Word: playing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kennedy: "Ted now has protection but it wasn't easy to find Secret Service agents who could play polo...
...will not play again for the Crimson. Since June 5, Stenhouse has had a strange odyssey through the world of professional baseball. His guide on that journey: Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland...
...player with credentials like Stenhouse draws baseball scouts faster than an open bar. By the time the 1979 spring draft rolled around, several teams--especially the Red Sox and Yankees--had shown interest, and the leftfielder had told them he wanted to play pro ball...
...money was basically the same, but Finley said he would include in the contract a guarantee that Mike would play for the A's during the month of September, when major league rosters are expanded from 24 to 40 players...
...price Stenhouse had to pay was his eligibility to play for the Crimson this spring. If, as he expects, he signs with the team that drafts him in January, he will take the spring semester off and go to spring training. "When I found out I had this choice--get my degree right away or play baseball right away--I knew baseball has always been my priority," he says, adding that he hopes to return next fall to complete his undergraduate requirements...