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...shining star for the Crimson all season long--and a leading candidate for team MVP--has been senior punter Tim Griffin. Griffin is currently ranked second in the Ivy League in punting with a 37.2 yards-per-punt average, and again was one of the bright spots for Harvard versus the Big Green...
...streak. You are on a river, a long, meandering river like, say, the Susquehanna, which begins its 444-mile journey in Cooperstown, New York, the purported cradle of baseball. From there the Sus quehanna finds its way to Oneonta, the home of 1950 National League mvp Jim Kon stanty; dips down into Pennsylvania before recrossing the border near Bing hamton, where Wee Willie Keeler and Whitey Ford cut their professional teeth; winds back down south toward Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where Joe McCarthy managed his first team; meets up with the West Branch, which flows past Williams port, the birthplace...
...true beauty of the Streak. Ripken never set out to eclipse the "Iron Horse," who he modestly and somewhat mistakenly believes was a much better ballplayer than himself. "I'm not even in Gehrig's league," says Ripken. Offensively speaking, Ripken may be right, although he has had two mvp, Gehrigian seasons (1983 and 1991). But defensively Ripken plays a much tougher position than Gehrig did, and he does a much better job of it at that. As durable as Lou was, he played every inning of every game for only one season; Ripken played every inning of 904 straight...
...third-baseman DeCinces to the California Angels to make room for the kid he once carried to safety. Ripken missed only two games in his Rookie of the Year season, becoming the Orioles' shortstop on a permanent basis on July 1. In '83 Ripken was named the American League MVP, helping lead the Orioles to victory in the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies...
...slump by not playing. And if I wasn't hitting, I could help the team in other ways." Indeed, in 1990 Ripken set a major league record for fewest errors by a shortstop in a season, an amazingly low three. Then in 1991 he won his second mvp award with a .323 average, 34 homers and 114 rbis. "That season proved a lot to me and other people," says Ripken. "I admit I had my doubts, wondering maybe if I was past my prime. But after that I felt, 'So what if I get older? I'll just work...