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Article: Quintanilla returns to Texas lineup on Sunday
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- University Wire
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- March 8, 2002
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(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- It's been 10 months since Texas
fans have seen Omar Quintanilla take the field in a Longhorn uniform.
The wait is finally expected to end on Sunday when Quintanilla rejoins
his teammates in Lubbock for the final game of the weekend series
against Texas Tech.
"I'm so relieved it's over, and I'm prepared to put everything behind
me," Quintanilla said of his recent suspension. "Now, I'm just ready
to play ball -- that's all that's on my mind."
On Feb. 27, the NCAA announced that the sophomore infielder had to
sit out 21 games for playing with an amateur baseball team in Mexico.
Quintanilla had also accepted five ...