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...Past winners of the award include Ted Donato ’91, who was the NCAA tournament MVP for Harvard’s 1989 national championship team, and 1995 World Series MVP Tom Glavine, who was a Kings draft pick years before he established himself as a major league pitcher...
...deal with his speed down the line. The Mariners have timed him to first at a Mickey Mantle-like 3.7 seconds. In the bottom of the ninth during another recent match against New York, Ichiro startled several Yankees when he hit an innocent one-hopper back to the pitcher and?whoosh!?missed beating the throw by only half a step. "He caught Mo 100% by surprise," said Yankees left-hander Ted Lilly. "He tore off for the base like a rocket...
...April, Suzuki came up to bat against Shigetoshi Hasegawa, the Anaheim Angels reliever who once was a teammate of Suzuki's for the Orix Blue Wave. It was the first time an Asian hitter had faced an Asian pitcher in American ball. What happened was a less-than-ringing endorsement for Adjustment, Hasegawa's book about adapting to life and baseball in the U.S. Suzuki slapped the first pitch he saw for a single. "I know he wrote a book, but I haven't read it," Suzuki later said...
...Harvard pitcher Ben Crockett, yesterday’s Major League Baseball was like a dream come true—sort...
...Earlier this year, Crockett’s stock soared after he was named Pitcher of the Year in the prestigious Cape Cod League. Entering this season, the Crimson righthander had honed an impressive 91-mph fastball to go along with a nice change-up and a nasty curveball...