Word: starters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When you turn away from the inexperienced midfields, however, you see nothing but veterans. The big gun on attack this year will be three-year starter Chico McKenzie (36-9-45), who led the team in scoring with 43 points two years ago and had another fine campaign in 1976. A good season would leave him second on the Harvard career lists in both goals and points scored...
...John is completed with first-year man Rick Pierce at third base. Pierce, who graduated from the same high school in Pittsfield Mass, as Baltimore Oriole shortstop Mark Belanger, wields a glove so dexterous that his coach rated him a step below the Oriole great. Last year starter Corby Saunders and muscle man Dave Knoll are fighting it out for the backup spot...
Maturity, in fact, keynotes the outfield, where veterans hold down two of the three starting spots. Last year's leading hitter Dave Singleton (364), and captain and third-year starter Tommy Joyce are fixtures, while Steve Potysman and Freddie Cordova are a couple of talented sophomores looking for a shot...
...priced players during the off-season to strengthen the lineup, the Pistons have more talent than a 48-minute game can contain. On the twelve-man Detroit roster are eight players accustomed to starting and playing 35 to 40 minutes a game. A ninth man was a part-time starter last year, and still another was the fourth player chosen in the college draft last spring. Since the N.B.A. remains old-fashioned when it conies to a team having more than five players on the floor at once, the stars have been putting in more than their fair share...
Peabody was a reserve offensive tackle and saw little action in his three years with the Harvard football team. Joe Restic, coach of the football team, said yesterday that even as a non-starter, "Bob has been outstanding for us without getting the headlines. He is always a leader, always in the ballgame, and always raises morale...