Word: pete
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This past winter more than half a dozen athletes joined the list of baseball millionaires. Like a medieval heir apparent, Pete Rose flashed his Prince Valiant haircut before a clutch of contending clubs, finally settling on the Philadelphia Phillies and their reported dowry of $3.5 million over four years. Former Minnesota Twins Star Rod Carew took his seven batting titles to the California Angels in exchange for some $4.5 million over five years. Boston Slugger Jim Rice, the American League's M.V.P. last season, agreed to a seven-year deal said to total $5.4 million and, in the process...
Goaltender First then hit defenseman Haywood Miller with an outlet pass, and Miller fed Bill Forbush at midfield. Forbush connected with Frank Prezioso, who in turn sent Pete Predun into the offensive zone...
Harvard drew first blood early, as junior sensation Pete Predun scored the first of these goals on a pretty dodger play with only 45 seconds gone in the first quarter...
...until a battered Jamie Egasti took a flip from junior whiz Pete Predun, drove to his right, and bounced a shot over the shoulder of surprisingly stingy Quaker goalkeeper Chuck Leitner with 7:07 left in the game that the Crimson looked serious about winning...
Philadelphia fans will turn out in record numbers to see Pete and cheer for their first pennant since 1950. Rose, apparently, has fielding skills akin to those of Philadelphia's long line of horrendous first basemen (who can forget Dick "Dr. Strange-glove" Stuart...