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Ryan pitches his final game, ends award-winning career
Torn ligament keeps veteran off the field
By Arnie Stapleton The Associated Press
The end didn't turn out the way Nolan Ryan wanted. Back in April, at the start of his 27th and final season, the cool spring air was filled with hope.
"I want to stay healthy, get 30 starts and 200 innings," Ryan said. "Of course, I'd like to bring a pennant to Arlington Stadium. And I'd like to look back on this season and say, 'Yeah, I could have gone one more."
They seemed like modest goals for baseball's career leader in strikeouts and no-hitters. But his glorious career ended abruptly Wednesday night in Seattle when a ligament in his right elbow "popped like a rubber band."
Going out with a flourish seemed like a possibility in the spring. He had one of his best spring trainings after compiling a .99 ERA during his final four starts in 1992. At 46, he still was smoking the radar guns at 96 mph. He wanted to make at least 30 starts on his farewell tour.
But age finally caught up and his body broke down. He missed 22 days
after surgery on the left knee, 72 days because of a strained hip muscle and 21 days because of a strained ribcage muscle.
Nolan Ryan
Doctors say Ryan probably has a torn ligament in his right elbow and
would need 12 months of rehabilitation. He finished his final season with a 5-5 record in just 13 starts, a careerhigh 4.88 ERA, 46 strikeouts and 40 walks.
Perhaps the most memorable moment of his final season was punching Chicago's Robin Ventura, who made the mistake of his career by charging the mound after Ryan hit him with a fastball. Ryan grabbed Ventura in a headlock and landed six punches. Ventura landed none.
It was his last no-hitter, teammates ioked.
Ryan didn't finish his final game Wednesday night, walking off the mound with a 3-1 count on Dave Magadan. Steve Dreyer relieved and completed a walk charged to Ryan.
Ryan said his elbow had been sore
since a seven-inning no-decision Friday night at Anaheim, where California's Greg Myers whiffed for Ryan's 5.714th and final strikeout.
"Everyone has visions of things turning out different than they really do," Ryan said philosophically. "But I can't really say I ever sat around and fantasized about how I would have liked to have ended my career. But I think if I had, it certainly would have been with a strong performance in a pennant race. I guess by striking out the last hitter."
Wouldn't that have been fitting? He was the last of the power pitchers who came up throwing every fourth day and was counted on for 300 innings a year. Ryan is finished, and he takes with him the epoch from which he came.
When he came up for good with the New York Mets in 1968, his goal was to stay in the majors long enough to qualify for a pension. He wound up lasting long enough to pitch to eight fathers and sons.
"I'm not sad," Red Murff, the scout who discovered Ryan, said. "I'm glad it's over for him. He's been fighting. Nolan Ryan is as great as anyone we've ever had in this wonderful game. What a man. I am in awe him. And I am not alone."
Softball team anxious for first game
Bv Gerrv Fev
Kansan sportswriter
The threat of rain might be the Kansas softball team's biggest worry this weekend during the Jayhawk Invitational tournament.
"The girls are really excited to play." Kansas coach Kalum Haack said. "They are tired of doing the same thing everyday."
again at 4:30 p.m. against Team Salina, which is made up of players from Kansas Weslyn.
The tournament will mark the beginning of Kansas' fall season. Last weekend's game against Wichita State was rained out, leaving the Jayhawks with nothing to do but practice.
Haack said Southwest,Missouri State and Nebraska-Kearney would be the Jayhawks' toughest competition in the tournament.
Kansas is scheduled to play at 3:15 p.m. tomorrow against Nebraska-Kearney and at 5 p.m. against Johnson County Community College. Sunday, the Jayhawks will play at 2:45 p.m. against Southwest Missouri State and
"I think Southwest Missouri State will be the toughest since they're the lone Division I school besides us," Haack said.
Kansas main goal will be to get all its players some playing time, Haack said.
Senior pitcher Stephani Williams said that getting freshmen team members experience against Division I opponents was most important.
"Whether we win or lose isn't what's most important," Williams said. "But we should win."
Team Salina, 3-1; cannot be affiliated with Kansas Wesleyan according to
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference rules. Under those rules, the team, which is allowed to compete only in spring games, cannot play a fall season game under the supervision of its head coach. But with seniors Leslie Zielinsk, Michelle Villaire and Jennifer Montio coaching, its members are free to play.
"This is our first year," Zielinski said. "We wanted to get our new people together to get experience and have fun. We don't even have the whole softball team. It's just whoever has the time to play."
Haack said that Kansas' opponents would be as anxious to play as the Jayhawks were, but he was confident his team could win.
"I'll be disappointed if we don't win them all," he said. "We're going to come at them with both barrels firing."
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