16- The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 18, 1994 HOLLIS Continued from page 12 same type of numbers the rest of the season, he will be well on his way to being drafted for the second time in his career. -:In 1991, the New York Yankees sllected Hollis during the middle rounds of the amateur baseball draft. When a big contract wasn't available, lRollis decided to go to college and nbw appears to be on his way to an erlier round selection in this srmmer's draft. .:"I can't tell you what round, buthe, v61l get drafted," Adams said. "Depending on how well he does the rest of the year, if he does really Well, I'd say the top 10 rounds." Even if Hollis is not drafted as high as the 10th round, he has already won the biggest awards of his career his health and the chance to pitch again. g . Columnists bid farewell . JUDITH PERKINS/Daily Rodney Goble was one of the few Wolverines to reach base in Sunday's second game, as Michigan was held to two hits. BASEBALL NOTEBOOK Despite suspensions, 'M' pitching still strong By BARRY SOLLENBERGER DAILY BASEBALL WRITER On the surface, the performance q Michigan's pitching staff against Iowa might have seemed merely solid. But in light of the fact that three Wolverine hurlers- including start- ing pitcher Heath Murray - were suspended for the series, the perfor- ,mance of the staff was downright superb. Michigan coach Bill Freehan sus- pended pitchers Murray, Matt l ubles and Matt Ferullo for the Iowa series, reportedly for violating curfew. " That is an internal matter that I think as of right now is behind us," F1eehan said. HITTERS BAFFLED: The wind was blowing in and the pitchers were on top of their games. For the most part, the four-game series was a hitter's nightmare. "The weekend wasn't a very good one for hitting," Iowa coach Duane Banks said. "I think the wind affected the hitters more than itdid the pitchers." The Wolverines and Hawkeyes combined for only 53 hits in 31 in- nings of play -- an average of less than a hit per half-inning. Of the 53 hits, only nine went for extra bases and none were home runs. Iowa's Rob Lehnherr was the only player from either squad to tally two extra-base hits in the series. He pow- ered two doubles in Saturday's sec- ond game, a 9-3 Michigan win. The Wolverines' nine-run outburst in the nightcap Saturday was the only game either team scored more than six runs in the entire weekend. PITCHING DUEL: Saturday's opener saw both starting pitchers, Michigan's Ray Ricken and Iowa's Collin Mattiace, throw all 10 innings. A Michigan error in the 10th, the third extra inning, helped give Mattiace the win, 4-3. THE WEAVER WATCH: Michigan Player-of-the-Year candidate Scott Weaver had an up-and-down week- end. In Saturday's opener he struggled, going 0-for-5. He bounced back, however, in game two. Weaver went 3-for-4 with five RBI and two runs scored in the 9-3 Michi- gan victory. His three-run triple was the big blow in the five-run third inning that gave the Wolverines a 7-0 lead. In Sunday's doubleheader, Weaver was 1-for-2 with three walks. The Smith Award candidate's aver- age now stands at .343. FIGHTING FOR A WINNING RECORD: Michigan coach Bill Freehan's over- all record in four-plus years at the helm of the Wolverines is now 128- 127-1. He is 4-8 against Iowa. Over- all, the Wolverines hold a 67-30 lead over the Hawkeyes. ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS: Wednes- day, eleven Wolverines were hon- ored for having a 3.00 grade point for the past two terms or for their careers. Along with Weaver, they were Kirk Beerman, Kevin Crociata, Mick Kalahar, Ron Hollis, Brian Simmons, Rodney Goble, Sean Coston, Brian Steinbach, Brad Tinkham and Matt Fleury. BARBECUE: The Dugout Club Ox Roast will follow the May 7 double- header against Minnesota and the Michigan Baseball Banquet will be held Tuesday, May 17 at Weber's Inn. to life at Michigan ell, it looks like the lease is up. After some 1,600 days, the University has apparently decided that we've learned enough. And so, partially willing and partially hesitant, we're packing up and moving on. Having shared this column space for the year, we thought it might be fitting to say something together before we turn in our keys. We're not exactly of like mind, but we've come upon a lot of similar observations and opinions. We hope you might indulge us this one last chance to bend your ear. That said, here are a few of them. Sports writing is one of the best scams going. In four years, we've gotten great seats at countless athletic events. We've met all sorts of interesting people and been all over the country. New Orleans, Seattle, Tampa, Houston, not to mention charming Big Ten hamlets like Madison, Bloomington and Champaign. All in the name of journalism. And what did this pleasure cruise run us? Nada. Zippo. Not even a dollar for tolls. Maybe some late nights, but that was the worst of it. We probably never realized how good RYAN HERRINGTON we had until it was too late. In the AND KEN SUGIURA past, we could show up five minutes before tip-off and be courtside. When 4 ? k we did that this year, courtside was in the next county over. Can you believe paying for seats in the 59th row? Seriously, if you've ever had any inkling to give this a shot, you'd be nuts not to. It doesn't take a whole lot to get started. All we did was have the initiative one fall day in The R.H. Factor 1990 to drag our sorry ex-jock flab and Close but No Sugiura down to the Daily. We're little more than ordinary sports fans who know our way around a keyboard. If you've read our stuff at all, you've figured that out already. And as far as being ordinary goes, we've found that, for the most part, the same applies to the athletes we've covered. Sometimes it's easy to forget, given the way it's been our "job" to chart their successes and failures and to wait upon their every word as though they were prophets. But, like those of you who have had the chance to get to know them as students and friends, we have realized that that's pretty much what they are - ordinary people. There are outgoing ones and shy ones, nice and mean, conceited and humble, just like the rest of us. They join fraternities and sororities, pull all-nighters in the Angell Hall coniputing center and worry about life after college. A favorite example comes from last September, when Tyrone Wheatley was enduring the Heisman media crush. He remarked that he didn't mind all the interviews so much, it was just that they were coming at a time when he was trying to move into his apartment. And here we thought All- Americans were above lugging CD players and cleaning out ovens. It's moments like these - listening to Jalen Rose spin hilarious tales from his childhood, editing Olympic champion Mike Barrowman's interesting but poorly-spelled journal entries or gossiping with long-distance runner Molly McClimon about the drudgery of a Communication class - when you begin to realize that these people who appear nightly on ESPN are a lot more like the other 30,000-plus people on campus than they are different. In addition, most of the Wolverine athletes we've met have been cordial, willing to speak with us even under difficult circumstances. On the night of what was supposed to be the final men's gymnastics meet in Michigan history, Royce Toni made it a point to ask what we were doing after graduation. Never mind that the yearlong struggle to try and save the program had just come to an end, or that his team's future was still in limbo. There are some other things, but after four years we've troubled you enough. The memories we've come away with from all of Michigan's sports - like the championships the Wolverines have won - are simply too numerous to recall in just one final column. We hope that in this space over the past eight months, we've been able to introduce you to different people, and perhaps make you laugh or think a little, too. It's been fun on this end, and hopefully it wasn't too bad on yours. At any rate, thanks for reading. It's been great. j 215 S. State St. a Ann Arbor 995-DEAD (upstairs) * Frisbees * Hacky Sacks ;*Juggling Equipment 0 .. .. t.- . C- cam: Off: A C.- C- ~We Ve Vege~Vecl a '4-? GvF14OUN 4aV2ayne fafe n;vevy (P Join us this summer at Wayne State University. Registration begins April 18 for our extension courses and May 5 for on-campus courses tN. 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