Word: speedster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brita Lind: This diminutive speedster wreaks havoc on the Ivy League. She can circle behind a defense and be off like a shot. Or if the defense keys on her speed, she can use her skills to come up with the puck on the boards...
...sophomore speedster also outsprinted teammate Valerie Nellen in the final strokes of the 200-yd butterfly. Meyer snared the event...
...comes the cash: Cleveland's potent Joe Carter, who hit .302 with 29 home runs, 121 RBIs and had 29 steals in 1986, fetches $46; Detroit's injury- prone slugger-speedster and amateur airplane pilot Kirk Gibson goes for $41. More than five hours later, the auction closes with the march of the scrubeenies, the cheap players who fill out everyone's roster. There are still some good buys for those who have husbanded their money, either by design or dumb luck. The Moosers grab Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper for $3, the same price that Nova pays for Catcher...
This time, however, Gibbs came from out of nowhere to haul the speedster down from behind...
...center Allen Bourbeau, the consummate big-ice speedster, the cramped confines might have been too large a handicap. And on top of everything else, the Teaticket native and former Massachusetts Player of the Year had never won a tournament before...