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Wali, Edwards, and the young lady from the Woodlands are all excellent players. Coach Slinker did an outstanding job this year with her recruiting. I hope JJ follows suit in the next few years.
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I was pulling for CSF also. I couldn't believe Stanford's comeback, especially the home run in extra innings. The CWS has provided us with some great games this week.
I just don't see Stanford winning it all unless Rice's pitching falls apart. They must have one of the deepest pitching staffs in America, including the Major Leagues. I know one specific team that resides in Arlington, TX that would be willing to take on a few of their pitchers.
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I loved it. Now I'm pulling for Cal State Fullerton to beat Stanford(I know someone who's going to grad school at Fullerton).
Well, you didn't pull quite hard enough.
Go Rice!!!
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By the way, the "Duncan over the back" is the new "Ewing four step running jumper" as most obvious call the refs will not make under any circumstances.
Exactly why I dislike the NBA. The "star system" is ridiculous. They rarely call the over the back on Duncan, the travel jumper by Ewing, carrying the ball by Iverson, anything by Jordan, etc, etc, etc....
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Volunteers helping rebuild
'You'll be back' - so will Steve's
06/16/2003
By Tom Reedy / Denton Record-Chronicle
Kill the fatted calf and put it on the smoker: Steve’s Bar-B-Q Pit is coming home soon.
Steve Logan will be serving up his own unique blend of brisket and brusqueness at the corner of Hickory Street and Bell Avenue again.
“It’s going to be rebuilt,” Mr. Logan said. “It’s going to be real nice this time, though.”
This week, workers will begin demolishing the red-and-yellow-striped shack where he served up falling-off-the-bone tender barbecue for 20 years before fire gutted the building early Easter Sunday.
A brand-new, steel-framed brick building will rise out of the ashes in about three months to replace it, thanks to a consortium of area businesses and individuals who teamed up soon after the fire to get Mr. Logan back doing what he does best: smoking meat.
“He’s a fish out of water right now, and a lot of folks want that place back in business, and I’m one of ’em,” said Kurt Schmitz of Nuconsteel Commercial Corp.
He and his colleague, Lance Neuman, solicited material and labor from area construction companies, and Steve’s will reopen at the same location in the fall.
“Man, I never dreamed people would want to help me out this much,” Mr. Logan said. “God is good, isn’t he?”
But help is still needed, Mr. Schmitz said. They still lack a plumber, and they need donations to help pay for kitchen utensils, furniture and other items.
Mr. Logan began turning out beef brisket, pork ribs, sausage and other artery-clogging delights in 1983.
A half-dozen booths ringed the uneven patched wood and linoleum floor, and along the walls, autographed pictures of celebrities hung among the family portraits and newspaper clippings about the restaurant.
His smoker was inside the building, and soon a dark patina of woodsmoke covered everything in the place. Some items on the walls were too soot-blackened to be deciphered.
“It was tiny and old, and if you rubbed up against the wall, you’d come out smelling like a turkey,” Mr. Schmitz said. “He loved his old smoker, but it had its faults.”
So Mr. Logan is designing a new smoker to replace the old one.
“It killed me to make that decision,” he said. “I’m going to have to go in there and burn the hell out of it for about seven days before I cook any meat in it.”
Mr. Logan said he uses 20 spices in his dry-rub seasoning, which he puts into everything he cooks, including the potato salad.
“I’ve been making that seasoning for over 24 years, and every time I make it, I go right by that same recipe,” Mr. Logan said.
Mr. Logan got his sauce recipe from a friend in Beaumont by loosening his tongue with some beer. He uses no vinegar, no sugar and no salt, and it takes two days to cook properly, he said.
“I’ve never written that recipe down; I don’t have to,” he said. “I can go back there and look at it and taste it a little bit — I go by the smell, too — I know it’s ready then.”
