Word: binghams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...superb Harvard career has extended a life-long success story with sports. He collected nine letters in high school--four in baseball, three in basketball and two in soccer--and that doesn't include what Bingham says may be his favorite sport, tennis. He first picked up a tennis racquet in 11th grade and won the town championship three months later...
...just like to bat," Bingham continues, "I think that's the whole game...
...that Bingham can't field. He led all starters last year with a .991 fielding percentage and is going at a .988 clip this season. Still, he says, "I'm very nervous in the field. There are other people I'd rather see handle the ball...
...Bingham then recounts his frustration in failing to hit in a clutch situation, his routine fly out with a man on second in the top of the ninth during Tuesday's one-run loss to Holy Cross. He laughs, "Things like that you can't even deal with...
...Bingham will admit that blown at-bats sometimes rile him excessively, but no one can call him a worrier. If he were a California, "mellow" might even be the word. With the exception of upcoming airplane trips, ("I hate flying," he says earnestly. "I just can't believe something that big can fly."), his lack of definite future plans seems not to bother him at all. He hopes to be drafted by the pros again, but says, "I'm not banking on baseball. I'd love to do it, and at this point I just don't have a contingency...