In politics, "elections have consequences" unless, of course, your side doesn't win as more foreign workers are legalized than jobs created. If you don't win in sports (occasionally at least 2/3 of the time), it eventually doesn't matter how consequential an elected-official might be; including the proverbial most powerful man in the world. You can just be like aging leftist leader Nanny Pathetic, who stretches the pass-it-now-read-it-later truth even more than her "Petty Woman" West face, and lie to "stupid" public about not knowing ObummerCare con-artist insult-ant Jonathan Gruber. Face the facts: Dimocrats don't win through blockbuster ethical arguments; they bust through changing ethnic percentage of voting bloc.

At first glance, a new TV commentator hiring resembles Chelsea Clinton charity when she was given a journalistic role at a major network. Let's just hope Barry-brother-in-law Craig Robinson is a better ESPN analyst than he was coach in a power league after the network contributed to record-setting levels of welfare under pen-and-phone President Barack Obama. Devoid of any media credentials, Chelsea received a political favor via an annual salary of $600,000 when she joined NBC News as a "special correspondent" (in excess of $25,000 for each minute displaying her hard-working brilliance on-air to make certain she wasn't dead-broke after leaving the White House and academic pursuits before making Shrillary Rotten a grandma). It isn't brain surgery, but the Dimocrap Dominatrix wearing the pants suits in her family doesn't believe jobs are created by businesses, so they must be given; not earned.

Robinson, beseeching the country for seven-footers regarding his Pacific-12 Conference welfare, was part of the Democratic Convention in Charlotte two years ago helping introduce sister Michelle Obama. Amid questioning whether about "2/3" of the party was shamed into putting God back into its platform, a "Fluke" inquiry lingered wondering if Robinson got a vacation from significant media criticism because he is brother-in-law of paternalistic POTUS pondering contrived definitions of "workplace violence" and marriage while turning the U.S. into a welfare nation, appointing a political operative with zero medical/health care expertise as Ebola Czar, penning secret "dove" letters to Iran's Ayatollah and serving unilaterally as lame-duck Extra-Constitutional bell hop for millions of illegal aliens.

The wily White House, adverse to an alleged discriminatory travel ban involving West Africa, wants U.S. military to combat Ebola in that region of the world on only four hours of training. But didn't demented Dems with perhaps 2/3 of a brain such as Ron Klain exhibit some sort of bias disease traveling to Florida to work hard for four weeks to ban overseas military ballots in 2000 recount standoff?

Continuing to take Beaver Nation in the wrong direction although Robinson "didn't create that," the sick circumstances at Oregon State failed to change last season and he lost his job after failing to secure a presidential pardon as the Drone Ranger was bogged down religiously reading 2/3 of his intelligence briefings and prepping 2/3 of NCAA playoff brackets for ESPN. The Beavers bombed in their season opener against visiting Coppin State, the second HBCU to win in Corvallis in four years, and things didn't improve much from there comparable to the Oval Office tracking terrorists (no national or family security). The golfer-in-chief with more than 200 rounds under his mom-jeans belt, fond of comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln but too busy to attend the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, unilaterally couldn't give Robinson a mulligan as he was apparently too busy assembling an excuse for not saying "under God" while reciting a portion of the famous speech for historian Ken Burns.

At least Oregon State is sufficiently God-fearing to know not to put Seattle back on its schedule after losing at home to the Reclassifying DI school, 99-48, in 2009-10. That regrettable result (matching the most-lopsided setback in OSU history) reminiscent of Reagan mauling Mondale has to qualify as the most embarrassing clunker by a power league member thus far this century. It was perhaps as appalling as Central Planning's health care rollout debacle - the signature legislation for the selfie-taking "Audacity of Hype" - or his Marvin Gaye routine "I (Only) Heard It Through the Grapevine" pleading of ignorance regarding a poison-pen and sell-phone series of scandals and shortcomings. After shaking down the health-care industry for money rather than closely monitor website development, his sniveling former HHS secretary said during Congressional testimony: "Don't do this to me!" Meanwhile, about "2/3" of the non-Medicad populace says: "Don't do this to us!"

Right-thinking Americans don't like Duncan-like liars, Progressive Jihad, the White House "health-care apology" or ISIS-containing ineptitude and DC can keep it, period! Let me be more-than-2/3-of-the-way clear about the ideology as defenseless as the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, ill-conceived as shaking hands with/bowing down to dictators and insidious as intimidating witnesses of the Libyan lynching! But chill out, if your identity is pilfered by a navigator felon/former ACORN staffer, no one will be more upset than Mr. Teleprompter's neighborhood. In order to show compassion and not run the race-baiting risk of offending a grandstanding progressive, it's time to give the Obowwow apologists and lame-stream media enablers a hug like you would your little puppy and then let them go back to supporting sucking on at least 2/3 of the government nanny's boob. After the mid-term elections, at least give delusional Dimocrats free instruction on how to do "2/3" of "the wave."

There is no need to give them the old deflection-and-distraction razzle dazzle by being Clintonesque and parcing "is is" words amid the chronic fabrication. Few in the establishment media acknowledged it until the bitter end, but even a sports intern could realize no evidence existed from an unimpeachable source that Robinson could end the Beavers' bump-in-the-road streak of 32 consecutive campaigns winless in the NCAA playoffs. At least Robinson exhibited more character than other members of his family circle by not chronically immersing himself in the Bush-league ploy of blaming his predecessor (Jay John) for six lackluster OSU years. He also didn't turn for consolation and consultation to tax cheat Al "Not So" Sharpton after a significant setback.

Robinson's voice may resemble Homer Simpson but he matches the postseason expertise of ESPN analysts Dan Dakich and Tim Welsh - both never posted an NCAA Tournament win as a Division I bench boss. His credentials don't quite measure up to ESPN experts Fran Fraschilla, Dino Gaudio, Seth Greenberg and Dick Vitale - each of whom has a lone NCAA playoff triumph in a collective 45 years of DI head coaching. But at least Robinson doesn't have a top-shelf job at Target.

Hoping cynical comments aren't monitored in an IRS targeting binder assembled by Iranian-born Oval Office lackey Valerie Jarrett, let's move to a place where Robinson's commentary doesn't follow in his sister's organic-garden footsteps (a/k/a "dancing with turnip") by lecturing college hoopsters on what at least 2/3 of them should eat for lunch. But the good news is, as long as Robinson maintains a pulse, there is absolutely no way he already isn't a more competent media member than the former First Daughter.

Extra! Extra! Read all about memorable major league baseball achievements and moments involving former college basketball players! Baseball is portrayed as a thinking man's game but only four percent of active MLB players earned college diplomas. Nonetheless, numerous ex-college hoopsters had front-row seats to many of the most notable games, transactions and dates in MLB history.

The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series 50 years ago with a roster featuring six former college basketball players - Roger Craig, Bob Gibson, Dick Groat, Bobby Humphreys, Ray Washburn and Bill White. The Cards defeated the New York Yankees, a club boasting three pitchers with college hoops connections - Al Downing, Steve Hamilton and Rollie Sheldon. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an October calendar involving such versatile athletes:

