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Sports
Monday, April 4 1994
The Battalion
Page 5
Opening day
brings hope,
joy to spring
NICK
GEORGANDIS
Sportswriter
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T oday is my favorite holiday of the
entire year. The day that I, as one
of millions of baseball fans across
America, wait for through the long, cold
winter and through the doldrums of
spring training.
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.
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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
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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.