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...overlap with the recruiting networks,” said Sean M. Mendy, co-founder of GetConnects and a 2005 Cornell graduate. “I saw friends of mine that had business degrees who were working really menial jobs and thought it was a waste of talent.” William Wright-Swadel, director of Harvard’s Office of Career Services, said he thought that GetConnects could help students develop all-important networks, but that minority students should feel comfortable utilizing all kinds of professional connections, minority or otherwise. “What I don?...
...depth of talent in the team as a whole was obvious in the second varsity’s storming 10-second, open-water win over Princeton...
...just shows the depth of the team,” Baker added. “There’s not a whole lot of differentiation in talent between most of the guys on the squad...
...fill the DH spot: the Toronto Blue Jays can sign Frank Thomas, who hit 39 home runs for Oakland last season, to a two-year, $18 million contract, and Oakland can give Mike Piazza one-year, $8.5 million deal to replace him. The result is a concentration of DH talent the game has never seen before. "It's unusual," says veteran Texas Rangers scout Mel Didier. "You usually have two or three of those Hall of Fame caliber guys, but seven or eight...
...that's a good thing. It's time to stop the griping, and appreciate the DH position for featuring the game's brightest offensive talent. Though the current DHs are by no means Gold Glovers, they are no longer one-dimensional hitters. The game's current obsession with on-base percentage, driven by Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's stat-driven Moneyball methods, demands that they hit for power and average, and draw walks. "The skill that has the longest shelf life is on-base percentage," says Beane. "And the DH allows you the opportunity to continue...