Word: captains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Parker can satisfy them as well: two straight National League batting championships (.338 in 1977 and .334 last season), consecutive Gold Glove Awards as the best rightfielder in the league and, last year, the Most Valuable Player award. Most eloquent testimony of all: Willie Stargell, 37, the Pirates' captain and home run leader, claimed no right to salary seniority à la Yastrzemski when Parker's contract was announced. He came, instead, to the signing ceremony to applaud his teammate. In his 17th major league season, Stargell offered this long view on the young star: "Dave is the best...
...their emotions. Drew aspires only to be a middle-of-the-road pop star along the lines of Barry Manilow. Rosemarie is not so much a ballerina as a fledgling Broadway chorus girl. Were this team to make it, they would still never amount to much more than the Captain and Tennille...
...spring season, last year's Crimson men's tennis captain Todd Lundy bet Penn State skipper Mark Darby that Harvard would beat the Nittany Lions, 7-2, this spring...
...hill typified the second-gear showing of the Crimson. Brownie only pitched the first six innings ("I was just getting my work in. No way I was going the route."), and though the raised his record to 4-0, it was an uncharacteristically medicare outing. The senior captain gave up four runs on six hits, and got the side in order only twice...
RACQUET NOTES: Sophomore Meg Meyer was named team captain Saturday by her teammates. She fills the position vacated when former captain Katie Ditzler left the team during the spring trip...