1989_05 The Daily Collegian May 1989

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Sports
California State University, Fresno
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1969
Safe at home, Tom  Goodwin records another one of his team-leading 56 runs scored.
Barbara, 7-5, on April 16 at Beiden Field.
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The Bulldogs won this game against Santa
Goodwin hits, runs, to 12 records
Mark Garcia
Sports Writer
Over the past three seasons, Fresno
State center fielder Tom Goodwin has
made a name for himself as one of the
most celebrated players in college base¬
ball.
Only a junior, Goodwin has broken or
tied twelve FSU records and is rated as the
No. 4 college prospect for the upcoming
draft by Baseball America magazine.
Very impressive consid 'ring thai he
could have easily been running pass
patterns on a football field instead of steal¬
ing bases on a diamond.
As a wide receiver at Central High
School, the 6-0. 160 pounder earned all-
Metro accolades as a  junior and  was
recruited by some schools.
But it was baseball that Goodwin
would ultimately choose and, luckily for
head coach Bob Bennett, he decided to
stay close to home and play for Fresno
State.
"After a recruiting. trip to Cal
(Berkeley) my parents and I sat down and
talked arid decided that baseball would be
best for me," said Goodwin. "I chose
Fresno (State) because it was close to
home and because of ilicir good baseball
program."
At Central High Goodwin was also a
three-year varsity baseball player, earning
all-Metro honors as a junior and senior
and all-league honors all three seasons.
During his senior season Goodwin
batted 388 and was N-for-1'; In stolen
base attempts. In the previous two
seasons he batted .538 and .524.
"Wc heard about him through people in
the area who said he could really run,"
said Bennett,
"Wc saw that he had outstanding speed
and he had the tools to potentially be a
good outfielder. We had no idea he'd be as
good as he is now."
It was obvious early on that speed was
Goodwin's greatest asset. Currently Good¬
win has stolen 155 career bases, three shy
of fiTtr) place on the NCAA career list.
"I!c puts a lot of pressure on teams
because they know ihey have to keep him
off base," said Bennett, "If he gets on
base we have a chan.ee to score because he
Can steal second or third and all v.e need is
h around ball here or n fly ball there"to
bring him in."
During Goodwin's freshman year he
was used mostly as a designated hitter un¬
til the last 15 games of the season. It was
a position that Goodwin enjoyed but he
was not satisfied.
"I enjoyed being a DH because I was
able to play," said Goodwin, "but it
wasn't satisfying because if 1 didn't do
well at the plate, that was it. I felt it was
crucial for me to show it all, offensively
and defensively."
"We tried to break him in slowly
because we had a good center fielder in
Michael Stewart," added Bennett. But
Stewart inmed professional and i! at
opened the door for Goodwin.
■See TOM, pape ~
Coach blows his cool
Marcus Musacchio
Fans present at the Bulldogs' game
against UNLV Sunday at Bcidcn Field,
saw more being tossed liian baseballs.
The most exciting loss of the game
was thrown by umpire Terry Mann, when
he ejected UNLV head coach Fred Dall-
imore, in the eighth inning. Dallimorc
charged out of the dugout to protest
Mann's ruling that UNLV center fielder
David Baxter had trapped a sinking line-
drive off the bat of FSU"s Tom Goodwin.
Dallimorc got right in Mann's face and
the umpire tossed him out with all the
animation of the most colorful big league
umps, hurling his right arm in a spherical
motion toward the visitor's dugout.
The ejeciiojijiuslied the fiery manager
past the limits of normal manager-umpire
confrontations. Before Mann had even
completed die motion, Dallimorc flag¬
rantly thrust his body into Mann's,
knocking the umpire a good five feel, and
forcing him to scramble to. keep his
balance.
A simultaneous "Ooh" rose from the
Bcidcn Field crowd. Fans have learned to
expect, and even enjoy, managers' child¬
ish hounding of \he umpires, but
' Dallimoie had exploded beyond the limits
and broken a most respected baseball
taboo.
Dallimorc's tantrum then became
laughable for the fans, as he refused to
exit quietly out the side gates, and opted
See MAD, page 7
'Dogs host
Sparta
it;
By Krie Maddy
Sports Writer
The Fresno State Softball team
returns to Big West Conference action
this afternoon, as they host San Jose
Suite at Bulldog Diamond. Game time
is 2:00 p.m.
The fourth-ranked Bulldogs (47-12,
23-7) arc currently one game behind
Cal State Fulierton (25-7) in the
conference race. A Bulldog sweep
could pull FSU inio first place
depending on how Fullcrion docs. The
Titans play at UC Santa Barbara this
afternoon.
San Jose Slate (34-22, 19-11)
comes into Fresno in fourth place in
the conference. They are in the midst
of the most successful season in the
four year history t>f their program.
They have won 11 of 12, including a
sweep of seventh ranked Long Beach
State last week, and are 14-4 since
dropping a doublehcadcr io i!ie visiting
Bulldogs last mnnthT^-2, 3-2).
The catalyst for the Spartan success
has been freshman outfielder Noleana
Woodward. The San Jose native is
hitting .358 and icads the conference
with 25 siolen bases. Also
contributing on1 offense arc shortstop
Tiffany Cornelius (.318) and first
baseman Angic Laolagi (.304). Janice
Richncr leads the club widi 29 RBIs.
The Spartans have also relied on the
strong pitching of senior Gale Dean
(21-10, 0.91) and sophomore Leann
See CLUB, page 7