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TC baseball team hopes mix of old, new brings wins

Would Craig McMurtry like to have a more experienced lineup? Yes. Would he like for arguably his top returning pitcher to be healthy for the start of the season? Sure. Would he like to have as many scholarships to dole out as many of his team's chief rivals? Definitely.But Temple College baseball coach McMurtry isn't dwelling on any real or perceived shortcomings of his Leopards, who will begin their 2002 season at 1 p.m. today with a doubleheader against perennial power Galveston at TC's Danny Scott Athletic Complex.Instead, he's thinking that a solid pitching corps and a potentially strong group of hitters can lead TC to its first NJCAA Region V Tournament berth since its program was revived in 1999 after a two-decade hiatus."I'm not going to be overly optimistic right now, but at times we've looked good, so I am optimistic about our chances of doing well," said McMurtry, whose 2001 squad was 28-24 overall and 15-17 in the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference for sixth place."To me, a very positive outlook would be us winning the conference. In a more reserved role as coach, I would say that just making the playoffs is the big thing. I really think we have a chance to do that. It's not because I was a pitcher, but every year I say it's going to come down to our pitching."And having a healthy Caleb Irwin would help the Leopards' cause greatly, but the hard-throwing sophomore right-hander from Belton has experienced shoulder problems and will miss the next several weeks."We're just going to have to be patient with him and see how he reacts to rest," said McMurtry, who pitched 7
 
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