Page B4 Monday, August 23, 2021 — www.theintelligencer.com EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER CLASS 01 082321 MLB Cardinals induct four into Hall of Fame By Zachary Silver 1982 World Series together; his career back with the stlcardinals.com Hernandez and Tudor had Cardinals. some epic battles after the “Whitey and you fans former became a Met. All were the biggest reason I ST. LOUIS — Four for- three are linked by Her- wanted to come back to St. mer Cardinals — Keith zog. Louis to finish my career,” Hernandez, Tom Herr, Saturday was an event Tudor said. John Tudor and Bill White that brought 11 red jackets It was listening back to — were given passage in onto the stage at Ballpark Scott Rolen’s Hall of Fame the club’s Hall of Fame on Village, it was an event a induction speech in 2019 Saturday. Three of them longtime coming for some, that Tudor realized the got that honor because of and it was an event that permanence of being in one man — both because brought far different paths the club’s hallowed halls. of his advocacy for such to one shared and hal- He’ll now never forget it. enshrinement and because lowed location: The Cardi- “As players we come of the type of ballplayer he nals’ Hall of Fame. and go, but as a Hall of formed them into. Hernandez finally Famer, we will forever Hernandez, Herr and gets his call be linked to the St. Louis Tudor — all products of The story of Hernandez Cardinals,” Tudor said. “I Hall of Fame manager is well-documented. His think I can live with that.” Whitey Herzog — received father served in World War White honored their red jackets from II with Stan Musial, who from afar Herzog himself and were in turn left tickets for a The lone inductee not in officially inducted to the young Hernandez to catch Associated Press St. Louis on Saturday was club’s Hall of Fame prior Cardinals games when St. Louis Cardinals 2021 Hall of Fame inductee Tommy Herr is introduced to White, who, at 87 years to Saturday’s tilt against they played at San Fran- the fans prior to a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Saturday, in old, was not able to make the Pirates. They were cisco’s Candlestick Park. St. Louis. the trip. But his legacy was honored again on the field Hernandez became infatu- present palpably — not prior to first pitch with a ated with the birds on the coupled with Hernandez’s University of Delaware, those years was the fact just though his plaque that score of other red jacket bat. He and Mickey Mantle association with being a without a penchant for that these teams had a lot listed his accomplishments recipients in tow. share a birthday, so Mantle Cardinal-killer and win- power. Then he played of gamers. … You’ve got inside and out of baseball. As much as Saturday was his favorite player, ning the 1986 title with in a pair of showcases in to go out and beat them. Tim McCarver was chief was a recognition for the but when the Yankees and New York, did its part to American Legion Baseball, They’re not going to beat among those impacted by four individuals, it was Cardinals faced off in the delay any recognition. where he hit a pair of hom- themselves.” White’s legacy and teach- one for Herzog and the 1964 World Series, it was No longer. Hernandez ers. Tudor’s impactful stint ings, as he was a starter for fierce 1980 Cardinals as Cardinals all the way. broke into the league when “I fooled the Cardinals’ gets recognized the first time in 1963, when well. “Growing up as a kid in Bob Gibson was phasing scout, Tim Thompson,” There was never any White appeared in every “I feel good today,” Pacifica, California, being out. He spent long hours Herr recalled. “He thought doubt that Tudor’s play game and racked up the Herzog said. “Not only a Cardinal fan and then on the field with Ken I was a power hitter.” was deserving of recogni- most plate appearances in because they were elected wearing the Cardinal uni- Boyer in Triple-A, who Herr ultimately became tion, with his 2.52 ERA the Majors. to the Cardinal Hall of form, and then being on a later entrusted Hernandez the last player in NL his- and .705 winning percent- White’s play was one Fame, but the fact that world championship team, down the stretch in 1979 tory to rack up 110 RBIs in age the best of any pitcher thing. But his legacy off after they got on the bal- now the Hall of Fame is despite his struggles ear- a season with fewer than (min. 750 innings) in Car- the field — speaking out lots, they got in [after] one the cherry on top,” Her- lier in the year. Boyer told 10 home runs, as he did dinals history. It’s just that against the racial injustices or two years. That meant nandez said in his speech. Hernandez he was going in 1985, his lone All-Star his time was rather short- in baseball, persuading a lot to me. … I wouldn’t Hernandez’s enshrine- to risk his job starting him campaign. lived — his five years in the Cardinals to integrate recommend them if they’re ment was long-awaited. and batting him third. Herr was emblem- St. Louis matched by a housing in Spring Training not Hall of Famers.” The co-winner of the 1979 Hernandez responded by atic of the great Cardinals tenure with Boston, on top in the 1960s and serving as White, voted in by the NL MVP Award trans- winning MVP and hitting squads of the 1980s. He of three years elsewhere the first person of color to Red Ribbon Panel as part formed the position of .363 in his final 111 games was steady — both at (Los Angeles, Pittsburgh). lead a major sports league of the veteran’s era, was first base with 11 consecu- from the start of June. second base and in the bat- Impact-wise, there when he was elected not able to travel in for the tive Gold Gloves — six of “Had it been some other ter’s box. He was tough, was no question. His 10 president of the National ceremonies. But as he has which came with St. Louis manager, that might have appearing in 924 games shutouts in the 1985 sea- League in 1989 — endures made central to his trail- — and was responsible for been a whole different from 1981-87. And he was son — his first as a Car- even stronger. blazing life, his impact was what many appraised as story,” Hernandez said. blue collar, from Pennsyl- dinal — are second only “There’s nobody that I felt from afar. the tide-turning moments Those moments were vania’s Rust Belt. to Gibson’s single-season ever played with, in the Tudor, Herr and White of the 1982 World Series, a when Hernandez became “You talk about the bot- franchise mark of 13. In annals of baseball — and were voted in as part of two-run home run in the a Cardinal lifer. Saturday tom of the barrel, that was that season, confided in I was traded around a lot the 2020 class, their cer- fifth inning of Game 6 and was merely confirmation. it, that was me. That was by Herzog, he turned a — that meant more to me emony washed away by a two-run single an inning Herr makes most of first like the longest of long wonky first two months than Bill White,” McCa- the pandemic. But it was later. St. Louis won Game year on the ballot shots, but I was ready to into a 1.38 ERA in his final rver said. “What he did for symbolic that they were 6 in a blowout, and then It was plausible that go,” Herr said. “ … The 20 games of the season. me, he was a very selfless inducted alongside Her- took the crown in Game 7. Herr might’ve never been ’80s Cardinals were just Such belief was key as player. He was a player nandez, the lone member But a messy divorce that a big leaguer, let alone a an amazing, amazing to why Tudor decided to that really cared about of the 2021 class — Her- saw him become a Met Cardinal Hall of Famer. He era. Kind of the common play one more season — people. He cared about his nandez and Herr won the during the 1983 season, went undrafted out of the thread that ran through all in 1990 — to round out teammates.” Classifieds REAL ESTATE SALES EMPLOYMENT ? S Get the required A Division of Busey Bank A Division of Busey Bank D MADISON CO. 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