The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 08, 1994, Image 3

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    Wednesday • June 8, 1994
Brawling, trash-
talking is ‘Little
League’ problem
BRIAN
COATS
Sports Writer
B oys will be boys. Or in the case
of Major League Baseball and
the National Basketball Asso
ciation, boys will be no-brained, mil-
lion-dollar goons.
In the last six weeks or so, bas
ketball and baseball have come to
resemble boxing than any other
sport. Brawls by the Bulls and
Knicks, Hawks and Heat and about
every other inside pitch in baseball
have focused the sport’s spotlight on
fighting, and more specifically, why
there are so many fights.
Players and coaches say they
have to play aggressively to be com
petitive. Derrick Harper, the ex-
Dallas Maverick guard (now playing
for the New York Knicks), was re
cently suspended for two games
fighting in the Chicago series.
He recently told Randy Galloway
of the Dallas Morning News in a ra
dio interview that he was sorry if he
hurt his team, but that he “has to be
tough” and that he “would never
back down.”
Many fans and media-types argue
that penalties are not strict enough,
and thus encourage bench-clearing
brawls. Sports Illustrated said bas
ketball and baseball should follow
hockey’s example.
In the National Hockey League, if
a player leaves the bench to partici
pate in a brawl, he is automatically
suspended. If players were penal
ized for leaving the bench, Sports Il
lustrated argues, there would be less
fights.
However, there is another expla
nation as to why players want to
throw down so often, and it is proba
bly the one closest to the real reason
there are so many fights: trash-talk
ing.
The art of trash-talking is as old
as sports, itself. It ranges from
8-year-olds telling each other that,
“My daddy can beat up your daddy,”
Please see Coats/Page 4
Page 3
Kelly Wunsch made baseball history by striking
out five batters in an inning for the Beloit Brewers.
Aggie pitchers make major mark
Former A&M hurlers
Wunsch bound for Hall
of Fame, Granger
making Royal entrance
By Joshua G. Arterbury
The Battalion
Some might think it is a long way
from Olsen Field to the Major League
Baseball Hall of Fame, but for one for
mer Texas A&M pitcher it’s just a
throw away. Well, maybe a few
curveballs away.
Kelly Wunsch is now an honorary
member of the Hall of Fame, receiving
the honor after he struck out five
Springfield Sultan’s in one inning
during a Beloit Brewers baseball
game on April 15.
He is the first starter and the third
pitcher in recorded history to strike
out five batters with only three possi
ble outs. Two of the strikeout victims
reached first base on wild pitches.
Wunsch seemed confident in his
pitching, but hesitant about the hon
or.
“I had my good stuff that day, and I
was on a roll,” Wunsch said. “But The
Hall of Fame? I said. You have got to
be kidding me.’ The first thing I did
was call home to tell my parents.”
Beloit Brewers broadcaster Brett
Dolan notified the Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, New York of Wunsch’s
accomplishment.
The officials in Cooperstown imme
diately requisitioned Wunsch’s cap,
an 8x10 photograph and an auto
graphed ball to be put on display in
the Hall of Fame for the next three
years.
Brian Parker, a pitcher for Texas
A&M who played with Wunsch dur
ing his stint as an Aggie pitcher, said
he wasn’t surprised by the remark
able feat.
“I’m not shocked at all,” Parker
said. “I’m sure it was pretty tough to
do, but Kelly’s got a nasty curve ball
that’s almost unhittable.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if he
threw three in the dirt that fooled
every hitter, he’s got that kind of
stuff.”
The Milwaukee Brewers, im
pressed by his career at Texas A&M,
chose Wunsch in the first round of the
1993 draft.
Wunsch went 7-2 with a 4.45 ERA
for the Aggies in 1993. He also
recorded 110 strikeouts in 87 innings,
second only to Jeff Granger.
The former A&M standout is cur
rently pitching for the Brewers’ Class
A affiliate of the Midwest League.
Wunsch is 2-2 with a 5.04 ERA in
five appearances with the Brewers,
and leads the team with 31 strikeouts
File photo/THE Battalion
Jeff Granger has played on Kansas
City’s minor and major league teams.
in 25 innings.
A&M head baseball coach Mark
Johnson was pleased to hear about
Kelly’s honor.
“I think it’s wonderful that Kelly
Please see Pitchers/Page 4
Clubs build winning traditions with ‘non-traditional’ sports
Non-scholarship A&M teams
notch national achievements
By Brian Coats
The Battalion
Although they do not receive as much
publicity as football or basketball, several
Texas A&M sport club teams consistently
have done well at national competitions.
Underfunded and virtually unpubli
cized, club team athletes strive to be the
best in their chosen sport.
Consider some recent achievements:
•The women’s handball team and
women’s polo team are national champi
ons.
•The men’s lacrosse team has lost
only three games in five years. They
were undefeated this year.
•The men’s soccer team finished third
at nationals, losing to Brigham Young
University 3-1 in the semifinals.
•The women’s gymnastics team fin
ished fourth at nationals, the cycling
team 17th and the weightlifting team
fifth.
•The trap and skeet team team lost
the national championship by one con
tested pigeon at nationals.
Sean Gilligan, the treasurer and a
“middie” on the lacrosse team, said the
team is successful because the players
truly love the sport.
“We had a bunch of players come in
about four years ago who made an im
pact because they work hard,” he said.
“It is all based on desire.”
Kyle Greenwood, a polo team athlete,
echoed Gilligan’s belief that many club
sports at A&M are successful because all
the players love to play.
“Everyone wants to win,” he said. “We
spend a lot of time practicing.”
Club sports are unique in that sup
porters can become participants. All the
clubs encourage participation, from the
beginner, just wanting to leam more, to
those with more advanced abilities.
Gilligan said the lacrosse team encour
ages everyone to come out.
“We practice Monday through Friday
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.,” he said. “If some
one wants to come watch or play, we
would love to have them.”
Besides desire and love of the game,
another common theme running through
many of the clubs is funding, or more
specifically the lack of it.
“More money would help,” Gilligan
said.
Most clubs charge dues to help sup
port expenses incurred from travel and
competition. These range from $5 for
badminton to $250 for polo. The average
is about $30, according to the Depart
ment of Recreational Sports.
Paula Opal, an assistant director for
recreational sports, said although most of
the clubs complain about lack of funding,
they do receive support from student ser
vices fees. She said this help is generally
enough to get a team to and from compe
tition, as well as a place to stay.
“The University chips in for normal
competition...a team has to fund-raise if
they want to travel to nationals,” she
said.
Opal said the major fund-raising
teams are soccer, lacrosse and rugby.
With so much success, can A&M stu
dents and fans expect any of the club
sports to become NCAA-supported schol
arship sports? Probably not, Opal said.
“I don’t see any sports being picked
up,” she said. “Most of the club sports
are non-traditional to Texas. If we were
in the Midwest or Northeast, it might be
different. The fact is football, basketball
and baseball pay the bills.”
Opal said if anyone is interested in
playing, supporting or watching club
sport teams, they should come by or call
the Department of Recreational Sports.
“I know the clubs would love the sup
port,” she said.
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