But Mr. Logan is not just known for his down-home cooking. He’s also famed for what has been called — charitably — his “intriguing” personality. It’s been said that he’s probably the only restaurateur within two counties who can tell off customers and leave them laughing about it.
“He’s a pirate of sorts; there’s nobody like him,” said Mr. Schmitz.
The combination of gourmet and grouch has made Mr. Logan a Denton icon over the past two decades.
“I’ve been told that, but I don’t see it,” he said. “I think I’m a gripey old bastard, is what I think.”
Maybe so, but he’s inviting the whole town to his grand opening when the building is finished.
“I plan on doing maybe two pigs and some chicken, and if you want to make a donation, fine, but I plan on doing it for free,” he said.
But until that day comes, Mr. Logan — and the rest of Denton — will just have to wait it out.
“I loved being in that place; it’s my whole life,” he said. “I’m waitin’.”
TOM REEDY can be reached at 940-566-6882. His e-mail address is treedy@dentonrc.com.
The Steve Logan Benefit Fund
What: A fund to help Mr. Logan rebuild his barbecue restaurant
Where: Point Bank
How to donate: Checks can be mailed to P.O. Box 51724, Denton, TX 76206.
Other ways to help: To volunteer to help in other ways, call Lance Neuman at 940-321-1716, Lori Wilson at 940-365-9930, or Frenchy Rheault at 940-387-3164.
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Overall Play by play men? George Dunham & Bill Mercer of course.
Basketball play by play? Chuck Cooperstien
Radio/TV Team (Play by play/color)? Ralph Strangis and Darryl Reaugh
Pro Football Team? Brad Schramm and Dale Hansen
Print Media Columnist? Blackie Sherrod
Feature/Beat Writer? Tim MacMahon
Personality? Randy Galloway
Character(s)? The Fake Tiger, Fake Chan Gailey, Fake Billy Tubbs and The Big Suthern Dummy
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UNT’s Clark ready for nationals
Sprinter competes at 12:05 p.m. in 100
06/11/2003
By Ethan B. Szatmary / Staff Writer
Shortly after noon Wednesday, North Texas sprinter Ananka Clark gets to fulfill the dreams of her college running career.
Ananka Clark
Clark will run in the NCAA Track and Field National Championship preliminaries of the 100-meter dash at 12:05 p.m. at California State-Sacramento’s Hornet Stadium.
She will become the first UNT woman to compete in the national track meet since 1988.
"It’s definitely a dream way to finish up my senior year," said Clark.
Clark heads into the national meet seeded in a tie for 23rd of 31 runners. The senior’s personal-best and team-record in the 100 is 11.48, deadlocked with Rukaiya Halland of the University of Texas-Arlington and Keenan Gibson of Memphis.
While Clark’s best is 0.44 seconds — an eternity in sprint races — behind the top qualifier out of LSU, Muna Lee’s seed time of 11.04 — she thinks the races still need to be run.
"With a strong week of workouts before nationals, I’m hoping I can do really well," Clark said. "Anything can happen once you get out there on the track."
If Clark advances past the preliminaries by finishing in the top 16, then she’ll run again in the semifinals at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday.
The top eight runners in the semifinals move on to Friday’s final at 8:55 p.m.
ETHAN B. SZATMARY can be reached at 940 566-6869.
