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McLane handles spotlight
that comes with ownership
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vlcLane Jr. is not a baseball nut
-■openAil j U th e learned a lot about it in the
nonths leading to his purchase of
he Houston Astros.
, Still, despite advice from As-
napwte I0S owner j 0 h n McMullen and
i*? V v 'is own years at the helm of a
Washing nu itibillion-dollar company,
^ McLane wasn't quite ready when
he spotlight hit the day in July his
«snap os ?urc hase was announced.
"We've had 50 times more
oublicity in the last six weeks than
n the past 33 years in business,"
1t*P dcLane said. "I missed under-
•'■A vBitanding the magnitude of that."
The Houston City Council has
eted him. Radio talk show hosts
lave called. And mail from As-
os fans has poured in.
"It's endless, from uniforms to
vho should sing the national an-
hem at the Astrodome," McLane
aid.
Major league owners are ex
acted to approve McLane's bid
or the Astros, along with one by
)etroit pizza entrepreneur Mike
litch for the Tigers, at a meeting
nSt. Louis this week.
The Astros deal, reportedly
alued at $115 million, begins a
najor transition for McLane, who
s tall and gregarious and still
alls himself a "humble little gro-
:er." Early next year, he will step
iside as chief executive officer of
4cLane Co. Inc., which he has led
or 27 years.
The company grew from a gro-
:ery started by McLane's grandfa-
her 98 years ago to become one of
he nation's largest grocery dis-
ributors and the biggest supplier
o convenience stores. Revenue
ivill exceed $4.5 billion this year.
In McLane's place will come
oe Hardin Jr., executive vice pres
cient of logistics and personnel
idministration at Wal-Mart Stores
re., which bought McLane Co. in
1990.
Wal-Mart reportedly paid
McLane 10.4 million shares of
stock valued at more than $300
million at the time, but worth over
$560 million today. The deal made
McLane one of the wealthiest men
in Texas. Forbes and Texas
Monthly have estimated his for
tune to be over $300 million.
McLane declines to discuss the
figures.
Hardin will be the first Wal-
Mart executive to work at
McLane's headquarters, a Frank
Lloyd Wright-styled building on a
bluff at the edge of this central
Texas city.
McLane had initiated the tran
sition before his talks with Mc
Mullen on the Astros turned seri
ous in June. But a company to run
the National League team and an
other to run the Astrodome,
which McLane is also getting from
McMullen, will be the first two
units of his new venture, the
McLane Group.
He eventually hopes to acquire
seven or eight enterprises in vari
ous industries and operate them
independently. His role: "head
cheerleader."
"I want to apply the principles
of leadership, honesty, integrity
and get people excited, really ig
nite them," McLane said. "I want
them jumping up and down like a
football team when they score."
His first challenge, though, is
baseball.
McLane enters the sport at a
critical time: attendance at major
league games is flat, a lockout is
possible in the spring because of
exploding player salaries and the
network TV contract is to be rene
gotiated next year.
McLane's speech quickens at
the prospect.
"That's why I like business.
I've always said the more compli
cated it gets, the better it's going
to be," he said.
"I thought 'Gee, wouldn't it be
fun to get involved with some
thing where there would be dif
ferent issues, newer issues and
you would get to meet a lot of
highly successful people?"' he
said. "You've got 28 owners and
they are highly successful, strong-
willed, want to be winners. I
thought that would really, really,
really be fun."
McLane plans to stick with the
Astros' current management, in
cluding general manager Bill
Wood and assistant general man
ager Bob Watson. But he may
open up the team to the free
agency market, which McMullen
refused to.
"We're exploring that. We
don't own it yet," McLane said,
declining to be specific because of
the league's "meddling" rule that
prevents non-owners from talking
to players.
"They've got a young, scrappy
group of players," McLane said of
the Astros. "They need two or
three more strong, impact players
that can make a difference for
them, particularly in pitching and
hitting."
But his assessment is based on
months, rather than years, of fol
lowing the team, or the game,
closely. McLane estimates he's
only been to about 15 major
league games.
"I'm a sports fan, have never
been a giant baseball fan, so I'm
really no great strategist,"
McLane said. "I have really been
overwhelmed at what a compli
cated game baseball is — unbe
lievable strategy in baseball."
