Word: ricks
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...Leagues however, have never been a breeding ground for the mayors. The "baseball factories" are in the South and especially the West where the weather is much more conducive to baseball, counting for the seasons that last longer. The Arizona State alumni book includes Reggie Jackson. Rick Monday, Craig Swan, and Bump Wills, Tom Seaver, Bill Lee, Steve Kemp and Fred Lynn each graced the USC campus. Harvard's contributions to the last decade of big league ball is Pete Varney, who played out a mediocre career with the White Sox and who now coaches at Brandeis...
...scrappy Huskies converted two singles into the trying in the sixth and then won the game with two more in the seventh. Mike Smerczynski came out of the bullpen for Harvard after Northeastern's Rick Sullivan led off the final inning with a double, but the Crimson reliever failed to put out the fire, allowing three hits and a walk before getting three outs...
...doesn't know his brother batteries of Red Sox history-like Wes and Rick Ferrell-could end up ostracized, in public disgrace. Not to worry. True competitors, they keep track of pitching records and batting averages almost as closely as they keep track of each other's age. Problems can arise when arguments over facts give way to differences of opinion. Caterino says, "I've learned never to argue about religion, politics or Ted Williams." Friendships have severed over whether Dom DiMaggio or Jimmy Piersall was the better centerfielder. In general the guiding principle reads: older...
...said assistant Coach Rick Duckett, "has done some things already that most people haven't done at the age of 30. He's pulling them off and he's not using mirrors, either...
After his team lost to Yale, Cornell, Coach Andy Noel decided to exploit the Crimson's technical mistake, bringing the matter to the attention of the Columbia athletic department. Rick Beller, Harvard's 126 lb. wrestler--who had known Noel previously--says he is "not surprised" by the coach's apparent ruthlessness: "It was in character for him," Beller said yesterday, after hearing the shocking news. He said the team feels it "deserved" the title--that the Crimson was the best team and proved...