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4 SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4,2019 | HILLTOPVIEWSONLINE.COM
Texans heating up. Cowboys faltering heading into final weeks of regular season
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devastating 41-7 loss. While playoff run.
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COMMENTARY: Yankees hiring full-time female coach is MLB milestone
tionship with Lawson.
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unique department: pitch case, Balkovec is backed by
Yankees organization.
in the playoffs, and Jason
Garrett will not be coaching
the Cowboys come next sea-
son.
JEFFREY BEALL / WIKI CREATIVE COMMONS
Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is only the second quarterback this
season to defeat the 10-2 Patriots. With an 8-4 record, Watson is leading
the Texans to the top of the AFC South.
However, Lawson has
extensive knowledge in a
lived up to their billing as the
unbeatable teams they ap-
peared to be early in the sea-
son. This is the best chance
for the Texans to make a deep
By DANTE GUTIERREZ
@DanteGu27
recognition. With the in- Lawson who is backed by the
troduction of a new con- Yankees organization.
the team seemed to take a
major step back at a time
where the expected AFC hi-
erarchy is more questioned
than ever, the team didn’t let
the loss get to them and won
cept, a learning curve appears
and many players may reject
that new concept.
Enter Balkovec. Balkovec
knows Lawson and his hit-
ting philosophies. Therefore,
as a roving hitting instructor,
Balkovec can help emphasize
Lawsons philosophies and
shorten the learning curve
for minor league players.
What is the philosophy
that Balkovec will help im-
plement into players? Hit
strikes hard, per The Ath-
letic.
With her background and
skillset, Balkovec should
experience minimal trouble
think and hit at the same while instructing the Yankees
time." Minor League players. Yet,
some may refuse instructions
from a woman. If that is the
analytics taboo, often
claiming that it can lead
to "paralysis by analysis"
or overthinking. Legend-
ary Yankee catcher Yogi
Berra once said, “You can’t
Houston had a free week of
preparation to face probable
league MVP Lamar Jackson
and the Ravens and ended up
laying an egg, resulting in a
Spanish, which can help her
communicate with Latin
American players in the
minors. Most importantly,
Balkovec is experienced.
Balkovec began her base-
On Feb. 1, the New York
Yankees' coaching staff will
report to Spring Training in
Tampa, F1. Among those re-
porting to Tampa will be the
Yankees' new Minor League
hitting coach, Rachel Balk-
ovec.
According to The New
York Times, Balkovec, 32, is
believed to be the first wom-
the Cowboys give you hope,
you have to take it with a
grain of salt. The‘Boys givith,
the ‘Boys taketh away. The
Cowboys would go on to
win two of their next five
games, with those wins
coming against the Giants
(oof) and the Lions (big
oof).
Despite playing close
games to the Patriots and
the Vikings, the team
didn’t do much to inspire
confidence in them. All
of that came to a head-on
Thanksgiving when the
Cowboys were slaugh-
tered like turkeys by the
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have been underperforming,
it’s hard to picture the Cow-
boys being able to hold up in
the playoffs.
Dallas will be one and done
an hired as a full-time hitting ball coaching career in 2012
coach by an MLB organiza- with the St. Louis Cardi-
tion. However, she isn’t the nals’ rookie-level affiliate in
only woman coaching in pro- Johnson City, Tennessee,
fessional baseball. In 2014, Balkovec became
On Nov. 22, the Chicago the first full-time female
Cubs hired Rachel Folden to strength and conditioning
lead their hitting lab for their coach with the Cardinals,
rookie ball affiliate in Arizo- Later, Balkovec became the
na, per USA Today. Latin American strength
“She’s a good hitting coach and conditioning coach for
and a good coach. Period,” the Houston Astros in 2016.
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By GARON HUNT
@GaronHuntVEVO
It has been a season of highs
and lows for both Texas foot-
ball franchises. However,
one has kept the ship afloat
on their way to the playoffs,
while the other looks like the
most mediocre dumpster fire
to ever grace the eyes of the
American public that will
somehow still probably win
their division.
In Houston, the Texans
were sitting pretty as No-
vember started, sporting a
respectable 6-3 record after
dismantling the Jaguars on
the third leading into their
much-needed bye week. Typ-
ically, teams will either come
out of their bye week better
prepared for the next game,
or they will be sluggish and
lackadaisical come game time.
Unfortunately for the Tex-
ans, the latter was the case.
Yankees hitting coordina- Balkovec’s hiring is not a
tor Dillon Lawson told The publicity stunt. Aside from
Times. her experience in the minors,
Balkovec’s hiring brings Balkovec owns two master's
a new dynamic to the Yan- degrees in the science of hu-
kees organization, a team man movement, according to
usually known for honoring The New York Times. Also,
tradition. Balkovec speaks she has a good working rela-
Networking is important,
even in baseball. It’s not al-
ways about how much you
know, even though Balkovec
is pretty knowledgeable, but
who you know. According
to The New York Times,
Balkovec and Lawson met in
2016 when both were work-
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COURTESY LAWRENCE FUNG / WIKI CREATIVE COMMONS
Since the franchise’s inception in 1901, the New York Yankees has never
had a full-time female member of the coaching staff. With Rachel Balkovec’s
hiring, the Yankees followed the lead of the Chicago Cubs.
a tough division game against give fans hope, they proceed
the Indianapolis Colts the to do something so utterly
very next week. That win was frustrating it makes you won-
followed up by a decisive vic- der why you even watch foot-
tory over the New England ball.
Patriots, bringing their re- After starting the season
cord to 8-4. 3-0, the Cowboys ended
Behind the continued bril- dropping all the way back
liance of Deshaun Watson down to 3-3, which included
and DeAndre Hopkins, along loss to the then winless Jets,
with Bill O’Brien coach- However, they responded by
ing like his life depends on beating up on their division
it, the Texans have elevated rival, and closest competition,
themselves to the top of the the Philadelphia Eagles 37-
AFC totem pole. Neither the 10 in Week 7.
Patriots nor the Chiefs have As stated earlier, anytime
Bills on national televi-
sion.
After their Thanksgiv-
ing embarrassment, the
Cowboys reside at 6-6
with four games remain-
ing. Despite still having
the division in pretty good
hands because the Eagles
ing with the Astros.
It's important to have syn-
ergy in a working environ-
ment, especially when Law-
son is trying to redefine the
offensive philosophy of an
organization. According to
The Athletic, Lawson is part
of a new wave of coaches that
are “data driven," relying
heavily on analytics.
Traditionally, baseball
players have considered
Over in Dallas, the only
question on every fan’s mind
is, “Why must you hurt me
so?”
It seems that any time the
Cowboys do something to
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