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WEDNESDAY
APRIL 11, 2001
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Newly-appointed Michigan basketball coach
1drimy Amaker met with the media for lunch
'e'terday. Here are some of the highlights
S i the discussion:
His vision:
"We want to accomplish being passionate,
ti g prepared, being honest, having fun and
being Michigan. It's not just about blocking
outy or making a pass or shooting 3-pointers.
,Jt's the way we want to conduct ourselves."
.n1tate recruiting:
"We want to make our presence felt in the
state of Michigan. That's going to be a priority
%Ps. We are the University of Michigan and
;We Want to make sure our presence is felt
within our borders."
Status of incoming recruits:
"As far as I know, everyone is still saying they
want to be on board."
Recruiting philosophy:
"We want kids that can identify with what
we're trying to accomplish - kids who want to
be at a great school and play at the highest
level of basketball, and who want to represent
Michigan. We are also a national university, so
we want to make sure we take advantage of all
that's available to us. But we want to make
sure we do it the right way with the right kids."
Status of remaining scholarships:
"Certainly we're not completely sure. We're in
the process of evaluating the incoming class
and the kids who signed early. At this moment
we're at one scholarship and we're going to
wait and see if we use it now or save it for the
next class."
Domminac Ingerson:
"One of the first things I wanted to do is fly
out to the Bay area to see him and I was
impressed with him."
WILLIAMS
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Tommy Amaker speaks at the press conference when he was named Michi-
gan's new coach. He met with the media again yesterday at a luncheon.
Blue extends winning
streak to seven straight
When a team is on a roll, it is hard to
stop winning. The Michigan baseball
team rolled a lucky seven yesterday as it
won its seventh-straight game, 5-3,
against Eastern Michigan. Junior Kirk
Taylor (1-0, 4.15 ERA) pitched five
innings and allowed two runs - just
one earned -- to secure his first win of
the season in his first start of the year.
Taylor was relieved by junior Phil
Lobert and sophomore Brad
McCloskey. McCloskey pitched just the
top of the ninth, and recorded his first
save of the year despite a bases-loaded
situation that he managed his way out
of, thanks to a great defensive play by
shortstop Bill LaRosa.
"We knew we were going to use
three pitchers today, at least," Michigan
coach Geoff Zahn said. "We had
planned to have McCloskey come in
and finish it up. He hadn't been out
there that much this year. I was
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extremely happy to see him get out of a
tight situation there and throw strikes."
The pitching by committee approach
to yesterday's game was aided by two
exciting plays by catcher Jake Fox early
in the game, and a little luck in the top
of the third.
With one out in the Eastern first,
Jesse Cogswell and Nick Soliz reached
base with a single and error, and walk,
respectively. After Taylor forced the
second out of the inning, Frank Garcia
hit a line drive to right field, scoring
Cogswell from second. But another
throwing error, this time by rightfielder
Gino Lollio, allowed Soliz to score, and
Garcia to advance to third.
What followed was a gamble by
Eagles' coach Roger Coryell that did
not pay off. As Taylor delivered a pitch
to Luke Beeler, Eastern Michigan's next
batter, Garcia broke from third. Taylor's
pitch was low and outside, but in a
quick sweep across the plate, Fox was
able to apply the tag and end the inning
down just two.
"I was a little surprised," Fox said.
"All of a sudden I saw the guy break for
home and I thought, 'What's he doing?'
So I jumped out, caught the ball, went
down and tagged him.
"A lot of things happened back there
today. It was a fun game to catch."
The fun would not end for Fox and
the Michigan defense. Just as the
Wolverines escaped the first inning with
a heads-up defensive play from Fox,
they would end the second the same
way. Fox struck down a steal attempt by
See EAGLES, Page 11
'll level with you. It's 4 a.m.,
hours before I submit my final
article for The Michigan Daily -
and I can't sleep because I'm terrified
and lonely.
For the last five years, I've had such
a spirited campus surrounding me -
activity and camaraderie abound -
fear of isolation has been a non-issue.
But there are no late-night nerds or
drunks staggering along State Street
tonight, and the silence reminds me
that I'm entering a frightening period
of life - one in which nights of soli-
tude will be standard.
Most likely, I will be covering high
school sports for a newspaper like the
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the
Fargo Forum or the Missoula Missou-
lian. It will be tough to make friends
because I will be viewed as a sassy
city boy, and it will be difficult to
meet girls, because the prize picks will
have been nabbed and married right
after high school.
So while I wallow in self-pity, I've
decided to use my media powers to
make one last-ditch effort at finding
the perfect woman - one who can
alleviate my loneliness.
"What really matters is what you
like, not what you are like ... call me
shallow, it's the fucking truth." (John
Cusack, "High Fidelity")
If you are my one, most, if not all of
the following characteristics will
apply:
1. You must be an exuberant sports
fan. My enchantress will happily
watch four-consecutive college basket-
ball games; in fact, she will have
skipped classes to watch the NCAA
Tournament less than a month ago, be
still my heart.
I will not be offended if m'lady is
attracted to certain male athletes - I
won't even mind if she tells me. How-
ever, you would never utter a sentence
like "Derek Jeter is a lot hotter than
you are." You would never even think
that.
You will certainly not try to make-
out with me during Bowl Games to see
which one I love more.
2. You must be willing to sell your
soul for rock n' roll. I want a woman
who plays a mean air guitar, a woman
who can really rock out to tracks like-
AC/DC's "Thunderstruck."
If you can sing all the words toT
Who's "Don't Get Fooled Again' or
mouth the organ part to "Light myw msi
Fire," you're definitely a strong cand-
If Dream, Macy Gray or the Go ..
Goo Dolls contribute to your CIS ed
lection, it wasn't meant to be.
Above all else, you will always
choose a bar with live bands over one
with the same old piped-in DMX, and
you will never, never disparage Le
Zeppelin.
3. You should be able to quote
movies. This is such an important
means of communication in my life. A
girl who can't recite and interpret
movie quotes would be completely out
of the loop. -
For instance, suppose Michigan
State is about to get bounced from the
NCAA Tournament, and we're '
pressed for time to get to the Guns
Roses concert. You should be able to
take my statement - "dishes are'-
done" - reference it to "Don't Tell
Mom the Babysitter's Dead" and con-
strue that I'm telling you -"the Spat=
tans are getting killed, let's haul ass tM
the concert."
While on the subject of movies, I,
should never be made the subject of
fun when I get teary-eyed at the endi'
Field of Dreams.
I have looked high and low forA .
perfect female, but my search has bein
unsuccessful, and my days are fleet-'
ing. If you do exist, you are probably
taken.
But if you're still out there, sittinig
around waiting for your man of des-v'
tiny to call to you in a column, thisis
your signal.
With that ... I'm out.
Dan Williams can be "reached" (wi)
at dbw@umich.edu
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