 Monday
Night Football kickoff. That game
has been sold out for weeks.
And at Arlington Stadium, tick
ets were already hot items before
the trade because if the rotations
hold, Nolan Ryan will face Roger
Clemens.
That has only happened once at
Arlington Stadium, when the fire-
ballers squared off on April 30,
1989. The matchup drew 40,429
fans, a franchise record for a Sun
day game.
John Schriever, ticket opera
tions director at Arlington Stadi
um, said there was a slight boost
in sales Tuesday after fans heard
of the trade. But there were still
about 20,000 seats available.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jose
Canseco had been with the Texas
Rangers less than 24 hours when
the first hints of controversy waft
ed through the clubhouse.
Instead of hurrying to Kansas
City to be with his new team, the
former Oakland slugger sent
word h£ would join the Rangers
on Thursday in New York, leav
ing his new bosses and teammates
to explain his absence as no big
deal.
"What do you want me to
say?" manager Toby Harrah told
a questioner Tuesday as the
Rangers dressed for a game
against the Royals. "You have a
couple of days to report. You
don't have to report the next flight
out. I am very glad Jose Canseco is
going to join us on our off day in
New York. I honestly believe if
Jose stays healthy he's going to
have some great years in Texas."
Canseco, 28, was the center-
piece of the blockbuster deal of
the season Monday when the A's,
who are leading the American
League West, sent him to Texas
for pitchers Jeff Russell and Bobby
Witt and outfielder Ruben Sierra.
Canseco, a power-hitting out
fielder whose career has often
been marked by controversy as
well as feats of batting skill, is hit
ting .246 with 22 homers and 72
RBIs during an injury-dogged sea
son.
His new teammates figured the
unexpected nature of the deal
would cause anybody to spend
some time getting everything in
shape.
"It's got to be a shock for him,"
outfielder Kevin Reimer said. "I'm
sure he's got things to straighten
out in his own life. Things like this
catch you off guard. I'm sure he'll
meet us in New York and be
ready to play. We're looking for
ward to it. We're real excited to
have him."
"This could be a powerful line
up now," infielder Rafael
Palmeiro said. "Unfortunately,
everything Jose does is magnified.
But there's no doubt the Texas
fans are going to love him."
Harrah, who said he hadn't
spoken with Canseco since the
deal was made, hopes the slugger
can have a positive effect on such
players as Juan Gonzalez, who
leads the league with 38 home
runs.
"I know his teammates in Oat
land loved the guy," Harrah saw
"The guys here are going to life
him, too, as well as the fans. Hit
lieve he'll help other guysinthf
lineup, too. A young power
like Juan Gonzalez who is 22yean
old, it's not going to hurt tohavf
him in the lineup along with Juaa
When we get Julio Franco bacl,
the American League battinj
champion, you're talking abouli
lineup that ought to be ableti
score some runs/'
Harrah also figures Canseco's
power game is well suited to
Rangers' home park.
"It's a hitter's ballpark. He|
it up in that wind, it has a gi
chance of going out," Harrahsaii
"It's not a small park, butit'snfl
Oakland either. In Texas, it's5?
plus degrees and if you hit it,
goes."
Harrah said he's not worried
about recent statements Cansect
made about losing bat speed.
"How old is he? 28. Players
don't peak at 28," Harrah said,
"It s too bad he's under a
croscope so much that if he does
do something out of the norm or
little bit different, he's put on tlx
spot," Reimer said. "We all make
mistakes once in awhile. For most
people, it goes unnoted. But wit
him, there is always somethin;
watching everything he does.''
Gonzalez takes HR lead, but Rangers fall to Royals, 8-3
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - George
Brett's single moved him past
Mickey Mantle on the career RBI
list and capped a four-run seventh
inning Tuesday night that lifted
Kansas City over Texas 8-3 and
caused the mistake-prone Rangers
to waste a fine effort by Nolan
Ryan.
Ryan, trying to break a person
al five-game losing skid, struck
out five and did not issue a walk
and left after six innings with a 2-0
lead on Juan Gonzalez' American
League-leading 39th home run.
But he was relieved starting the
seventh by Todd Burns (3-5) and
the Rangers proceeded to self-de
struct. First Burns hit Brian McRae
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singled him to third. When David
Howard lifted a routine fly ball to
medium center, right-fielderjad
Daugherty collided with centei
fielder Gonzalez, who dropped
the ball as McRae scored.
Gregg Jefferies singled home
Thurman with the tying run and
then Howard scored the go-ahead
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Jose will fill stadiums in '93 as
well, and in 1994, Arlington will
be the home of the newest and
perhaps grandest new ballyard in
the world where the Arlington
Longhorns Little League squad
could sell out a game.
The trio of departed Rangers
were never that sort of draw, al
though Sierra probably should
have been.
Sierra was the first franchise
superstar that the Rangers had
ever developed from the minor
leagues to the big club, but his
welcome was wearing very thin
on the greatest fans in all of
sport.
The 27-year-old Puerto Rican
All-Star had angered fans and
teammates alike with uninspired
play, a mysterious family illness
that kept him in his homeland for
three games, and a slumping bat
that was no longer producing
runs at an acceptable level for
someone earning $5 million a
year.
Russell, a former All-Star as
well, was Texas' only likely clos
er before last night, but after
blowing a major league leading
10 saves this season he won't be
irreplaceable.
Which brings us to Witt, prob
ably the biggest disappointment
in franchise history.
Coming out of the University
of Oklahoma, Witt was the high
est rated amateur pitcher in the
history of one scouting service
and nearly as highly regarded by
every other.
But somewhere along the trail
from Norman to Arlington, Witt
forgot to throw strikes which is
detrimental to a career in which
strikes are the staff of life.
Almost everyone will agree
that the Rangers overpaid for the
pleasure of seeing the gigantic
Canseco stride to the plate four
times an evening. But that is not
the point.
The Rangers managed to un
load two former All-Stars that
they stood to lose at the end of
the season anyway through free
agency , and another pitcher who
was not fitting into their future
plans.
I will miss Ruben Sierra. I will
miss Jeff Russell and Bobby Witt
as well.
But all three will be dim mem
ories after the first time I witness
one of Canseco's titanic blasts in
a blue and white uniform.
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