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1 - California Angels RHP Mike Barlow (basketball player for Syracuse from 1967-68 through 1969-70) won his lone start in 1977, yielding only two hits in seven innings in a 4-1 decision over the Kansas City Royals. . . . RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) incurred the loss for the Brooklyn Dodgers when they dropped the first-ever N.L. playoff in 1946 at St. Louis, which got three hits from C Joe Garagiola. . . . 1B Herb Conyers (second-leading scorer for Central Missouri State in 1941-42 when earning All-MIAA first-team recognition) clobbered a homer during an eighth-inning, five-run rally to help propel the Cleveland Indians to a 7-5 win against the Detroit Tigers in 1950. . . . Cincinnati Reds RHP Walker Cress (LSU letterman from 1936-37 through 1938-39) hurled a complete game but lost his lone MLB decision (2-1 against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1948). . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Charles "Slim" Embrey (Vanderbilt letterman in 1921-22 and 1922-23) appeared in his lone MLB game in 1923. . . . After having only 66 regular-season at-bats, Chicago White Sox backup 3B Sammy Esposito (averaged 7 ppg in 1951-52 as starting guard under Indiana coach Branch McCracken) batted twice in an 11-0 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 World Series opener. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers C Joe Ferguson (member of Pacific's 1967 NCAA playoff team) collected six RBI in an 8-4 win against the San Francisco Giants in 1980. . . . San Francisco Giants RHP Bob Garibaldi (starting forward averaged 10.6 ppg and 5.6 rpg for Santa Clara in 1961-62) lost his lone MLB start (9-4 against San Diego Padres in 1969). . . . Pittsburgh Pirates LHP Joe Gibbon (two-time All-SEC forward for Ole Miss was nation's second-leading scorer as senior in 1956-57) went the distance winning his last three decisions of the 1961 campaign, including two shutouts (three-hitter and one-hitter). . . . In the first game ever broadcast live coast-to-coast, RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech letterman in 1941-42) notched a career-high 17th triumph for the New York Giants in the opener of 1951 N.L. playoff series against Branca and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Supporting Hearn with a homer was OF Monte Irvin (played for Lincoln PA 1 1/2 years in late 1930s). . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) contributed three hits and three RBI in an 8-5 triumph against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1955 World Series. . . . Cincinnati Reds RF Earle "Greasy" Neale (West Virginia Wesleyan College hoopster graduated in 1915) contributed three hits in a 9-1 success against the Chicago White Sox in the opener of the 1919 World Series. . . . In his third start in five days, RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-1, in 1950 as the Whiz Kids clinched the Philadelphia Phillies' first pennant in 35 years. Roberts became the first 20-game winner for the Phils since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1917. . . . In 1970, New York Mets rookie LF Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman team in mid-1960s) supplied the only two hits (both doubles) off Chicago Cubs standout Ferguson Jenkins. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) established a N.L. record for most saves in a single season in 1991. . . . In 1954, OF Ted Tappe (leading scorer in 1949 NJCAA Tournament was Washington State's third-leading scorer the next year in 1949-50) traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs in a deal involving RHP Jim Willis (Northwestern State letterman in late 1940s). . . . St. Louis Cardinals 1B Bill White (played two years with Hiram OH in early 1950s) played the entire schedule in 1963.
2 - Chicago Cubs RHP Dale Alderson (All-Iowa Conference selection for Upper Iowa in 1938-39 and 1939-40) lost his lone MLB decision (2-0 against the Boston Braves in 1943). . . . Philadelphia Athletics LHP Stan Baumgartner (played for University of Chicago's Big Ten Conference champion in 1913-14) hurled a six-hit shutout against the New York Yankees in 1925, holding both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hitless. . . . RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) yielded the first pinch-hit homer in World Series history (by Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees in 1947) but the Brooklyn Dodgers still prevailed in Game 3, 9-8. Two days earlier, Branca lost Game 1 when he was knocked out in the fifth inning. . . . New York Yankees OF Bob Cerv (ranked fourth on Nebraska's career scoring list in 1949-50 when finishing his career) pounded a pinch homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers' winning rookie RHP Roger Craig (forward with North Carolina State's 1949-50 freshman team) in Game 5 of the 1955 World Series. . . . Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (played for Boston University in early 1920s) contributed both of his homers in 31 World Series games in the first two outings against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930. . . . OF Earle Combs (three-year captain for Eastern Kentucky) clubbed a homer and scored four runs as the New York Yankees swept the 1932 World Series by crushing the Chicago Cubs, 13-6. It was the Bronx Bombers' 12th straight WS game win. . . . In 1964, Houston Colt .45s LHP Danny Coombs (Seton Hall's third-leading scorer and rebounder as sophomore in 1961-62) notched his first MLB victory, holding the Los Angeles Dodgers scoreless over five innings as a starter. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Jack Coombs (captain and starting center for Colby ME) hurled a shutout, beating the New York Giants for the sixth time in as many decisions in 1916. . . . SS Alvin Dark (letterman for LSU and USL in mid-1940s) extended his World Series competition hitting streak to 12 in a row with three safeties in Game 4 as the New York Giants finished their sweep of the Cleveland Indians in 1954. . . . OF Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA titlist) contributed four hits as the Cleveland Indians assure themselves of a tie for the 1948 A.L. title with an 8-0 triumph against the Detroit Tigers. . . . In 1950, Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo (Connecticut's first player ever to average 20 points for season with 21.7 in 1942-43) became the first player to surpass 100 with more RBI (144) than games played (136). . . . Detroit Tigers 1B Darrell Evans (member of Jerry Tarkanian-coached Pasadena City CA club winning 1967 state community college crown) hammered his MLB-leading 40th homer in 1985, becoming the first player to reach such a plateau in each league (41 round-trippers for Atlanta Braves in 1973). . . . In the opener of the 1968 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) outdueled 30-game winner Denny McLain, 4-0, and established a WS record by fanning 17 Detroit Tigers. . . . Cleveland Indians 1B Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) went 4-for-4 against the Seattle Mariners in 1985. . . . Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) fired as manager of the New York Mets in 1983. . . . In 1966, Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) concluded his final season with career bests of 27 victories and 1.73 ERA. The previous year, Koufax finished with a single-season MLB-mark 382 strikeouts after fanning 13 Milwaukee Braves batters. In the 1963 World Series opener, the first five batters he faced whiffed en route to 15 strikeouts in a 5-2 win against the New York Yankees. . . . OF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling a 35-3 record) supplied a homer to help the Cleveland Indians edge the New York Yankees, 4-3, in Game 3 of their 1998 A.L. playoff series. . . . Rookie RF Bud Metheny (letterman for William & Mary from 1935-36 through 1937-38) belted a first-game homer against the St. Louis Browns to help power the New York Yankees to their 14th sweep of a doubleheader in 1943. . . . New York Yankees rookie RHP Zach Monroe (played briefly for Bradley in 1950-51) hurled one inning of relief in Game 2 against the Milwaukee Braves in the 1958 World Series. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers LF Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) registered a postseason career-high three hits in a 3-2 win against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1953 World Series. . . . Chicago Cubs LF Riggs Stephenson (Alabama letterman in 1920) stroked four hits against the Cincinnati Reds in 1929. . . . Detroit Tigers C Birdie Tebbetts (played for Providence in 1932) closed out the 1938 campaign with four multiple-hit games in a row. . . . C Wes Westrum (played for Bemidji State MN one season before serving in military during WWII) supplied two sacrifice flies for the New York Giants to help them defeat the Cleveland Indians, 7-4, in Game 4 and sweep the 1954 World Series.
3 - New York Yankees rookie RHP Jim Beattie (Dartmouth's top rebounder in 1974-75 when selected team MVP and honorable mention All-Ivy League) won the opener of the 1978 ALCS against the Kansas City Royals, yielding only two hits in 5 1/3 innings. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) sustained his sixth setback of the 1951 season against the New York Giants when Bobby Thomson hit the "shot heard round the world" (three-run homer in bottom of the ninth inning) to decide the N.L. playoff. A single by SS Alvin Dark (letterman for LSU and USL during World War II) started the rally climaxed by Thomson's historic blast. . . . 1B George Crowe (four-year letterman from 1939-40 through 1942-43 for Indiana Central after becoming first high school player named state's "Mr. Basketball") traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1958. . . . Jim Fanning (played for Buena Vista IA in late 1940s) resigned as manager of the Montreal Expos in 1982. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Dick Hall (averaged 12.8 ppg from 1948-49 through 1950-51 with Swarthmore PA for three Southern Division champions in MASC) earned the win with 4 2/3 innings of one-hit relief against the Minnesota Twins in the opener of the 1970 ALCS. Six years earlier, Hall improved his record to 9-1 by closing out the 1964 campaign with his 13th straight scoreless relief appearance. . . Cleveland Indians LF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg) collected two doubles, including a two-run safety in the eighth inning, in a 2-1 win against the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 to clinch the 1998 ALDS. . . . LHP Bill Krueger (led WCAC in free-throw percentage as a Portland freshman in 1975-76) traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1988. . . . Milwaukee Braves SS Johnny Logan (played for Binghamton in 1948-49) smacked the first homer of the 1957 World Series (third inning of Game 2 against New York Yankees). . . . In 1904, New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) fanned 16 St. Louis Cardinals in a 3-1 triumph. . . . Washington Senators 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24) committed three errors in the opener of the 1933 World Series against the New York Giants. . . . RF Bill Nicholson (played for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) provided a two-run triple to fuel a four-run, first-inning outburst sparking the Chicago Cubs to a 9-0 win against the Detroit Tigers in the opener of the 1945 World Series. . . . Chicago White Sox OF Gary Redus (J.C. player for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) collected five RBI against the Oakland Athletics in a 1987 game. . . . Despite striking out seven consecutive New York Mets hitters, Montreal Expos RHP Steve Renko (averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.8 rpg as Kansas sophomore in 1963-64) had his record fall to 1-10 with a 5-2 defeat against Hall of Famer Tom Seaver in the opener of a 1972 doubleheader. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers LHP Preacher Roe (played for Harding AR in late 1930s) registered a complete-game victory against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1952 World Series. . . . New York Yankees 1B Bill "Moose" Skowron (scored 18 points in eight games for Purdue in 1949-50) smashed a three-run, first-inning homer to ignite a 5-1 Game 6 win against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1955 World Series. . . . Chicago Cubs RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) secured a save against the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of the 1984 NLCS.
4 - RHP Elden Auker (All-Big Six Conference first-five selection with Kansas State in 1931-32) helped the Detroit Tigers capture their first World Series in 1935, starting Game 3 against the Chicago Cubs and allowing two earned runs in six innings in a contest Detroit won in extra frames. . . . In a one-game playoff for the 1948 A.L. pennant, Cleveland Indians player-manager Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) banged out four hits, including two homers, in an 8-3 win at Boston. He finished the year with only nine strikeouts, the lowest number by any regular since 1922. . . . Baltimore Orioles CF Al Bumbry (Virginia State's runner-up in scoring with 16.7 ppg as freshman in 1964-65) collected three hits, two runs and two stolen bases in a 9-8 win against the California Angels in Game 2 of the 1979 ALCS. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Bud Culloton (Fordham letterman from 1919 through 1921) started and yielded only one earned run in five innings but dropped his lone MLB decision (4-1 in nightcap of 1925 doubleheader). . . . New York Giants SS Alvin Dark (letterman for LSU and USL during World War II) delivered a three-run homer against New York Yankees P Allie Reynolds in the opener of the 1951 World Series. Thirteen years later, Dark was dismissed as manager of the San Francisco Giants in 1964. . . . In 1930, St. Louis Cardinals CF Taylor Douthit (California letterman from 1922 through 1924), who hit an anemic .140 in 13 career World Series contests, broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning by smacking his lone postseason homer in a 5-0 victory against the Philadelphia Athletics in Game 3. . . . California Angels RHP Dave Frost (averaged 10.5 ppg and 4 rpg for Stanford from 1971-72 through 1973-74) lost his lone postseason start (against Baltimore Orioles in Game 2 of 1979 ALCS). . . . INF Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of his last three seasons with Lebanon Valley PA in late 1920s) selected by the Washington Senators from the St. Louis Browns in 1938 Rule 5 draft. . . . In the opener of the 1967 World Series, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) fanned 10 Boston batters in a 2-1 triumph. Red Sox OF Norm Siebern (member of Southwest Missouri State squads capturing back-to-back NAIA Tournament titles in 1952 and 1953) led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a pinch single off Gibson but his pinch-runner was left stranded. . . . Detroit Tigers OF Hank Greenberg (attended NYU briefly on hoop scholarship in 1929) whacked a homer in a 4-1 Game 2 victory against the Chicago Cubs in the 1945 World Series. . . . In the opening game of the 1951 World Series, LF Monte Irvin (played for Lincoln PA 1 1/2 years in late 1930s) stole home and collected four hits to spark the New York Giants to a 5-1 victory against the New York Yankees. . . . New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland three-year letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) launched his second homer of the 1942 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . RHP Jim Konstanty (Syracuse player in late 1930s), after making 133 straight relief appearances for the Philadelphia Phillies, started Game 1 of the 1950 World Series but lost against the New York Yankees, 1-0. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) swiped three bases against the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of the 1996 ALDS. Nine years later, Lofton collected three hits and four RBI against the New York Yankees in the 2007 ALDS opener. . . . Philadelphia Phillies OF Jerry Martin (1971 Southern Conference Tournament MVP after he was Furman's runner-up in scoring previous season) smacked a pinch homer against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of the 1978 NLCS. . . . St. Francisco Giants RHP Roger Mason (multiple-year letterman in late 1970s for Saginaw Valley State MI) tossed his lone MLB shutout (four-hitter with 10 strikeouts against Atlanta Braves in 1985). . . . Minnesota Twins 2B Dan Monzon (played briefly for Buena Vista IA in 1964-65) scored four runs against the Chicago White Sox in 1972. . . . In 1930, Chicago White Sox rookie OF Jimmy Moore (Union TN standout in late 1920s) stroked a pinch-hit single in his first World Series at-bat in Game 3 against the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . RF Bill Nicholson (played for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for former N.L. batting champion Harry Walker in 1948. . . . RHP Roy Parmelee (letterman for Eastern Michigan in 1924-25 and 1925-26) selected from the Boston Red Sox by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1938 Rule 5 draft. . . . RHP Cotton Pippen (Texas Western letterman in 1929-30) selected from the St. Louis Cardinals by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1938 Rule 5 draft. . . . Jim Riggleman (two-year letterman for Frostburg State MD averaged 7.2 ppg in early 1970s) fired as Chicago Cubs manager in 1999. . . . New York Yankees LHP Marius Russo (member of LIU teams compiling a 50-2 record in 1934-35 and 1935-36 under legendary coach Clair Bee) hurled a four-hitter in a 2-1 verdict over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3 of the 1941 World Series. In the seventh inning of a scoreless tie, Russo broke P Fred Fitzsimmons' knee with a line drive. . . . New York Giants RHP Hal Schumacher (played for St. Lawrence NY in early 1930s) tossed a five-hitter in a 6-1 victory in Game 2 of the 1933 World Series against the Washington Senators. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Tim Stoddard (starting forward opposite All-American David Thompson for North Carolina State's 1974 NCAA champion) yielded a run in final relief appearance of 1980 campaign after holding the opposition scoreless in previous 14-game span during the month when he recorded seven saves.
5 - RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) won Game 6 of the 1947 World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers when he was helped by Al Gionfriddo's famous catch of New York Yankees Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio's long drive to left field. . . . Milwaukee Braves OF John DeMerit (Wisconsin letterman in 1956-57) served as a pinch-runner in Game 3 of the 1957 World Series. . . . New York Giants 3B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) went 4-for-4 against the New York Yankees in the opener of the 1921 World Series. . . . St. Louis Cardinals SS Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of last three seasons in late 1920s with Lebanon Valley PA) hit safely in first four World Series games against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1930. . . . New York Giants INF Eddie Grant (paced Harvard's freshman squad in scoring in 1902 and played varsity as sophomore before declared ineligible for receiving money in independent summer baseball league) died from German shelling in 1918 in the Argonne Forest, France, during WWI while in charge of his battalion after his commanding officer was killed. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Mark Hendrickson (two-time All-Pacific-10 Conference selection was Washington State's leading rebounder each season from 1992-93 through 1995-96) allowed his only hit in three scoreless relief appearances against the New York Mets in the 2006 NLDS. . . . 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) went 3-for-3, including a two-run double putting the Brooklyn Dodgers ahead for good, in a 13-8 win against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series. Three years later in the 1959 WS, Hodges' homer in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Dodgers a 5-4 triumph against the Chicago White Sox in Game 4. . . . New York Giants LF Monte Irvin (played for Lincoln PA 1 1/2 years in late 1930s) hit safely seven straight times in the 1951 World Series against the New York Yankees. . . . Baltimore Orioles 2B Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg in 1961-62 with Texas A&M) homered in back-to-back 1970 ALCS games against the Minnesota Twins. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers RF "Sweet" Lou Johnson (Kentucky State teammate of legendary coach Davey Whitney averaged 5.7 ppg and 2 rpg in 1951-52), blanked by Dave McNally and Moe Drabowsky of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 opener, went hitless for the only time in his last nine World Series contests. . . . DH David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg) homered off Dwight Gooden to help the Cleveland Indians square their 1997 ALDS at two games apiece with the New York Yankees. . . . New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland three-year letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) contributed four hits, including a go-ahead, two-run double in the ninth inning, in a 7-4 victory against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 4 of the 1941 World Series. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as All-Iowa Conference freshman selection in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66) contributed a homer and triple while knocking in three runs in a 4-0 decision over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of 1978 NLCS. . . . CF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) accounted for the Philadelphia Phillies' lone run with a homer in a 7-1 setback against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1977 NLCS. . . . 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24) had three hits, scored the Washington Senators' first run and drove in their last two runs in a 4-0 win against the New York Giants in Game 3 of the 1933 World Series. . . . Chicago Cubs RHP Claude Passeau (letterman with Millsaps MS in late 1920s and early 1930s) hurled a one-hit shutout against the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the 1945 World Series. . . . RHP Nels Potter (leading scorer during two years he attended Mount Morris IL in early 1930s) selected from the St. Louis Cardinals by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1937 Rule 5 draft. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) lost Game 2 of the 1950 World Series against the New York Yankees, 2-1, on Joe DiMaggio's leadoff homer in the 10th inning. . . . New York Giants RHP Hal Schumacher (played for St. Lawrence NY in early 1930s) notched the victory in Game 5 of the 1936 World Series against the New York Yankees. Schumacher lost Game 2 three days earlier. . . . Kansas City Royals LHP Paul Splittorff (runner-up in scoring and rebounding for Morningside IA in 1967-68) yielded only one hit in combining with Rich Gale (led New Hampshire with 7.2 rpg in 1975-76) for a 4-0 triumph against the Minnesota Twins in 1980. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Ray Washburn (led Whitworth WA in scoring and named All-Evergreen Conference in 1958-59 and 1959-60) won Game 3 of the 1968 World Series against the Detroit Tigers. . . . In 1985, RF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) became the first New York Yankee to collect 100 RBI and score 100 runs in a single season since Joe DiMaggio in 1942.
6 - Detroit Tigers RHP Elden Auker (All-Big Six Conference first-five selection with Kansas State in 1931-32) went the distance in whipping the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-4, in Game 4 of the 1934 World Series. . . . Philadelphia Phillies rookie LHP Stan Baumgartner (played for University of Chicago's Big Ten Conference champion in 1913-14) closed out the 1914 campaign with a seven-inning shutout against the New York Giants. . . . Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (played for Boston University in early 1920s) went 4-for-4 against the New York Yankees in 1929. . . . St. Louis Cardinals CF Taylor Douthit (California letterman from 1922 through 1924) collided with a teammate in Game 4 and was sidelined for the remainder of the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees. . . . RHP George Earnshaw (Swarthmore PA player in 1922) square the 1931 World Series with a two-hit, 3-0 shutout for the Philadelphia Athletics against the St. Louis Cardinals. The previous year, Earnshaw combined Hall of Famer Lefty Grove for a three-hit shutout against the Cardinals in Game 5 of the 1930 World Series. . . . Detroit Tigers 1B Hank Greenberg (attended NYU briefly on hoop scholarship in late 1920s) accumulated two doubles among his four hits in a 10-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of 1934 World Series. Six years later, Greenberg's three-run homer opened the scoring in an 8-0 victory against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the 1940 WS. . . . 3B Wayne Gross (led Cal Poly Pomona in assists in 1974-75) whacked a three-run homer to power the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 triumph against the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 of the 1981 ALDS. . . . Despite walking eight batters, New York Giants RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech letterman in 1941-42) won his only World Series start (6-2 against the New York Yankees in Game 3 in 1951). . . . LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) outdueled fellow lefthander Whitey Ford as the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the 1963 World Series from the New York Yankees. RF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) contributed both of L.A.'s safeties off Ford, including a long homer in the fifth inning. . . . Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg with Texas A&M in 1961-62) fired as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2000. . . . Milwaukee Braves SS Johnny Logan (played for Binghamton in 1948-49) doubled home the tying run in the bottom of the 10th inning and scored on Eddie Mathews' game-winning homer in a 7-5 decision over the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1957 World Series. Yankees 3B Jerry Lumpe (played in 1952 NAIA Tournament final for Southwest Missouri State's championship team) hit safely in third consecutive WS outing. . . . Chicago White Sox rookie RHP Ted Lyons (two-time All-SWC first-team selection for Baylor in early 1920s) secured his first two of 260 MLB victories by winning both ends of a 1923 doubleheader in relief against the Cleveland Indians. . . . St. Louis Cardinals LHP Jim Mooney (played for East Tennessee State) hurled one inning of scoreless relief in Game 4 against the Detroit Tigers in the 1934 World Series. . . . RHP Joe Niekro (averaged 8.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Liberty WV from 1963-64 through 1965-66) posted his 20th triumph of the 1980 season (7-1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in one-game playoff) to propel the Houston Astros to postseason competition for the first time since the franchise started in 1962. . . . New York Yankees LHP Joe Ostrowski (led Scranton in scoring with 15.1 ppg in 1942-43) tossed two scoreless innings of relief in Game 3 of 1951 World Series against the New York Giants. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers OF Rip Repulski (part-time starter for St. Cloud State MN) received an intentional walk in Game 5 in his only at-bat in the 1959 World Series against the Chicago White Sox. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers LHP Preacher Roe (played for Harding AR in late 1930s) tossed a shutout against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1949 World Series. The contest's only RBI was supplied by 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948), who drove in 2B Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in PCC both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41). . . . New York Yankees 3B Red Rolfe (played briefly with Dartmouth in 1927-28 and 1929-30) registered his fourth multiple-hit game in the 1936 World Series against the New York Giants. Rolfe hit .400 in six contests. . . . Closer Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) lost Game 4 with the Chicago Cubs in the 1984 NLCS and Game 2 with the Boston Red Sox in the 1988 ALCS. . . . Atlanta Braves RHP Cecil Upshaw (Centenary's leading scorer as junior in 1962-63) relieved in each of the first three games against the New York Mets in the 1969 NLCS. . . . Washington Senators RHP Monte Weaver (played center for Emory & Henry VA in mid-1920s) toiled 10 1/3 innings before losing Game 4, 2-1, against the New York Giants in the 1933 World Series.
7 - Joe Adcock (LSU's leading scorer in 1945-46) never had an extra-base hit in 28 World Series at-bats, but the Milwaukee Braves 1B drove in the only run of Game 5 in 1957 with a single off New York Yankees P Whitey Ford. . . . New York Giants 3B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) reached base five times with two hits and three walks against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1921 World Series. . . . Detroit Tigers LF Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) collected three doubles in an 8-4 win against the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the 1945 World Series. . . . In 2001, Hall of Fame OF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) played final game of his 20-year career for the San Diego Padres. Seventeen years earlier, Gwynn's two-run double put the Padres ahead to stay in a 6-3 win against the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the 1984 NLCS. . . . In Game 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) went hitless again against the New York Yankees and finished 0-for-21 in the 1952 World Series. . . . 1B-OF Doug Howard (All-WAC second-team selection with Brigham Young in 1968-69 and 1969-70) shipped by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal in 1974. . . . New York Yankees RF Charlie Keller (three-year letterman with Maryland from 1934-35 through 1936-37) clobbered two homers in a 7-3 triumph at Cincinnati in Game 3 of the 1939 World Series. . . . Kansas City Royals DH Joe Lahoud (New Haven CT letterman in mid-1960s) scored two runs in a 6-2 victory against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1977 ALCS. . . . Chicago White Sox 3B Vance Law (averaged 6.8 ppg for BYU from 1974-75 through 1976-77) knocked in his lone postseason run (against the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of the 1983 ALCS). . . . Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 45. . . . Philadelphia Phillies OF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) sent Game 4 into extra innings with a pinch homer before they bowed to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3, in the 1978 NLCS. . . . Cincinnati Reds RF Greasy Neale (graduated in 1915 from West Virginia Wesleyan) went 3-for-4 for the second time in the first six games of the 1919 World Series against the Chicago White Sox. . . . Houston Astros RHP Joe Niekro (averaged 8.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Liberty WV from 1963-64 through 1965-66) hurled eight shutout innings in a 1-0 triumph against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the 1981 NLDS. . . . Cincinnati Reds 3B Billy Werber (first Duke All-American in 1929-30) hit safely in first six games of 1940 World Series against the Detroit Tigers. . . . RHP Chris Young (All-Ivy League first-team selection for Princeton in 1999-00) notched the San Diego Padres' only victory in the 2006 NLCS (3-1 against St. Louis Cardinals). . . . New York Yankees LHP Tom Zachary (Guilford NC letterman in 1916) hurled a complete-game, 7-3 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the 1928 World Series.
8 - New York Giants SS Alvin Dark (played for LSU and USL in mid-1940s) delivered three doubles against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1951 World Series. . . . RHP George Earnshaw (played for Swarthmore PA in 1922), clearly the pitching standout of the 1930 World Series, carried the Philadelphia Athletics to a decisive 7-1 triumph against the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . RHP Eddie Fisher (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels in 1968. . . . New York Giants 3B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) supplied his fourth multiple-hit game in 1922 World Series to finish with a .471 batting average for champions in five outings against the New York Yankees. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) hurled a five-hit shutout against the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the 1967 World Series. . . . San Francisco Giants C Tom Haller (backup forward for Illinois in 1956-57 and 1957-58 under coach Harry Combes) supplied a go-ahead homer off Whitey Ford in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1962 World Series. . . . RHP Oral Hildebrand (All-American for Butler in 1928-29 and 1929-30) hurled four scoreless innings as the New York Yankees' starter in Game 4 of the 1939 World Series when they swept the Cincinnati Reds. . . . Boston Red Sox LHP Bruce Hurst (played J.C. for Dixie UT in mid-1970s) secured a 9-2 victory against the California Angels in Game 2 of the 1986 ALCS. . . . New York Yankees RF Charlie Keller (Maryland three-year letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) broke up a scoreless duel with a seventh-inning homer en route to a 7-4 success against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 4 of the 1939 World Series. . . . St. Louis Cardinals LF Danny Litwhiler (member of JV squad with Bloomsburg PA three years in mid-1930s) delivered a homer and double in a 2-0 win against the St. Louis Browns in Game 5 of the 1944 World Series. . . . Chicago Cubs CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) supplied four hits against the Florida Marlins in Game 2 of the 2003 NLCS. . . . In Game 2, RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) hurled a 10-inning shutout for the New York Giants' lone victory against the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1913 World Series. . . . LF Wally Moon (averaged 4.3 ppg with Texas A&M in 1948-49 and 1949-50) capped off a six-run, fourth-inning eruption with a two-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the 1959 World Series crown with a 9-3 triumph against the Chicago White Sox in Game 6. . . . RHP Roy Parmelee (letterman for Eastern Michigan in 1924-25 and 1925-26) traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs in 1936. . . . New York Yankees 3B Red Rolfe (played briefly with Dartmouth in 1927-28 and 1929-30) provided a pair of doubles in a 5-1 win against the New York Giants in Game 3 of the 1937 World Series. . . . New York Yankees LF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) delivered a triple among his postseason career-high three hits in a 3-0 win against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 2 of the 1981 ALDS.
