THE RETRIEVER SPORTS April 9, 1995 PAGE 21 Ends Busy Week Winning Two of Three Retrievers Win First Game 6-5, Then Ashevffle Solves BuUen 9-6, UMBC Beats Navy 12-9 My H^zuo Cents..,

Navy, but except for a five- in- erage to go along with his team high Crosse, the freshman right-hander, Dave Carroll ning, UMBC had the game in con- 12 RBIs. picked up his second consecutive vic- Retriever Editorial Staff trol against the Patriot League In the first game of the double- tory in relief of Franklin, pitching UMBC has struggled throughout Champs. Fred Crosse picked up two header against the Bulldogs, Wayne well in the late stages of the game. the early part of the season, dropping wins for the Retrievers this week, one Franklin went seven strong innings The second game started well for 12 of their first 14 games. Pitching, against Navy in relief of Lookingbill, for UMBC, giving up just three UMBC. and the Retrievers held a 0r the lack of it. has been the down- and one Saturday in relief of Wayne earned runs and six hits. UMBC had 6-5 advantage going into the fifth (Dave Carroll fall for the Retrievers. The team had Franklin in UMBC's 6-5 win against led 4-0 going into the bottom of the inning on Todd Dorsey's RBI an 8.44 ERA going into the week, but UNC Asheville. seventh, but the Bulldogs rallied off single. Mike Martin also his first something changed in the space of Franklin, arguably the team's best of Franklin for four runs to tie the homer of the young season for It's that time of year again, when grown men become children and just a few days as UMBC got good hitter and at this point in the game and send it into extra frames. UMBC; Martin had 10 for UMBC youths are adults, that, is right, it's Rotisserie Baseball season. Roto performances in two of their three season, has been effective for UMBC With the bases loaded, junior third last season. Sophomore catcher Ryan geeks in every shape size and age are studying injury reports, tenden- games. in his last two starts. Steve Tomshack, baseman Joe Goldberg hit a sacrifice Schneider led off the inning with a cies of hitters in late inning situations, and whether can get Sean Lookingbill and the UMBC the early star for UMBC continues fly to drive in the winning run and long double to center, and then the power hitting lefty out in the ninth, at night, on artificial turf. pitching staff gave up nine runs to to be an impressive hitter, a .444 av- give the Retrievers a 6-5 win. Fred moved to third on a wild pitch. Todd You see, Roto geeks have become so engrossed by the nuances of Dorsey came up and scorched a the game that they know as much about players as any manager, and single past the pitcher to drive in probably more than the players themselves. Schneider and give UMBC the lead. I can't see the point of paying someone a hundred bucks so that I Jamie Bullen, who started the sea- can spend 30 hours a week poring over stats to see if I should my son as UMBC's number one pitcher, closer or pick up the crafty veteran lefty that was released yesterday. struggled throughout the game, giv- That is without paying for a statistic service to pump in all the facts ing up nine runs and 11 hits. Bullen from every game each day. You know, like how had the bases loaded and two outs, many bags of sunflower seeds Lenny Dykstra ate between the third and was up 1-2 on the Bulldog bat- and seventh inning against Colorado at home, with less than two outs. ter. Bullen then gave up a double Men will be men, but only Roto geeks can make any game a night- to empty the bases and give UNC mare. The Roto geeks of the NFL have been complaining about the Asheville the lead. Assistant coach lack of categories for football, so you know what they did? They made Bob Mumma added after the game, some up! Like how many blocks were made by the left tackle, with "Bullen has been pitching well, and the quarterback rolling to his right, and less than five yards to go. It's he had the count in a position ridiculous. Really. where he could have gotten out of But, not so ridiculous as to keep professional leeches from making the inning and probably picked up tons of dough off of these poor suckers. the win." It really doesn't bother me that much, but I thought you should UMBC will face five teams this know about why so many people drop out of sight from April through week, including a doubleheader October. against Charleston Southern on Fri- Another thing that irks me is the Stephon Marbury thing. He obvi- day, April 12. The team will travel to ously can play at the next level, but not right now. He demonstrated Benjamin Shayne / Retriever Staff George Washington and Towson this clearly in the NCAA tournament and in the ACC finals. The prob- Joe Goldberg added some late inning heorics for the Retrievers, hitting a sacrifice fly to give State, then host CSU and Delaware lem is that he got crappy advice from his piranha brothers who were UMBC a 6-5 win over the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville. over the weekend. more interested in his money than his career. They kept saying, "He's going, he's going." They never gave him a chance to say no. From the end of the game against Kansas, Marbury was told by everyone, "Bye bye, you're gone." It just isn't fair. At the very least, he shouldn't have signed with an agent. What if he is drafted in the middle or end of the first? Then what? No three million a year, no going back to college. He's screwed. Allen Iverson at least used his head when he said he will be avail- able for the draft, but he might go back. Good idea - test the waters, see what happens. But don't go out after your freshman year. The problem is that Marbury has a kid, and will probably want to make money to support it. Noble idea, but he's cutting off his nose to spite his face. Ray Allen too. He has two kids and a wife, it's time to move on right? Writers have said he has nothing else to accomplish. If that is the case, then why did he fold like a mobile home in a hurricane against Mississippi State? Because he needs more time to adjust to games that really mean something. Drafting a guy to take you to the NBA Finals, then having him say, "Sorry guys, I can't handle the pressures I won't score. But give me the ball so I can take 30 shots and hit four of them." There is no way that 17 and 18 year olds can compete with 30-year- old men. Not only that, but if you give a teenager a million dollars to do what he likes, you can guess what happens. Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry and Roy Tarpley can tell you all about it. Not to mention former Baltimore Oriole Alan Wiggins, who died because of his drug habit. 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