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BY JASON LINCOLN
The Battalion
r he Texas A&M Men’s Baseball Team will
try to repeat as Big 12 champs in 1999
,
1
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last year.
Rangers a/s
y signed for
or league re-
pitchers Der
Glynn and
and infc
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team now lia
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and leading the charge will be a familiar
meat from the mound. With added confi-
ence, a few new pitches and two years of ex-
.erience playing for the Aggies, junior pitch-
J : Casey Fossum is ready to help A&M
mtinue its recent success.
Id, Fossum has earned experience on several lev-
nersill 8 lp ce graduating in 1996 from Waco Midway
ighjSchool, where he earned All-American hon-
i yf '•sMtter a summer stint with the select team Dal-
Viaveil 8 l ustan 8 s > Fossum joined A&M for the 1997
‘asbu, establishing himself as the Aggies’ top
tcher. Last summer he traveled with Team USA
..AS (AP) - • Nicaragua and Italy, where he was able to pitch
ready has L gainst professional competition,
baseball’s Te» ’With two years pitching in the Big 12 Con-
Dallas Stars offence, Fossum now knows the tendencies of
id to launch ae batters and teams he will face, giving him
tetwork, is still edge he lacked in previous seasons,
tiece of the NR 1 ^Experience is a big key and is going to be
ks. neol my strengths this season,” Fossum said.
Dallas MorwWhether it’s bases loaded (and) down by one,
i Wednesday i hatever the situation — it’s automatic. 1 don’t
basketball tw'|ve to struggle or get nervous because 1 know
erot Jr. are aat Fm going to throw a strike. I’m not worried
negotiations bit in pressure situations.”
asult in Hicks[ The biggest influence in Possum’s game has
of the team, P :?en | his father, Jim, who helped him develop
5 15 percent. 16 traits of a quality pitcher.
; have begunto He also passed along the three basic pitches
jf Perot’s "Vioat carried Casey Fossum through high school
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the Mave: B0ST0N (Ap) _ when the
, , of deceased Boston-area
If,Li,Lfnr )a l eba11 Payers were discovered
ive si 3" " ,e spor,s memOTabi1 ^ mar ^et
^Lf^^ast year, court officials wondered
Carter first p A/ho wou i d steal such hi stor i ca i
Hicks k 3ub i ic records .
stake Iron Aut horities now say it was an
Percl ' nside job.
Probation officer Joseph Schn-
and his first two years at A&M. Since he was
eight years old, the lefthander relied on three
pitches — the fast ball, the curve ball and the
slider. All three pitches were strong, but the slid
er was his specialty.
During the 1998 season, Fossum worked on
two new pitches he was able to master during
the off-season. Adding a change-up and cut fast
ball to his repertoire for 1999.
“Vd take him (FossumJ
into battle with me
anytime.”
—Steve Scarborough
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Fossum now will have five pitches with
which he can retire opponents.
Fossum said the new releases will give him
more options in crucial situations.
“I have more pitches to show the batters,
and I can save some for later in the game,” Fos
sum said. “That way, on their third time up, 1
can throw something they haven’t seen yet. It’s
really going to help a lot.”
Fossum also has improved his velocity since
coming to A&M. Originally pitching in the upper
80s, Fossum has since broken that last barrier
and is throwing between 90 and 94 miles per
hour.
A&M assistant baseball coach Jim Lawler
said that in addition to his varied attack, the Ag
gies lead-off pitcher also offers great armspeed,
the ability to throw almost any pitch he wants
to throw and good finger dexterity, a big ad
vantage for the Aggies.
Lawler also points to Possum’s on-field per
sona as a factor in his success on the mound.
“Casey’s quite a guy,” Lawler said. “He
doesn’t talk a lot but makes his statement on
the mound. His attitude is the type where he
just comes after you. He sets the tempo of the
game by coming out and dominating the first
inning.”
The Aggies should be glad they have Fossum
on their side and do not have to face him. Even
going up against him in practice is an unpleasant
experience for some teammates.
“It is not fun,” junior shortstop Steve Scar
borough said.
Scarborough, who played with Fossum on
the Mustangs before joining him at A&M, said
the pitcher’s unorthodox approach makes him
an asset for teammates.
“Casey’s a good guy,” Scarborough said.
“He’s always been on the right path, but he’s a
little weird in the things he does, probably be
cause he’s lefthanded. But Fd take him into bat
tle with me anytime.”
Fossum, with a career ERA of 4.39 at A&M,
has established his place in Aggie baseball his
tory. He accumulated a 12-2 record last season
and has completed six of 16 starts in his Aggie
career. In 1998, he entered the Aggie record
books by recording 129 strikeouts, including a
15-strikeout performance in the Big 12 Cham
pionship game last year against Baylor, in 122.2
innings, second only to Jeff Granger.
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Suspect arraigned in theft of athletes’ wills
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Wednesday lbe | was arra ig ne( j Tuesday on lar
w rnp charges f ° r allegedly swiping
iy uie nuF 3 - hejdocuments from a vault at the
lost done. Suffolk County Courthouse where
culations aMHe Worked.
vestment by 1 < p ut m any of the papers remain
davencks is pi' ?:
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ning ourinteid
missing, Suffolk County Register
of Probate Richard lannella said.
“To think that an officer of this
court benefited financially and at
the same time committed grave
robbery is unconscionable,” lan
nella said. “A part of Boston histo
ry and major-league baseball his
tory has been stolen and may
never be returned home to its
proper place. ”
In a Boston Municipal Court
hearing that lasted about a minute,
an innocent plea was entered on
behalf of Schnabel, 55, of Pem
broke.
The case involves the theft of pa
pers bearing the signatures of some
of baseball’s earliest stars. George
Wright, Hugh Duffy and Tommy
McCarthy, all Hall of Earners, played
for Boston teams in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.
Prosecutor Gerald Stewart said
Schnabel admitted to Boston po
lice and FBI agents that he stole
two documents in 1996. He told
investigators that he sold a paper
issued on the death of Wright’s
wife for $1,700.
Also missing was the will of
Samuel Wright, George’s brother.
Samuel Wright’s will has since
been recovered from an Oregon
memorabilia dealer, lannella said.
lannella realized the records
were missing from a vault at the
Suffolk County Courthouse in Oc
tober when a document signed in
1913 by Wright was listed in the
catalog of a New York auction
house.
That led to the realization that
the will of Wright and his wife
were missing, along with the wills
of McCarthy and Duffy. In fact,
McCarthy’s entire file appeared to
have been stolen.
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