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And just when it seems my patience is at its end, today comes, and it’s Opening Day. There’s a certain feeling that goes with the first day of any sports’ season, but baseball has always seemed the best be cause it comes with the arrival of spring. School suddenly doesn’t seem so tough to bear, and summer vacation doesn’t seem that far off. And the best thing is, unlike football or basketball, odds are your team is play ing almost every day from now until the leaves change colors. It’s the beginning of six glorious months of phenoms, fantastic finishes and thrilling division races. On Opening Day, every team is a con tender, and every team’s in first place, even my beloved Houston Astros. And of course, I have once again picked them to go all the way this year. Nine seasons ago, it was 1986, and I, an impressionable 12-year old, was awed by an Astro team that won the National League West, before falling painfully to the nated New York Mets in the playoffs. The Astros have not made it back to the post-season since. See Baseball/ Page 6 joj liwliU ^ "O \ .10 non* ■i.q 0< Aggies have ‘a little life left’ A&M takes two games against the Houston Cougars with strong bats, sloppy play By Nick Georgandis The Battalion Huger Hsieh! The Battalion Robert Harris (2) celebrates with the rest of the A&M baseball team after his fourth-inning, two-run home run during Saturday's second game against Houston. A&M lost 8-3. Texas A&M’s Head Baseball Coach Mark Johnson gave the best description of the Aggies’ outlook following this week end’s series win against the University of Houston. “We still have a little life left in us,” Johnson said. After opening Southwest Conference play with six con secutive losses at the hands of the University of Texas and Rice, anything less than two wins against the Cougars would have put A&M in a huge hole in the SWC race. But A&M’s 2-7 record in the conference still makes reaching the SWC tour nament a difficult task. On Friday night the Aggie bats finally came alive, explod ing for 14 runs in the first four innings of the game en route to a 15-9 victory. Five Aggie hitters collected two or more runs batted in for the game. In the first game of Satur day’s doubleheader, a 2-1 A&M decision, the Aggie pitching staff received a tremendous boost from an unlikely source. Starting pitcher Chris Clemons had control problems early, walking five in two and two-thirds innings, and was re moved by Johnson after giving up an RBI single to UH’s third baseman J. J. Matzke. See Surprise/ Page 6 Aggie track team sprints off with ‘Triangle’ win By Stewart Doreen The Battalion The Texas A&M men’s track and field team dominated the field Thursday night on the way to its victory in the Texas A&M Triangular meet. “We felt like we had a good team performance,” Head Track Coach Ted Nelson said. “We’re going to do every thing to get our kids ready for the Southwest Conference meet.” The Aggies defeated Rice and Harvard universities, 113-58-18, respectively, to A&M’s mile relay, jump teams dominate meet against Rice, Harvard track squads raise A&M’s record to 17-0 in dual meet competition this year. Among the quality performances by the Aggies at the Frank G. Anderson Track and Field Complex, was the race turned in by freshman Larry Wade. Wade won the 1 10-meter hurdles vyith a time of 14.05. “It was another gusty performanqe by Larry,” said Assistant Coach Abe Brown. “He is a tremendous competitor and re ally gives it his all.” Nelson said Wade has made the tran sition to“big-time” competition. “With the heart and competitive edge that he has,” Nelson said, “he will be a good hurdler for us.” ^.The Aggies also received perfor mances in the longer distances. Scott Garvin won the 3,000-meters in what he called a conditioning race for his main race, the 1,500-meters. Donnie Bodron, also, continued his steady running as he ran away from the pack in winning in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Bodron, who holds the fastest time in the conference, was pleased with the win and isn’t shy about his and his teammate, Jason Reed’s chances in the See Track/ Page 6 AY: Chi the gui inner Pt.3 it 7:30p ree admis ition cal: ). ng ue "It's a country'” s o far. VISA f f0OC 33-^ l. f’r- It's everywhere you wartt to be! © VIsaU.S.A. Inc. 1994 The Battalion is accepting applications for the following editorial board positions for summer and fall semesters : Managing editor Night News editor (2) City editor Sports editor Aggielife editor Opinion editor Photo editor Applications are available at the front desk of Room 013 Reed McDonald Building. All majors are encouraged to apply. Deadline: April 11,1994 by 5 p.m. Applicants must be Texas A&M students in good standing at the time of employment and remain in good standing while employed. For more information, call Mark Evans or Belinda Blancarte at 845-3313.