9 - C Benny Bengough (Niagara letterman from 1916-17 through 1918-19) secured a hit for the third straight 1928 World Series game to help the New York Yankees sweep the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . Boston Red Sox LHP Ray Collins (Vermont letterman in 1907 and 1908) started Game 2 of the 1912 World Series against the New York Giants when they tied, 6-6, in a contest called after 11 innings. . . . Before a crowd of 81,897, CF Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA titlist) contributed the first homer of the 1948 World Series to spark the Cleveland Indians to a 2-1 victory against the Boston Braves in Game 4. . . . Boston Red Sox RHP Boo Ferriss (Mississippi State letterman in 1941) hurled a 4-0 shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the 1946 World Series. . . . New York Giants LF Monte Irvin (played for Lincoln PA 1 1/2 years in late 1930s) provided his fourth multiple-hit outing in first five World Series games in 1951 against the New York Yankees. . . . New York Giants CF Hank Leiber (played for Arizona in 1931) contributed two hits, two runs and two RBI in a 7-3 win against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1937 World Series. . . . In the first World Series utilizing a seven-game format, New York Giants Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) blanked the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0, in the opener of the all-shutout 1905 World Series. Mathewson also tossed whitewashes in Game 3 and Game 5. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates SS Paul Popovich (teammate of Jerry West for West Virginia's 1960 NCAA playoff team) hit safely in all three 1974 NLCS games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. . . . Despite yielding only one earned run in 9 2/3 innings in two starts against the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns RHP Nels Potter (leading scorer in early 1930s for Mount Morris IL) lost his lone World Series decision (3-1 in Game 6 in 1944). . . . Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Gary Redus (J.C. player for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) went 3-for-3, including two extra-base hits, and scored the decisive run in a 3-2 triumph against the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the 1992 NLCS. . . . St. Louis Cardinals C Dave Ricketts (three-year starter led Duquesne in scoring senior season with 17.9 ppg in 1956-57) registered his lone World Series hit with a pinch single off Detroit Tigers P Denny McLain in Game 6 in 1968. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RF Wally Roettger (Illinois letterman in 1921-22 and 1922-23) hit safely in all three of 1931 World Series games he started against the Philadelphia Athletics. . . . CF Bill Virdon (played for Drury MO in 1949) stroked a two-run single propelling the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 triumph against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1960 World Series. . . . Washington Senators LHP Tom Zachary (Guilford NC letterman in 1916) hurled a complete-game, 2-1 win against the New York Giants in Game 6 of the 1924 World Series. Zachary also won Game 2.
10 - Texas Rangers RHP Mike Adams (played for Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1996-97) registered the victory in Game 2 of the 2011 ALCS against the Detroit Tigers after posting holds in his first four postseason relief appearance that year. . . . OF Ethan Allen (Cincinnati letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) and LHP Jim Mooney (played for East Tennessee State) traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1932. . . . Increasing his hitting streak in World Series competition to eight in a row, Philadelphia Athletics SS Jack Barry (letterman for Holy Cross in 1908) banged out two doubles among three safeties against the New York Giants in Game 4 of 1913 World Series. . . . 1B Kevin "Chuck" Connors (scored 32 points in 15 varsity games for Seton Hall in 1941-42 before leaving school for military service) traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs in 1950. Connors, star of the television series The Rifleman, gained critical acclaim playing the role of a slave owner in the TV mini-series Roots (1977). . . . In the 1961 expansion draft, the New York Mets selected RHP Roger Craig (forward with North Carolina State's 1949-50 freshman team) from the Los Angeles Dodgers, OF John DeMerit (letterman for Wisconsin in 1956-57) from the Milwaukee Braves, 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) from the Dodgers and RHP Jay Hook (Northwestern's third-leading scorer with 10.7 ppg as sophomore in 1955-56) from the Cincinnati Reds. The same expansion draft also had the Houston Colt .45s selecting 1B-OF Dick Gernert (letterman with Temple in 1948-49 when averaging 2.7 ppg) from the Reds and RHP Jim Umbricht (Georgia's captain in 1951-52) from the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . Baltimore Orioles LHP Mike Flanagan (averaged 13.9 ppg for Massachusetts' 15-1 freshman squad in 1971-72) won the 1979 World Series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . New York Yankees rookie OF Harvey Hendrick (Vanderbilt letterman in 1918) made his lone World Series at-bat in 1923 opener against the New York Giants. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers LF "Sweet" Lou Johnson (Kentucky State teammate of legendary coach Davey Whitney averaged 5.7 ppg and 2 rpg in 1951-52) lashed a Game 4 homer in a 7-2 win against the Minnesota Twins in the 1965 World Series. . . . OF Joe Lahoud (letterman for New Haven CT in mid-1960s) traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers in a 10-player swap in 1971. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) reached base five times with three hits and two walks against the Seattle Mariners in the opener of the 1995 ALCS. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as All-Iowa Conference freshman selection in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66) collected two homers and five RBI in an 11-5 triumph against the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 1978 World Series. . . . In decisive Game 7, Chicago White Sox RHP Ted Lyons (two-time All-SWC first-team selection for Baylor in early 1920s) tossed his second five-hit win in the 1939 World Series in City Series against the Cubs. . . . Houston Astros RHP Joe Niekro (averaged 8.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Liberty WV from 1963-64 through 1965-66) hurled 10 shutout innings in winning his first postseason game (against Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of 1980 NLCS). . . . Los Angeles Dodgers CF Billy North (played briefly for Central Washington in 1967-68) stroked a pinch two-run double in the 1978 World Series opener against the New York Yankees. North contributed only one more hit in 24 other career at-bats in WS competition. . . . Breaking up a scoreless duel in Game 7 of the 1968 World Series, Detroit Tigers RF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) stroked a decisive seventh-inning triple off St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57). Gibson won his previous seven WS starts. . . . Washington Senators RHP Curly Ogden (Swarthmore PA center in 1919, 1920 and 1922) started Game 7 of the 1924 World Series as a decoy to get Bill Terry out of the New York Giants' lineup. . . . New York Yankees LHP Marius Russo (member of LIU teams compiling a 50-2 record in 1934-35 and 1935-36 under legendary coach Clair Bee) hurled a complete game and knocked in the decisive run with a double in a 2-1 decision over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the 1943 World Series. . . . 1B Bill "Moose" Skowron (scored 18 points in eight games for Purdue in 1949-50) smashed a grand slam to help the New York Yankees win Game 7 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. . . . Kansas City Royals LHP Paul Splittorff (runner-up in scoring and rebounding for Morningside IA in 1967-68) won Game 2 of the 1976 ALCS with 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief against the New York Yankees. . . . Philadelphia Athletics SS Dib Williams (played for Hendrix AR in mid-1920s) delivered his third two-hit outing of the 1931 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
11 - In 1925, Pittsburgh Pirates LF Clyde Barnhart (played for Shippensburg PA predecessor Cumberland Valley State Normal School prior to World War I) went hitless for the only time in 11 World Series games. . . . In 1948, SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) doubled for the third consecutive World Series contest with the champion Cleveland Indians in Game 6 against the Boston Braves. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Roger Craig (forward with North Carolina State's 1949-50 freshman team) earned a victory by fanning eight New York Yankees batters in 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief in Game 4 of the 1964 World Series. . . . RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) traded by the Houston Astros to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1968. . . . In 1971, Baltimore Orioles RHP Dick Hall (averaged 12.8 ppg from 1948-49 through 1950-51 with Swarthmore PA for three Southern Division champions in MASC) earned a save in Game 2 of the World Series for the second straight season. . . . RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech letterman in 1941-42) traded by the New York Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for P Stu Miller in 1956. . . . INF Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg with Texas A&M in 1961-62) was the on-deck batter in Japan in 1976 when Sadaharu Oh stroked his 715th homer to pass Babe Ruth's mark. Incredibly, Johnson was also the next hitter in April 1974 when Atlanta Braves OF Hank Aaron hammered his 715th round-tripper. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) hurled a four-hit shutout in Game 5 of the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) whacked a homer but it wasn't enough to prevent a 5-3 defeat against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the 1998 ALCS. . . . Rookie RF Bud Metheny (William & Mary letterman from 1935-36 through 1937-38) supplied his lone World Series hit by singling in a 2-0 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 to help the New York Yankees clinch the 1943 title. . . . Detroit Tigers OF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in a 4-3 triumph against the Oakland Athletics in Game 4 of the 1972 ALCS.
12 - St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) won decisive Game 7 against the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 World Series. Gibson helped his cause with a homer. Three years earlier, Gibson whiffed 13 batters in a 10-inning, 5-2 win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the 1964 WS. . . New York Yankees OF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) socked a homer in a 10-7 triumph against the Boston Red Sox in the opener of the 2004 ALCS. . . . In Game 3, New York Giants Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) tossed his second of three shutouts against the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Ron Reed (Notre Dame's leading rebounder in 1963-64 and 1964-65) yielded back-to-back homers to LF George Foster and C Johnny Bench to start the ninth inning as the Cincinnati Reds came from behind to win, 7-6, and sweep their 1976 NLDS. . . . Detroit Tigers RHP Jeff Robinson (two-time NAIA All-District 3 honoree in early 1980s left Azusa Pacific CA as school's No. 9 all-time scorer) made his lone postseason appearance, hurling 1/3 of an inning against the Minnesota Twins in Game 5 of the 1987 ALCS. . . . Toronto Blue Jays DH-RF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) walloped a homer but it was in vain as the Oakland A's avoided elimination with a 6-2 Game 5 victory in the 1992 ALCS.
13 - Los Angeles Dodgers RF Joe Ferguson (member of Pacific's 1967 NCAA playoff team) smacked a homer off Oakland Athletics P Vida Blue, accounting for the game-winning hit in a 3-2 triumph in Game 2 of the 1974 World Series. . . . Unscored upon in all seven postseason relief appearances covering 9 2/3 innings, Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) earned a save in Game 4 of the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. . . . 1B Gail Hopkins (averaged 2.5 ppg for Pepperdine in 1963-64) traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals in 1970. . . . Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) fired as manager of the San Diego Padres in 1981. . . . Atlanta Braves RF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) jacked two homers against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 6 of the 1992 NLCS. . . . OF Jim Lyttle (led Florida State in free-throw shooting in 1965-66 when averaging 12.4 ppg) traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox in 1971. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 1B-OF Len Matuszek (Toledo starter for squad compiling 18-7 record in 1975-76) collected his lone postseason hit, a pinch single against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the 1985 NLCS. . . . 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) hit a three-run, first-inning double to spark the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory against the Oakland A's in the 1981 ALCS opener. Nettles' spectacular defense highlighted a 5-1 triumph for the Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the 1978 World Series. Nettles whacked two homers in Game 4 of the 1976 ALCS for the Yankees but they weren't enough to prevent a 7-4 loss against the Kansas City Royals. . . . Philadelphia Phillies LHP Eppa Rixey (Virginia letterman in 1912 and 1914) allowed two homers in 6 2/3 innings in a 5-4 defeat against the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the 1915 World Series. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Tim Stoddard (starting forward opposite All-American David Thompson for North Carolina State's 1974 NCAA champion) won Game 4 as a reliever against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1979 World Series. . . . In his final MLB and only World Series at-bat, San Diego Padres OF Champ Summers (led SIUE in scoring in 1969-70 after doing same with Nicholls State in 1964-65) fanned as a pinch-hitter against a former teammate (Jack Morris of Detroit Tigers) in Game 4 of the 1984 WS. . . . CF Bill Virdon (played for Drury MO in 1949) smacked a two-run single to help the Pittsburgh Pirates outlast the New York Yankees, 10-9, in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.
14 - Montreal Expos RHP Ray Burris (Southwestern Oklahoma State player) hurled a shutout against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of 1981 NLCS. Five days later in Game 5, Burris yielded only five hits in eight innings. . . . 1B Donn Clendenon (played for Morehouse GA) selected from the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Montreal Expos in 1968 expansion draft. . . . RF Walt French (letterman for Rutgers and Army) struck out as a pinch-hitter but the Philadelphia Athletics rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to edge the Chicago Cubs in Game 5 of the 1929 World Series. . . . RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) selected from the St. Louis Cardinals by the San Diego Padres as the third pick in 1968 expansion draft. . . . New York Yankees LHP Steve Hamilton (Morehead State's leading scorer and rebounder in 1956-57 and 1957-58) saved Game 6 in the 1964 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals after replacing starter Jim Bouton. . . . San Francisco Giants LHP Atlee Hammaker (averaged 5.3 ppg as freshman in 1976-77 and 4.9 as sophomore in 1977-78 under ETSU coach Sonny Smith) lost decisive Game 7 against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1987 NLCS. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bobby Humphreys (four-year letterman graduated from Hampden-Sydney VA in 1958) hurled a scoreless inning of relief against the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the 1964 World Series. . . . New York Yankees OF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg) homered in a 5-0 win against the Seattle Mariners in Game 4 of 2000 ALCS. . . . Toiling on two days rest, Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) hurled a three-hit shutout in Game 7 of the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins. Supporting Koufax with a fourth-inning homer was LF "Sweet" Lou Johnson (Kentucky State teammate of legendary coach Davey Whitney averaged 5.7 ppg and 2 rpg in 1951-52). . . . OF Rusty Kuntz (played in J.C. for Cuesta CA) supplied a sacrifice fly in the fifth and decisive game for the champion Detroit Tigers in the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Dave Leonhard (averaged 4.8 ppg with Johns Hopkins MD in 1961-62) hurled a scoreless inning of relief against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 5 of the 1971 World Series. . . . CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling a 35-3 record) delivered the game-winning safety in the bottom of the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2002 NLCS to send the San Francisco Giants to the World Series. . . . In Game 5, New York Giants Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) tossed his third shutout against the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) banged out a postseason career-high three hits, including a three-run homer, in a 7-6 decision over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of the 1980 World Series. . . . New York Yankees 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) singled twice in a seven-run fourth inning in Game 2 of the 1981 ALCS against the Oakland A's to become the first player ever to collect two safeties in a single frame in LCS competition. . . . LHP George Stone (averaged 14.7 ppg and 6.5 rpg for Louisiana Tech in 1965-66) notched a save in Game 2 of the 1973 World Series when the New York Mets outlasted the Oakland A's, 10-7, in 12 innings. . . . INF Gary Sutherland (Southern California's fifth-leading scorer in 1963-64 when averaging 7.4 ppg) selected from the Philadelphia Phillies by the Montreal Expos in 1968 expansion draft. . . . 1B-OF Preston Ward (second-leading scorer for Southwest Missouri State in 1946-47 and 1948-49) purchased from the Brooklyn Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs for $100,000 in 1949.
15 - 2B Jerry Adair (one of Oklahoma State's top three scorers in 1956-57 and 1957-58 while ranking among nation's top 12 free-throw shooters each season) selected from the Boston Red Sox by the Kansas City Royals in 1968 expansion draft. . . . New York Yankees rookie RHP Jim Beattie (Dartmouth's top rebounder in 1974-75 when selected team MVP and honorable mention All-Ivy League) went the distance, striking out eight Los Angeles Dodgers batters in a 12-2 success, in Game 5 of the 1978 World Series. . . . LF Carson "Skeeter" Bigbee (Oregon letterman in 1915) knocked in the tying run with an eighth-inning, pinch-hit double off Hall of Fame P Walter Johnson and scored the go-ahead tally as the Pittsburgh Pirates upended the Washington Senators, 9-7, in Game 7 of the 1925 World Series. . . . OF Bob Cerv (ranked fourth on Nebraska's career scoring list in 1949-50 when finishing his career) purchased from the New York Yankees by the Kansas City Athletics in 1956. . . . In 1957, 2B Jack Dittmer (played for Iowa in 1949-50) traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Giants for 2B Wayne Terwilliger (two-year letterman for Western Michigan in late 1940s). . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) won decisive Game 7 against the New York Yankees in the 1964 World Series. . . . Dallas Green (Delaware's second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1954-55) stepped down as Philadelphia Phillies manager to become general manager of the Chicago Cubs in 1981. . . . OF Hinkey Haines (Penn State letterman in 1919-20 and 1920-21) scored the tying run as a pinch-runner in the eighth inning as the New York Yankees came from behind with three tallies to beat the New York Giants, 6-4, and clinch the 1923 World Series. . . . RHP Rich Hand (averaged 6.2 ppg for Puget Sound WA in 1967-68) shipped by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974 to complete an earlier deal. . . . Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) fired as Cleveland Indians manager in 1999. . . . Baltimore Orioles 2B Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg in 1961-62 with Texas A&M) supplied a postseason career-high three hits, including a pair of run-producing safeties, against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the 1970 World Series. . . . In 2001, OF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) whacked a pinch-hit homer to help the New York Yankees defeat the Oakland A's and become the first team ever to capture a best-of-5 series after dropping the first two contests at home. . . . RHP Don Kaiser (one semester on scholarship at East Central OK) traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Detroit Tigers in 1959. . . . New York Yankees 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) notched three RBI in each of three ALCS games against the Oakland Athletics in 1981. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Ron Reed (Notre Dame's leading rebounder in 1963-64 and 1964-65) earned the save in a 6-4 verdict over the Kansas City Royals in Game 2 of the 1980 World Series. . . . New York Yankees RHP Rollie Sheldon (third-leading scorer as sophomore for Connecticut's 1960 NCAA Tournament team) retired all six St. Louis Cardinals batters he faced in Game 7 of the 1964 World Series.
16 - In Game 5, 1B Donn Clendenon (played for Morehouse GA) homered in his third consecutive appearance against the Baltimore Orioles to help power the New York Mets to the 1969 World Series title. . . . Hall of Fame RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) purchased from the Philadelphia Phillies by the New York Yankees in 1961. . . . 1B Dick Siebert (played for Concordia-St. Paul MN in 1929 and 1930) traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the St. Louis Browns in 1945. . . . Baltimore Orioles RF Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman squad in mid-1960s) supplied his second three-hit game in the 1979 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
17 - OF George Altman (appeared in 1953 and 1954 NAIA Tournament with Tennessee State) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1962. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Jim Bibby (Fayetteville State NC backup player and brother of UCLA All-American Henry Bibby) started decisive Game 7 of the 1979 World Series but wasn't involved in the decision (4-1 win against Baltimore Orioles). . . . New York Yankees 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in WAC games in 1991-92) contributed his only RBI in 37 postseason at-bats (against Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of 2004 ALCS). . . . Philadelphia Athletics RHP Jack Coombs (captain and starting center for Colby ME) outdueled Christy Mathewson, 3-2, in 11-inning Game 3 of the 1911 World Series. . . . Alvin Dark (letterman for Louisiana State and Louisiana-Lafayette during World War II) fired as Oakland A's manager in 1975. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers C Joe Ferguson (member of Pacific's 1967 NCAA playoff team) stroked two doubles off New York Yankees P Catfish Hunter in Game 6 of the 1978 World Series. . . . San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) secured three hits, including his lone postseason homer, in the opener of the 1998 World Series against the New York Yankees. . . . OF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg), winner of the 2000 ALCS MVP award, contributed a three-run homer to help the New York Yankees defeat the Seattle Mariners, 9-7. . . . RHP Roger Mason (multiple-year letterman in late 1970s for Saginaw Valley State MI) registered a hold for the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of the 1993 World Series but yielded his only run in 11 career postseason relief appearances. . . . After winning the opener of the 1911 World Series, New York Giants Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) took a shutout into the ninth inning in Game 3 when 3B John Baker belted a contest-tying homer for the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win in the 11th frame. The clutch blast helped him become known as "Home Run" Baker. . . . RHP Lindy McDaniel (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs in 1962. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Kent Tekulve (played as freshman in mid-1960s for Marietta OH) notched a save in decisive Game 7 of the 1979 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.
18 - RHP Jim Bibby (Fayetteville State NC backup player and brother of UCLA All-American Henry Bibby) traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals in an eight-player swap in 1971. . . . Boston Red Sox LHP Bruce Hurst (played J.C. for Dixie UT in mid-1970s) notched a 1-0 victory against the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series opener.
19 - RHP Bob Garibaldi (starting forward for Santa Clara in 1961-62 when averaging 10.6 ppg and 5.6 rpg) traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Kansas City Royals in 1970. . . . Kansas City Royals LF Lynn Jones (averaged 10.4 ppg for Thiel PA from 1970-71 through 1973-74) contributed a pinch-hit triple against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of the 1985 World Series. . . . In 1978, Don Kessinger (three-time All-SEC selection for Mississippi from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among nation's top 45 scorers each year) named player-manager of the Chicago White Sox after they dismissed Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA titlist). . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP John Stuper (two-time all-conference junior college in mid-1970s with Butler County PA) tossed a four-hitter in a 13-1 romp over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 6 of the 1982 World Series.
20 - Texas Rangers RHP Mike Adams (played for Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1996-97) registered a victory in Game 2 of the 2011 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . Philadelphia Athletics SS Jack Barry (letterman for Holy Cross in 1908) contributed three hits and three runs against the Chicago Cubs in Game 3 of the 1910 World Series. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) captured the 1931 N.L. MVP. . . . Detroit Tigers 1B Hank Greenberg (attended NYU briefly on basketball scholarship in late 1920s) won 1935 A.L. MVP. . . . Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) named Seattle Mariners manager in 2004.
21 - 1B Bill Davis (averaged 12.5 ppg in 1963-64 for Minnesota team including eventual NBA standouts Archie Clark and Lou Hudson) traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Diego Padres in 1968. . . . Kansas City Royals RHP Rich Gale (led New Hampshire with 7.2 rpg in 1975-76) lost Game 6 when the Philadelphia Phillies clinched the 1980 World Series championship. . . . RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) traded with C Dave Ricketts (Duquesne's leading scorer with 17.9 ppg in 1956-57) by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1969. . . . San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) provided his third multiple-hit game in four World Series contests against the New York Yankees in 1998. . . . In 1995 opener against the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four squad compiling 35-3 record) became the first player since 1921 to steal two bases in one inning of a World Series game. . . . RHP Joe Niekro (averaged 8.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Liberty WV from 1963-64 through 1965-66) made his lone World Series appearance, hurling two innings of shutout relief for the Minnesota Twins in Game 4 of the 1987 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . RHP Claude Passeau (played for Millsaps MS in late 1920s and early 1930s) traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1935. . . . OF Richie Scheinblum (averaged 6.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 1962-63 and 1963-64 with LIU-C.W. Post) purchased from the Texas Rangers by the Kansas City Royals in 1971.
22 - LHP Danny Coombs (Seton Hall's third-leading scorer and rebounder in 1961-62) purchased from the Houston Astros by the San Diego Padres in 1969. . . . C Art Kusnyer (led Kent State in field-goal percentage in 1965-66 when he was team's third-leading scorer and rebounder) traded by the California Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers in a nine-player swap in 1973. . . . OF Joe Lahoud (letterman for New Haven CT in mid-1960s) traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the California Angels in a nine-player swap in 1973.
23 - In Game 5 of the 1910 World Series, Philadelphia Athletics RHP Jack Coombs (captain and starting center for Colby ME) tossed his third complete-game victory against the Chicago Cubs. . . . Boston Red Sox LHP Bruce Hurst (played J.C. for Dixie UT in mid-1970s) notched a 4-2 complete-game victory against the New York Mets in Game 5 of the 1986 World Series. . . . Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg with Texas A&M in 1961-62) hired as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998. . . . Kansas City Royals LF Lynn Jones (averaged 10.4 ppg for Thiel PA from 1970-71 through 1973-74) contributed a pinch-hit double against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the 1985 World Series. . . . Gene Michael (Kent State's leading scorer with 14 ppg in 1957-58) replaced by Bob Watson as New York Yankees general manager in 1995. . . . INF Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in PCC both of his seasons for UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945, paving the way for MLB integration. . . . OF Richie Scheinblum (averaged 6.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 1962-63 and 1963-64 with LIU-C.W. Post) purchased from the Cleveland Indians by the Washington Senators in 1970.
24 - Philadelphia Athletics SS Jack Barry (letterman for Holy Cross in 1908) stroked two doubles among his three hits in a 4-2 Game 4 victory against the New York Giants and Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) in the 1911 World Series. . . . Securing at least one steal in his seventh consecutive postseason contest, Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) went 3-for-3, scored three runs and received three walks in a 7-6 win against the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the 1995 World Series. Seven years later with the San Francisco Giants, Lofton provided three hits for the second straight game in the 2002 World Series against the Anaheim Angels. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as All-Iowa Conference freshman selection in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66) supplied the game-winning RBI in an 8-7 victory against the New York Yankees in Game 4 of the 1981 World Series. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers INF Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in PCC both of his seasons for UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41), the first black major leaguer of the 20th Century, died of heart disease at the age of 53 in 1972. . . . DH-RF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) banged out a two-out, two-run double in the top of the 11th inning to spark the Toronto Blue Jays to their first World Series championship with a 4-3 decision over the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 in 1992.
25 - OF Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA titlist) traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox in 1955. . . . C Tom Haller (backup forward for Illinois in 1956-57 and 1957-58 under coach Harry Combes) purchased from the Detroit Tigers by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1972. . . . 1B Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) traded by the Texas Rangers to the San Diego Padres in 1978. . . . In 1977, RHP Jim Todd (played for Parsons IA before averaging 16 ppg with Millersville State PA in 1968-69) shipped by the Chicago Cubs to the Seattle Mariners to complete an earlier deal in the spring.
26 - Detroit Tigers OF Hank Greenberg (attended NYU briefly on basketball scholarship in late 1920s) won 1940 A.L. MVP. . . . In 1960, Washington Senators President Calvin Griffith (letterman in 1934 and 1935 when George Washington compiled 25-10 record) made decision to move franchise to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. . . . RHP Oral Hildebrand (All-American for Butler in 1928-29 and 1929-30) traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Yankees in 1938. . . . RHP Sonny Siebert (team-high 16.7 ppg for Mizzou in 1957-58 as All-Big Eight Conference second-team selection) traded by the Texas Rangers to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973.
27 - SS Dick Groat (two-time All-American with Duke in 1950-51 and 1951-52 when finishing among nation's top five scorers each season) traded with 1B Bill White (played two years with Hiram OH in early 1950s) and C Bob Uecker by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for C Pat Corrales, OF Alex Johnson and P Art Mahaffey in 1965.
28 - St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) captured the Cy Young Award in 1968. . . . A homer by Atlanta Braves RF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85 while averaging 9.3 ppg) against the Cleveland Indians accounted for the only run in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series as the Braves became the first franchise to win championships representing three different cities (previously Boston and Milwaukee). . . . SS Don Kessinger (three-time All-SEC selection for Mississippi from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among nation's top 45 scorers each year) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1975. . . . OF Randy Winn (Santa Clara backcourtmate of eventual two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash in 1993-94) traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Seattle Mariners in 2002.
29 - Dallas Green (Delaware's second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1954-55) stepped down as president and general manager of the Chicago Cubs in 1987. . . . OF Wally Roettger (Illinois letterman in 1921-22 and 1922-23) purchased from the New York Giants by the Cincinnati Reds in 1930.
30 - Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) and St. Louis Cardinals SS Dick Groat (two-time All-American with Duke in 1950-51 and 1951-52 when finishing among nation's top five scorers each season) finished 1-2 in N.L. MVP voting in 1963. . . . 1B Gary Holle (Siena's scoring and rebounding leader in 1974-75 and 1975-76) traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1981. . . . Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg with Texas A&M in 1961-62) hired as Baltimore Orioles manager in 1995.
31 - SS Alvin Dark (basketball letterman for LSU and USL during World War II) traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the San Francisco Giants in 1960. . . . Baltimore Orioles LHP Mike Flanagan (averaged 13.9 ppg for Massachusetts' 15-1 freshman squad in 1971-72) named winner of the 1979 A.L. Cy Young Award.