NCAA Track and Field National Championships
California State-Sacramento
Hornet Stadium
Wednesday
100-Meter Dash Preliminaries
Rank Athlete Year School Seed Time
1. Muna Lee . Jr LSU 11.04
2. Natasha Meyers Sr. USC 11.09
3. Monique Tubbs Jr. Jacksonville 11.13
4. Erica Whipple So S. Carolina 11.15
5. Aleen Bailey Sr. S. Carolina 11.17
6. Lauryn Williams So. Miami 11.20
7. Connie Moore Jr. Penn St. 11.21
8. Rachelle Boone Sr. Indiana 11.22
9. Judyth Kitson Sr. Alabama 11.24
10. Elva Goulbourne Sr. Auburn 11.27
11. Lakadron Ivery So. Baylor 11.28
12. Monica Twum Sr. TCU 11.29
13. Nina Mayes Fr. Rice 11.35
14. LaJuana Lovett Jr. SW Texas St. 11.37
14. LaVerne Jones Jr. Oklahoma 11.37
16. Illia Miles Jr. Georgia 11.38
16. Amandi Rhett Jr. Georgia 11.38
18. Ara Towns So. Indiana 11.43
18. Amber Robinson Sr. Florida 11.43
20. Sherita King Jr. Georgia 11.44
21. Melinda Smedley Sr. San Diego St. 11.46
22. Aleah Williams Sr. Texas 11.47
23. Rukaiya Halland Sr, Texas-Arlington 11.48
23. Ananka Clark Sr. North Texas 11.48
23 Keenan Gibson Sr. Memphis 11.48
26. Danielle Carruther Sr. Indiana 11.49
27. Timicka Clarke Sr. Auburn 11.51
28. Seynabou Ndiaye Sr. Arizona 11.57
29. Miya Edmonson Jr. USC 11.59
30. Antonette Carter Fr. California 11.81
31. Porchea Carroll So. Arizona St. 11.66
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This time over the use of Denia Park and the $40,000 upgrade to its softball fields for the Lady Eagles to use for basically one year. It's amazing to me that this woman can't see the benefit to the park of the upgrades, and a quick survey of the 2004 softball schedule will show very few games being played in Denton next year. I am sure the 100,000 seat softball venue will increase traffic, but will it really make the streets unsafe for the residents of Denton? Maybe Denia should succeed from the Denton Union and become a city of their own!
Letters to the editor
06/10/2003
One more invasion
I was so disappointed to see Tuesday’s article on the front page regarding the University of North Texas bringing NCAA action to Denia Park.
Denia is a small park where the city has put softball fields, soccer practice fields and a 300-plus space parking lot with little concern for the families living near the park.
The Denia area is one of the few in Denton with so little in the way of usable space for neighborhood residents. There are over 700 people who share a sliver of land not covered by these athletic fields and parking spaces.
Our streets are neighborhood streets that will be made unsafe with the increase in traffic. We don’t like public address systems, crowd noise, light pollution, increased traffic and trash any more than the rest of Denton. No contact was made with any residents living near the ballpark or with the Denia Area Neighborhood Group by parks and recreation officials.
If money is so tight at UNT, why lay out $40,000 for a one-year use at Denia? Upgrade the fields at Liberty Christian — you already own that space. After the recent Golf Course War, this seems like another invasion.
Alice Gore,
Denton
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To the top for PMG.
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Mavs are done. Stars are done. How long til football season?
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PMG, this link may help you. There aren't any stadium shots shown on the website, but there is an email address that you can contact the photographer through. I believe his name is Rick Yeatts.
I hope this helps.
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I also saw the fabled Million Dollar Bus in the Fouts parking lot. It is off towards the corner near the Murchison and has orange cones all around it.
Is this any place to park a million dollar bus?
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Why even use them for batting practice and take the chance of "accidentally" picking that bat up during the game. They shouldn't cork them period!
I would also add Barry Bonds to the steriod user list, along with a few more I can't think of at the moment that are much bigger now than they were a few years ago.
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Hilltoppers claim Bubas Cup, but UNT gaining
Mean Green third in annual all-sports cup race
06/04/2003
By Mike McClendon / Denton Record-Chronicle
North Texas is apparently moving up in the Sun Belt Conference.
North Texas improved to third place in the 2002-03 Vic Bubas Cup, the Sun Belt's all-sports award, after finishing fifth last year. Final team standings were announced by the Sun Belt offices Tuesday.
