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Mike Schmidt, Baseball hall of famer
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With power, speed and defense, Mike Schmidt was a dominating force in Major League Baseball in the 1970s and 1980s.
He earned a record 444 of 460 votes to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot, 1995. An 11-time All-Star, the Philadelphia Phillie was named “player of the decade” for the 1980s by The Sporting News. Leading the National League in home runs eight times, with 10 Gold Gloves as a third baseman and a 1980 World Series Championship where he was named series Most Valuable Player, it’s easy to see why he earned such an honor.
Now that Schmidt is retired from baseball, he spends much of his time on the golf course. A 2-handicap golfer, Schmidt narrowly missed qualifying for the Champions Tour in 2000.
— Seth Jones, senior associate editor
Technology has allowed the industry to find better materials and surfaces and ingredients to keep (the courses) growing. Down in Florida we’ve got a new surface that everyone’s using — seashore paspalum — and it’s going in on almost all the new courses. It’s a little bit of a sticky kind of surface, but very durable and pretty and consistent. Replacing the old bermuda stuff, I guess. I’m a bermuda guy all the way, especially chipping. I’m just used to it. I’ve met a lot of (superintendents). The average golfers pay $100 green fees and go play golf. I don’t think they think much about the surfaces they’re playing on. But everybody appreciates good fairways and greens. — Mike Schmidt |
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