Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...winning Rookie of the Year honors in 1970. His best seasons were 1975 (.318 with 102 runs batted in), 1976 (.302 and 105 RBIS) and 1977 (.308 and 100 RBls). He was named to the All-Star team seven times, batted over .300 in World Series and playoff competition, and was voted the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1976. A classic field general, Munson handled pitchers masterfully and cut down base stealers with forbiddingly quick throws...
...watched the fans file out of the stadium, I sensed they were not impressed or overjoyed. For them, this was not a performance worthy of a Boston team. It was just another win--nothing more, nothing less. Not a win to compare with their numerous playoff victories or a loss comparable to that at the hands of the Yanks last October (a fond memory of a Fenway day of despair...
...Late in the third period the score is even, 3-3, and the Harvard hockey team has a chance to stay, barely, in the race for an ECAC Division One playoff berth. Then the Providence College Friars fire in two goals in the last four minutes...
April 28, 1979--The Princeton Tigers edge the Crimson laxmen, 11-9, destroying Harvard's hopes for an NCAA playoff berth...
Senior southpaw Larry Brown, coming off a disappointing final season at Harvard which ended with a loss to Cornell that knocked the Crimson out of the playoff picture, was drafted in the 14th round yesterday by the Houston Astros...