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University Hall administrators deny that Summers had a heavy hand in the writing and constructing of the report. Kirby insists that Summers “did not play any role in the editing of the report.” Wolcowitz characterizes Summers’ edits of the draft as “not a major reshaping” of the document...
...should come as no surprise, then, that Major League Baseball teams used the June Amateur draft as an occasion to scour the Ivy Leagues for talent...
Szymanski, whom Baseball America magazine dubbed the “Best Power Hitter” in the draft, as well as its “Best Five-Tool Talent,” built significant buzz in the weeks preceding the affair. Expected by experts to go in the first round, his stock slipped in recent days—aided, in part, by a 2-for-14 skid in Princeton’s NCAA Regional loss against Virginia...
After the 2004 amateur draft, many scouts, like Arizona Diamondbacks scouting director Tom Rizzo, said they were impressed with the Ivy players’ baseball sense and “coachability...
...That is part of our MO—we like those kind of guys,” said Rizzo, who oversaw the Diamondbacks’ selection of Harvard senior Trey Hendricks and Ohlendorf, to mlb.com. “There are very few players in the draft that are ready to go right to the big leagues. They need to be coached and our development people do a great job with guys who can absorb information and put that information into practice. It’s no coincidence that we look at those kinds of schools. We’ve found...