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Senior Chaney Sheffield is a good four inches taller and 50 pounds heavier than the Crimson’s description of Wingate, who played back when Babe Ruth had yet to don a Red Sox uniform, let alone get dealt to the Yankees. Sheffield??€™s resemblance to Wingate in the mind’s eye of a local Boston journalist—along with a timely milestone in Boston sports history—combined to alter Sheffield??€™s role on the Harvard baseball team and give the Crimson a much-needed boost at the plate...
...something in Sheffield??€™s demeanor during that practice caught Buckley’s eye and made him think of the famed Wingate...
...camera rolled, Walsh saw how the balls were flying and realized that Sheffield??€”who had occasionally been brought in as a defensive replacement in the outfield and on the basepaths—may have had a future in the lineup...
...Sheffield??€™s ability to turn a JV spot into a relief/spot-starting role—and then turn that into a fairly regular gig in right field—is enough to make one wonder how else he can surprise in this, his final season with the Crimson...