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In hoop parlance, it's the equivalent of triple-teaming as an unprecedented animosity escalates toward government unaccountability and its community disorganizing. Republican lawmakers, perceiving disregard for the Constitution and stonewalling their oversight by withholding documents, have focused for an extended period on a series of Amateur Hour White House Administration lawless shenanigans - Benghazi bungling, IRS targeting of conservative groups, incompetent Obamacare roll-out chock-full of deception (HHS Secretary at the time spent more time fundraising to publicize the health care law rather than testing the enrollment website for glitches), far-reaching snooping of world leaders (including allies), subpoenas of the media, approval of not informing Congress about Taliban 5 swap for a deserter plus mid-term election monitors.

Is there any coincidence that Eric Holder's dignified "kiss-my-ass" resignation as U.S. Attorney General came in the aftermath of another court edict ruling that the Justice Department must relinquish material about how the DOJ lied to Congress and the American public regarding the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. Clearly, Special Agent John Dodson was smeared by DOJ officials for having the courage to be the first whistleblower in the scheme. Despite claims that intimidating and criminalizing the media "is something I've never been involved with or heard of (signed warrant nonetheless)," Holder's intrusive actions impacting freedom of the press wasn't the first time he was in the middle of a firestorm. After all, in Holder's warped world we can't possibly have leaks supporting a policeman who protects his sorry butt or leaks about Benghazi beating up on my boss. No wonder an ex-FBI agent, appalled at Holder's lack of leadership, wrote a scathing letter about him and his racial-agenda rhetoric putting cops in jeopardy.

