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Engi- by, ol iriron- I04D n call rvice iculty Id be ys in Ap- e not 'hat’s dease The No. 25 Texas A&M men’s tennis team vill host the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a dual natch at 12:30 p.m. today at the Omar Smith Tennis Center. Head coach David Kent said A&M could ot discount Tech. “Texas Tech is a vasdy improved team and hey will be a challenge for us,” Kent said. ‘They have talent throughout their lineup and don’t have many weak spots. This is an im- ortant match for us if we want to keep pace ■vith Texas and TCU, so we have to come out dazing against Tech.” A&M comes into the match with a 18-2 ecord (3-1 in the Southwest Conference), fk&M’s best start ever. But the Aggies fell to 'Jo. 25 after being ranked No. 22 hy the In- ercollegiate Tennis Association last week. Individually, A&M senior Mark Weaver fell three places to No. 28 in singles and sopho more Blake Arrant fell out of the rankings af ter previously being ranked. The doubles team of Weaver and Bernardo Martinez improved five spots to No. 24. Lady Aggies to play Southwest Texas, to honor seniors at final home game By Kristine Ramirez The Battalion Kyle Burnett/ The Battalion Heather Hayden (left) runs to third during the UTA Inter-Colle giate tournament in South Grand Prairie in February. The ninth-ranked Texas A&M softball team will play its final home game against ’“scrappy” Southwest Texas State University in a double- header beginning at 5 tonight. Seniors Jennifer McFalls, Kim Gonzalez and Sara Stout will be recognized prior to the first game. The Lady Aggies are 42-16 after winning this weekend series against Sam Houston State University and St. Edward’s University. They are 6-0 at the new Lady Aggie Softball Complex SWTSU is currently in a slump losing 14 out of the last 1 7 games they have played in cluding a season-high 10 consecutive. Their record is 9-3 2- 1. Southwest Texas is lead by two freshmen who are the only players currently batting over .250. First baseman Kami Phillips is batting .284 and shortstop Meredith Curry is batting .27 5. SWTSU pitchers have posted a combined 3.67 earned run average. Aggie Head Coach Bob Brock said it will be difficult series against SWTSU. He said they al ways save one of their best games for A&M. “They’re always a scrappy little team.” he said. “I’m looking forward to a tough double- header.” Brock said the team has had a tough sched ule but they are still in pretty good shape. He said Gonzalez and Christy Bunting will pitch and possibly Kassie Wilcox. Gonzalez leads the team with a 24-9 record and a 0.92 ERA: Gonzalez was ranked second in last week’s national statistical rankings with 22 victories. “She has done very well.” he said. “She’s not giving up may runs. She’s having a great year.” Bunting is 22-13 with a 1.45 ERA and Wilcox is 8-5 with a 2.30 ERA. Brock said the team is looking forward to tonight’s games, especially because it is the last home game. He said the team is always excited to play at home especially in the new softball complex. “We’re looking forward to playing.” Brock said. “We hope everyone will come out to see us.” Today’s sluggers do not have drive, desire to break Aaron’s record wenty years ago last week, an ab solutely unthinkable thing happened, Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron shattered Babe Ruth’s 41-year old career home run lecord of 7 14. No. 715 for Aaron came off Dodgers’ itcher Al Downing in front of a packed ouse in Adanta. Aaron went on to hit 41 more home runs in his storied career, bowing out with a career total of 7 5 5 lingers. Twenty years after the fact, and Aaron’s ecord looks just as unattainable as Ruth’s nark must have in 193 5 when the Bambi- io called it quits after a short stint with the Boston Braves. Considering all the fantastic players who have come and gone in the 40 years be tween Ruth’s retirement and Aaron’s ac complishment, the Hammer’s feat is sim ply amazing. Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt all made their runs at the top of the list both before and after Aaron’s achievement, but to no avail. Fast forward to the 1990s, a decade that has been hailed so far as the playing grounds of a new breed of very young su perstars. With the anniversary of Aaron’s record-breaker last week, inevitably come the questions on who will be the one to break Aaron’s mark. The answer, in a nutshell, is no one. This doesn’t mean that one of the current crop of superstars, mainly Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas and Juan Gonzalez, could not conceivably break the record. It won’t happen because not one of the three will want to break it. Why not? The answer, the one-word bane of the sports world in recent years, is money. In the last ten seasons, the major league leader has averaged about 44.5 home runs. A player averaging that total (a phenomenal feat) would need 1 7 seasons to shatter NICK GEORG AN DIS Sports writer A' J Aaron’s mark. A more mortal player who averaged, say, 3 5 home runs per season would need 22 seasons to pass 75 5. Who needs the kind of money that that many seasons