"Anytime you're better than you were the year before, you're in good shape," said North Texas athletic director Rick Villarreal. "Our volleyball team has improved and we won three conference championships in other sports. If you look at the standings [of the Bubas Cup], we actually compete in fewer sports than the two teams who beat us. We're adding softball next year and that will give us an opportunity to score more points."
Bubas Cup points are awarded based on performances in all Sun Belt-sponsored men's and women's sports. Each school's totals in the individual sports are then added up to determine the winner.
For the second year in a row, Western Kentucky won the Bubas Cup. Western Kentucky, which scored 116 points, was boosted by the highest point total [on a scale of 1-11] in men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball. The Hilltoppers also scored high in men's cross-country, women's cross-country, men's outdoor track and women's outdoor track.
"Basketball-wise, Western Kentucky has been the premier team in the conference for a while," said Villarreal. "Whoever is in the league, you have to chase. If our basketball teams improve next year, like we think they will, we'll be in the running. We're ready to kick this thing off again."
North Texas was boosted by the highest point totals in football, men's golf and women's outdoor track.
The Mean Green football team finished with a record of 8-5 last season, won its second consecutive Sun Belt title and its first bowl game in more than 50 years.
The North Texas men's golf team won the Sun Belt title and finished tied for 17th place at the NCAA Central Regional championships.
The women's track team made school history this season. The Lady Eagles amassed a school-record point total to claim its first women's outdoor conference track championship.
Latrecia Taylor and Ciji Brooks finished 1-2 in the women's shot for North Texas. Taylor qualified for the NCAA regional meet. Lakisha Gentry recorded the second-longest throw in school history and won the javelin throw with a toss of 137-4. Ananka Clark earned a second-place finish in conference in the 100-meter-dash, and will compete in the NCAA championships later this month.
MIKE McCLENDON can be reached at 940-566-6873. His e-mail address is mmcclendon@dentonrc.com.
Vic Bubas Cup All-Sports Standings
Rank Points
1. Western Kentucky 116
2. Middle Tennessee State 102
3. North Texas 93
4. New Mexico State 92.5
5. Arkansas-Little Rock 78
6. (tie) Louisiana-Lafayette 77.5
6. (tie) South Alabama 77.5
8. Florida International 69.5
9. Denver 69
10. Arkansas State 65
11. New Orleans 50
* Affiliate members: Louisiana-Monroe scored three points and Idaho received one point.
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UNT's Clark in NCAA field
Sprinter earns one of 11 at-large bids in 100
06/04/2003
By Ethan B. Szatmary / Denton Record-Chronicle
North Texas sprinter Ananka Clark received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Track and Field National Championships Tuesday, becoming the first UNT woman to qualify for nationals since 1988.
After finishing eighth in the 100-meter dash finals at the NCAA Midwest Regional, Clark shed tears of frustration. She was jumping for joy Tuesday when UNT head track coach Rick Watkins called with the news that she'd be running in the national college championship.
"I couldn't believe it," Clark said. "It's incredible, but it's still a little overwhelming right now. I actually cried after the [regional] meet because I didn't make it, so this was a big, big surprise - a good one. It's definitely a dream way to finish up my senior year."
Clark will run in the preliminaries starting at 12:05 p.m. on June 11 at Cal State-Sacramento's Hornet Stadium. If she finishes in the top 16 runners, then she'll qualify for the semifinals at 8:40 p.m. The top eight runners in the semifinals qualify for Friday's final at 8:55 p.m.
The top five runners at each of the four regionals automatically qualify for nationals, and then the rest of the field is rounded out by at-large bids for the athletes who posted the next-best times throughout the year. Each event has a variant number of at-large bids, and the women's 100-meter dash gave out 11. Clark's personal- and school-record time of 11.48 at the regional preliminaries ranks her 24th out of the 31 runners competing.
Since Clark's qualifying time was better than four of the five automatic qualifiers from the West Region, Watkins said he thought she belonged in the field at nationals.
