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...poured Dodger dirt all over himself," Gigi laughs. "He was out there rolling in the Dodger dirt." Says Scheper: "I wend nuts when we won." Craziness aside, it's interesting to note that the entire starting nine from Scheper's team is still playing baseball, four in the pros and five in college. And Scheper was voted most inspirational by his teammates. "Just for the Dodger dirt," he grins...
...Scheper is, of course, one of those who still plays baseball. As a starting outfielder for Harvard last season, he hit .267--he's a singles hitter--and hasn't made an error in three years of varsity competition. He's enjoyed his baseball experience at Harvard immensely, but football is still his first sports love, and in football, the thrills haven't come that often...
Sophomore year had two really special moments, both of them associated with his brother Dave, a starting center for two years on the Harvard varsity who graduated in 1980. "I respect him probably more than anyone in the world," Scheper says...
First, there was the Princeton game of '79, in which Scheper scored his only touchdown of the season. "It was a trap play right over my brother's butt." Scheper says. "I gave him the ball afterward. That was such a big thrill for me." Second, there was Harvard's amazing 22-7 upset win over undefeated Yale in New Haven. "I was more excited for Dave than anything else," Scheper says...
Last season was cut almost in half by a knee injury, and you know about this year. Scheper runs his patterns and returns kicks (by running back two kick-offs in the Yale game he will break the Harvard record for most career kick-off returns), hoping each week that this will be his big game. He's got extra incentive for the final game of his varsity career...