Wednesday august 18, 1982
page 48
daily nebraskan
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Former Omahan finds fame
as Atlanta Braves catcher
By Bob Asmusscn
Atlanta Braves catcher Bruce Benedict is
in some fine company. Bob Gibson, Richie
Ashburn, Grover Cleveland Alexander,
Wahoo Sam Crawford and Bob Cerv are
Nebraskans who have had some measure of
success in major league baseball.
You can now add Benedict's name to
that list. The former Omahan is in his
fourth season as the Braves' No. 1 catcher.
"I'm proud to be from Nebraska,"
Benedict said. "I try to promote the fact
that I am from Nebraska. To be honest I'm
kind of surprised that I'm the only player
from the state in the big leagues."
Gibson is now the Braves pitching coach
for Manager Joe Torre. Benedict said that
he and Gibson have a good relationship.
"Bob and I get along real well,"
Benedict said. "We relate to each other
pretty well because we're from the same
place. I always kid him that there's two
players from Nebraska in the majors and
we're both on the same team."
Following his junior year at UNO, Bene
dict was drafted and signed by the Braves.
He went to Kingsport, Tenn., one of the
Braves rookie league teams. During that
same summer he spent time in Greenwood,
S.C. He finished the season at the Braves
AA team in Savannah, Ga. He spent the
entire 1977 season in Savannah.
In 1978 Benedict moved up to the
Braves AAA team in Richmond, Va. He
stayed there until being called up by
Atlanta Aug. 16. His first game as an
Atlanta Brave was Aug. 18 in St. Louis.
Benedict remembers his first trip to the
plate.
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Preseason magazines
tab Huskers, Sooners
as Big Eight leaders
By Larry Sparks
Football fans trying to pass the time until the 1982
college kickoff probably haven't had trouble finding read
ing material this summer. The market has been flooded
once again with collegiate football publications, all offer
ing their own advice on what teams to put your money on
this season.
Generally, the magazines follow a simple format - a
short summary of each team, a preseason all-American
and all-conference team, a national top 20 and a
prediction of conference race results.
If this year's magazines are right on their predictions,
it could be a banner season for Nebraska. The Cornhusk
ers are a near unanimous favorite to retain their Big Eight
champion and are picked by many of the publications to
battle for the national crown. Center Dave Rimington also
is on about everybody's pre-season ail-American team.
JMJ Enterprises of Syracuse, N.Y., came out with three
publications this summer - Pigskin Preview, Game Plan
College Football and Goal Post College Football. All three
magazines tab the Huskers as the Big Eight champion and
Oklahoma as runner-up, although their polls differ after
that point. Pigskin Preview calls UNL I-backs Roger Craig
and Mike Rozier "one of the most potent one-two punch
es the Big Eight has ever felt."
Game Plan picks Nebraska to finish third in the nation
behind Pittsburgh and Alabama while Goal Post picks
Pittsburgh to win top honors, followed by North Carolina,
Alabama and Nebraska. Pigskin Preview also picks Ne
braska fourth, behind Alabama, Southern Methodist and
Pittsburgh.
Rimington is the only Husker on Goal Post's all-Ameri-can
list, although Rimington, Craig, Rozier, guard Mike
Mandclko, defensive end Tony Felici and linebacker Steve
Damkroger are on the all-Midlands team. Pigskin Preview
has Rimington on their ail-American team while Game
Plan lists Rimington and tight end Jamie Williams.
Sports Quarterly Pro and College Football Roundup,
published by Lopez Publications of New York, also picks
Nebraska and Oklahoma to finish first and second in the
Big Eight. The magazine points out that UNL has the few
est returning starters of any Big Eight team "but those
even dozen players include some of the brightest lights
ever to shine in western football horizons."
Sports Quarterly picks Pittsburgh to claim the national
title with Alabama second and Nebraska third. Oklahoma,
in eighth place, is the only other Big Eight team in the
national poll.
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