"Looking at the times and how some of the other regions went, I thought she deserved to get in," said Watkins. "I'm glad that she did."
Over the course of her career, Clark shaved .40 seconds off her time in the 100-meter dash - a huge leap in the event, and Watkins said she sets the perfect example of how devotion to the sport can pay off.
"She has worked extremely hard and made herself into one of the top sprinters in the country, so I'm just glad to see that hard work pay off," Watkins said. "It's a really good way for her to end her career.
"Over the course of a year, everything doesn't always go well. You've got your ups and downs. She still came in here every day, and did what she needed to do to get to nationals. That's the kind of example you want set for everybody else."
Clark's just happy she can be the one to set that example.
"I know a lot of my teammates are really proud of me - it gives them something to look forward to," said Clark.
With Clark as an example, maybe it won't be 15 years until North Texas sends another woman back to nationals.
"We believe in ourselves through her," said junior Rhonda Williams, who qualified for regionals in both the long jump and as a member of the 4x100 relay team with Clark. "She's so motivated, and she's always giving us encouraging words. She's helped me out a lot. I was feeling really down about the way I was running last year, and she was always there helping me out. I was so motivated this year, and I thought I would make nationals. I didn't. I almost made it, but I didn't. She [Clark] gives me hope I will next year."
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His official excuse is that he previously had been using it for bat practice to give the fans a show and that it just made it's way into his batting routine.
They is a ridiculous excuse and this incident goes hand in hand with his outburst at Rick Reilly over the steriod question. Juicing his body and his bat, no matter how nice he is to the fans, does not equate to a "class act."
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where did you get that outrageous figure for upgrades to denia park. it's incorrect...
Denia Park to see NCAA actionUNT plans renovation of two softball fields for its newest women's team
06/03/2003
By Matthew Zabel / Denton Record-Chronicle
Two city-owned softball fields are scheduled to get a free facelift, courtesy of the University of North Texas.
UNT, which begins playing NCAA softball in the fall, plans to renovate two of the four softball fields at Denia Park in south Denton this summer so it can play its home games there.
After the university acquires land from Liberty Christian School next summer, it plans to build a permanent stadium there, leaving the city about $40,000 in improvements to fields at Denia Park.
“The key is, we can get UNT and the prestige of NCAA Division I softball, and new facilities at Denia Park at no cost to the city,” said Ed Hodney, Denton’s parks and recreation director. “That’s a great deal.”
University and city officials said they’ve verbally agreed to the arrangement, but they are still working out the legal details of the agreement.
UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal said the university plans to install a new infield surface, outfield grass, batting cages, bullpens and scoreboards to the two fields on the south side of the park in order to bring it up to NCAA standards.
UNT also might add a press box to one field, he said.
The upgrades won’t take long once construction begins, officials said.
Having two fields prepared will allow the Mean Green to host tournaments and let the team alternate fields to minimize wear and make maintenance easier, Mr. Villarreal said. A press box on one field could make it a field for premier games, but both fields would be of high enough quality and suitable for collegiate games, he said.
UNT will share the fields with the city’s youth softball leagues, and players in those leagues will be able to attend the Mean Green’s softball games for free next season, Mr. Villarreal said.
Mr. Hodney said construction on the fields would not begin until the softball league is finished using them for the season. The only potential conflict comes during the fall season, when UNT will play several scrimmage games and the Denton County Girls Softball Association plays some league games. But the youth leagues will have priority if a conflict arises, Mr. Hodney said.
Other than fall practices, UNT plans to host the North Texas Fall Classic at Denia Park. All its other fall games are on the road.
UNT’s regular softball season will be in the spring.
Mr. Villarreal said the university needed to add softball this year because the women’s sport helps bring the university closer to gender equity standards set by Title IX. It will also give the Sun Belt Conference, of which UNT is a member, six softball teams, and thus an automatic bid to the College World Series.
Softball is the 16th sport at UNT and one of 10 women’s sports.
