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Harvard's Mike Stenhouse and Columbia's Mike Wilhite currently reign as the sultans of swat in the Ivy League and in a few years both might lord over an outfield satrapy in a big league ballpark...
...transition from basketball to the outfield, both miss early spring practices but Wilhite says, "I think it's mostly a mental thing. You have to take your games out of the gym and put it out on the field." Stenhouse adds that Crimson coach Loyal Park "likes two-sport athletes" because "I'm already in shape when I come out for baseball...
Santos-Bush is no stranger to the Soldiers Field outfield, as he started in right field last year as a freahman and hit a solid .313. Taking over for the fleet Singleton in center this season is a tough assignment, but Park said, "We don't have to worry with Charlie out there...
Park's logic was sound: "We all know that Sten has a future in baseball, and that future is either in the outfield, first or third. We're set at the corners, so he's playing left now. As for Paul, he played extremely well down South at second. It's definitely a move that strengthened both areas. Mike is a good outfielder and Paul is a real hard worker," he said...
...speaking of the outfield, the loss of Dave Singleton, who played a gifted center field last season, to IBM or minor league baseball will not weaken the strong nucleus of returnees. Either converted pitcher Peter Bannish or junior Jim Peccerillo, back from a year off, should be Singleton's equal offensively and more than competent defensively...