The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 24, 1999, Image 14

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    Page 14 • Wednesday, March 24, 1999
S PORTS
Rangers’ Palmeiro deals with frustration of rehabing knee injury
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — As his Texas
teammates finish tucking in their jerseys and be
gin heading out of the clubhouse for batting
practice, Rafael Palmeiro takes his time lather
ing cream cheese and jelly on a bagel. These
days, he’s in no hurry.
Palmeiro spends most of his time in the lone
ly training room recovering from two operations
on his right knee. He is working hard in hopes of
being back by opening day, but it is just not the
same as being on the field, especially not for the
major leaguer who has played more games this
decade than everyone but Cal Ripken and not
when it’s his first year back in Texas .
“Being in here is the tough part,” Palmeiro said
in a nearly empty clubhouse. “But my teammates
have been very encouraging. They’ve tried to
make me feel a part of it, even though I haven’t
been out there.”
Palmeiro underwent arthroscopic surgery Feb.
10 to clean out some rough cartilage under his
right kneecap probably caused by wear and tear
from his off-season regimen of running stairs. Less
than four weeks later, Palmeiro was jogging and
tore the cartilage in his knee, forcing another op
eration. Doctors said the injuries aren’t related
and Palmeiro calls them “a fluke, a coincidence.”
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BY AL LAZARUS
The Battalion
The No. 21 Texas A&M Men’s
Tennis Team will take on Abilene
Christian University and Ohio State
University in a
doubleheader to
day at the A&M
Varsity Tennis
Center. The Ag
gies (8-2,3-0) will
face ACU at noon
followed by OSU
at 6 p.m.
After starting
the season 7-0,
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the Aggies have lost two of three
matches heading into today’s dou
bleheader.
The losses came against No. 2
University of Illinois in last week
end’s Blue-Gray Classic in Mont
gomery, Ala., and No. 4 Duke Uni
versity March 16 in College Station.
“We’re just looking forward to
getting our rhythm back and get
ting a few wins,” junior Juan Aram-
buro said.
A&M blanked ACU, 7-0, last sea
son in a match moved to an indoor
facility in The Woodlands due to
rain. In 1996, the Aggies defeated
the Buckeyes, 6-1.
A&M coach Tim Cass .'
Aggies are expecting a tougii
from OSU.
“Ohio State is a solid E
school,” Cass said. Tfiey'ffi
in here ready to play." Student l
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today’s match. iforum he
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little revenge for our foofelSt i lagroi
losing to them intheSugar
he said. |.
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er allows the Aggies to sit
their depth.
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play more of our guys,”®
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it’s our No. 1 or No. 12. 1
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despite going undefeated^
rankings period, defeating]
Louisiana State University y
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period, the Aggies’ No.', ailon men
team of sophomores ^r&emestei
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Bliss signs as Baylof E;
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new basketball coa^ri
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ace the ex
WACO (AP) — Dave Bliss, the
former Southern Methodist bas
ketball coach who became the
winningest coach in New Mexico
history, was named Tuesday to re
build the faltering program at Bay
lor.
Bliss, 55, led the Lobos to a 246-
108 record over the past 11 seasons,
winning at least 20 games in 10 sea
sons. New Mexico went to the
NCAA tournament seven times
during his tenure and advanced at
least into the second round the last
four years.
Still, he found plenty of criticism
in Albuquerque. That, combined
with a lucrative Baylor contract —
reportedly worth $600,000 a year,
double his New Mexico deal —
probably were the reasons for Bliss’
decision. New Mexico athletic di
rector Rudy Davalos said.
“He’s got to move on, and
we’ve got to move on,” Davalos
said.
This year. New Mexico had a 25-
9 record and again went to the
NCAA tournament, losing in the
second round to Connecticut.
At Baylor, Bliss will be taking
over a program at its low ebb. The
Bears are finishing a five-year
NCAA probation for recruiting vio
lations and have been a "id Wellbcm
in the Big 12. This season Dsal w ju b e
finished 6-24 overall and
the Big 12 under coad
Miller.
Bliss encountered inti
criticism in recent years
failure of New Mexico toffj
er into the NCAA tournaiBi
criticism this year expand*
elude the Lobos’ early
schedule, which included
lesser Division 1 teams.
At the NCAA West Re]
Denver two weeks ago,
cated he had tired of the
during a news conference
the Lobos loss to Connect
“The hardest thing weH
coach against in Albuque-
the community,” Bliss said
After last season, BlissP
an $18,000 raise to a s>t :
$140,000. His total finance
age, including basketball' Cadets Fi
shoe and radio and televis or politica
tracts, is estimated at ntf'iark C. Ma
$300,000. 2ss admim
BY CAI
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Bliss was coach at SM-
?en select!
1980-88, when he compila 1 ^ _ „
101 record and won the Son
Conference title in i*! 1 " 1 '™''*;
that, he was 77-62 whiled 1
at Oklahoma from 1975-8C. L ‘ me a,1[