12 -The Michigan Daily Summer Weekly -WednesdayJuly 21,1993
Q: Who was the last American before Mark Calcavecchia to win the British
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FOOTBALL NOTEROAK
By KEN DAVIDOFF
DAILY SPORTSEDITOR
The Michigan football team has
beenhighly toutedin severalpreseason
magazines. However, these publica-
tions cannot possibly take injuries into
account. The Wolverines suffered their
first major casualty of the summer
when middle linebacker Steve
Morrison broke his foot two weeks
ago while running.
"Steve willnot be abletojoin us for
two-a-days when we start working out
on Aug. 14," Michigan head coach
Gary Moeller said. "Right now, we
are hoping Steve can start practicing
the week before the Washington State
game."
Morrison slipped on some loose
gravel while running and broke the
fifth metatarsal in his left foot. Last
Friday,Wolverines teamphysicianDr.
Gerald O'Connor inserted a screw in
Morrison's foot to provide fixation to
reduce the healing time.
Morrison has started 12 consecu-
tive games and led the squad with 124
tackles last year. A second-team All-
Big Ten selection, he registered a ca-
reerhigh23tacklesagainstIllinoisand
won Big Ten Defensive Player of the
Week honors for his game against
Purdue on Oct. 31. .
A junior, Morrison played three
gamesasa"true freshman"in 1991 but
satoutmostof the year with acompart-
mental syndrome injury in his calf.
ELVIS HEADS wEST: Chris Webber
isn't the only former Michigan athlete
tocommencehisprofessionalcareerin
the Bay Area. Quarterback Elvis
Grbac, who led the 1992 Wolverines
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Morrison
breaks foot
Bowl victory, signed a two-year con-
tract with the San Francisco49ers. The
Niners selected Grbac in the eighth
round of the 1993 National Football
League draft.
Grbac set seven Michigan career
passing records.
THEY'RE PRACTICALLYGIVINGTIIEM
AWAY: TheMichiganAthleticDepart-
menthasseatsremaining for twohome
games: theopeneragainstWashington
State on Sept.,4 and the third game of
the year Sept. 25 against Houston.
Peopleinterestedinpurchasingtick-
ets for these contests should call 764-
0247 or write to the Michigan Athletic
Department, 1000 S. State Street, Ann
Arbor, Mich., 48109-2201. You can
also order them in person at the Michi-
gan Athletic Department. The Depart-
ment accepts Visa and MasterCard.
Michigan linebacker Steve Morrison will miss at least two weeks
of practice due to a broken foot suffered while running.
Ryan Herrington
The R.H. Factor a
Fisk becomes just another
victim of the baseball business
Iwasnoteven four yearsold when CarltonFisk
hit that soft, towering homerun in Game Six of the
1975 World Series. Too young to have witnessed
No. 27 wish that ball fair and propel the Red Sox
into a seventh and deciding game. Too young to
have seen on a crisp October evening that sky-
rocketlandinthenetting above the Green Monster.
But this is not astory about being too young. It
is, rather, about being too old.
It seems thatFisk,last seen wearing No. 72and
soxofadifferentcolor,was"tooold"toplay akids'
game anymore. At least according to Chicago
White Sox General Manager Ron Schueler. One
week after Fisk had set the all-time recordnumber
ofgames caught-2,226days andnightsbehind
the plate - the 45-year old veteran was uncer-
emoniously released.
Yet it is Schueler who now dons the tools of
ignorance. Onlyhe wishes he could hide behind
a mask.
Fisk had been strung along all season, al-
lowed to play occasionally but relegated for the
most part to being Chicago's No. 1 bullpen
catcher. While disenchanted with Fisk for most
of the season, Sox management didn't want the
public relations opportunity of the record to slip
away. With the prize in sight, Fisk was going
nowhere. He knew it and so did most of baseball.
Yet this did not stop the teamFisk had spent
a majority of his 24-year major league career
playing for from treating him like a sideshow
attraction rather than a soon-to-be-Hall-of-
Famer. The Fisks hadn't even finished the first
tank of gas in the new car given to them by the
White Soxbeforemanagementdrove Pudge out
of town.,
Schueler was quoted after Fisk's release as
saying, "Maybe we were a little bit unfair. He
didn't have the opportunity to play on a daily
basis, where probably the throwing and catch-
ing would have improved. But right now I just
felt this is the move I had to make."
Why was it not the right move to make in
May, when Fisk was allowed to catch about once
every other week?Why was it not therightmove
to make in spring training, when Schueler knew
there would be too many catchers in the White
Sox stable? Why right now?
Some might say Schueler did Fisk a favor,
that he helped him break the record by keeping
him in the majors long enough to do so (you
know Fisk is 45). Yet for the man who has hit
more home runs after the age of 40 than any
player in the history of the game, and his fans,
that is little solace.
See HERRINGTON, Page 11
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