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Sports Editor
There's more
to life than
just sports
D ennis
Byrd
was
a defensive
lineman for
the New
York Jets
that was in
jured in
1992. He
was para
lyzed and
was told he
would nev
er walk
again. Byrd
has walked
again.
Stories
like Byrd's give me hope. In
the commercials for the made-
for-television movie about
Byrd, the actor who plays
Byrd says, "I love this game.
If I had to. I'd play for free."
That's why people should
play sports. The love of the
game.
For professionals, the mon
ey is nice and sports grant a
lot of fame, but the game
should be in the heart.
What do sports mean to
me?
That's a pretty good ques
tion. What should sports
mean to anybody? For some
people sports are the be all
and end all of existence. I al
most fit into that category.
If I couldn't jump or run or
lit a baseball, 1 think I would
go crazy. Sports are a passion
with me.
But, what if I couldn't do
any of that? That's a question
that jumped to mind Sunday
night.
My roommate and I, idiots
that we are, rented a movie
Sunday. I had a test the next
day and he had a lot of stuff to
get done, but we rented it any
way. We were bored.
I think it was called "The
Waterdance." It had a real
sappy cover and I was teasing
See Question / Page 8
No. 9 Aggies down Tampa New 'mega-stadium' plans
By Jose de Jesus Ortiz
The Battalion
Texas A&M's baseball team
took advantage of the University
of Tampa's two errors in the first
two innings Monday as the Ag
gies downed the Spartans 7-5.
Pitcher Rob Thomas (1-0) scat
tered four hits with seven strike
outs in five shutout-innings to
earn his first victory of the season,
and A&M catcher Billy Carroll
blasted his first home run to lead
the Aggies.
With the Aggies (14-4 and No.9
in the nation) ahead 1-0 in the sec
ond inning, Tampa second base-
man Jason Sullivan hobbled a line
drive by David Minor that would
have forced A&M's Rich Petru
into a double play and end the in
ning.
One batter later, Carroll cashed
in on the opportunity and brought
in Petru and Minor when he blast
ed Brian Toronto's fast ball over
the center field wall.
"I got a fast ball down the mid
dle of the plate and got to hit it
pretty well," Carroll said. "It was
very important for us to take ad
vantage of their mistakes."
While Tampa (10-6) struggled,
A&M's defense helped Thomas
develop in Houston, Dallas
Mary Macmanus/THE Battalion
Texas A&M Rich Petru (left) attempts to tag the University of Tampa's
Matt Snyder at second base on Monday at Olsen Field.
get out of jams. With one out in
the second inning Thomas al
lowed two hits to put men on sec
ond and third.
Thomas struck out Sullivan for
the second out of the inning, and
A&M center fielder Chad Alexan
der caught Robert Curry's line
drive to end the inning.
Thomas said he was happy
with A&M's defensive play. The
Aggies only had one error.
"It feels great to get my first
No. 31 Aggie men's tennis
win H.E.B. Championship
From Staff and Wire Reports
Corpus Christi - Texas A&M
head tennis coach David Kent has
the one title he has been searching
for 26 years. Monday, the Aggie
men's tennis team won the H.E.B.
Team Collegiate Championships at
the H.E. Butt Tennis Center.
"This has to be the biggest thrill
of my coaching career," Kent said.
"This was the one tournament that
I've always wanted to win. I hold
this tournament in the highest re
gard. Year-in and year-out, some
of the nation's best tennis is played
right here."
The win over No. 26 Minnesota
improved A&M's record to 10-0,
the Aggies' best start ever.
The match started badly for the
Aggies, who were swept in dou
bles. Going into the singles por
tion, A&M was down 1-0.
Wins by Mark Weaver, Blake
Arrant, Eric Horan and Ricardo Ro-
darte, however, gave the Aggies
the 4-2 victory.
Kent gave part of the credit for
the victory to Bernardo Martinez,
who played despite sitting out Sun
day's semifinal match against
South Alabama with a back injury.
"Bernardo was the key to the
match because his ability to play al
lowed us to keep our usual line
up," Kent said. "If he wouldn't
have been able to play, we would
have been in a world of hurt.
"He not only played, but he
played well. It was a courageous
effort."
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win," Thomas said. "I had some
good defense behind me today."
A&M head coach Mark John
son said he was pleased with
A&M's pitching and defense.
"I think Rob threw very well,"
Johnson said. "He was hitting all
the spots with his fast ball. He
beared down and shut the door
on them."
John Codrington will start for
the Aggies today in the first of a
double header against Lamar.
The Associated Press
DALLAS — The big issue on
the minds of Texas sports owners
these days isn't winning and los
ing. It's wining and dining.
In Dallas and Houston, discus
sions about building new, mega
stadiums are being driven by the
teams' desire for more seats and
luxury accommodations, particu
larly the high-dollar sky boxes.
"If you have a stadium and can
offer these boxes, you're going to
make money," said Jim Andrews,
vice president of International
Events Group in Chicago. IEG
publishes the IEG Sponsorship
Report, a newsletter dedicated to
the sports and events marketing
field.
The demand for luxury boxes
has "never been greater than it is
right now," Andrews said Mon
day.
Bill Doyle, vice president of
Performance Research in New
port, R.I., said corporations have
turned the luxury box into a mar
keting tool for entertaining
clients.
Guests are treated to a superb
view of the game, an open bar,
buffet spreads and perhaps a local
sports celebrity signing auto
graphs.
"It's the whole world of
schmooze," Doyle said. "This is a
great way to drum up business
and grease the wheels. That dri
ves a lot of it."
A business coalition called the
Dallas Sports and Entertainment
Assessment Group was formed
last month to analyze the idea of a
new stadium to accommodate
professional basketball and hock
ey.
City officials say Dallas' NHL
franchise, the Dallas Stars, is the
chief catalyst behind the concept
for a new $100 million-plus facili
ty-
Last week, Houston Oilers
owner Bud Adams unveiled his
plans for a $235 million down
town domed facility. The new
dome would seat 75,000 for foot
ball and could be converted for
smaller basketball and hockey
venues.
Tony Good, spokesman for
Electronic Data Systems Corp.,
General Motors Corp.'s data pro
cessing subsidiary, said EDS had
a box at Arlington Stadium and
See Domes / Page 8
A&M swimmers take second place at SWC
championships, best finish since 1956
From Staff and Wire Reports
The Texas A&M men's swimming team had
their best finish in 38 years
when they finished second
in the 1994 Men's South
west Conference Champi
onships at Jamail Texas
Swimming Center at the
University of Texas.
A&M finished second
with 713 points behind UT,
who had 1056 points. More
importantly, the Aggies fin
ished three points ahead of
Southern Methodist Univer
sity.
"I'm on cloud nine," head coach Mel Nash said.
"SMU has been one of the best programs in the
country for decades.
"We did it as a team. Our
guys came through. I think
the strength of our team
was our depth."
- Mel Nash, head
swimming coach
"We did it as a team. Our guys came through.
I think the strength of our team was our depth."
Nash said one of the reasons for the Aggies'
success was the strong performance in the diving
competition by sophomore
Jason Aguirre. Aguirre fin
ished fourth.
Junior Diego Perdomo
registered strong times,
breaking his own school
record in the 200-meter but
terfly of 1:47.26. That time
makes him an automatic
qualifier for the NCAA
meet.
Perdomo qualified for
the NCAA meet in the 100
and 200-meter butterfly.
Five other swimmers and one relay event quali
fied conditionally for the NCAA meet.
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