THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UUOTE OF THE DAY
NESDAY, DECEMBER 10.2013
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"They say when you're voted to the Hall of Fame your life changes."
Fame your life changes"
Bobby Cox ESPN
FACT OF THE DAY
Each manager had over 2,000 wins in his career.
— ESPN
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. How many total World Series titles did these three managers win while coaching?
A: 8. Torre = 4, La Russa = 3, Cox = 1 (had another title as a player)
ESPN
THE MORNING BREW
Legendary baseball GMs inducted into Hall of Fame
On Monday morning, the expansion era committee representing the National Baseball Hall of Fame, selected three well-deserving managers to enter the prestigious gallery. Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox were all unanimously selected for the Hall. Each manager had over 2,000 wins in his coaching careers making these the best managers within the past four decades.
Joe Torre was both a player and a manager in his lifetime. He played for three teams and managed five teams. He played and managed for both the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals. He managed the New York Yankees, who he had the most success with, and then the Los Angeles Dodgers. He managed the Yankees for 12 years, winning 10 American League East titles, six American League pen-
By Michael Portman mportman@kansan.com
Tony La Russa, like Torre, was a player and a manager. He played for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. He managed three teams, all whom he played for; the White Sox, the Oakland Athletics and the Cardinals. He won three World Series titles in total; one with the Athletics and the other two most recently with the Cardinals. He was most known for his managerial skills with the Cardinals — he replaced Torre in 1996, who left to manage the Yankees.
nants and four World Series Titles. He established himself as a legend, and was honored with the Hall of Fame selection.
Bobby Cox was also a player and manager. He didn't play too often in the majors, but rather spent most of his time in the minors. He played two years in the majors with the New York Yankees and then retired because of injuries. He managed two teams: the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves (twice). He only won one
a legend in a unique way.
These three managers deserve to be recognized for their accomplishments. They helped lead their organizations to the top and proved to the world who they were. The induction ceremony will be held July 27, 2014, in Cooperstown, New York.
World Series title as a coach
World series ends as a court in 1995 with the Braves. He managed the Braves, a second time, from 1985 until 2010, and holds the Major League Baseball record for most ejections. He established himself as
"They say when you're voted to the Hall of Fame, your life changes." Bobby Cox said to ESPN.
They may have reached the end of their coaching careers,but they're sure to remember this night for the rest of their lives.
Edited by Heather Nelson
This week in athletics
Tuesday
men's Basketball Florida 6 p.m. Gainesville, Fla.
Wednesday No Events
Thursday
Women's Basketball Texas Southern 7 p.m. Lawrence
Friday
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Saturday
Men's Basketball New Mexico 6 p.m. Kansas City, Mo.
Women's Basketball
Purdue
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Monday
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NCAA
Arizona reaches No.1 spot in AP poll, first time since 2003
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Count Arizona's Sean Miller as one who embraces it.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Some coaches shy away from a No. 1 ranking early in the season, worried about the impact it will have on their players' psyche.
Arizona moved up to No.1 in the Associated Press' college basketball poll for the first time since 2003 on Monday, an honor Miller views as not only recognition for what the Wildcats have done this season, but validation for the direction the program has taken in his five years in the desert.
"There's tremendous satisfaction, no question," Miller said. "Embracing the fact that we're No. 1 is something I'm doing, our staff is doing and really our team is doing. It's an honor a lot of teams would love to have. It's something where no matter what happens the rest of the season, at some point we were ranked No. 1 in the country."
Coming off a hard-fought home win over UNLV, Arizona (9-0) received 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national panel to earn the No.1 spot in a season
for the sixth time. The Wildcats are the Pac-12's first No. 1 team since UCLA in January 2006.
Syracuse, which received the other first-place votes, and Ohio State moved up two places to second and third, while Wisconsin jumped four spots to fourth. Michigan State, which had been No. 1 for three weeks, dropped to fifth after losing 79-65 at home to North Carolina. Louisville was No. 6, followed by Oklahoma State, Duke, Connecticut and Villanova.
North Carolina moved back into the poll at No. 18 after a one-week absence. Colorado and Missouri are in the Top 25 for the first time this season. UCLA, Michigan and Dayton fell out of the rankings.
Arizona was sixth in the preseason Top 25 after Miller added another stellar recruiting class to a team that reached the Sweet 16 of last year's NCAA Tournament.
Long, athletic and versatile, the Wildcats already have an impressive list of victories, including Texas Tech, San Diego State on the road and Duke in the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-off at Madison Square Garden.
"It's no secret that this year our
goat is to be playing in Dallas (at the Final Four). This just starts it off," Arizona junior guard Nick Johnson said. "We've done some good things to start our season and we just need to keep it going."
Arizona's rise to No.1 is a culmination of what Miller has done to return a storied program back to glory.
When Miller became the head coach in 2009, he took over a program that was in disarray after the retirement of coach Lute Olson two years earlier.
A master recruiter when he was the head coach at Xavier, Miller set the foundation for the Wildcats' turnaround by landing a string of top-notch classes to restock the program.
Arizona took a small step in his first season, winning 16 games, and hit the accelerator in 2010-11, winning 30 games while reaching the NCAA Tournament regional final. The Wildcats couldn't follow up the success the next season, playing in the NIT after losing forward Derrick Williams to the NBA draft, but bounced back with last year's deep run and 27-win season.
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Arizona head coach Sean Miller signals to his players against Rhode Island in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz. This was in the second round of the NIT.
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