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Nebraska’s Josh Bullock delivers a pitch to the plate in action earlier this season. The 21 -11 Cornhuskers play Washburn today
at 4 p.m. at Buck Beltzer Field. _
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He had a plate inserted in the wrist
this week and will miss the rest of the
season.
James Garcia filled in for Sagmoen
Monday and Sanders said he hoped
Jed Dalton would be able to return to
the lineup and possibly add depth to
that position.
Dalton had missed the past six
games because of injury.
Sanders said he was unsure who
would start on the mound for Ne
braska. He said he would probably
use a split staff so several pitchers
could see action.
Note:
The Sower’s Club of Lincoln has
made a commitment to donate $10,000
in matching funds toward a new public
address system at Buck Beltzer Field.
The Husker baseball program
started a fund-raising campaign last
year, and as soon as the $10,000 in
matching funds is raised, the new
sound system will be installed.
All previously raised funds also
will be matched by the “Sower’s Club
Baseball Match.” The system is esti
mated to cost $20,000-25,000.
Partners
Continued from Page 7
The two said the main reason behind
their confidence on the court is to
show the pride they have in playing
tennis for the Huskers.
Bray, who is a finance major from
St. Joseph, Mo., said he used that
pride to prove the doubters in his
hometown wrong about his abilities.
“Everybody back home said I’d
never be good enough to play up
here,” Bray said. “The satisfaction
comes in being able to wear my letter
jacket around and say, ‘You people
were wrong.’”
Segrist, who hails from Alliance
and is a pre-medicine major, said his
biggest thrill on the court was being
able to play with Bray, his best friend.
He said it wasn ’t always that way,
though.
“Troy and I hated each other after
playing each other in juniors,” said
Segrist, who played against Bray in a
junior tournament in Omaha the
summer before the two started classes
at Nebraska.
Segrist said now he wouldn’t want
it any other way than to compete with
Bray against their Big Eight rivals.
“Playing with Troy makes it easier
and a lot more relaxed out there,”
Segrist said.
Ncbraskacoach Kerry McDermott
said he had been impressed with his
No. 3 doubles squad’s improvement
since joining the starting lineup.
“They’ve both made great strides
in tennis this year and have really
helped our doubles play,” McDer
mott said.
McDermott said their unique an
tics actually could be beneficial to
their play.
“They’re both the same type of
crazy, free-spirited type of guys, and
they’re good friends off the court,
which really helps in doubles,’’
McDermott said.
As for the tandem’s future after
this season with the return of the
redshirts as well as some highly-touted
incoming freshmen recruits, the two
said they would lake the next two
years in stride.
“We’re happy just having the
opportunity to play, and I look for
ward to the next two years even if 1
don’t play,” Scgrisl said.
Bray agreed with his teammate.
“I’ve had fun just being part of the
team,” Bray said. “This will probably
be our last year to shine, so we’re
going to make the best of it.”
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State games registration open
From Staff Reports___
Registrations opened Wednesday
for the eighth annual Comhusker State
games, which will be held July 10-19
at more than 70 sites around Lincoln.
The statewide amateur sports fes
tival will feature 39 competitive or
participant events and is expected to
draw more than 16,(XX) entrants. The
midsummer sports gathering has been
the largest among 40 similar pro
grams nationally in recent years,
organizers said.
The 1991 games attracted 16,088
participants ranging in age from 88
years to 11 days.
Ex-Husker credits work ethic
O’Brien’s tenacity
yields long career
By Matt Larsen
Staff Reporter
Pete O’Brien is one of a rare breed
of baseball players.
In the midst of one-year wonders
and brash showboaters, the former
Nebraska star stands out for his hard
work ethic and quiet, steady produc
tion throughout a decade-long career
in the majors.
Although he has not received the
publicity accorded to some of his
more famous contemporaries, O’Brien
has turned in several solid years at
first base for the Texas Rangers,
Cleveland Indians and now the Se
attle Mariners.
The California native’s road to the
majors began with his decision to
transfer from Monterey Peninsula
College to Nebraska in 1978 as part
of Comhusker coach John Sanders’
California recruiting effort.
“Nebraska was a really good move
for me,’’ O’Brien said. “It was very
conducive to me putting my best fool
forward to get drafted.’’
After being named to the All-Big
Eight team in 1979, O’Brien was
drafted in the 15 th round by the Texas
Rangers. Three years later, O’Brien
was in the majors.
From 1983 through 1991,O’Brien
played in at least 142 games each
season. The only exception was in
1990 when he went on the disabled
list for the First time with a broken
thumb.
During that nine-year stretch he
averaged double-digit home run to
tals and 75-90 runs batted in each
year while wielding one of the best
f;lovcs in the American League at
irst base.
O’Brien attributes his success to
hard work.
“I feel like my winters really make
my years and I really feel like 1 out
work my opponents during the off
season,” he said. *
Some credit must also go to good
luck, he said.
“Staying healthy is the key,”
O’Brien said. “If you can stay healthy
and can play in a majority of the ball
games, your numbers should take care
of themselves.”
This year O’Brien will not be spend
ing as much lime at his familiar First
base post. With promising youngster
Tino Martinez looking for playing
time, O’Brien will be spending more
lime at designated hitter and possibly
in the outfield.
But O’Brien said it’s really not a
challenge.
“It’s more me rooting for him to
have a good year and vice-versa,” he
said.
One of the biggest changes this
season for O’Brien is that he will be
playing for a Seattle team that could
be in contention for a division title,
even in the American League West, a
division many experts consider the
toughest in baseball.
“We’ve got some question marks,
pitching, but I think we’re real sound
offensively and defensively,” O’Brien
said. “We’re in a very tough division,
and we’re going to have to have some
people step forward on the mound
and give us some quality innings.”
At age 34, many major leaguers
are in the twilightof their careers. But
O’Brien just keeps producing solid, if
unspectacular, numbers.
He intends to keep doing just that.
“To me, being consistent for a
long period of time is a real tribute to
the individual who kept himself in
shape,” he said. “I think that you have
guys who come in and have big years,
then you don’t hear about them.
“I always modeled the Eddie
Murrays and the Robin Younts. These
guys are going hard every year.”
“Consistency is what 1 ’d like to be
remembered for.”
O’Brien admits that life on the
road is a grind, but he intends to keep
on playing.
“As long as I’m healthy and I feel
like I’m enjoying itstill.and the travel
doesn’t get to me I’ll keep going.”
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to get hit hard.
“We have been playing not to lose,”
he said. “Now we need to make things
happen instead of trying to keep them
from happening.”
Wolforth said he believed this could
be the difference between his team
and the best teams in the country.
“There’s a very slim difference.
between victory and defeat,” he said.
‘We’ve got it in us. Now it’s the job
of the coaching staff to get it out of
the players.”