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Wednesday, March 1, 2000
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Kansan pursues baseball dreams
By Shawn Linenberger
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
Jason Stanford is courtside at every Kansas women's basketball game to make films for Rock Chalk Video Production, a company that produces highlight videos for Javahawk athletic teams.
But Stanford hopes the cameras soon will be on him.
Stanford, a 23-year-old native of Tucson, Ariz., will travel to Winter Haven, Fla. Sunday to begin spring training with the Cleveland Indians.
ate.
He signed a free-agent contract this winter. He said he would probably begin his post-collegiate career somewhere in the Indians' farm system, most likely the Columbus, Ga., Red Stixx, the Indians' low-A affil-
Stanford played semi-pro baseball with the El Dorado Broncos last summer and the Marlins and
Yankees were interested, but n o t h i n g worked out.
He started assisting with former Kansas coach Dave Bingham's baseball academy at Sport 2 Sport, an athletic complex at 5200 Clinton Parkway. He helped participants develop their skills while tuning up his own.
Stanford: Signed with Cleveland Indians
Cleveland scout Steve Abney noticed Stanford at the academy and offered him a shot as an Indian a year out of college.
After playing his collegiate career at UNC Charlotte in North Carolina and Barton County Community College, Stanford moved to Lawrence partly so that he and his wife, Robbi, could be closer to her family.
As a video production specialist with the University's Rock Chalk Video Production, he has created graphics for the MegaVision at Memorial Stadium and filmed many sporting events. But he still wanted to play in the Major Leagues.
Barton County coach Mike Warren said Stanford's future looked bright.
"He's one of the better pitchers to
come out of here," he said. "He has command of three pitches — his fastball, curveball and change-up. I don't think his career will end in injury. He has better baseball ahead of him."
Stanford is uncertain whether he can make baseball a career. But a pact with his wife gives him a timetable for success.
"We made a deal —I'll give it three years unless I don't go anywhere," he said. "If I find out baseball's not for me, I knew I gave it a try. I'm very confident in myself."
Manager named to Baseball Hall of Fame
Anderson will join 15 other managers in Cooperstown
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — Sparky Anderson, the only manager to win World Series titles in both leagues, was elected yesterday to the Hall of Fame.
The Veterans Committee, however, failed to elect anyone in the former major league player category for the first time since 1993.
Bill Mazeroski, Mel Harder and Gil Hodges all had been candidates.
Negro leagues star Turkey Stearns and 19th century second baseman Bid McPhee also were selected by the 14-man panel.
Anderson, 66, who retired after the 1995 season, ranks third on the career victories list with 2,194 and trails only Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,784) for lifetime victories. He guided Cincinnati to World Series titles in 1975 and "76 with the Big Red Machine, and he led Detroit to the championship in
1984.
On July 23, Anderson will become the 16th manager inducted into the shrine at Cooperstown. N.Y. He will be joined by his former Reds first baseman, Tony Perez, and Boston catcher Carlton Fisk, both elected in January by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Longtime Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman also will be inducted.
"It doesn't seem real," Anderson said from his home in Thousand Oaks, Calif. "The older I get, the less real it will be. I
might be the only person from South Dakota ever elected. That's a weird thing."
Even though Anderson managed the Tigers for a longer period, his Hall of Fame plaque will have a Cincinnati cap. He credited former Reds general manager Bob Howsam for hiring him and wanted to pay tribute by wearing a Cincinnati cap.
In addition to his two World Series titles, Anderson won two other pennants and a pair of division championships. He is the only manager ever to lead two franchises in career wins.
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