Tuesday, March 29, 1977
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Self-confidence helps Heinrich
Sports Writer
By GARY BEDORE
If you didn't know better, you'd think Tug McGraw of the Philadelphia Phillies had KU's Carl Heinrich in mind when he said, "You got believe." When Heinrich, a powerful first baseman, steps up to the plate, he is a believer—in himself.
"Eighty per cent of hitting is knowing you can do it," Heinrich said recently. "If you can get the mental part of hitting whipped, you will be a good hitter."
Henrich, a senior from Lawrence and captain of the Jayhawk baseball team recently became the all-time leader in career hits and at bats for a KU player, and needs only 16 more runs batted in this season to become the career R.B.L. leader.
"I MPROW of the records and glad they happened, but you can't play for records only." Heinrich said. "There's always room for improvement."
Henricht's seasonal batting averages show how he has improved. After hitting
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Heinrich is congratulated after his homer Saturday
247 his freshman year, he jumped to .382 as a sophomore and led the team's regulars with a .313 average last season. After 15 games this year, Heinrich is hitting an impressive .606. He leads the team in points (3), and is led for the lead in home runs (2).
"It takes a combination of hard work and
encouragement to improve each year."
Hirsch said.
The 8-foot, 190 pound first baseman bats fourth in the KU linkup, and along with second baseman Ron MacDonald, provides much of the team's power. As cleanup hitter Huffer matches contact with ball. He is structurally only five times in 49 at bats this season.
"WE DON'T have a consistent power hitter on our team," Heinrich said. "Some cleanup hitters will go down everywhere and then they wear on me, I just try to make contact."
Although known primarily for his hitting, Heinrich has been a steady performer on defense. He made only five errors in 37 games last year and has one error this
Even with these statistics, Heinrich says his best position is catcher. He was starting catcher his freshman year but was moved when coach Floyd Temple needed a first baseman. The past two summers, following the advice of Russ Seebach, New York Mets selected him for the Fort Dodge, Iowa, semi-pro team. He earned all-state honors as catcher last summer.
IN ADDITION to the Mets' sault,
Heinrich said he's seen other recruiterats at various games watching the Jayhawks.
Heinrich hopes to be selected in the major
Coming to KU might seem to be a
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"John Hadi (former KU quarterback and current quarterback) is my cousin," Heinrich said. "We have been close, so I've followed the Jayhawks a long time to coach offseason at his college, I jumped in to follow a team I love and want to be part of it sometimes."
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HEINRICH SAID he had no regrets about playing baseball. He was honored by his teammates the two seasons when they elected him captain.
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"Baseball has been my life and I've always had a goal of playing pro biam. I hope
"She might get mad, but the two rings that would be my greatest thrill are a college world series championship ring and a professional world series ring."
"be captain means special special to me," he said. "It's not an award given by the press or coaches, but something the guys you're with all year give. That's what's most meaningful; you respect your teammates now and all your life."
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Taylor, who couldn't walk Friday following the injury but was able to hobble around by Sunday, was examined by team doctors yesterday and tentatively planned to participate in a noun workout before the New York Knicks game tonight with the New York Knicks.
"We're not in the driver's seat anymore," Kings' coach Phil Johnson said of his club's playoff predicament. "We've got to fight back." The schedule from here on out than Chicago.
Kings hopes slim
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) —The playoff hopes of the Kansas City Kings are very slim. They'll be a whole lot slimmer if guard Joe Smith plays on account of action much longer with a back injury.
The setbacks enebs the streaking Chicago Bulls to pull in front of the Kings by a half-game in the battle for the sixth and seventh spot in the Western Conference.
Taylor suffered the injury midway through the second quarter of Kansas City's game with New Orleans Friday night when he fell to the court after pursuing a rebound. He had to be taken from the court in a wheelchair.
In Taylor's absence, the Kings left to the Jazz in overtime, lost again Saturday night to the Houston Rockets and then again Sunday afternoon to the San Antonio Spurs.
"We hope to have Brian back for the Knicks, but optimistically he'd probably
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The Royals scored their first run in the second immin when Cookie Joras walked, stole second and scored on a double by U. L. Washington.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Andy Hassler and Greg Shanahan combined for an eight-hitter in pitching the Kansas City Royals to defeat the factory over the Atlanta Braves yesterday.
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Kansas City's second run came in the eighth inning when AI Cowens walked, stole second, advanced to third when a pickoff from Frank LaCorte went wild, and later scored.
**Braven's** rookie shortstop Pat Rockett was hit in the head by a Shaunhan punch at home.
The Kings close out our Kansas City schedule against the Knicks. They do have one more home game in Omaha, however, but also play Philadelphia, Cleveland, Seattle and Golden State on the road during the final two weeks of the season.
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