Word: alex
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...started the season on the bench, suffering with a sore arm. When coach Alex Nahigian gave him his chance after a series of impressive relief appearances, the decision paid off--in spades. The Crimson wound up the season at 24-12, triumphing in a grueling showdown with Cornell and Yale to win the Eastern League, topping perennial power Brandeis to cop the Greater Boston League crown, and only succumbing to St. John's in the NCAA regionals in extra innings--a couple of wins short of the College World Series...
Eastern League competition (the Ivies plus Army and Navy) provides the meat of the Crimson's schedule and it was there the team had to gain its spot in the NCAA regionals. Second-year coach Alex Nahigian's charges made it largely because of its gutsy come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Cornell late in the season, on two runs in the bottom of the eighth...
Even before McDuffie died, investigators began picking apart the official version of what had happened. A departmental inquiry led to eight Dade County policemen being dismissed. Five went on trial on charges ranging from second-degree murder to tampering with evidence. They were Alex Marrero, Ira Diggs, Michael Watts, Eddie Del Toro and Herbert Evans...
...Coach Alex Nahigian's charges finish the season at 24-12 and nary a tear will fall in the Soldiers Field dugout. The Crimson swept a three-game playoff from Cornell and Yale last weekend to win the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League and make the playoffs...
...prosecution seemed to have a solid case. There were several other policemen who had witnessed the killing. Three testified that they had seen one defendant, Alex Marrero, beat McDuffie as he lay handcuffed and motionless on the ground. Marrero admitted hitting McDuffie but said that McDuffie had reached for Marrero...