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Page 2 Sports Wednesday, Juk dnesday, June I • THE BATTALION ecision !X|X§0 o o ■ y, mMm Story by Milfee Moraum • Photo by JP F or most people, a 94-mph reading on a radar gun equates to a trip to jail or a hefty fine, but for Texas A&M junior Chris Scarcella, it could be a ticket to baseball's major leagues. During the 2000 Major League Draft, June 5-7, the Oakland Athletics selected the hard-throwing right-hander from League City, Texas, in the 16th round as the 480th pick overall. Last season Scarcella made 12 ap pearances for the Aggie baseball team, striking out 29 batters in 311 / 3 innings. He held batters to a .276 average and fin ished the season with a 3.73 ERA. Pitch ing mainly in middle relief, he earned one save and a win against Southwest Texas State on Feb. 15. In 1998 Scarcella earned all-tourna ment honors at the Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City by pitching eight in nings, striking out a career-high five batters and only allowing one earned run in a win against Texas Tech. Also in 1998, he teamed with Shane King and current Tampa Bay Devil Ray Ryan Rupe to pitch a combined no-hit- ter against Texas-Pan American. A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson said Scarcella's ability to throw in the low 90s is attractive to professional scouts. "Chris is a guy that can throw hard," Johnson said. "Since he has that high ve locity, major league baseball would like to have that chance with him." Scarcella said playing professional baseball has been a dream of his for as long as he can remember. He said he realized during his sophomore or junior year at Clear Creek High School he had a realistic shot at playing professional baseball. Scarcella's 0.76 ERA as a high school sophomore and eight wins as a junior set district records. He was a three time All-District se lection named to the All-County team twice. He said injuries his senior year kept him from being drafted out of high school. Scarcella said Toronto and Oakland had expressed interest before this year's draft, but he was surprised to be draft ed so early. He said Oakland is a good organization with a young team that should be good for the next few years. The Oakland Athletics alsoi A&M outfielder Daylan Holt players were part of the 1998m; class, and Scarcella said it is ages I portunity for both be able to same team. Scarcella and his parents me | Oakland Athletics representat ; June 9 to begin the negofe process. During the meeting,!* la was told by a scout for the zation he had been following!* la since his junior year of high The Athletics also told him the’ Cyra Gai With summt to make Scarcella a starter foil rookie-league team based inVrl \ er and will pa\ for two mores* , , , ,, ®nts are daydr ters of school so he can gethisaM J Be in the sun a in speech communications. B 0 , , , .. . . ,. . Bit careful, tho Scarcella said getting hisd™ ... , ,i Bares. The vilu important to him and his parent , "Adegree tam TexasAM J ^vi^t, lot of dcx)rs. Regardless of whefeB >• ic radiation — a or not, 1 still plan to get myi| gy ^ trave Scarcella said. waves and mic The season starts June 20 for visib , e colo] so Scarcella said he hopes tomakB y| 1 j s means cision by the w eek s end. Human eye, ary color of lig Lakers have to overcome more than Pacers to earn victory in Game INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All remained not so perfect Tuesday in Lakerland, while the Pac ers were starting sentences with phrases like "When we win Game 4 ...." Something strange has happened since the NBA Finals switched cities. The team that is trailing 2-1 in the best-of- seven series seems a little more tranquil, a little more self-assured. The team that is winning — the Lakers — is dealing with various and sundry serious issues regarding its best players: Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Glen Rice. O'Neal, shooting 38 percent from the free throw line in this series, will be fouled plenty more in Game 4. The Pacers pretty much promised it. Bryant, who missed Game 3 with a sprained ankle, was unsure how effective he would be when he returns Wednesday night. And then there was Rice, still miffed after sitting out 10 1/2 minutes of the fourth quar ter in Game 3. He remained embroiled in a clash with coach Phil Jackson — a controversy further fu eled by comments from Rice's wife alleging that Jackson's supposed anti-Rice bias stems from a power struggle with two guys named Jerry and a secret affection for Scottie Pippen. Sounds almost like the Chicago Bulls circa 1998, doesn't it? "When there's frustration, you try to keep it in the community. But when it seeps out, you have to do some damage control," said Lakers forward Rick Fox. "And we're dealing with that now, here." Moments before Fox spoke. Rice had end ed his interview session with these words: "If people don't think I can be out there doing things to get this team a win, then ... I should n't be here." An NBA public relations official quickly ended the interview, hustling Rice away after he had spent the better part of 10 minutes ex plaining his frustration with being benched and offering insight into his less-than-rosy re lationship with Jackson. Meanwhile, beneath the stands at Conseco Fieldhouse, Jackson was sounding like anoth- Against most odds If the Indiana Pacers battle back to win their series against the Lakers, they will do something that’s been done only twice in the NBA Finals Postseason comebacks from a 2-0 deficit in a seven-game series Team Opponent Series Boston Los Angeles 1969 NBA Finals Los Angeles San Francisco 1969 Western Division Semifinals Baltimore New York 1971 Eastern Conference Finals Portland Philadelphia 1977 NBA Finals Chicago New York 1993 Eastern Conference Finals 1994 Western Conference Semifinals 1995 Western Conference Semifinals Houston Houston Phoenix Phoenix Source: National Basketball Association er coach from down the road in Bloomington as he explained why he and Rice were sup posedly on the same page. "I play whom I want to play when 1 want to play them, and how they play and what I think is best for the team. That'sit,'j son said. What the Lakers seemed to need was down between Rice and Jackson, a fen utes for the airing of grievances, or pet some.aromatherapy (Don't laugh does it). Rice said the relationship between and Jackson was not a "bad" one, while, son said the two have had a good relafc all year. Game 4 and 5 will be Wednesday an: day night in Indianapolis before these shifts back to Los Angeles, if necessan; Game 6 on Monday night and G*7n Wednesday night. Because of i hbleof damag and disinfectin I A result mo erage college s inflicts when e sunburn. ■ Unlike the rrn (such as v lot skillet or cal feds individt e cell walls ar I This can rel the individual suiting in a fev I UV rays ma ing the genetic additional skir I The skin is THE' Beverly Mireles, Editor in Chief Jeff Kempf, Managing Editor Jason Bennyhoff, Aggielife/Radio Editor Beth Ahlquist, Copy Chief Jennifer Bales, Night News Editor April Young, City Editor Jeanette Simpson, Asst. 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