My best buddy is doing a little work with the College Baseball Hall of Fame and sent me this. I don't think he wrote it. Thought this might be of interest to those who try to keep up with it all (the link has about 8 pages of stuff about recent events): http://www.collegebaseballfoundation.org/attachments/storyattaches/162/04-12-07.pdf [FONT=Arial,BoldItalic]P.O. Box 6507[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,BoldItalic]Lubbock, Texas 79493-6507[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,BoldItalic]www.CollegeBaseballFoundation.org[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,BoldItalic]Squeeze Play [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Bold]– College Baseball Foundation Notebook 4/12/07[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Bold]LUBBOCK, Texas-- [/FONT]For the week of: April 12, 2007 www.collegebaseballfoundation.org [FONT=Arial,Bold]This week [/FONT]marked another landmark in the growth of the [FONT=Arial,Bold]National College Baseball Hall of Fame [/FONT]and official voter [FONT=Arial,Bold]Dennis Waszak, Jr[/FONT]. of the [FONT=Arial,Bold]Associated Press [/FONT]penned a look at the [FONT=Arial,Bold]Class of 2007[/FONT]… [FONT=Arial,Bold]Jim Abbott [/FONT]forced others to look beyond his disability, pitching his way past the doubts and skepticism. Born without a right hand, Abbott became an outstanding athlete, an inspiration to everyone who watched him and now, a Hall of Famer. The former major leaguer and University of Michigan star was among 11 former players and coaches elected to the [FONT=Arial,Bold]College Baseball Hall of Fame [/FONT]on Tuesday. "I'm floored," Abbott said in a telephone interview. "I'm just really thrilled and honored because I think going to the University of Michigan and playing college baseball was one of the great accomplishments of my life. "When I was playing, I always tried to be more than just 'the one-handed pitcher.' I wanted to move past those labels. I tell other kids that they can, too. I tell them that they can be born in a certain circumstance, but that doesn't define you." Other former players elected to the hall's second class include: [FONT=Arial,Bold]Pete Incaviglia [/FONT](Oklahoma State), [FONT=Arial,Bold]Fred[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Bold]Lynn [/FONT](Southern California), [FONT=Arial,Bold]John Olerud [/FONT](Washington State), [FONT=Arial,Bold]Phil Stephenson [/FONT](Wichita State) and [FONT=Arial,Bold]Derek Tatsuno [/FONT](Hawaii). The late [FONT=Arial,Bold]Jim Brock[/FONT], who led Arizona State to two College World Series titles and coached Barry Bonds in college, was among five former coaches elected. [FONT=Arial,Bold]Chuck "Bobo" Brayton [/FONT](Washington State), the late [FONT=Arial,Bold]Bibb Falk [/FONT](Texas), [FONT=Arial,Bold]Jerry Kindall [/FONT](Arizona) and the late [FONT=Arial,Bold]Dick Siebert [/FONT](Minnesota) also will be honored during a July 2-4 celebration in [FONT=Arial,Bold]Lubbock, Texas [/FONT]the future site of the hall. The 11 were selected from a list of 50 nominees by a 90-member committee. "When I contacted our second class, it was definitely something they're proud to be associated with," said [FONT=Arial,Bold]John Askins [/FONT], chairman and CEO of the [FONT=Arial,Bold]College Baseball Foundation[/FONT], which established the hall. Four pre-1947 selections elected in January, [FONT=Arial,Bold]Christy Mathewson [/FONT](Bucknell), [FONT=Arial,Bold]Lou Gehrig [/FONT](Columbia) and players-turned-coaches [FONT=Arial,Bold]Joe Sewell [/FONT](Alabama) and [FONT=Arial,Bold]John "Jack" Barry [/FONT](Holy Cross) also will be inducted in July. [FONT=Arial,BoldItalic]Official sponsor of the College Baseball Foundation [/FONT]
