Word: shortstop
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like many Californians he got his athletic start in competitive swimming. At age ten he left the pools to twin brother Don and settled in as a Little League shortstop. A few years later he starred for the El Segundo High School varsity team...
Even if the quarterback doesn't have his best day against Yale, the sporting season will not end for St. John. As starting shortstop on the baseball team for three years (.239 last year) he will return to the diamond again this spring. St John has been performing this double since his days at Horace Greeley High in his home town Chappaqua...
...injury to Burke St. John (who returned against Dartmouth last week) especially upset Brown, a teammate on both the football and baseball squads where St. John plays shortstop. Brown said, "There's a kid that's been very very close to me. An injury like that staggers a team, especially after an opening day win. Losing a player of his caliber--it has to take a toll on the team...
Pittsburgh scored the only runs they needed in the seventh on three unimpressive hits and a sacrifice fly. Omar Moreno reached on a bloop single with one out. Then shortstop Kiko Garcia, thinking double play, missed Tim Foli's soft grounder in front of second--generously scored...
...NCAA basketball all-american who played a good shortstop...