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Carter led Harvard in virtually every offensive category in 2001, including batting average (.380), hits (60), runs (41) and homeruns (8). Mager, who spent the summer with Crockett winning a Cape League title, posted a .343 average and a team-high...
...Crockett, Harvard’s captain and best starting pitcher, walked across the chalk lines at O’Donnell Field last May having just hurled a no-hitter. In his last outing of the season—and possibly his college career—Crockett held Ivy rival Dartmouth hitless over nine innings with one devastating curveball after another. It was the performance of a lifetime for the Harvard righthander, and it came just days before the Major League Baseball draft...
Already considered a top-tier prospect, Crockett saw his draft status soar even higher. Baseball America ranked him as the 85th best prospect in the country. ESPN.com had him pegged...
Then came Draft Day. Nine rounds came before Crockett was taken. Finally, in Round 10, the Boston Red Sox claimed him with the 304th overall pick...
...slide might have stung a little, but hope for a storybook ending was not lost. Crockett was a local product, hailing Topsfield, Mass, and the Red Sox were his boyhood team. The “local boy makes good” angle was made-to-order—all Crockett needed was a contract...