As a pitcher in the Major Leagues, Xavier Hernandez has known pressure.

But UL's latest Hall of Fame inductee may have been feeling the most pressure this past week as he watched the Tampa Bay Rays play in the World Series.

Hernandez, who has been the pitching coach for the Rays' Triple-A team - the Durham Bulls - in North Carolina, tinkers with Tampa's pitchers at the level just below the Major Leagues.

"It was good to see guys who you've seen play in small towns across the country playing up there on the big stage," Hernandez said. "It was very satisfying knowing that those were guys that I've been coaching and working with."

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Grant Alexander • galexander@theadvertiser.com • November 2, 2008