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...They're looking up at the scoreboard clock, and it's quarter to 11, 11 o'clock, 11:15, and these people have to get home and get up and go to work the next day," says Frank Robinson. To the Hall of Famer, the exodus is more than a misadventure...
Then, on January 31, with 36 points against Yale at Lavietes Pavilion, Feaster became just the second Ivy League basketball player ever to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in a career. The first was Bill Bradley (Princeton'65), the NBA Hall of Famer and former U.S. Senator...
While Hall of Famer Pee Wee Reese was also a great hitter, he is perhaps more famous for being Jackie Robinson's friend and fellow infielder during the Dodgers' golden years. In 1947, when a crowd started booing baseball's first black player, Reese went over to second base and put his arm around Robinson's shoulder. That gesture quieted the crowd and helped Robinson gain acceptance. TOM SYLVESTER '00 April...
...would like to correct an alleged correction in a letter to the editor (April 3). "Hit 'em where they ain't" is inaccurately attributed to the wrong Baseball Hall of Famer with "Wee" in his nick-name, Pee Wee Reese. The quote is actually part of a piece of sage advice provided by the turn of the century outfielder, "Wee" Willie Keeler. When asked about his hitting approach, the 5-foot, 4-inch Keeler, who still shares the National League record with hits in 44 consecutive games, said "Keep your eye on the ball, and hit `em where they...
Feaster scored her 2,000th career point Saturday night in Harvard's 74-54 victory over Yale (7-10, 1-4), making her the only woman in Ivy League history to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. She joins NBA Hall of Famer and current U.S. Senator Bill Bradley as the only other person in Ivy history to accomplish the feat...