Word: player
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...titillate the statistics keepers. The Boston Red Sox's splendid young designated hitter and leftfielder has hit 18 home runs through the end of May and is ahead of both Babe Ruth's and Roger Maris' early-season pace. It was enough to earn him the American League's Player of the Month award. To add consistency to insult, Rice's .343 batting average would satisfy Pete Rose...
...There are not too many Ivy players around, but you never know. Sometimes you hit a sleeper," Swerc said. "Curry's a smart player and he seems to be a smart guy," he added...
...They only drafted one player from the Ivy League this year. The attitude of most people is that the calibre of talent isn't that good here. The scouts should take a better look at the Ivies and at the whole New England region," Curry said...
...trying to work my way into heaven," Judith Kogan says of her desire to become a professional harp player...
Whatever the criteria are for the selection of players, it is not difficult to give an early assessment of the relative standing of an individual player. It is unfortunate that the athletes here, all intelligent people, are subjected to arbitrary and subjective decisions about receiving playing time. A method to improve the player selection process may be to have the players themselves pick the line-up on the basis of practice performance. This method ensures a sense of objectivity as the only criterion for selection is outstanding performance. While this may seem a bit drastic, the point to be emphasized...