6A starlocalmedia.com Little Elm Journal Sunday, May 23, 2021 HAMPTON King of the hill From PAGE FIVE in the future. Coppell alum Kluber tosses 1st career no-hitter “It helped me to get comfortable to shoot the ball,” Hampton said. “You’re going to have your DAVID WOLMAN ups and downs, but it’s just about getting comfort- [email protected] able shooting the ball at the NBA level and getting the confidence as well. Anytime I’m open for a 3, ’s stint with the Texas I’m going to take it. I want to be confident in my Rangers last year lasted just one inning. shot. He’s helped me with that tremendously. I’ve The Coppell alum made his pitching debut with the Rangers on July 26, 2020, seen the growth over my NBA season. I’m just go- but it was short lived. Kluber depart- ing to continue to work with him and get better.” ed after just one inning of work against Harris, in his seventh year in the NBA, has just Colorado, citing shoulder tendonitis. The been as crucial in Hampton’s development as a news got worse the next day. He was di- professional basketball player. Of course, Harris agnosed with a grade 2 tear of the teres has been alongside Hampton ever since the Little major muscle in his right shoulder. Elm product arrived in the NBA – first with the The former Cleveland ace and winner Nuggets and now with the Magic. Hampton leans of the ’s Award on Harris for any advice that he gives as he contin- in both 2014 and 2017 was initially sched- ues to polish his game. uled to miss four weeks, but he didn’t “That’s my O.G.,” Hampton said. “He tells me pitch again for the remainder of the 2020 what I want to hear, whether it’s good or bad. season. He wants me to succeed. He wants everybody to Fast-forward to Wednesday night, and a clean-cut Kluber – albeit no facial hair succeed. He’s been very valuable to me. I’ve been – was back on the mound at Globe Life learning by watching through him, watching his Field, only this time as a New York Yan- previous games, and just watching him on the kee and in the same ballpark where last court this year has helped me a lot. I think that season was abruptly cut short for him be- my game has matured a lot by being around Gary cause of injury. on and off the court.” In his return to Texas, Kluber pitched For an Orlando team that missed out on the the first no-hitter of his Major League ca- playoffs this year after making back-to-back ap- reer. Klubot, his nickname in baseball’s pearances in 2019 and 2020, Hampton said that inner circles, pitched the sixth no-hitter PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLY GAVIN / having a full offseason this upcoming summer Corey Kluber looks in the direction of this season – one shy of tying the modern should benefit his Magic teammates in the com- record for the most number in a single after Kluber tosses the first no-hitter of his career on Wednesday at Globe Life Field in ing years. season – and the first for the Yankees Arlington. “I think it will be great,” he said. “I want to be since 1999. Kluber came within a four-pitch walk ence. “So, more than anything, it was a a one-year, $11 million deal on Jan. 27. a leader on this team and I want to win. I’ll do to in the third inning lot of fun to be a part of.” He’s been worth every penny thus far and whatever it takes to win. I think that it will be very of throwing a . A free agent following the conclusion then some for the Bronx Bombers. Kluber useful for us. You’ll see a lot of growth with a lot “I’ve never been part of one [or] wit- of last season, the Yankees courted the earned his 100th career win on May 2, of the young guys that we have, including myself. nessed one, let alone thrown one,” Kluber former Cowboy in January. pitching eight scoreless innings against It’ll be good for us to have a full offseason and try said during the postgame press confer- Kluber and the Yankees agreed to the . to take it to the next level.”

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