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Harvard hockey defenseman Don Sweeney was named to the Titan All-America second team this week, adding to his selection as a first team ALL-ECAC player...
Four other ECAC players were honored. ECAC Player-of-the-Year Pete Lappin, who led St. Lawrence to the NCAA Championship Game, only to fall in overtime, 4-3, to Lake Superior State, was named a first-team selection, as was his teammate, defenseman Pete McColgan...
...Dave Winfield, Rickey Henderson and Mike Pagliarulo in the lineup, the Yankees will send a lot of runs across the plate this year. The 1927 Yankees hold the record for the most runs scored in a season with 975. Assuming Pete Rose and Reggie Jackson stay in retirement, which player has scored the most runs in his major league career? Five points...
...over the last couple of years. Last year, the first baseman hit .327, clubbed 30 homers and drove in 115 runs. Mattingly is a legitimate threat to win the Triple Crown--leading the league in batting average, homers and RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox was the last player to win the Triple Crown in 1967. Can you name the last National Leaguer to win the Crown and the year in which he did it? (Three points for the player and two for the year.) Five points...
...winning a pennant is having defensive strength up the middle. A team with good fielders at catcher, second base, shortstop and centerfield has a tremendous defensive advantage. Can you name the last team which had Glove winners at these four positions? (Take two points per player and two for the team.) Ten points...