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October 3 !price must onal possession doesn’t sell, lify for the 5 2d early. VANTED .rtist/Typesetter; J person for pas- ■ comfortable is- a brochures, oes Fnendlmess a : r; i st. Hours depe-j and includes sr i Carroll ai Copy j venue Soulh SPORTS the battalion 7 Tuesday, October 1, 2002 Rangers search for answers h(re i FOUND hite male cal, ir. r w/rhinestones I* ease help. REV,;® -ANEOUS d books, coiecs;-® >s 2100 CavitUvl ^CYCLE >n sportster 3K I must sell. STKOri ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — John Hart found out there would be no quick-fix for the Texas Rangers. Even with all of the changes made by Hart in his first year as general manager, Texas finished last in the AL West for the third straight season. The Rangers, whose $105 million opening-day payroll was baseball’s third highest, were 72-90 and 31 games behind Oakland. Hart’s next move may be to fire manager Jerry Narron, but that’s not going to solve the problems. Owner Tom Hicks has ordered Hart to cut the payroll, which will be a challenge since just 10 players, led by All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez, are already signed for more than $80 million next season. American League West Standings Oakland 103 59 — Anaheim 99 63 4 Seattle 93 69 10 llexa^^" 72 90 31 RUBEN DEI.UNA • THE BATTALION R Ninja. Ahwyi: ;t seH, S3750ok5| a 600cc 6.14Cn >n, S3.60ftoK 3lsky.com, 3T; Kl and wfnte, 3 , I': $6800 firm. 9732 ISIC immers looking Ed gigs call Justr J amative/ rock. an band. Looknci m play guitar. cals. Call Blake That virtually ensures that 10-time All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez, a starter for the Rangers since he was just 19 years old in 1991, won't be back. Left-hander Kenny Rogers, who came back from shoulder surgery to go 13-8 with a 3.84 ERA. also is eligible for free agency. Texas will be limited in free agency but has pressing needs, such as a leadoff-hitting center fielder. Pitching, as always, is a concern. “1 don't see us being big players in the free- agent market, and I think we are going to try to commit to as many young players as we can," Hart said. “We are going to make a very strong effort to present opportunities to our kids.” That sounds much like the plan former GM Doug Melvin had before he was fired on the final day of the 2(X)1 season and replaced by Hart, who transformed Cleveland from longtime losers to perennial contenders. Hart plunged forward when he took over, and tried to speed up the process by bringing two-time AL MVP Juan Gonzalez back to Texas and pro viding second chances for Carl Everett and John Rocker. The Rangers went to spring training with 16 new pitchers and 34 overall. The season went bad even before the Rangers even played their first game. Closer Jeff Zimmerman had right elbow pain during the spring, had elbow surgery and never pitched in a game this year. He could miss the start of next season, too. Gonzalez tore muscle fibers in his right thumb the tirst week of the season and was bothered by the injury all year. He played just 70 games, none after July, and had only eight homers and 35 RBIs. Everett missed nearly two months because of calf and hamstring injuries after offseason knee surgery that affected his ability to play center field. In all, 17 players spent a team-record 1,429 days on the disabled list. Chan Ho Park, signed by Hart to be the Rangers No. 1 starter, missed six weeks with a pulled right hamstring after his season-opening start. Park had five straight wins after a second DL stay for blistered finger to finish 9-8 with a 5.75 ERA. Setup reliever Jay Powell missed the first two months of the season with a tendon tear in a fin ger. Rocker spent time in the minors after failing as the closer and then ended the season on the DL, as did and outfielders Rusty Greer (back and neck) and Frank Catalanotto (broken hand). "There have been a lot of disappointments,” Hart said. "The injuries, that has hurt us, and it has been disappointing not to be able to play with the club we had hoped to play with." The Rangers used 51 players, including 27 pitchers. Alex Rodriguez played all 162 games, hitting .300 while leading the majors with 57 homers and 142 RBIs. Rafael Palmeiro, a 38-year-old first baseman, played 154 games despite Calf and ankle injuries, hitting .273 with 43 homers and 105 RBIs. Rodriguez and Palmeiro were the only the fifth set of teammates who combined for 100 homers, and Texas led the majors again with 230 homers. While the Rangers’ ERA (5.15) wasn’t the major league-higli for the first time in three sea sons, it was better than only Colorado (5.21), Kansas City (5.21) and Tampa Bay (5.29). But Texas had a team-record 33 blown saves and led the major leagues with 38 losses among relievers. >mT exas.com x -The Condom S ITS H Olajuwon expected to retire 7/k Animai' i, Cats, Puppies. I )cls. Brazos Animat vww.sV\e\teTp^s.of9 pion bloodline. AK. ts solid white ms* ) . $400. (979)26f •m/4bth, newerp; 817-332-58C net nTarkeTana 1 ! 5 prop iline.com or call® <er j/IATES TORONTO (AP) — Hakeem Olajuwon's NBA career appears to be over. Olajuwon has a serious back injury, and the Toronto Raptors are awaiting a decision on whether he will retire. Toronto general manager Glen Grunwald said Monday he doesn't foresee Olajuwon play ing this season. Toronto coach Lenny Wilkens said he expects a deci sion from Olajuwon soon. “We're going to know in a couple of days,” Wilkens said. The 39-year-old center is in Houston, where he spent 17 years playing for the Rockets before joining the Raptors before last season. He has been excused from training camp by Toronto. “He can either try and play or decide it’s too much,” Grunwald said. “We don't expect him to play this season or in the foreseeable future.” Olajuwon, who led the Rockets to NBA champi onships in 1994 and 1995, went to the Raptors in August 2001 after turning down a three-year, $13 million con tract offer to stay in Houston. He signed a three-year, $18 million contract with Toronto. “It was a gamble and 1 think we lost on it,” Grunwald said. "It didn't turn out the way we had hoped." Olajuwon averaged 7.1 points and 6.0 rebounds in 61 games last season. Grunwald denied the Raptors were negotiating a buy out to his contract. Olajuwon is due $12 million over the next two seasons. "We had hoped he would be here for a couple of more years, but it doesn't look like that’s going to be the case,” Grunwald said. “It could have worked great, but it didn't. We have to move on now.” Olajuwon was selected as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players and was on the 1996 gold medal-winning Olympic basketball team. He is a 12-time NBA All-Star. , ■ private bdit#! „ Hullabaloo f^l &M. 979-1 jded, 777-7052. 5. G et S P rin 8 9 8fl J ink Sun (1- 888 FED kets for ia. and Neb # //v THE AFTERNOON! Radio News from the newsroom of THE BATTALION campus and community news 1:57 p.m. Monday through Friday on KAMU-FM 90.9 College Station / Bryan I 21 5 University Dr. ! (Between Shadow Canyon ;; and Zapatas) \846-2228 fcWl's Barber TTmiVIIIIIJ^mP o^o Style Shop Appointments available. Walk-ins welcome! $ 2°9 OFF When you mention this ad. First time customers only. 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