Sports
Wednesday, March 24,1993
The Battalion
Page 5
DON
NORWOOD
Sports Editor
Sports, time
often make for
odd bedfellows
H aving
grown
up the
product of a
family full of
baseball and
football players,
I couldn't help
but become a
sports nut. It's
been a fact of
life for me as I
annually plan
my schedule
around specific
sporting events.
I'm even con
sidering getting
a grassroots movement together to
make major league baseball's open
ing day a national holiday.
Don't laugh. Hilary Rodham
Clinton is a Cubs fan.
I've come to the realization, how
ever, that maybe I'm assigning
sports a little too much importance,
no matter what my job title says.
The reason for the attitude switch
is one of those realizations that slow
ly creeps up on you, but turns out to
be painfully obvious in the end. It
has to do with time, and how fast it
passes. Or doesn't pass.
I have finally come to the conclu
sion that the more ideal the situation
surrounding my specific sports in
terests the faster time passes, and
vice versa. Like I said, it's so obvi
ous that it took me 23 years to figure
it out.
Looking back at the past eight
months, it's easy to see how this pat
tern developed. August sped into
late November as the Aggies soared
to their 12-0 record. The month of
December, as you might imagine,
was a stark contrast.
The capper was the first week of
1993. After Texas A&M lost to the
See Norwood/Page 7
A&M bats outslug Bearkats 11-7
Four home runs
propel Aggies
By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
Sam Houston State University tried to
give the Texas A&M baseball team a seri
ous case of "Kat" scratch fever Tuesday
night at Olsen Field, but A&M's bats suc
cessfully repelled the attack.
The second-ranked Aggies beat the
Bearkats by a score of 11-7 behind the hit
ting of catcher Robert Lewis, third base-
man Lee Fedora and shortstop Robert
Harris. With the victory, A&M improves
its overall record to 26-3.
"Sam Houston is winning games, and
they always match up well against us,"
A&M coach Mark Johnson said. "I was
proud of the way we hung in there
tonight and battled."
Sam Houston jumped on A&M start
ing pitcher John Codrington right off the
bat, scoring three runs in the top of the
first. The damage could have been worse
except for a great diving catch center-
fielder Brian Thomas made on a liner off
the bat of SHSU designated hitter Jamie
Branham.
"I think that play got us pumped up
and ready to go," Thomas said. "They
had already scored some runs, and I
probably saved at least one run."
Johnson was even more impressed
with Thomas's defensive gem.
"Brian Thomas made a major-league
play," Johnson said. "That really got us
going."
First baseman Billy Harlan started off
the home half of the first inning with a
double and scored when Sam Houston
catcher Rudi Garcia overthrew first base
on A&M second baseman Eric Gonza
lez's check swing roller in front of the
plate. After Harris was robbed of a hit by
Bearkat third baseman Heath Leay,
Thomas was plunked by a pitch.
Designated hitter Scott Smith struck
out, and then Fedora, who was nam^d
Southwest Conference Player of the
See Victory/Page 6
ROBERT ]. REED/The Battalion
A&M catcher Robert Lewis, far right, is congradulated by shortstop Robert Harris,
middle, and pitcher Brian Parker after hitting the first of his two home runs against
Sam Houston Tuesday night. Harris and centerfielder Brian Thomas also homered in
the Aggies' 1 1 -7 victory over the Bearkats, their second of the season.
Fedora earns
Player of the
Week honors
By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
Texas A&M third baseman Lee Fedora
capped off quite a weekend of play by
being named the Southwest Conference
Player of the Week Tuesday.
Against Texas Christian last Saturday
and Sunday, Fedora got seven hits in 11
at-bats as the second ranked Aggies took
two out of three games from the Horned
Frogs in SWC action.
Fedora celebrated his 22nd birthday in
style on Saturday by banging out four
hits in the doubleheader, which included
two home runs and six runs batted in.
He continued his torrid hitting on Sun
day/ registering three hits in four at-bats.
For good measure, Fedora also scored
three runs while stealing a base in his
only attempt.
"I have been swinging the bat real
well lately, and the momentum I have
built up has been nice," Fedora said. "I
have been hitting the ball well recently."
Fedora continued his hot streak Tues
day night, gamering two hits, driving in
one run and scoring two more in A&M's
11-7 victory over Sam Houston State.
"Recently, I have been hooked-up, and
everything has been dropping," Fedora
said. "The best thing is I have been hit
ting the ball hard."
A&M coach Mark Johnson said he has
been impressed with the sophomore in
fielder's performance at the plate this sea
son.
"He has been making real good con
tact for us, and I think that he is a key
man in our lineup," Johnson said. "We
need for his bat to stay hot."
Fedora, an A&M Consolidated prod
uct in his first season as a full-time starter
at third for the Aggies, hit for a .636 aver
age last week in games against TCU and
the University of New Orleans.
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