Conducting an off-the-record session with selected media members and focusing on a parade float mocking POTUS rather than vital issues did nothing to resolve many questions about his priorities seemingly more in favor of towel-head terrorists and CAIR-ing Muslim mutilators than law-abiding American citizens such as Uncle Sam, Father Jim and Brother Bob. Prior to an election-eve document dump, Holder previously failed to divulge sufficient information about the botched "Fast and Furious" ATF "gunwalking" operation selling 2,000 firearms to Mexican drug cartels. The nation's corrosive top cop, treating the DOJ as a partisan sanctuary community according to mistreated opponents, seemed to be shedding light on as much material regarding the controversial ATF topic and media meddling as the number of FGM he contributed to Columbia's freshman basketball squad in 1969-70 (misfired on all four field-goal attempts). Was Holder entitled to reschedule semester exams if traumatized by his inability to connect from the floor? So unstable years later, he thought Edward Snowden did U.S. a public service.

Parcing words like "is," demented Dimorat defenders at tax cheat Al "Not So" Sharpton's Race Card Convention probably would "enable" Holder if the AG said he didn't fib to Congress about monitoring the press' co-conspirator calls or was Columbia's all-time leading varsity scorer instead of Leonard "Buck" Jenkins (1,766 points from 1989-90 through 1992-93). Holder might be more useful flexing his Geico-lizard muscle helping "Resist We Much" Sharpnado descend into Brainville by discerning the difference between Chipotle and Chipola plus Ottawa and Iowa. We saw how much Holder and Sharpton "grieved" in the aftermath of two assassinated NYPD police officers the week before Christmas and how libs essentially were accessories to the shooting of two police officers several months later at Ferguson City Hall.

Despite numerous emails detailing his direct involvement in crafting "Fast and Furious" talking points, Holder seemed to try to set a Guinness Book of World Records for most times saying "I don't know" during Congressional oversight testimony. Do you think he knew the first female director of the Secret Service wanted the agency to be "more like Disney World"? It doesn't seem possible but the DOJ reportedly also facilitated anti-George Zimmerman protests in Florida, failed to adequately monitor runaway overtime payments in his department and was so petty that Ferguson, Mo., occupying-force police officers were banned from wearing bracelets supporting their colleague and law enforcement was told to "behave" (rather than pea-brained out-of-town protestors). Evidence of widespread passivity existed when there wasn't a sufficient sentiment calling for the resignation of Holder, one of several former college basketball players in the StinkBurger Administration apparently incapable of consistently absorbing intelligence briefings in a serious fashion. If Ferguson and the Fort Hood massacre are any indication, the Holder-infected DOJ and fellow race baiters may treat the hero reserve sheriff's deputy in Moore, Okla., as the word-game problem for the "workplace violence" rather than the Muslim convert savage.

Whether or not there is a cover-up or obstruction of justice, lost amid the juvenile freshman-like gamesmanship is the moral obligation to supply a full explanation to the distraught family of murdered border patrol agent Brian Terry feeling as if the "idiot-crony" government is hiding something. The House oversight committee leader for the Democrats said they "would not rest" until they found answers but some shameless political parasites on The Hill are more concerned with covering their side's back rather than discerning who shot Terry in the back. Depending upon your perspective, it's not unreasonable to think some folks were accessories to murder of many Mexicans and Terry. An arrogant Holder, claiming he made an "extraordinary offer" (estimated mostly-redacted 7,600 of 80,000-plus subpoenaed documents) before requesting executive privilege from the White House, was in hot water for a variety of issues, including his responses regarding other issues such as the New Black Panther Party, voter rights, enforcement of immigration laws and national security leaks. Meanwhile, the CYAG (Cover Your _ _ ) White House tried to protect Holder with executive privilege (including emails to his wife) and voiced support for him despite Mr. Recusal's unprincipled surveillance of the media. There was proof that the Oval Office and DOJ colluded to target former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson, one of the few members of the mainstream media to pay any attention to the gun-running scandal.

(With)Holder, an Ivy League freshman the same year as Princeton's Brian Taylor and Harvard's James Brown, was confirmed as AG despite his outrageous pandering to leftist special interests in orchestrating a pardon from Sick Willie for international fugitive Marc Rich and clemency for 16 members of a terrorist group (FALN). Will Holder end up seeking a pardon from the Audacity of Hype for pill-distributing Dr. "Herbal Medication" Huxtable similar to what he did for Rich? It might hinge on whether Holder is too busy seeking a pardon for Sharpton to cover the Out House confidant's massive tax bill. If Holder is focused on helping tax cheats, Sharpton's MSLSD "Lien Forward" colleagues can probably pool resources and secure a group rate.

Obama, a backup JV basketball player for Occidental (CA), said as an Illinois Senator that the President is not the AG's client. But does his race-card reveling administration emphasize rules for radicals more than principles of patriots? Why were several dozen FBI agents assigned to Ferguson rather than going to Minneapolis investigating a breeding ground for homegrown terrorists? If bothering to show up in Virginia, race hustlers such as Holder, Jesse Jerkson and Sharpton are more likely to support the civil rights of suspect Jesse Matthew rather than victims Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington. Ditto Philly cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.

The feds' priorities were more concerned with detaining an obscure producer of an anti-Islamic film making light of the prophet Mohammed. Meanwhile, the stonewalling Obama Administration - either grossly incompetent or immersed in a corrupt cover-up - dealt with a terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, by standing in front of caskets at an airport hangar (plus the White House press corps, the U.N. and national politically-oriented shows) offering an orchestrated narrative claiming the nondescript video was responsible for a spontaneous murder of the American ambassador and three other Americans. Unbelievably, a Navy SEAL among the deceased violated stand-down orders to help save numerous individuals at the embassy and then fought the terrorists for seven hours while his pleas for backup at an annex were ignored by morally-bankrupt government officials real-time watching events unfold. Months later, the apologist-in-chief and cowardly cronies were still striving to supply a cogent response to their deflect-and-deny sacrificial inaction. They would rather sanctimoniously flash half a peace sign to opponents by promoting Susan "Damsel in Distress" Rice despite her incessant Benghazi video lies comprehended as such by everyone across the nation possessing a triple-digit IQ.

The father of slain SEAL Tyrone Woods said bombastic VP Joe Biden asked an incredibly inappropriate question: "Did your son always have balls the size of cue balls?" Countered Woods' father: "Better to die a hero than to live as a coward." Bomb-thrower Biden, who adds to national debt by charging rent to Secret Service bodyguards protecting him, should have had Holder help him in the War of Drugs to prevent his own kids from going astray. But Holder, rather than enforcing existing laws, was more interested in creating new legislation, saying his biggest regret was an inability to pass gun control. Beyond oceans receding amid remaking America, we were told this would be most transparent administration in history. But with Holder headlining a slew of polarizing progressive puke, the lawless administration became the most transparently corrupt climaxed by finding missing IRS emails and selectively preaching to nation about embracing illegal aliens on back-to-back days. Along the way, libnuts in the media seemed more concerned about whether Holder or Obama won their one-on-one NCAA Tournament bracket battle.

Good riddance to Eric the Dread, who should have been quarantined for longer than any three weeks after supporting overhauling Ferguson police department but not renegade IRS. If you're interested in political players and seek a mite more insight than you'll generate any morning from MSLSD's Mika the Myopic Mannequin and her clueless comrades such as MHP the Quack, CollegeHoopedia.com has conducted extensive research on politicians and political appointees who were college hoopsters. The vast majority of them honor the Constitution more than splitting-hairs Holder, who was anything but the "right" man to investigate himself, refute the FBI with a probe of Zimmerman, distinguish radical Islam from administration's radical ignorance or assess anything of significance for that matter. Faking skills as much as Obama's sign-language interpreter at Mandela memorial, Holder departs as AG missing shots (at four vital qualities - credence, excellence, relevance and substance) like he did as a Columbia hoop freshman; leaving the country with a Jimmy Carter-like crisis of confidence.

Prior to penalizing deflating balls twice as much as flogging a female against elevator walls, remember this admonition from Commish Good-For-Nothing (as boxing judge): "Ignorance isn't an excuse." Well, does the Big Ten Conference have buyer's remorse adding this suspect new member? What do they put into the Rice and Famous at Rutgers? It most certainly isn't proper instruction about anti-bullying. Only a couple of years ago, basketball coach Mike Rice Jr. made a fool of himself abusing players (including one with learning disabilities who eventually settled a suit with the school for $300,000). And now we're back into a Rice paddy wagon in football because video changes everything.

Prior to a disturbing TMZ-secured tape showing a Mike Tyson-like TKO followed by a couple of love-bird (raven) callous kicks while she's down and out, don't buy for a second that ESPN and numerous other establishment media outlets in bed with the NFL didn't have a "smidgeon" of an idea what transpired in a casino elevator between punk running back Ray Rice and his then-fiancee he treated like Rocky did a frozen side of beef before maneuvering limp sack of "sugar" with an abundance of care. Did all of the enterprising journalists and NFL executives apparently more concerned with RG3's Jesus T-shirt think she passed out from a passionate kiss or take a bite from a wicked witch's Scarlet (Knights) apple?