of play would entail? The three superstars mentioned above all make around $6 million a year. Multiply that by 15-20 years, and you get around SI 00 million, or the equivalent of a good-sized empire. Dedication to the game is tough when a guy is pulling that kind of money. With the average salary of a major lea guer going over S1 million dollars a cou- E le of years ago, even marginal players are eing able to enter the comfort zone of fi nancial security at a relatively early age. Whereas 20 years ago, those same play ers were attempting to constantly better themselves and attempting to hang around a team as a coach or manager to keep a constant paycheck coming in. Even if money were not a factor, longevity would be. Most players’ appearances in the big leagues ,are fleeting. The recent marathon careers of Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Carl ton Fisk and Dave Winfield are exceptions to the rule set by the thousands of other major leaguers whose playing days are cut short by injury and diminishing of skills. But even longevity is no guarantee of huge career numbers. Winfield, a perenni al All-Star throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and now 43 years old, only reached the 3,000 hit plateau last season. Winfield will need two or three more solid years to attain 5 00 home runs, not even two-thirds of Aaron’s record. Even Ryan, in his 27 seasons as a pitch er, barely passed the 300-win mark, and finished his career tied for 1 2 th place on the all-time win list with 3 24 victories. The bottom line of it all remains the same, even after 20 years. Ruth will always be the Sultan of Swat, despite the fact that his two greatest records have been broken. Gonzalez, Griffey and Thomas may be three of the greatest athletes to ever swing a Louisville Slugger, and will probably all end up in Cooperstown somewhere down the line. But Aaron’s record will be one for ages, lasting as long as the game of baseball it self. V safer if. ;>-ir ^ MB Tw. m ssm tim mn April 28-3' Senior Bash April 28 ® anqu « April 2- Ring Dance April 30 T,Ck at RurtH* 0 Sa,e April 1 1th at Rudder Box Office lnclude« a 2 l |j 5^, Pr ' ce ‘ $85 tickets. 2 Ri ng r, ai !' cllets - 2 Banquet classes. & t reseruoa ce ,lckefs - 2 wine reserved parkins sarase space ln 1i V ' idual Pr 'ces: Sp S n "!°p r Bash - $3 per Person - $,5p er Person Kins Dance - $27.50 per person $55.00 Per couple 50 Bar Drinks & $1.50 Pitchers 8-10 Two Shot Tuesday All Night Long! Call 76-GLOBE FOR MORE INFO THE MACHINE This tangled mess of wires is what we at The Globe affectionately refer to as "The Machine." It’s pretty darn cool. We can’t tell you exactly what it does, because then EVERY club would want one. Let’s just say that it’s patent pending, protected under international law, and guarantees a good time at The Globe. Plus, we made some ’’adjustments” of our own, but we can’t tell you about those either. So come out to The Globe. The only club making life better through science! Attention all junior undergraduate business students and first-year MBA’s! EDS Cordially invites YOU to attent a series of Accounting and Finance Related Presentations Wednesday, April 13, 1994 Rudder Tower Rm. 504 “The IT Industry: Economic Locomotive of the Future” 10:00 a.m. Rudder Tower Rm. 504 An overview of the events and entities currently shaping this industry, as well as an assessment of the short term and long term direction of the industry will be given. “Financial Careers in the Information Age” 2:00 p.m. Rudder Tower Rm. 504 The corporate financial professional of today must have a variety of financial, general business, and interpersonal skills to effectively play the key role as a full member of the management team that is required. Human resources to complete repetitive functions like A/P. A/R, daily case management, monthly financial closes, etc. are being redirected to higher value added activities such as decision support, business planning, operations analysis and internal consulting. “Emerging Industries of the 21st Century” 3:00 p.m. Rudder Tower Rm. 504 As one considers a career in the coming decades, the growth potential of the industry in which they will work should be a key selection criteria. This presentation will review the current thinking on emerging industries for future growth. “How Management Reporting Systems can Drive Globalization” 4:00 p.m. Rudder Tower Rm. 504 For U.S. corporations to truly become “global” usually requires significant cultural changes. The structure of the Management Reporting financial systems, which drives the budgeting, target setting, and ultimately executive incentive processes can play a significant role in “forcing” this difficult cultural change. “EDS Accounting & Finance Development Program” 7:00 p.m. Rudder Tower Rm. 510 This session is open to all undergraduate business and first-year MBA students interested in a career in Corporate Accounting and Finance. Come find out how you can be a part of our 1995 AFD class. Recruiting will begin in the fall. For more information, please contact Victor Ramirez, EDS Campus Relations Representative at (214) 605-7864 EDS