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Indeed the list of All-Ivy players on this team--Ivy League Player of the Year Brian Ralph, Pitcher of the Year Frank Hogan, first baseman Peter Albers (first team), sophomore pitcher Andrew Duffell and sophomore right fielder Andrew Huling (second team) and junior designated hitter Brett Vankoski, sophomore pitcher Donald Jamieson and sophomore catcher Jason Keck (honorable mention)--is hardly distinguishable from some of the omissions...
...turning point in the season might have been when we lost two to Princeton," Hogan said. "We blew the game, but that might have been the best thing that happened to us. After that we never took an out for granted all season...
Ralph and Hogan, who received the most prestigious individual honors on the team, were each incarnations of a team philosophy. Ralph's routine run-saving catches in center were the backbone of his game just as defense was this team's constant; his team-leading 24 stolen bases came both from his own prodigious speed and Walsh's firm belief in the hit-and-run; his .390 average and unexpected pop at the plate (six HR and 36 RBI in 50 games) were Harvard's offense in a nutshell: you never knew where the big hits were going to come...
...Hogan was not the hardest thrower in the Ivy League, he did not have the league's nastiest curveball and he was never totally satisfied with his pitching performance. But in eight of his 10 decisions, Hogan came away with a "W." By no means overpowering, Hogan was a veteran who knew how to pitch and who knew how to get big outs when he needed them...
...This year I probably had the most poise on the hill I've had in college," Hogan said. "Whenever we got down, I stayed confident...