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NEW YORK (AP) — The
bullpen was exceptional, as ex
pected. Jim Leyritz delivered a big
home run, Andy Pettitte threw a
marvelous game and Paul O’Neill
made a nifty catch.
The New York Yankees had it
all —pitching, hitting and fielding
in one of the finest weeks in their
history.
But what about it, Joe Torre?
Was there something else on your
side? Did you think the Yankees
were destined to win the World Se
ries?
“I guess I did, but I wouldn’t let
it happen because once you think
it’s fate, you stop waking,” the New
York manager said after Saturdav
night’s 3-2 win over Atlanta in
Game 6. '
“Everybody has a piece of it. We
went through a series and every
player on our roster helped us win
a game.”
The result was the Yankees’
record 23rd championship and first
since 1978, along with one of the
most remarkable turnarounds in
baseball history. New York became
only the third team in ’92 World
Series to win it after losing the first
two games at hone.
Wade Boggs and Cecil Fielder
wound up with the first champion
ships in their long careers, while
emerging stars Derek Jeter and
Bemie Williams also celebrated in
a pileup on the mound after the last
out. At Tore’s suggestion, the team
took a victory lap around the out
field, with Boggs riding a police
horse.
The Yankees were sentimental
favorites, fa- sure, compared to At
lanta. Manager Bobby Cox and the
Braves already had won last year’s
title, and were appearing for the
fourth time in the last five World
Series.
“I think it’s unfortunate for (At
lanta Manager) Bobby Cox, be
cause we seem to have more people
praying for us,” Torre said. “The
story is about more than wins and
losses and has a bit more human
interest in it.”
No doubt, the catch by that 12
year-old boy in right field during
Game 1 of the American League
championship series against Balti
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in the Yankees’ coma-.
But after losing the first two
games to Atlanta at Yankee Stadium
12-1 and 4-0, New York needed
more than just good fortune.
John Wetteland, who saved all
four New York wins, became the
first pitcher to earn four saves in a
Series and got the MVP award.
The Braves’ bullpen did not fare
so well, especially in the pivotal
Game 4, when Atlanta blew a 6-0
lead. Mark Wohlers gave up
Leyritz’s tying, three-run homer in
the eighth inning and Steve Avery
walked pinch-hitter Boggs with the
bases loaded in the 10th.
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-wrestlers
to overachieve
Coaches hope recruits
can bolster inexperienced
squad.
ByAntone Oseka
SeniorEditor
Nebraska’s wrestling program has
a new attitude.
The Comhuskers are still tough, big
and confident. But this year, unlike
years past, they’re loose. The pressure
is gone. No one in the wrestling com
munity expects this team to be great.
Not only is the team different,
bringing in the nation’s No. 1-ranked
recruiting class, but the wrestling room
at the Bob Devaney Sports Center has
a new attitude, too.
The mats that used to line the walls
—candycane-stripped mats like those
secu in a cicinciiuuy scuuui — are
gone.
They are replaced with new, cherry
red mats that read Nebraska Wrestling.
The floor mats are new, too, matching
the cherry red of the wall mats with a
simple N in the comer.
NU Assistant Coach Mark Cody
said the changes have a lot to do with
the incoming freshmen*—led by Brad
Vering—who will have to lode up to
veteran wrestlers.
Jason Kraft is one of those veter
ans. Kraft, a senior 158-pounder, will
be a mainstay in the middle weights for
the Huskers. More than that, Kraft is a
leader in the wrestling room.
‘1 haven’t accomplished my goals
yet,” Kraft said. “I’ve always been one
second away, one match away.
Kraft gives all the credit to Cody
and Assistant Coach Brad Penrith. The
work wrestlers do over the summer,
Cody said, helps during the season.
“Guys that go (to the camps), are
the guys that make the biggest steps,”
he said.
In addition, Cody said, the recruit
ing process at Nebraska has become
much more strict. Coaches look into
the background of the recruits, he said,
making sure they’re acceptable aca
demically and socially — as well as
good wrestlers.
“We’ve really cleaned up with our
social conduct,” 118-pounder Brad
Canoyer said. “Nobody’s getting in
trouble. We have high-class, top-notch
kids.”
“We know we have something to
prove,” Kraft said. “We have the atti
tude that rankings don’t mean any
thin*”
Nebraska is ranked as high as fifth
in preseason poll, but Coach Tim
Neumann said that as soon as voters
see the Nebraska lineup, the Huskers
may drop as low as No. 20.
“We don’t have any internal prob
lems,” Kraft said. “We just have guys
who are going to work hard.”
In addition to Kraft and Canoyer,
1995 heavyweight national champion
Tolly Thompson returns to lead this
squad. All-Americans Temoer Terry, a
158-pounder, and 190-pounder Ryan
Tobin will redshirt this season.
The Huskers, who finished fifth at
the 1996 NCAA Championships, and
their attitude open the 1996-97 season
on Nov. 23, wrestling in the Omaha
Open.
KU endures
long night
in 63-7 loss
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those yards would be hard fought.
You’re probably not going to be
able to run the ball and beat Ne
braska. We knew we’d have to mix
it up, but we didn’t mix it up well
enough.”
The Huskers rushed for 322
yards, but the big surprise, Mason
said, was NU quarterback Scott
Frost, who threw for 254 yards and
three touchdowns.
“We probably stacked too many
people up against the run,” Mason
said. ‘Nebraska has never been a
one dimensional team, but they
threw the ball better than I thought
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Kansas will take on Iowa State
next week in Ames in what Mason
called a key for the Jayhawks.
“It’s a very, very big game for
us,” he said. “We have not been
playing well, but it’s hard to judge
your progress when you play teams
like Nebraska.”
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