Since clubby hubby lost job for which the he-man "worked his (Cro-Magnon) ass off" before kicking her butt figuratively and literally (only Neanderthal trimmings missing were club and hair pulling), Rice's spittin' mad now-wife probably could add to "horrible nightmare" by joining any class-action lawsuit stemming from concussion caused by associating with the NFL. The Rice-a-Phony insanity spread like wildfire including politics as CNN's Wolf Blitzer refused to ask National Security Adviser Susan Rice about Benghazi on the anniversary of the terrorist attack. On the heels of analyst Screamin A. Stiff's stupid pre-complete video "provoke-wrong-actions" remark regarding the blatant beating, the bullet-proof Extra Sensitive Pious Network had the gall to give Rice role model Ray "Dancing On Their Graves" Lewis a violence/cover-up forum to assess Rice's demise albeit without Lewis' old knife-wielding "Cobalt" entourage. The self-absorbed network, after giving atheism a forum but not allowing analyst Curt Schilling to pitch opinions about Muslims, must be contemplating a new reality-show channel, ESPR, to dwell on big items such as Kim K's derriere and Bruce's Olympian effort to be deemed pretty after assisting rehab efforts for Rice with an ESPY courage award-winning website meal-ticket column featuring punching bag/enabler wife Janay's byline.

Meanwhile, much like O.J. Simpson kept looking for his ex-wife's killer on golf courses, Lewis must be using studious-looking glasses trying to find his blood-stained cream suit in Atlanta on weekday scavenger hunts while serving as the enthusiastic NFL poster boy for fathering children out of wedlock. Amid the latest Warren Commission-like investigation, perhaps the NFL can consult him for a similar "protect-the-shield" hiding place regarding the complete elevate-her video a law enforcement official said he confirmed shipping to the league office. What a colossal pile of crap when an ESPN host asked Lewis - the network's top mind(backer) after Hugh Douglas departed just before rough-sex episode - about how a player should conduct himself off the playing field! Thus we're not really blindsided when ESPN's journalistic integrity took "hits" as NFL pressure apparently led the network to refuse "to go all the way" in a concussion investigation project with Frontline and Miami columnist Dan LeBatard, a typical sanctimonious ESPN host, "gave" his baseball Hall of Fame vote to readers of Deadspin's snarky sports blog.

If "no comparison" Lewis is deemed worthy of a commentator's role, Janay the Journalist Jewel gets editorial control and Britt "Just Another Petty Face" McHenry gets to strut her self-absorbed stuff, then why wasn't former Providence All-American Marvin Barnes hired to a similar motivational speaker role alongside college basketball soothsayers Jay Bilas, Jalen Rose and Dick Vitale? Barnes, beset by demons, died at age 62 on the same day Lewis lectured dupes about Rice. Barnes boasted the most overall skill of any ABA player in the mid-1970s including Julius Erving, George Gervin, Artis Gilmore, Moses Malone, Maurice Lucas, George McGinnis and David Thompson. But Barnes, donning a wide-brimmed pimp-style hat, was a deviant who would show up at a game with his uniform on under his full-length fur coat and go straight to the on-court bench proclaiming he was ready to go after gettin' down at only heaven knows where.

There is no doubt Barnes had the talent to eventually go to the Basketball Hall of Fame but he averaged a modest 9.2 ppg and 5.5 rpg with four different NBA teams in as many seasons from 1976-77 through 1979-80. Falling short of his enormous ability, Barnes most certainly didn't measure up off the court in his post-playing days like the vast majority of All-Americans.

"Movin'' Marvin's rap sheet always seemed to be moving on up. Two and one-half years ago, the three-time Providence All-American was arraigned in Rhode Island on a charge of soliciting a 17-year-old minor for sex after they met through his Rebound Foundation for at-risk youths. Barnes' previous indiscretions are too numerous to mention but are summarized among more than 50 former All-Americans included in CollegeHoopmedia.com's Hall of Shame list of several hundred "Bad Boys of Basketball."

The formation of the Big East Conference wouldn't occur for another seven years after Barnes powered the Friars to the 1973 Final Four. But with someone such as Lewis as a headliner, it leaves an impression that ESPN wouldn't have thought much about Barnes' tire-iron activity with the Friars if the Big East was intact earlier in Barnes' Time Machine and the network had a contractual relationship with the alliance. After all, the "Toughness" talent level needs to reach a certain GameDay "elevator" level for Bilas, Rose and Vitale to arrive on campus and frequently refer to "cash." Naturally, that cozy synergy could have changed swiftly if the Big East had the audacity to depart, for say, a better monetary deal with a fledgling Fox Sports network.

As for the big picture, there are ample reasons why the majority of Americans fail to have confidence in a biased mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. Any doubt CNN is getting out of the news business ended when arrogant anchor Carol Costello reveled in abuse of Sarah Palin's daughter while not being quite so gleeful about the banishment of the real VP's cokehead son. According to a Gallup poll, fewer than 1/4 of American adults have "a great deal" of confidence in newspapers and television news. Whether they admit it or not, the recent sales of the Boston Globe and Washington Compost plus pending peddling or dumping of numerous other lame-stream media ventures are additional signs of the apocalypse for the print media. It's the inevitable outcome for folks who generally believe, feel and think instead of specifically knowing items. The pariah press resembles aging intern Kneepads Lewinsky failing to tell a complete story by glossing over the culpability of both of the Clintons for her overt humiliation. Fawning over Sick Willie although he probably deserved a stint in the Clinton Correctional Facility in update New York, Lewinsky resembles Big Mama Mitchell's multi-dimensional support of escaped convicts.

A problem persists that the overwhelming majority of slanted reporters chronicling events big and small write through a liberal prism insulting our common sense and intelligence while probably supporting censuring of sermons by intolerant lesbian Houston mayor. The sports sandbox of the fourth-rate estate is cut largely from the same cloth complicit in the dumbing down of America as they're frequently more concerned with the War on Christmas and War on Redskins than the War on Terrorism. For instance, Seth Davis of SI and CBS, while not exhibiting as much liberal lunacy as ESPN senior writer LZ Granderson on CNN or gender-obsessed Nebraska school district seeking to label kids as purple penguins, admitted in a tweet he "hasn't missed one of (leftist) E.J. Dionne's columns since I learned to read." Davis' dad - Shrillary leg humper attorney Lanny Davis (if in fact he can get an appendage around one of her beer kegs) - is a staunch supporter of the corrupt Clintons and probably shouldn't have missed arranging for jello-loving phony Bill Cosby to get his Presidential Medal of Freedom from Sick Willie; rather than George Dubya. Meanwhile, almost in unison with a "no cops" reference as Rice emerged from his UFC rectangle, the snitches-get-stitches lookalike media might as well have been chanting "no effort (to uncover whole truth)."

Actually, it only takes a few minutes assessing Twitter incest and the flock of fake followers to reveal much of the follow-the-pack press simply kissing each other's butt like a pack of puppies in a municipality without a dog catcher. Compare the content of the majority of the most popular college basketball websites and it's easy to discern they all virtually read the same. Where are the irascible and irreverent reporters bucking the system by circumventing all of the spin or will they resemble Snoop Dog reality-show like ESPN and simply seek to know showering habits, drive social engineering issues down our throats plus overemphasize gambling lines, point spreads and over/unders of collegiate games?

Does the establishment media, boasting a veracity comparable to Pinnochio, really care about the integrity of college hoops? Frankly, it's a privilege, not a right, to compete as a college athlete. If more players were genuine students, they would comprehend the value of an education and analysts wouldn't be so obsessed with providing them additional "goodies." Thus it's distressing to see most of the media wear blinders amid the abysmal graduation ratios and vacuous coverage coddling so many suspect players and coaches.

You couldn't tell it from the genuine rodeo clowns in the press but something is wrong with the frequency of college basketball players running afoul of the law. Where are the provoking stories and commentary assessing how enforcing more rigorous academic standards could virtually eliminate this blight? What is being done to reduce the seemingly incessant number of "tough guys" tossing women around like rag dolls? They can't even take the time to review a tape, give us a two-minute warning and rule whether or not there was a beat-down.

Held hostage by an Ariel Castro-like media as manipulative as Jodi Arias, the general public suffers from gullible glorification syndrome. When the lame-stream sports media is as incompetent as the general newsroom and editorial department, they foist other athletic heroes upon the general public such as Lance Armstrong, Ryan Braun, Aaron Hernandez, DeSean Jackson, Johnny "I Can Sign My Name" Manziel, Adrian Peterson, Bobby Petrino, Oscar Pistorius, A-Roid, Josh Shaw, Manti Te'o, Michael Vick, Jameis Winston and Tiger Woods. The media, allowing Peterson to play the blame game via using the disciplinary methods passed down by his father, don't, at the bare minimum, inform the masses his dad was Idaho State's leading basketball scorer and an All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection in 1984-85 before spending eight years in prison following an arrest for money laundering in connection with a crack-cocaine ring.

By any measure, the puff-piece enemies of illumination such as ESPN executives hiding under their desks are in complete denial about their failure to tell the entire story. The gutless wonders in the media, exemplified by ESPN suspending Bill Simmons for pithy-yet-filthy rant against stonewalling NFL commish and Bob Ryan for calling colleague Mark Jackson a Bible-pounding phony, generally aren't combative enough to explore significant issues much beyond being slobbering stenographer sots for lawless schools. Who really believes Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino went directly from normal extracurricular activity for a leader of men to extraordinary bumping and grinding in a public venue? And yet Pitino is so immune from criticism he has no reservation calling a Big Ten school president "a pompous ass" for having the gall to question scholastic shortcomings of Louisville's scholars.

Getting rid of evidence (abortion) isn't confined to morally-bankrupt coaches. In an era of sexual gratification, how did Duke All-American J.J. Redick become so savvy he had an abortion contract with his flame as an NBA rookie? Do we need to wait for TMZ before a sports reporter evaluates how many abortions have been sanctioned by college basketball coaches so female players could remain on the court and male players wouldn't be hampered by becoming deadbeat dads?

The myopic media, responding like the NSA in the "least untruthful manner," caters to a susceptible low-information public. A colossal collection of condescending clowns fail to comprehend the culture they've helped create is completely contemptible such as underwriting professional student Sandra Flukey's birth control into her 30s because she is too lazy to make normal arrangements to secure modestly-priced protection herself. As for college sports, the predictably pathetic press has allowed universities of lower learning to become little more than halfway houses for wayward youth.

The online media, shackled by an amateurish historical perspective, should be detached from the subjects they cover but almost never challenge them with any sort of confrontational style. Regrettably, that is the extent of how thin-skinned coaches such as North Carolina's Roy Williams has no qualms announcing he's "tired of answering questions" about a troubled returning starter or academic fraud tarnishing "The Carolina Way."

The familiar family-atmosphere refrain from father-figure coaches and administrators about "doing all they could to mentor and guide him" is nauseating. Is that distorted definition of "everything" all that gullible fans and a "skeptical" media ask of them? Were the recruits genuine student-athletes in the first place? Wouldn't you love to see the laughable transcripts of the majority of the troublemakers? How many Ray Rice-like pummelings occurred across the country on college campuses involving so-called student-athletes except there wasn't video assaulting our sensibilities?

At some point, the blatantly dishonest coaches and media, collaborating for a "Duck Dynasty" of sorts ducking the difficult questions and issues, need to look in the mirror about accountability. Petrified of being denied access, the hacks fail to yield more than baffling babbling. In a Barney Fife era where a fence-jumping outsider can stroll through the White House's front door unimpeded, the "rules of engagement" battle cry for JV journalistic jewels is basically let's get back to the game so knuckleheads can show support for perpetrator via a standing ovation and donning his uniform number.

Essentially, what happened to pugnacious competition chasing down a story among media outlets? Rather than chronic adoration, shouldn't they be like an acerbic town crier assuring us Kate's baby doesn't have Grandpa's ears? Instead, there should be a stop-and-frisk policy for the delusional press to see if they have any courage or intellect. It goes without saying that ESPN is virtually immune to widespread criticism because most of the flacks aspire to work for the network alongside Jalen "Uncle Tom" Rose. The media complains that the NFL should have secured the inside-the-elevator videotape "from a credible source" but couldn't they have gotten off their less-than-credible butts and done likewise?

The press should always be uncomfortable, not orgasmic, in its pursuits even if they become a trendsetter. This corner designated North Carolina's Michael Jordan as national player of the year in 1982-83 when every other precinct anointed Virginia's Ralph Sampson. Does that mean UNC and iconic Jordan, especially since he can dunk at 50-plus, deserve deference forevermore if his alma mater sports suspect academic credentials, he spends too much time gambling/womanizing, makes inane executive decisions or if one of his kids acts like a derelict? In an era of dumbfounding domestic violence, the same question applies to icon Larry Bird when his son pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness in connection with facing multiple charges after allegedly attempting to run his ex-girlfriend over with a car.

If you were responsible for generating the first significant national publicity for Auburn's Charles "Round Mound of Rebound" Barkley, are you supposed to resemble most of the idolatry-practicing media and virtually ignore his numerous off-the-court transgressions or college hoops analysis as lame as his golf swing? How many college and professional athletes hailed with hosannas by Barkley, ESPN, SI and major networks have done something "turrible" comparable to Rice's whipping? The misfits don't have a God-given or Barkley-given right to compete at the highest levels of athletics. Career change statistics suggest the average person makes a career change approximately five to seven times during a working life. Rice acted as if he majored in video editing and the Baltimore Ravens' front office pretended they earned advanced degrees in ethics. Instead of simplistic focusing on the trite second-chance routine by such keen observers, can't Rice exhibit "courage" and put his fine Rutgers education to good use in another vocation just a little earlier than expected? On the other hand, you can't trust Rutgers' priorities insofar as the new Big Ten Conference "institution" hired Eddie Jordan as coach without a diploma because the former Vitale recruit had more vital credentials - NBA playing and coaching career after helping the Scarlet Knights reach the 1976 Final Four.

A solution for much of the ugliness is really not all that complicated. It's staring the press and schools such as Rutgers in the face as much as the Rice videos. The simple equation: Reduce the academic anemia and there will be a corresponding decrease in rift raft and coaches' graft. But what are the odds that new ESPN analyst Jim Calhoun, who had more than his share of suspect "student-athletes" at Connecticut (Jeff Adrien, Richie Ashmeade, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, Tate George, Ben Gordon, Mike Hayes, Eric Hayward, Antonio Kellogg, Nate Miles, A.J. Price, Clifford Robinson, Johnnie Selvie, Toraino Walker, Doug Wiggins, Marcus Williams, Enosch Wolf, Doug Wrenn, etc.) coupled with an abysmal graduation ratio, will address this topic in a forthright fashion in a studio role trying to fill the shoes of certifiable liar Bruce Pearl?

