Thursday, March 24, 1994
The Battalion
Page 11
Battalion file photo
Former Texas A&M Centerfielder Brian Thomas watches his home-
run during an A&M-Concordia Lutheran game on Feb. 24, 1993.
The Aggies won 1 7-3.
Thomas
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dream and I’m on the right road to
the majors.”
That road will not be easy, with
rigorous spring training exercises
that will give way to daily games for
the entire season with only one day
off per week, said Monty Clegg, as
sistant to director of player develop
ment.
"A minor leaguer’s spring train
ing day is long,” Clegg said. “At 9
a.m. the players get here. They
spend the first hour running, stretch
ing and throwing, and then the next
hour is devoted to refining their
skills such as throwing to the cut-off
man. Next they have batting prac
tice, and then a game at 1
Then the players must work in
several hours of working out and
training time on their own.
It has not been an entirely smooth
transition from college to the minor
leagues. Thomas cited some major
differences between the two.
"At A&M the team was a lot clos
er. There was more team chemistry
- everyone got along,” he said.
“Here in the minors it is a big busi
ness, almost cutthroat, with every
man for himself.
“If I get hurt some other outfield
er is thinking ’great-I get his spot.’
It’s all a competition for the big
money.
But baseball is not the only thing
in life, he says.
"I’m about 24 hours from getting
my Recreation, Park and Tourism
Sciences degree,” he said. “I am real
ly big into the outdoors, and I want
to do something to do with the out
doors and people.”
For now, baseball seems to be the
first order of business, however, and
people in high places are counting
on Thomas to be great, Johnson said.
“He has the ability,” he said.
“His work ethic and desire are good
and he comes from a good college
program. He’s had the coaching and
I’d say he has a good shot at playing
in the big leagues.”
Johnson to
coach L.A.
The Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) —
Magic Johnson returned to the
NBA today, this time as coach of
the struggling Los Angeles Lakers,
the team he took to five champi
onships before retiring with the
virus that causes AIDS.
‘“Earvin Johnson will be the
Lakers’ coach for the remainder of
the season,’’ general manager Jerry
West said today at a news confer
ence in the Forum.
“Jerry Buse has always har
bored the desire for Magic John
son to coach this team," West said
about the Lakers’ owner.
“Oh, man. Well, I’m happy to
be back for however long it is go
ing to be,” Johnson said.
“I’m just doing it for him,”
Johnson said about Buse.
“I don’t need any medical ad
vice,’’ he said. “I’m healthy and
ready to go.”
Johnson, one of the most popu
lar players in the history of the
league, will try to revive a fran
chise that likely will miss the play
offs for the first time since 1975-
76. The team is just 2 7-37 and in
fifth place in the Pacific Division.
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1. You must be a degree seeking student and your degree audit must reflect a total of
95 credit hours. (A passed course, which is repeated, cannot count as credit hours.)
2. If you were enrolled at Texas A&M University (College Station, Tx.) prior to January 1,
1994 and successfully completed one semester, 33 credit hours must have been
completed in residence. Qr if you did not successfully complete one semester at Texas
A&M University prior to January 1, 1994, you must complete a minimum of 60 credit
hours in residence. (This requirement will be waived if your degree is conferred and
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The approximate date of the ring delivery is May 9, 1994.
NFL owners change the game for better
D uring the last couple of
weeks, the nation’s sports
eye has been trained toward
the NGAA basketball tournament.
Even here in the hoops wilderness
of College Station, there is cause for
excitement. The Lady Aggies have
advanced into the round of 16 for
the first time in school history. This
is almost enough to make one for
get about the 20-7 pistol-whipping
our baseball team received from
Texas on Sunday.
While all of this was taking
place, the National Football League
owners and coaches were holding
their annual meeting in Orlando,
Florida to discuss the state of the
league and to ratify any possible
rule changes. There were three sig
nificant changes made and they
should make the 1994 NFL season
an interesting one.
The most visible addition for this
coming season
is a two-point
conversion.
The NFL has
never had this
option before
(tne AFL of the
1 960s did) and
this, combined
with the over
time period that
is already in
place, will make
for more down-to-the-wire finish
es.
The ball will be spotted at the
two yard line (as opposed to the
three yard line for the college two-
pointer), so it will be a very make-
able play.
How many times have you wit
nessed this scenario: A team is be
hind 21-13 with less than a minute
remaining in the game and they
score a
touch-
down.
Last
year, all
they
could do
was kick
the extra
point and
still lose
2 1-20.
This year,
that team could go for two and pos
sibly tie the game up and force
overtime.
As it stood, an eight point deficit
with less than two minutes left was
almost always a no-win proposi
tion. This is no longer the case.
A second rule change moves
back the spot of the kickoff from
the 35 yard line to the 30 yard line
and also lowered the kicking tee
from three inches to one inch. This
may not seem like a very big deal,
but it will make a huge difference in
the number of kickoffs that are re
turned.
Over the last couple of decades,
placekickers have increased their leg
strength and kickoff distance. More
than half of the kickoffs in the NFL
last season resulted in touchbacks.
By moving the kickoff back five
yards, only the very best kickers are
going to get the ball deep enough
for a touchback. This will place
more of a premium on good kick
returners.
The final rule change worth not
ing for this season is a very subtle
one. After a missed field goal at
tempt, the ball will be spotted from
where it was kicked. Previously,
the ball was spotted at the line of
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