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Newly elected Hall of Famer Jack Morris smiles during the press conference at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr.)
PROVO — The election of pitcher Jack Morris into the National Baseball Hall of Fame just became a career highlight for Glen Tuckett, Morris' former BYU baseball coach who recruited him out of Saint Paul, Minnesota, to play for the Cougars.
“I am absolutely thrilled, so proud of him," said Tuckett. “This is the highest honor in the game.