A return to sanity won't happen until Americans receive a skeptical honest media, but most don't have the basketballs or footballs for the job and are as confused as Bruce Jenner and Bradley Manning in who they are plus what they should be (see CNN unraveling). When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. But when you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. As shamelessly one-sided as conservatives have asserted for years, excessive media malpractice finally discarded the pretense of objectivity. Once and for all, the amateur-hour collection of misguided minions have been unmasked as aggressive advocates; not adversarial journalists. "How could (media) do this to us? THIS IS OUR RIGHT (to know entire story)!" The mess media needs to obtain it in bulk and try Lumosity, which we're told improves brain health and performance.

Former Dartmouth All-American George Munroe, who passed away last month, had a 29-year career as an executive with Phelps Dodge Corp., including vice president in 1962, president/director in 1966, CEO in 1969 and chair/CEO from 1975 to 1987. Phelps Dodge is a Fortune 500 company and the nation's leading copper producer. Munroe, who served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II, was a trustee and chairman of the Finance Committee of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 6-0 forward, an All-American as a junior, was the leading scorer for runner-up in the 1942 NCAA Tournament (22-4 record) and averaged 12.6 points in seven NCAA Tournament games from 1941 through 1943. He tallied 20 points in a 47-28 national-semifinal victory over Kentucky to help eliminate the Wildcats in their first Final Four appearance.

Speaking of UK, another ex-college hoopster-turned-businessman Bill Sturgill passed away earlier this summer. The coal magnate, who owned the largest coal auger in the world at one time with a seven-foot blade, pioneered strip mining and reclaiming techniques often criticized by environmentalists. Sturgill, who played for Kentucky under legendary coach Adolph Rupp, was also a prominent figure in the horse and tobacco industry and served in Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.'s administration as secretary of a combined Agriculture and Energy Cabinet. Sturgill, who averaged 2.4 ppg in 1944-45 (NCAA playoff participant) and 1945-46 (NIT champion), was instrumental in bringing Rick Pitino to the Wildcats as chairman of the UK board of trustees for 10 years.

Collegehoopedia.com has conducted extensive research on what All-Americans such as Munroe did in the "real world" after the basketball stopped bouncing. Following are hard-working businessmen in addition to Munroe and Sturgill who meant business in more ways than just on the basketball hardwood:

ALEX AKOSI, Saint Michael's (Vt.)
Nigeria born and U.S. bred, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of MTV Africa built one of the fastest-growing international outposts of the farthest-reaching cable channel in the world. Featured on the cover of Forbes magazine in June, 2007. . . . Averaged 4.2 ppg and 5.2 rpg from 1994-95 through 1997-98. He was tri-captain his senior year after Saint Michael's won the Northeast-10 Conference championship the previous season.

DR. BOB ALBO, California
Chief physician for the Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors. Worked his way through medical school performing magic and has written 11 volumes on the subject (3,000 pages). His magic collection is the single largest private collection in the world. . . . Averaged 8 ppg and 6.3 rpg from 1951-52 through 1953-54 under coach Nibs Price. Posted career highs of 12 ppg and 9.2 rpg as senior captain. He was also Cal's starting catcher and team captain in baseball.

NOLAN ARCHIBALD, Weber State
President and Chief Executive Officer of Black & Decker. He was on the Board of Directors of ITT. . . . Named to National Junior College Athletic Association All-American second team in 1966 when he averaged 25.3 points per game for Dixie College (Utah). The 6-5, 195-pound forward averaged 15.2 points and 9 rebounds per game as a junior at Weber State and 11.9 points and 7.1 rebounds as a senior. Named to second five on All-Big Sky Conference all-star team in 1967-68.

LEN ARMATO, Pacific
Former agent for acclaimed NBA centers Shaquille O'Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon. . . . Leading scorer for Pacific in 1974-75 (12.8 ppg) when he was an All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association first-team selection. Paced the PCAA in assists in 1974 (6.8 apg) and 1975 (5.9 apg). The 6-0, 165-pounder transferred to UOP after his freshman year with Southern California.

JESSE ARNELLE, Penn State
Founding partner of San Francisco-based Arnelle & Hastie, one of the first minority-owned national corporate law firms in America. The four-year football letterman and one of the finest ends ever to play for the Nittany Lions is vice president of his alma mater's board of trustees. . . . The 6-5, 220-pounder averaged 20.2 points per game in 10 NCAA Tournament games in 1952, 1954 and 1955 and was the leading scorer for Penn State's only Final Four team (21.1 ppg in 1954). Arnelle, a two-time NCAA Tournament all-regional selection (1954 and 1955), remains the school's all-time leader in scoring (2,138 points) and rebounding (1,238) after pacing the Nittany Lions in those two categories all four varsity seasons. He had 15 games of 30 or more points and still holds the school mark for most rebounds in a single game (27 at Temple as a senior). Arnelle averaged 4.7 points per game in one season in the NBA (1955-56 with Fort Wayne).

C. DAVID BAKER, UC Irvine
Former mayor of Irvine became commissioner of the Arena Football League in November, 1996. He played professionally in Europe before graduating from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review. . . . The 6-8, 220-pound post player from 1972-75 is the Anteaters' all-time leading rebounder (926) and second-leading scorer (1,601 points). UCI competed in the NCAA Division II Tournament West Regional his freshman and senior seasons. He grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds against Chicago State his freshman year.

RICHARD T. "DICK" BAKER, Ohio State
Managing partner and CEO of major accounting firm Ernst and Ernst for 13 years, starting in 1964. Member of Accounting Hall of Fame served on the board of directors of such major enterprises as General Electric, Anheuser-Busch and Hershey Foods. . . . Three-year letterman was Ohio State's second-leading scorer as a starting senior forward for a team that finished runner-up to Oregon in the first NCAA Tournament in 1939. He scored a game-high 25 points for the Buckeyes in their tourney opener, a 64-52 victory over Wake Forest.

CARL BARGER, Shippensburg (Pa.)
Prominent attorney in Pittsburgh led a coalition that purchased the Pirates in 1986. President and chief operating officer of the franchise for almost four years before accepting a similar position with the expansion Florida Marlins. Barger, who also became a minority owner and joined the board of directors of Wayne Huizenga's Blockbuster Entertainment, died at the 1992 major league baseball owners meeting in Louisville when an aneurysm ruptured in his abdomen. . . . Starting guard for Shippensburg's team in the early 1950s. His dorm room eventually became the school's sports information office.

TODD BEAMER, Wheaton (Ill.)
The Oracle Corp account manager was traveling from New Jersey to California on United Airlines Flight 93 for a business meeting on September 11, 2001, when he helped lead a takeover by passengers from terrorists, forcing the plane down in Pennsylvania countryside about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. They were credited with foiling hijackers bent on crashing the Boeing 757 into a second target in Washington, D.C., possibly the Capitol or the White House. Beamer recited the 23rd Psalm with a GTE/Verizon supervisor over the plane's in-flight telephone before getting her to promise she would call his family. "I don't think we're going to get out of this thing," he told her. "I'm going to have to go out on faith." The phone line was still open when the operator heard him say: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll." . . . Beamer collected 24 points and 12 rebounds as a sophomore guard for Wheaton in 1988-89.

JOHN BELK, Davidson
Noted retailer (president of Belk Brothers Co. and Belk Stores Services, Inc.) is former mayor of Charlotte. He is listed in Who's Who in America. . . . Davidson's basketball arena and men's MVP award are both named for him. The four-year starter was senior co-captain of the Wildcats' 1942-43 squad that compiled an 18-6 record and defeated North Carolina, N.C. State, Clemson and South Carolina.

DICK BOUSHKA, St. Louis
In 1963, at the age of 29, he was named president of Vickers Petroleum Corporation. Boushka was involved in real estate development when he became the ninth president of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. But in December 2002, he pleaded guilty in federal court in Wichita, Kan., to defrauding a bank of more than $17 million. . . . His career average of 19.2 points per game is best in school history (minimum of three seasons). SLU career from 1951-52 through 1954-55 included a 38-point outing against Alabama as a junior. He participated in the 1952 NCAA Tournament as a freshman before becoming a three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference first-team selection and 1955 NBA draft choice by the Minneapolis Lakers. Upon graduation, Boushka earned a gold medal while playing for the 1956 U.S. Olympic team in Melbourne, Australia.

CLOYCE BOX, West Texas A&M
After graduating from Baylor Law School, he joined the New York-based George A. Fuller Construction Company and eventually became its Chairman and CEO. He founded the Oklahoma Cement Company and formed an oil and gas company called OKC - later known as Box Energy Corp - before his estate became insolvent. Owned the original Southfork Ranch of Dynasty fame. . . . Pro Bowl end with the Detroit Lions in the early 1950s after playing with twin brother for West Texas' undefeated Border Conference hoops championship 10 years earlier.

AVERY BRUNDAGE, Illinois
AAU president in the 1930s before becoming president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. Competed in the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games. . . . Basketball letterman with the Illini in 1907-08.

GREG BUNCH, Cal State Fullerton
Executive with Direct TV, moving there in 1998 from ESPN. He worked himself up in the cable sports business, starting as a door-to-door cable service salesman. . . . PCAA player of the year as a sophomore forward in 1975-76 when he averaged 16 ppg and 8.8 rpg for the Titans.

DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE, UCLA
U.S. government official and United Nations diplomat became the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations at Harvard (1934) before teaching political science at Howard University until entering government service in 1941. The U.S. State Department named its main library for the late envoy in 1997. He worked under the joint chiefs of staff and was a chief research analyst in the Office of Strategic Services. The first African-American to be a division head in the Department of State (1945), he entered the United Nations in 1946 as director of the Trusteeship Division. Bunche, the first black person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, became principal secretary to the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine in December, 1947, and acting mediator soon thereafter in the aftermath of the assassination of the first mediator (Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden). Bunche was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his deft handling of the armistice negotiations leading to the Arab-Israeli truce. In 1945, Bunche said he was "obsessed with a burning desire to excel in everything I undertake," and moved by "a calculated and deliberate interest to prove to (whites) that I am, despite their race, their equal if not their superior in intellect, ability, knowledge, and general savoir-faire." He served as U.N. undersecretary general from 1955 until his retirement due to poor health shortly before his death in 1971. . . . Born in Detroit and reared by his grandmother in Los Angeles, he graduated from UCLA in 1927 with a degree in political science after writing for the school newspaper, winning oratorical contests, serving as sports editor of the yearbook, and earning letters as a guard for three Southern California Conference champions. Legendary Bruins coach John Wooden acknowledges that Bunche, named UCLA's Alumnus of the Year in 1949, was instrumental in helping recruit New York native Lew Alcindor to his alma mater.

WAYNE CALLOWAY, Wake Forest
Former Chairman of the Board and CEO of PepsiCo earned $1 million in salary and a $2 million bonus in 1994 before retiring after contracting cancer. . . . The business administration major scored 29 points in 15 games for the Demon Deacons in 1957-58 as a 6-1, 180-pound guard. "One of the unique aspects of being on a team is that you clearly learn to share responsibility and share the credit," Calloway says. "You find out that there is definitely a reason for working together. In today's business world, you discover this in a hurry. You only get so far by yourself. It is when you, as a manager, have the ability to relate to people and have them all marching together that you can make things happen."

VINNIE COHEN, Syracuse
Partner in a law firm, Hogan and Hartson, in Washington, D.C. . . . Averaged 19.7 points per game from 1954-55 through 1956-57. Ranked 16th in the nation in scoring as a senior with 24.2 ppg. Converse second-team All-American guard averaged 19 points in three NCAA Tournament games in 1957. Selected in the third round of the 1957 NBA draft by the Syracuse Nationals (23rd pick overall).

DALE COMEY, Connecticut
Former Executive Vice President of ITT, a conglomerate with global sales in excess of $23 billion specializing in diversified products and services in three areas--financial and business, manufactured products and Sheraton Hotels. He earned more than $1 million per year before retiring. . . . Comey averaged nine points per game in three varsity seasons after leading the school's freshman team in scoring (16 ppg). The 5-9, 150-pound guard was an All-Yankee Conference second-team selection as a senior when he scored 17 points in a 77-71 defeat to West Virginia in the first round of the 1963 NCAA Tournament.

DR. DENTON COOLEY, Texas
World famous heart surgeon in Houston has performed well in excess of 20,000 open-heart operations. "I've always had the opinion that my training in athletics equipped me for a life in medicine," Dr. Cooley said, "and particularly in surgery because there's so much of the physical part involved. Surgery is a specialty in which a person must have vigor and a healthy body to perform at his peak. It requires a certain amount of physical training as well as mental training. In surgery, operations are accomplished by teams. As in athletics, a strong individual effort is possible only with the support of a good team. The morale of the team must be maintained by the captain. And these are the things individuals learn in a program of competitive sports. We learn to accept defeat but not to be satisfied with defeat; that there is no alternative for winning. Extra effort and determination and hard work and practice are what lead to accomplishment and victory." . . . He was a three-year letterman (1938-39 through 1940-41) on Texas teams that combined for a 51-21 record. The 6-3 Cooley saw action in both of the Longhorns' games in the inaugural NCAA Tournament in 1939 after they captured the Southwest Conference championship. Named the 32nd most influential student-athlete in 2006 when the NCAA celebrated its centennial anniversary.

KERY DAVIS, Dartmouth
Senior Vice President for Sports Programming/Home Box Office brokered deals with premium prizefighters including Roy Jones Jr. . . . Teammate of former Harvard coach Peter Roby averaged 3.7 ppg as a sophomore in 1976-77 and 0.8 ppg as a junior.

McKINLEY "DEACON" DAVIS, Iowa
National sales director with Primerica/A Member of Citigroup after serving as executive director of athletics at Northern Illinois. . . . Four-year starter averaged 10.5 ppg from 1951-52 through 1954-55. The 6-2, 175-pound forward led Iowa in scoring as a sophomore (14.9 ppg). He averaged 10.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg for the fourth-place team in the 1955 NCAA playoffs. The Hawkeyes' captain came out of college with a contract to play with the Harlem Globetrotters.

R. HAL DEAN, Grinnell (Iowa)
Former Chairman of Ralston Purina Company. . . . Played basketball for Grinnell when it was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. In 1936-37, he was named to the second five on the All-MVC team and finished fifth in league scoring with an average of 7.5 points per game. The next season, he was again named to the All-MVC second five and finished 16th in conference scoring with an average of 6.5 ppg. The Spalding Official Guide described him as a "sparkplug" and "one of the Midland's best guards."

LaROY DOSS, St. Mary's
Chairman and president of the Ford Lincoln Mercury Minority Dealers Association was named one of the top 100 U.S. black businessmen by Black Enterprise magazine in 1978. Doss was the first African American to serve on his alma mater's Board of Trustees. . . . Averaged 14.8 ppg and 9.2 rpg in three seasons, leading the squad in rebounding as a sophomore and in scoring as a junior and senior. Second-team All-WCAC as a sophomore and junior and first five pick as a senior when the Gaels made their initial NCAA playoff appearance. Finished third on the school's career scoring list with 1,139 points.

