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...have baseball's best shortstop in Nomar Garciaparra (.372 with 21 HRs and 96 RBIs last year). And due to some $20 million-per-year frivolity of their own, the Sox also have RBI king Ramirez (.351, 38, 122), as well as Everett (.300, 34, 108) and All-Star closer Derek Lowe (4-4, 2.56 ERA, 42 saves). They've got one of baseball's best managers in Williams--who provides Boston's hardball beat reporters with fresh "Jimywocky" insights each day--and ownership more and more willing to shell out the big bucks necessary to compete with the evil...
...Editorials in July will argue that each All-Star team should be allotted 80 roster spots 2. A batter will hit .430 in April and adorn the cover of Sports Illustrated. He'll finish the season at .329 3. A star player will endure a major slump due to unrevealed marital or substance-abuse challenges. The public will think he's got a back problem...
...All-star senior pitcher Nicole Zitarelli is the most dangerous weapon of the Big Red, as she ended the 2000 season with a 17-9 record and a 2.55 ERA, tied for the third lowest in the Ivies. She also limited the Crimson to just four runs in two meetings last season. In 1999, she was Second Team All-Ivy with a 21-3 record...
Lentz was in a position to go as high as the third or fourth round. Local scouts, followed by national cross-checkers (scouts who follow certain players), kept an eye on Lentz. At least twenty clubs contacted the all-star catcher, with the most persistent being the Red Sox, Reds, Royals and Padres. But Lentz was skeptical...
While the Falcons relied on Ford and Greater Boston League (GBL) All-Star Stephen Passley's three-point marksmanship, the Naps, led by forward Mike Lapriore (21 points) and guard Symere McClain (19 points), responded to each CRLS basket with a bucket of their...