Perez finally i Fisk joins
NEW YORK (AP) - Carlton Fisk
was elected to the Hall of Fame today
on his second try, and Tony Perez was
voted in on his ninth appearance on
the ballot.
Fisk, who caught the most games
in major league history (2,226) and hit
a record 351 of 376 career home runs
while playing the position, received
397 votes among the record 499 bal
lots cast by 10-year members of the
Baseball Writers’ Association of
America.
Perez, a former World Series rival
of Fisk and also a teammate, received
385 votes.
To be elected, a player had to be
listed on 375 ballots (75 percent).
Fisk, who fell 43 votes short last year,
received 79.6 percent and made it with
22 votes to spare.
Perez, 71 votes shy last year when
Nolan Ryan, George Brett and Robin
Yount were chosen, got 77.2 percent
and was elected with 10 votes to spare.
Jim Rice, Fisk’s former Boston
Red Sox teammate, was third with 257
votes (51.5 percent), followed by Gary
Carter (248), Bruce Sutter (192), Rich
Gossage (166) and Steve Garvey
(160).
Tommy John was next at 135, fol
lowed by Jim Kaat (125), Dale
Murphy (116), Jack Morris (111),
Dave Parker (104), Bert Blyleven
(87), Luis Tiant (86), Dave
Concepcion (67), Keith Hernandez
(52) and Ron Guidry (44).
Thirteen players who failed to
receive 5 percent (25 votes) will be
dropped from the ballot; a group that
includes Jeff Reardon (24), Bob "
Boone (21), Willie Wilson (10), Rick
Sutcliffe (9), Kent Hrbek (5) and
Charlie Hough (4).
Dave Henderson and Steve Sax
received two votes each, while Bill
Gullickson, Bruce Hurst, Lonnie
Smith and Bob Welch got one vote
apiece.
Hubie Brooks was the only player
among the 30 on the ballot not to
receive any votes.
Six writers, deciding no one was
worthy, submitted blank ballots.
Fisk and Perez will be inducted
into the Hall during ceremonies at
Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 23 along
with anyone elected when the veter
ans’ committee meets Feb. 29 at
Tampa, Fla.
Former manager Sparky Anderson
and longtime Minnesota star Tony
Oliva will be considered by the panel
for the first time. Of the 246 members
of the Hall, 93 have been elected by
the BBWAA.
Gossage received the most votes
among the 14 players on the ballot for
the first time.
Next year’s ballot will include
first-time candidates Kirby Puckett,
Dave Winfield, Lou Whitaker and
Don Mattingly.
Perez finished with 379 career
home runs. He also had a few that do
not appear in his total - many fans do
not recall that a day after Fisk’s
famous shot, Perez homered in Game
Seven to help the Big Red Machine
rally for a 4-3 victory and the champi
onship.
Fisk, who lives in Lockport, 111.,
returned last year to the Red Sox as a
special assistant to the GM. That led to
speculation Pudge would wear a
Boston cap on his plaque.
Hansen: Ignoring instate talent haunts NU
HANSEN from page 16
rebounds per game) and Preston (12
and 6) are bangers down low for the
Washington Huskies and Pacific
Tigers, respectively.
And if Morrison (12 points per
game, 50% from the 3-point line)
keeps it up, he’ll garner All-Big 12
consideration next season. That’s 50
points per game from the five starters
on the All-Nebraska squad, which
doesn’t even include youngsters Mike
Hahn (Pacific) and John Beerbohm
(Boston College).
The only players recruited by the
Hiiskers from this list were Redhage
and Mason, and even in their cases the
interest was lukewarm.
Stats don’t lie, but they don’t tell
the whole story here, either. It may
seem like an antiquated idea, but a kid
who grows up in a state is bound to
play his heart out for that state’s uni
versity.
This would be due in part to the
friends, relatives and townspeople that
would fill Devaney night after night to
/“
root for the Huskers. You really want
to fill the Sportscenter, Bill Byrne?
Have your basketball coach find some
in-state talent. It seems to work for
Missouri, Kansas State and Oklahoma
State. Despite in-state competition, all
three schools have managed to find at
least four in-state high schoolers.
This brings us upon the real reason
that Nebraska’s last true high school
stars to attend NU were Andre
Woolridge and Erick Strickland in
1993, and Nee doesn’t recruit heavily
in the junior college ranks around
here.
Nebraska’s high school and junior
college coaches are lukewarm at best
in their attiudes towards Nee. His fre
quently expressed disinterest has
made him few friends within the
coaching community.
The Huskers, with no in-state
competition, could easily construct a
pipeline of Nebraska talent that would
flow right onto campus. These players
might not be stars, but they could cer
tainly serve as the backbone to a solid
program. Look back at the list of
Nee has pointed
time and time
again to a lack of
high school talent
in the state.
Nebraska natives. With one or two
imported stars, you are looking at an
NCAA Tournament team.
The pipeline is corroded and unus
able, though, because Nee took a
welder to it long ago and went on a
search for faraway talent that too often
hasn’t panned out.
That’s too bad, for Nee, for the
program, for the school and for the
state. It would’ve been fun to see
Morrison, in a Husker uniform, light
ing up K-State for 27.
Matthew Hansen is a sopho
more news-editorial major and a
Daily Nebraskan staff writer.
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