Word: varney
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...advantage this spring is that Park has the depth at every position to avoid shuffling players around the field. Last year Pete Varney played right field, first, and catcher but now "we have developed a program that allows us to give the players the security of a single position," Park said...
Park has his entire infield returning intact this spring. Behind the plate is co-captain Varney who has been drafted every year in the pro-baseball draft and is presently the number one selection of the Atlanta Braves...
Harvard did even worse in the draft. Surprise. Richie Szaro was probably the only Crimson senior with a real shot at being drafted, but he was overlooked. Other possibilities, however slim, such as Pete Varney, Rick Frisbie, and Gary Farneti, obviously didn't dazzle the pro scouts...
...make the final selections didn't show much interest in the other Crimson seniors either, although scouts from the Jets and Chargers showed up at practice in October to look over Varney and Frisbie. Varney was probably too slow for their liking and Frisbie, for all his spunk, is not large. Both had poor seasons to boot, missing the All-Ivy team for the first time in three years. And Farneti, who did have an outstanding year, does not exactly have the size of a pro linebacker at six feet and 215 pounds...
Hevern was the only Harvard offensive player to make the first team, but Pete Varney, an All-Ivy choice for the past two years, and senior tackle Eric Honick made the second team. Junior defensive tackle Mark Steiner also was placed on the second team...