The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1990 Page: 6 of 8
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6 FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990 THE RICE THRESHER
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for one reason — to prevent one side
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these laws are expected to apply
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to ensure this ideal. This sometimes
means looking past the letter of the
law and concentrating, instead, on
the spirit
For example, last weekend the
Houston Astros and the New York
Mets were playing a doubleheader
up at Shea Stadium. In the eleventh
inning of the first game, with the
score tied 3-3, the Astros had the
bases loaded with two outs against
Met relief pitcher John Franco.
As Franco wound up to pitch,
home plate umpire Doug Harvey
called Franco for not pausing for a
full second while coming into his
stretch position. This is a balk, ac-
cording to the rules, and allowed the
Astros to score a run and take the
lead, temporarily.
The purpose of the one-second
pause rule is to prevent the pitcher
from getting an unfair edge on base-
runners who want to steal. The prob-
lem here is that there was no need to
call the balk. Bases loaded, two outs,
tie game, extra innings — this is not
H steal situation. The runners could
not have been deceived or harmed
by Franco's actions and thus the
spirit of the law was intact On the
other hand, this too-strict enforce-
had lost, they would have been
robbed.
Less strict than laws, but often as
problematic, are guidelines and cus-
toms, especially when situations
which have no precedent arise. A
"If the law says that, then the law is an ass."
— Mr. Bumble, Oliver Twist
ment of the law gave the Astros an
advantage, perhaps even an unfair
one, since the Mets only had one
inning to erase the lead.
The Mets did tie the game and
managed to win, 7-4, but it shouldn't
have come down to a three-run home
run by Kevin McReynolds in the
bottom of the eleventh. If the Mets
case in point may occur this year in
NCAA baseball.
Going into the last week, the Rice
Owls are 8-9 in league play and in
fifth place in the Southwest Confer-
ence, behind Texas A&M, who are
done with the season at 11-10. If the
Owls sweep a three-game set against
Texas Tech this weekend, or even if
they win the first two and the third is
rained out, the Owls will pass A&M
and clinch the final spot in the post-
season conference tournament If
this happens, the NCAA has a head-
ache.
You see, for the NCAA tourney
and the chance to qualify for the
College World Series, the NCAA
traditionally selects teams that qual-
ify for their conference's post-season
tournament
If Rice passes A&M, it means the
Aggies, with their 43-17 overall rec-
ord and Top 25 ranking, could very
well be left out in the cold. On the
other hand, Rice would have a very
good reason to complain if they pass
A&M, but are bypassed in favor of
A&M when the NCAA comes call-
ing. Either way, it's a headache.
In my opinion, if it comes down to
deciding between the two teams, the
NCAA should find some way of tak-
ing both teams. Then, they should
come up with better guidelines.
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