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...sweat it. Bonds won't be the home-run king for long. Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez, 31, is about to become the youngest player to reach 500 home runs. He led the majors with 28 home runs through June. Ten more seasons of 25 dingers, which A-Rod can belt blindfolded, and he's right around 750. "Nobody has A-Rod's God-given ability," says Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Torii Hunter. "Nobody. That's why he's the $250 million man. He's definitely going to break that record...
Harvard third baseman Steffan Wilson has signed a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, who selected him with the 851st overall pick in the 28th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft on Friday...
Although he was rated the top professional prospect in the Ivy League in the preseason by Baseball America, Wilson was ultimately the fourth Ivy player snatched up in this weekend’s draft. He trailed Brown catcher Devin Thomas (seventh round), Yale first baseman Marc Sawyer (15th round), and Princeton catcher Sal Iacono (26th round...
...wrenching 1-0 loss to Albany the next day to conclude its season. The two tournament losses could not overshadow one of the team’s best seasons ever. “We are really satisfied with the season we had,” said captain second baseman Julia Kidder. “We won the Ivy League, which was our goal since September.” Kidder was one of the main reasons for the team’s success. Batting either first or second for most of the season, the senior finished third on the team...
...Second Team. Sure, the defense was there. Junior Jeff Stoeckel, replacing sure-handed shortstop Morgan Brown ’06, committed just four errors in 147 opportunities and garnered a league honorable mention. The defense up the middle was solid all season, with Stoeckel and captain second baseman Brendan Byrne turning many a pretty double play and senior catcher Andrew Casey—who joined batterymate Perlman on the league’s second team—throwing out would-be baserunners at a dependable clip. After losing two big bats in Josh Klimkiewicz ’06 and Lance...