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Michael R. Giardi '94, second team All-IvyLeague quarterback for the varsity football teamand shortstop for the baseball team, was offered ahalf scholarship to play baseball at theUniversity of North Carolina. With thescholarship, one year's tuition at Harvard wouldhave paid for his entire education...
...suspended agitation that Hal Hartley calls Long Island (though Simple Men was actually filmed in Texas). In the writer-director's third feature, following The Unbelievable Truth and Trust, a handsome bank robber (Robert Burke) and his decent younger brother (William Sage) search for their father, "the radical shortstop," who played for the Dodgers in the '50s and reputedly bombed the Pentagon in the '60s. Fugitive and busted on Long Island, the brothers fall in with the Hartley stock company of cagey women and forlorn men. To their deadpan surprise, the brothers find that they are needed. Or at least...
...parts joy and relief seemed to wash over Milwaukee Brewer Robin Yount after spanking his 3,000th career hit and becoming only the 17th player (and third youngest) in baseball history to achieve that lofty mark. "I've taken quite a bit of heat," said the 37-year-old shortstop and centerfielder, referring to the ribbing he got from his teammates during his chase. He had gone hitless in his last seven at bats. Yount will go down in the record books: so will Cleveland hurler Jose Mesa, as the guy who threw the pitch that Yount swatted into history...
What happens when a worker blames worries about his salary for a faltering job performance? In baseball, he wins a record payoff. Admittedly distracted by negotiations for a new contract, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. is hitting more than 70 points below his 1991 average of .323. Still, he is a fan idol whom the Baltimore Orioles dared not let go. Last week they signed Ripken to play five more years for an average $6.1 million per. The total guaranteed value of $30.5 million tops the four-year, $28 million deal the Chicago Cubs gave second baseman Ryne Sandberg...
...addition to Calengosi, the caucus alsohonored Ruben Sierra, who plays right field; JoseGuzman, who pitches; Ivan Rodriguez, who catches;Rafael Palmeiro, who plays first base; JulioFranco, who plays second base; Dickie Thon, whoplays shortstop; Juan Gonzalez, who playsoutfield; Ray Ramirez, who serves as assistanttrainer; and Orlando Gomez, who coaches