Key in McLane's strategy will
be to keep the trust of Astros fans,
who were glad to see McMullen
go despite two division titles dur
ing his 13-year ownership.
"We need to make decisions to
protect our financial investment
but we need to make decisions for
the public. The public really gets
wrapped up in these teams.
They're kind of the mood of the
city."
Barone to host golf tournament, dinner
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Texas A&M head basketball
:oach Tony Barone
will host the
Barone Bash golf
tournament and
dinner, featuring
basketball hall of
famer A1 McGuire,
on Friday, Oct. 2.
"We're trying to
take every oppor
tunity we can to
get people inter-
asted in Texas A&M basketball,"
Barone said. "Being a very poor
but avid golfer myself, I know
most golfers will play any chance
Barone
they get. This gives them a chance
to play Pebble Creek and to sup
port our program."
The tournament will begin at
12:30 p.m. at Pebble Creek Coun
try Club in College Station, the
site of the 1993 Southwest Confer
ence Men's Golf Championships.
The dinner will begin at 7:30 p.m.
in the Grand Ballroom at the Col
lege Station Hilton, with cocktails
served at 7 p.m.
The tonament will have a
scramble format, and the $115 en
try fee will include green fees and
cart, lunch, ditty bag, dinner and
two tickets to the Dec. 5 basketball
home opener against Missouri.
Additional dinner tickets may be
purchased with the golf package
for $20
Tickets for the dinner are $25.
McGuire, former head coach at
Marquette and basketball analyst
for NBC, will be the featured
speaker. The dinner also will fea
ture a highlight video of the golf
tournament along with a presen
tation of awards.
"A1 McGuire is probably one of
the last true dinosaurs in the bas
ketball business," Barone said.
"He has experienced every possi
ble success in college basketball,
topped by his induction into the
Basketball Hall of Fame this year."
For golf and dinner reserva
tions, please contact Kevin Hurley
at the Texas A&M Basketball Of
fice (409) 845-4531.
Clemens
out-duels
Ryan, 3-0
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas- The
marquee matchup between
Nolan Ryan and Roger
Clemens was everything it was
supposed to be Monday night.
For seven innings, they du
eled with three-hit shutouts. In
the eighth, Boston broke
through for two runs and went
to beat the Texas Rangers 3-0.
Jose Canseco, making his
home debut for the Rangers,
went 1 for 3 and made a leap
ing catch against the right-field
wall. Still, he was reduced to
third billing as baseball's most
popular pitchers faced off for
just the third time ever. They
split decisions in early 1989.
Clemens (18-8) gave up only
three hits in eight innings, and
lowered his league-leading
ERA to 2.18. He struck out
nine, including a streak of sev
en in a row in the middle in
nings. He walked three and
also threw a pitch that hit Juan
Gonzalez, who left the game
with a bruised left forearm.
Clemens did not allow a fair
ball to be hit from the end of
the fourth inning until the
eighth. He came within one of
the AL record he shares with
Ryan and Ron Davis for most
consecutive strikeouts.
Ryan (5-9) is winless in his
last eight starts, going 0-6 in
that span. He allowed two runs
on six hits in 8 1-3 innings.
Ryan took himself out of the
game with a strained muscle in
his lower left back. Matt White-
side relieved and gave up a
run on Tony Pena's single.
Neither team put a runner
on third base until the eighth.
Herm Winningham led off for
Boston with a single, was sacri
ficed to second and took third
on a wild pitch.
Rookie John Valentin fol
lowed with his second double
of the game for a 1-0 lead. With
two outs, Scott Cooper hit a
grounder that glanced off the
first-base bag, and Valentin
scored on the single.
Clemens left after the
eighth, and Tony Fossas began
the ninth. The Rangers had
runners on first and third with
no outs. Joe Hesketh, the third
Boston pitcher of the inning,
got a game-ending double play
for his first AL save.
Several times during the
game, many of the 29,699 fans
cheered when nothing was
happening oh the field. They
were either watching or listen
ing to the Dallas Cowboys' sea
son* opener against the arch ri
val Washington Redskins,
played about 20 miles away in
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