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...wait, it appears, was worth it. After being selected much lower than expected in last year’s Major League Baseball amateur draft, Harvard senior Ben Crockett chose to take a temporary pass on the big leagues and return to school. Now, a year later, he has just completed an extraordinary senior season, he’s in line to receive his Harvard degree tomorrow and he’s heading to the big leagues, after...
...Crockett was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the third round of the 2002 draft yesterday. The Rockies—whose director of player development is former Harvard baseball captain Mike Hill ’93—plucked Crockett with the 81st overall pick...
...Crockett, who throws a 92 mile-per-hour fastball and a nasty, biting curveball, had been tabbed as a major league prospect ever since he earned Pitcher of the Year honors in the prestigious Cape Cod League in 2000. Throughout his junior and senior seasons, his starts attracted crowds of pro scouts armed with radar guns...
...Crockett allowed ten hits, struck out nine and held the Huskies’ 3-4-5 batters hitless in 2 at-bats against him. He registered his 117th strikeout of the season in the ninth inning, setting a new single-season record formerly held by Ray Peters...
...Crockett did a great job, not only today, but for the entire season, for his entire career,” Walsh said. “He’s the No. 1 pitcher on any ballclub, and he’s certainly our No. 1. He showed that today...