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Sports
Wednesday, April 7,1993
The Battalion
Page 5
Guzman has
WGN to thank
for losing no-no
DAVID
WINDER
Sports Writer
H arry
C a r a y
should
be fired.
Steve Stone
should be fired.
Thom Bren-
naman should
be fired.
Why should
the entire
broadcasting
team of the
Chicago Cubs
get their walk
ing papers?
They cost Cubs'
pitcher Jose
Guzman a perfect game against the
Atlanta Braves.
Anybody involved with baseball
knows that when a pitcher is throw
ing a perfect game/no-hitter, you
are not supposed to mention it be
cause it wi h j inx the game. But
somebody forgot to tell the stooges
up in the WGN broadcast booth.
It all started in the fourth inning,
when it became apparent that Guz
man was on the verge of doing
something special. Up to that point
he was perfect. Watching it at home,
I knew something remarkable was in
the making, but I did not dare men
tion it. But Steve and Thom did. It
was like they were addicted to the
phrase "perfect game".
"Guzman strikes out Pendleton,
and he still has the perfect game."
"Justice pops it up to shallow cen
ter, and Guzman still has his perfect
game."
"The wind blowing in at five
miles an hour, perfect weather for a
perfect game."
This continued until the seventh
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Back at you
CRAIG FOX/The Battalion
A&M's Mark Weaver delivers a backhand Tuesday against Southern Methodist's
Greg Bov/ery. Weaver, the 46th-rankedplayer in the nation, won his third straight
match as he led the Aggies to an easy 5-2 win over the Mustangs.
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Preston adjusting to
new role this spring
By WILLIAM HARRISON
The Battalion
When Texas A&M's starting quarter
back, Corey Pullig, went down last
week during spring practice, A&M of
fensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach Bob Toledo went for number two.
College Station product Tommy Pre
ston.
Preston has received most of the
snaps in practice after Pullig went down
with a strained medi
al collateral ligament.
Although the injury
did not require
surgery, it did knock
Pullig out for the
Spring, leaving Pre
ston at the number
one spot.
"If we had to go
into a game right
now, obviously he'd
be number one be
cause Pullig is hurt,"
Toledo said. "Corey Pullig is our quar
terback and Tommy is our backup right
now. Everybody else is battling from
there."
Preston said Pullig was having an
outstanding spring training as the Ag
gies' quarterback until he went down,
but Preston said his goal is to take Pul-
lig's starting job.
"If I don't tell myself that I'm press
ing for the starting job. I'm going to get
lackadaisical and stop doing the things
I've been doing to get the number two
spot," Preston said.
"(Pullig) was doing pretty much
everything he should be doing as start
ing quarterback.
"I don't know everything (yet) - if I
did. I'd be starting quarterback."
At A&M Consolidated, Preston made
a name for himself as one of the top
prep quarterback prospects in the state
^ after leading his team to the state finals
.afeV!-
Preston
and the state semi-finals in his junior
and senior years, respectively.
However, after passing for 2,783
yards and 23 touchdowns, as well as
garnering several post-season player of
the year honors, Preston has been
forced to bide his time learning the of
fense at A&M.
"I've been a lot more relaxed and
comfortable with the offense (this
year)," Preston said.
"I would like to think that the spot's
up in the air, and that's what I've got to
think in order to keep competing for the
starting job."
As the number two quarterback, Pre
ston said he has maintained this atti
tude and worked harder and longer to
prepare for the job and compete for the
number one slot.
Toledo said Preston has been im
proving in his three years at A&M be
low starting quarterbacks Bucky
Richardson, Jeff Granger and Pullig.
"Mentally he's understanding things
better, and physically he's understand
ing what fundamentals and techniques
he needs to compete for the starting
job," Toledo said.
"When he was in high school, he ran
out of the shotgun all the time, and he
never had any drop-back fundamentals
and keying defenses and that kind of
thing."
Toledo said Preston had a lot of po
tential, and looked sharp enough to lock
up the second slot, but Pullig had made
an impressive showing in his short stint
of practice.
"(Preston's) got a lot of physical abil
ity, he just needs to execute the things
we want him to execute," Toledo said.
"In my opinion, Corey Pullig is our
starter. I think Corey is the best quar
terback on our football team, and he de
serves to be the starter — and if he's
healthy he should be the starter."
Preston said he had considered trans
ferring, but decided that would have
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