Playing at a city park where youth regularly play will help promote softball within the city, Mr. Villarreal said, and playing on a borrowed field can have its advantages, too.
“When I was at Southern Mississippi, we played on a borrowed field for three years; two of those years we went to the College World Series,” Mr. Villarreal said. “I’m not saying lightning will strike twice, but it worked for us then.”
MATTHEW ZABEL
This was copied on another post within the Mean Green Athletics posts. It is a copy of a recent Denton Record Chronicle article with quotes from RV. I'm not complaining about it, in fact, this is the type of cooperation that has been needed between the City of Denton and UNT for years.
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Do the homeowners know about this?
Sure, and they aren't squawking, because UNT is providing $40,000 in upgrades to two fields at Denia Park.
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Great news Coach. You are getting us off to a great start.
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Track & field: Mean Green has finals on mind
05/30/2003
By Ethan B. Szatmary / Staff Writer
The North Texas track and field team takes 10 men and 11 women to the NCAA Midwest Region Track and Field Meet Friday, so head coach Rick Watkins said the Mean Green has as good a chance as any team in the region.
"We’ve got a really big group going," said Watkins. "We’ve got about as many as any other team, so I’m hoping we can run well and send a few athletes to [NCAA] nationals."
With the preliminary races beginning Friday morning at the University of Nebraska’s Ed Weir Track, Watkins said several UNT competitors have strong chances of continuing into Saturdays’ finals, and maybe the Mean Green can qualify its first athlete to nationals since Detron Woodson earned All-American honors in the 100-meter dash in 2001.
"I think if we run well, we can qualify several for the finals, and in the finals anything can happen," said Watkins. "Arthur Cox stands a good chance in the 400 meters, Ananka Clark could do it in the 100 meter dash and the 200 meters. Both Jessica Henderson (women’s discus) and Ryan Lancon (men’s pole vault) come in highly ranked, so I’d say they’re both contenders, too."
The qualifying rules for this year’s NCAA regional track meet have changed from previous years. This year, the top five athletes in each event in each region make the national meet in Sacramento, Calif., June 11-14. The NCAA also hands out at-large bids, with those bids spread as evenly as possible over all events until the total field for the meet reaches 544. Watkins expects one or two at-large bids per event.
In previous years, the NCAA invited the top 16-18 competitors nationwide, without restricting the amount of athletes from any given region.
Watkins said that he and many coaches are not pleased with the change.
"In the men’s 100-meter dash in the Midwest Region, there are 24 qualifiers. In the West Region, there are seven. Even with the at-large bids, there are going to be some people left out of nationals who should be there, and some people will be there that shouldn’t.
"Those are the rules that we have to live by, though. Very few of the coaches like it, but we still have to do the best we can, and that’s what we’re going to try do this weekend."
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96, I thought you were boycotting.
Yeah, what's up with the response. (Just another blatant attempt to pad my numbers).
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I know the last post on this subject was a couple of weeks ago, but I don't remember seeing anything about the Regional NCAA tournament.
When is it scheduled? or has it passed already? and if that's the case, how did we do?
GMG!!!!!
UNT finished the first round of the regional in 4th place but fell out of contention after that. We finished in 17th place in the regionals last week. Congrats to the team and Coach Jackson for a great year. It's even more amazing when your home course was the Eagle Point Goat Ranch.
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Well, we finished in a tie for 17th place 8 shots out of qualifying for the NCAA Championships. But, we still had a great year, and I am proud of the young men on this team. They did us proud.
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Ahh, you don't have to beg
... Let me find it, I think I know where it is at. But it will take me a few days to copy it, ok?
I'll pay for your time, the tape, and the shipping. Heck, you could probably make a few extra bucks off this little service if you wanted to.
Rice beats TU
in The Eagles Nest (There Should be Pie For Everyone Forum)
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I noticed that, but Sinisi is an outfielder.