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POMPANO BEACH Charley Pride, who wears No 50 on the back of his Texas Rangers' uniform, stepped into the batting cage and yelled to the pitcher, "Don't make me look bad." The pitcher threw a fast ball. The country and western singer swung and missed. Another ball was thrown. Pride fouled it off. Defeated, be walked away from the batting cage.

"My birthday's coming up Saturday," Pride laughed. "I'll be 62 and a half." At times, Pride must feel that old when he's "making he's a baseball player at the Rangers' spring training camp at Municipal Stadium. The other day, during batting practice, a ball hit Pride's right foot and bruised a toe. "It really hurts," Pride complained. 4'Maybe you're getting too old for this," a man suggested.

love putting a uniform on," Pride said. "I enjoy bting one of the guys." "How old are you really?" Pride was asked. "Over 30," he said. "Over 35?" "I could tell you," Pride said, "but I won't." Pride will be 40 on Saturday, according to RCA, the label for which he records. If he is sensitive about his age, that's understandable.

Most Texas players respect Ctarlie Pride for his music, not for his baseball ability. '4 "Charley's a good guy, but I don't know if you can Lille him seriously as a ballplayer," said Rangers' infielder Kurt Bevacqua. "You want to know if Charley can Ran-gars' manager Billy Hunter. "I think you'd better ask Ctiarley that question. He'll tell you that he can hit." Pride was a pro baseball player long before he'd rIcorded "Kiss An Angel Good Morning' and long before he'd heard of a Grammy.

After several years in the minor leagues, Pride was given a tryout by the Los Angeles Angels in 1961. He lasted two weeks. "They sent nip home with a bus ticket, a tuna fish sandwich and an orange," Pride said. In 1964, Charley invited himself to the New York Mets' spring training camp in St. Petersburg, introdcced himself to manager Casey Stengel and Was turned away.

Stengel reportedly told one of his aides: "rm not running a tryout camp. If you want to look at hem, take him out to the pasture." "When the Mets wouldn't give me a uniform," 4 Pride said, "I called it a day." 4. A year later, he signed with RCA and became the fist black singer to be recognized as a major country gicl western talent. He has recorded 25 albums, including 11 million sellers, and won three Grammy Awards. Four years ago, Pride was invited to train with the Rangers.

Now he has his own locker in the Rangers' ctilbhouse. He takes batting practice, runs sprints, catches fly balls, gets rubdowns and travels on the Kam bus to out-of-town games. At a club party last Saturday, he sang "For The Good Times." Often, he'll vtit players' rooms, with his guitar, to sing songs from his latest album. "Why didn't you make it as a pro baseball player?" Pride was asked, after he took batting practice this "When I was growing up on the farm in Mississippt, an old fella once told me, 'Have you ever thought POMPA No.50 on tit ped into th "Don't mak ball. The missed.

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I got pretty close, but the doors would always close on me. So I got into a type of music that, by society's standards, I had no-business succeeding in. Then one song after another and here I am. "Coming to spring training gets my body in shape," Pride said. "And I like to hear people say, 'Hell, he was a good ballplayer.

Look at him now. He's still Good? "He's no spring chicken, but he can hit some," said Rangers' first baseman Mike Hargrove. "The other day he popped one out of the park in batting practice. A couple of guys fainted when he did that, but he hits the ball pretty good for a guy who only plays two weeks a year. "He's serious about his baseball, I'll guarantee you that.

When he gets in the cage, he's not getting in there to swing and miss." Four years ago, when Billy Martin was managing the Rangers, Pride was given two at-bats against Baltimore Orioles' pitcher Jim Palmer. Charley went one-for-two. "People still kid me about that," Pride said. "They ask me if Palmer gave me that hit. I never asked him.

The point is, I hit it." "The ball was 'laid in' for Charley," Martin said, "because Jim Palmer likes country and western music." This week, Billy Hunter was asked if he plans to give Pride an at-bat this spring. "Sure, but only if it's against Palmer, because'! know he can hit Palmer," Hunter laughed. the right down to back of his uniform no matter how good a ballplayer you are, you veren't put here on this planet to play ball? It's not for tou. You're here to sing. "Well, I tried hard to play ball.

I got pretty close, put the doors would always close on me. So I got into a ype of music that, by society's standards, I had no usiness succeeding in. Then one song after another nd here I am. "Coming to spring training gets my body in shape," 'ride said. "And I like to hear people say, 'Hell, he was good ballplayer.

Look at him now. He's still Good? "He's no spring chicken, but he can hit some," said tangers' first baseman Mike Hargrove. "The other day le popped one out of the park in batting practice. A ouple of guys fainted when he did that, but he hits the WHITE PAINTED 8-SPOKE STYLE WHEEL 1111" I A I 0 MOJAVE lEEL, NB SLOTTED DISH WAG' WHEEL' PENTON GyRo TM One piece cast. Slotted dish.

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Heaveilo, 27, a right-handed reliever, comes off a fie season in which he appeared in 56 games after being recalled from the minor leagues. He had a 5-1 record and a 2.55 ERA in 1977. Alexander, 24, batted 03 in 51 games for San Francisco last season. Johnson, 21, compiled a 14-2 record and a 3.38 ERA ply respom abts one of San Frt Will consist 16-12, Bob 1.3Pnn McGI The me ells is Thon been with trig averar Heaveil fie seasor being recal rtcord and ,,.......6 cord and a 2.55 ERA in 1977. Alexander, 24, batted I 03 in 51 games for San Francisco last season.

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