Word: carl
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...shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. No-mah, as Boston fans know him, went to the Chicago Cubs in a complicated trade that brought the relatively unknown Orlando Cabrera from Montreal. Trading Garciaparra was risky. He was a baseball Brahmin, descended from the line of Boston icons that included Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. But Garciaparra had been unsettled since the Sox tried to land Rodriguez. It was a gutsy, initially unpopular trade, but it worked out. Says Epstein: "One thing about our ownership--they're not afraid to look stupid...
...here and think of who could be a popular player or a popular number, so [in the past] we decided on Carl Morris [’03], who was very popular and very good, and now it’s Fitzpatrick,” Murphy said. “It’s traditionally a quarterback, running back or receiver...
...before. They know, if only through oral tradition, that St. Louis won the 1946 World Series because of Boston shortstop Johnny Pesky's late throw to the plate and that in 1967 three wins by the Cards' magnificent pitcher Bob Gibson trumped the awesome batting of that sainted Sox Carl Yastrzemski. Fans on each side will surely remind themselves that those Series went the full seven, with St. Louis winning both...
...that game, Harvard hit the post maybe six times,” said St. Francis coach Carl Quigley. “That makes a significant difference in the outcome. It’s too easy to get caught up in the score...
Over the past five years, having an Ivy League player in contention for the I-AA equivalent of the Heisman Trophy has actually been quite common: Brown wideouts Stephen Campbell and Chas Gessner, Harvard wideout Carl Morris and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and Yale quarterback Alvin Cowan have made appearances...