DR. CHARLES RICHARD DREW, Amherst (Mass.)
Surgeon was a pioneer in the development of blood banks for Allied Forces during World War II. Although his life was cut short at 45 by an automobile accident, he distinguished himself through outstanding achievements in science, medicine and education. As the first director of the American Red Cross Blood Bank, Drew encouraged public awareness that blood banks do not need to be segregated by race. His medical education began during the Great Depression at McGill University School of Medicine in Quebec. Although Drew worked as a waiter while a student at McGill, he graduated second in his class of 137. . . . The inventor of plasma was one of the first African-American players for a predominantly white institution. He was an All-American football player who served as athletics director at Morgan State College.

DR. PAUL ALLEN EBERT, Ohio State
Director of the American College of Surgeons since 1986. Nationally-recognized authority on children's thoracic and cardiovascular surgery is listed in Who's Who in America. . . . Earned All-American recognition by averaging more than 20 points per game each of his three varsity seasons (1951-52 through 1953-54). All-Big Ten Conference choice each year finished his career as the school's all-time scoring leader. He had a 40-point game against Michigan as a sophomore when he was second in the Big Ten in scoring (20.1 ppg). Ebert, a three-time MVP for the Buckeyes, posted even higher scoring averages as a junior (21.7) and senior (23.5). Selected by the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1954 NBA draft after they had chosen LSU All-American Bob Pettit.

DR. HARRY F. EDWARDS, San Jose State
Nationally-known liberal sociologist and special consultant for the San Francisco 49ers. . . . The 6-8, 240-pound center averaged 10 ppg and 5.9 rpg in three seasons of varsity basketball from 1961-62 through 1963-64. He was the Spartans' second-leading scorer (10.2) and rebounder (5.8) as a senior.

CLIFF EHRLICH, Brown
Senior Vice-President of the Marriott Corporation is listed in Who's Who in America. . . . The 6-4, 200-pound forward was a three-year letterman (1957-58 through 1959-60). He led Brown in scoring as a junior with 13.9 points per game and was named to the second five on the All-Ivy League team.

GILBERT "GIB" FORD, Texas
President of Converse. . . . The 6-4, 190-pound guard-forward averaged 7.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in three varsity seasons (1951-52 through 1953-54). Leading rebounder (7.8 per game) and third-leading scorer (9.8 ppg) as a junior. Earned a spot on the 1956 U.S. Olympic team as a member of the Armed Forces All-Stars while serving in the Air Force. . . . Excerpt from school guide: "A natural athlete and keen competitor, he is the key man in the attack."

CHET FORTE, Columbia
Former director of Monday Night Football on ABC Television. Nine-time Emmy Award winner also produced or directed Olympic Games, World Series and Indianapolis 500 before a gambling addiction cost him almost $4 million and led to a guilty plea to fraud and tax evasion charges. Forte, who last bet in April 1988, became host of a San Diego radio show and returned to the NFL in 1994 to direct several games on NBC. . . . The 5-9, 145-pound guard averaged 24.8 points per game in three varsity seasons (1954-55 through 1956-57). Named college player of the year by UPI as a senior when he was the nation's fifth-leading scorer (28.9 ppg) and ranked sixth in free-throw shooting (85.2 percent). Selected in the seventh round of the 1957 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.

JAMES ROBERT GLADDEN, Long Island
First African American elected as a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. . . . Basketball letterman in 1933 and 1934.

MURRAY GOODMAN, Lehigh
President of The Goodman Company, which developed commercial and industrial buildings and motor inns throughout the U.S. He became his alma mater's most generous living donor, with lifetime commitments of more than $20 million. . . . Captain of Lehigh's basketball squad as a senior in 1947-48.

STEDMAN GRAHAM, Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)
Longtime beau of TV personality Oprah Winfrey is president of a marketing and consulting firm with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C. He founded Athletes Against Drugs in 1985 and was a regular columnist for Inside Sports magazine. Overcoming the "Mr. Oprah" label was a small portion of the eight-year "inner struggle" to discover himself outlined in his book titled You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success (Simon & Schuster/1997 release). . . . The 6-6, 200-pound forward averaged 10.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in his three-year varsity career (41-35 record), averaging 12.3 ppg and 10 rpg as a junior in 1972-73, and 15.2 ppg and 8.5 rpg as a senior in 1973-74. He played his freshman season in junior college for Weatherford (Tex.). Graham dabbled briefly in modeling and played professional basketball in Europe before conceding the NBA was out of his reach.

EARL G. "BUTCH" GRAVES JR., Yale
Son of one of the nation's most prominent and well-connected African-American executives. His father is the Founder, Publisher and CEO of Black Enterprise, the 300,000-circulation monthly magazine that had its advertising revenue increase from $8.7 million in 1986 to $22 million 10 years later, and author of the 1997 release How to Succeed in Business Wihtout Being White. Butch oversees Black Enterprise, his father's personal investments and the book tour. . . . Two-time All-Ivy League first-team selection led the Ivy in scoring in conference competition each of his last three seasons (19.9 ppg in 1981-82, 22.1 ppg in 1982-83 and 23.6 ppg in 1983-84). The 6-3, 200-pounder played briefly with the Cleveland Cavaliers after being a third-round draft choice of the Philadelphia 76ers.

J. WILLIAM GRIMES, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Former President & CEO of ESPN made the fateful decision in the mid-1980s to turn the tables on the cable companies that carried the network. Rather than paying them five cents per subscriber, ESPN asked them to pay for the right. The plan succeeded and, within a few years, the network was generating a profit. . . . Steady four-year basketball player was senior captain in 1962-63, finishing his career with 941 points, 246 rebounds and 129 assists. He averaged a career-high 16.8 ppg as a junior.

DR. HAROLD HALBROOK, Evansville
Heart surgeon at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis performed the first heart transplant in Indiana in 1982, marking the first ever heart transplant operation in a private hospital. . . . He was a senior class president on the 1959 team that won the first of Evansville's first NCAA College Division national championships. On the '59 national titlist, he played in 11 games and collected nine points and seven rebounds.

JAY HANDLAN, Washington & Lee (Va.)
Chairman of one of the nation's largest technical staffing services firms--H.L. Yoh Company in Philadelphia. . . . Holds school records for single-season scoring average (26.2 ppg in 1950-51) and career scoring average (21.3 ppg). Attempted an NCAA-record 71 field-goal attempts when he scored 66 points in a game against Furman.

BILL HARRISON, North Carolina
CEO of Chase Manhattan in New York. . . . Played in two games for the Tar Heels under coach Dean Smith as a sophomore in 1963-64.

DR. LAWRENCE HATCHETT, Marquette
Director of Southern Illinois Urology, based in Marion, after serving as the Director of The Bladder Control Center of Tallahassee, Fla., for 10 years. . . . (insert text on playing career--class of '81). Received medical diploma from the University of Chicago.

WILLIAM "BUCKY" HATCHETT, Rutgers
Served as an executive with RCA. . . . The Scarlet Knights' first 1,000-point scorer averaged 18.3 ppg as a sophomore in 1947-48 and 17.2 ppg as a junior in 1948-49. He also earned letters in track and football.

EDWIN HUBBLE, Chicago
Individual for whom the Hubble Telescope is named. He showed that galaxies besides our own existed in the universe and that it is expanding, findings that formed the cornerstone of the Big Bang Theory. . . . Hubble, who also competed in track & field, helped lead Chicago to a 12-0 basketball record and the school's third straight Big Ten title in 1908-09. He earned his doctorate in 1917.

JOHN HUMMER, Princeton
Venture capitalist is co-founding Partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Served as a director of start-up and public software companies and currently serves on the board of Employease, IMX (Industrywide Mortgage Exchange), NTE (National Transportation Exchange) and Starmine. . . . Two-time All-Ivy League first-team selection averaged 15.4 ppg during his career with the Tigers. First-round draft choice of the Buffalo Braves in 1970 (15th pick overall). His nephew, Ian, played for Princeton.

LEVI JACKSON, Yale
Longtime executive with General Motors Corporation in Detroit was the first African American to play football for Yale. Jackson, who ran for a 59-yard touchdown on the fourth play in his first game in 1946, became the first freshman ever to win the Bulger Lowe Award, given annually to the outstanding football player in New England. He lettered in football four years and was captain as a senior in 1949. . . . Jackson scored 58 points in 42 varsity basketball games from 1947-48 through 1949-50.

MANNIE JACKSON, Illinois
Senior vice president, Honeywell, Inc., head of International and Home Building Control unit. The owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, a team he played for after graduating from Illinois, is the ultimate success rags-to-riches saga. Jackson was born in a boxcar in East St. Louis. . . . Three-year starter averaged 11.1 points per game in 1957-58, 13.6 in 1958-59 and 16.4 in 1959-60. Named to second five on UPI All-Big Ten team as a senior after finishing 10th in the league in scoring. Had 32-point game against Iowa as a senior captain. Finished Illini career as fourth-leading scorer in school history with 922 points. . . . Excerpt from school guide: "A spring-legged jump shooter played forward his first year before being shifted to guard. Quick hands and an excellent eye for the basket."

MICHAEL JACKSON, Georgetown
Assistant to Turner Sports President Harvey Schiller. Served as president of Yankees-Nets, a media partnership between two of New York's major pro franchises. . . . Three-time All-Big East Conference third-team selection his last three seasons averaged 9.8 ppg and 5.1 apg from 1982-83 through 1985-86.

DR. DAVID JONES, Mercer
Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Supervises 20 doctors, more than 100 employees, and oversees in excess of 800 surgeries per year. . . . Four-year letterman and two-year starter captained the Bears his junior and senior seasons. He averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game from 1970-71 through 1973-74. Known as the consummate role player, Jones helped Mercer make the transition from Division II to Division I status his junior year. "The greatest thing coach (Dwayne) Morrison taught me was how to take charges," Jones said. "I was always drawing those fouls."

LARRY JONES, Oklahoma City
Founded Feed the Children, a non-profit ministry that provides relief for poverty and disaster victims worldwide, after previously serving as a pastor of a United Methodist Church and as an evangelist. He and his wife, Frances, host a syndicated national television show for their $100 million, Oklahoma City-based charity organization. Country singers such as Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Randy Travis and Reba McEntire are particularly empathetic, Jones believes, because many of them have known hard times themselves. "By far, the majority of them have not forgotten where they came from." . . . Starting guard averaged 14.7 points per game from 1959-60 through 1961-62 under coach Abe Lemons. The 5-11 Jones led OCU in scoring as a senior with 20.7 ppg, finishing 61st in the nation.

VERNON JORDAN, DePauw (Ind.)
Powerful, well-connected lawyer was one of Washington's most important power brokers. Former president of the National Urban League and United Negro College Fund was a confidant of President Bill Clinton. Jordan made headlines in 1998 in connection with allegations that Clinton, while carrying on a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, obstructed justice by asking him to find Lewinsky a job in exchange for her silence about the affair. Jordan, who was shot by a white supremacist in 1980, joined the boards of many of the nation's biggest corporations--including Xerox, American Express and Dow Jones. . . . Member of DePauw's reserve basketball squad in the mid-1950s.

TOM KIVISTO, Kansas
Oilman in Tulsa, founder of the fifth-largest privately held company in the U.S. in 2007, promised to donate $12 million to renovate his alma mater's football stadium. He was fired as president and CEO in 2008 from SemGroup LP, the energy company based primarily on the delivery of crude oil he founded eight years previously. The firm filed for bankruptcy earlier that year because of $2.4 billion in debts stemming from bad gambles in the oil futures market. Former FBI director Louis J. Freeh was appointed by a bankruptcy court to sort out petition documents claiming that Kivisto owed the company $290 million in trading losses through his personal trading company. Kivisto earned $42.5 million in salary, bonuses and other compensation in the year leading up to the bankruptcy filing. . . . Captain of the Jayhawks' 1974 Final Four team when he was an All-Big Eight Conference first-team selection and set a school single-game record with 18 assists against Nebraska. He scored more than 50 points in three Illinois high school games in 1969-70 after his brother, Bob, tallied 52 in 1965 under their father/coach (Ernie Kivisto).

BILL KRETZER, North Carolina State
Chief executive of yarn maker Unifi Corporation from 1985 until retiring in 1999. The textile company had 6,000 employees. . . . The 6-7 center from Springfield, N.J., averaged 7.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the Wolfpack from 1965-66 through 1967-68. In one of the most famous games in ACC Tournament history, he held the ball for more than 13 minutes in N.C. State's 12-10 semifinal victory over 10th-ranked Duke in a pre-shot clock game in 1968.

BILL LAURIE, Memphis State
Former high school basketball coach breeds and trains horses at Crown Center Farms, south of Columbia, Mo. He and his wife, Nancy, are Walt-Mart heirs. They purchased the NHL St. Louis Blues and Kiel Center for an estimated $100 million in September 1999 after failing to buy the NBA Denver Nuggets, NHL Colorado Avalanche and their new Pepsi Center Arena earlier in the year. They also failed in their attempt to purchase the NBA Vancouver Grizzlies and move them to St. Louis. Nancy is the daughter of the late Bud Walton and niece of the late Sam Walton, the brothers who founded Wal-Mart. . . . Laurie, reared in Versailles, Mo., was a 5-10 guard who averaged 3.9 points per game for the Memphis State team that lost to UCLA in the 1973 NCAA Tournament final when Bruins All-American center Bill Walton hit 21 of 22 field-goal attempts.

JOHN L. LEE, Yale
Business executive and philanthropist. President and CEO of Barber Oil Corporation, Philbro Resource Corporation and Tosco Corporation before moving to the Hexcel Corporation. In the 1990s, he led a campaign that raised $1.75 billion for his alma mater. Yale honored him with the Yale Medal, its highest alumni award, in 1989 and the Yale Distinguished Alumni award in 1993. . . . Three-time All-Ivy League first-team forward averaged 20.3 ppg from 1955-56 through 1957-58. Scored a team-high 25 points in a 90-74 first-round loss against eventual champion North Carolina in the 1957 NCAA playoffs. Third-round choice in the 1958 NBA draft by the New York Knicks (19th pick overall); three selections ahead of Wayne Embry and 17 before Don Ohl. In 1996, the area where Yale conducted basketball, volleyball and gymnastics competition was renamed the John L. Lee Amphitheater.

TOM MacMAHON, St. Peter's
CEO of Laboratory Corporation of America, a company with approximately 23,000 employees and annual revenue of $2.9 billion in 2003. Known as LabCorp, the company is a national leader in clinical testing. . . . MacMahon was fourth in scoring for St. Peter's 1968 NIT team, averaging 13.5 ppg. Finishing with 902 career points, he was a teammate of Elnardo Webster (school's leader in career scoring and rebounding average) and current Peacocks coach Bob Leckie.

JOHN MACZUZAK, Pittsburgh
President and Chief Operating Officer of National Steel Corporation, one of the five largest integrated steel producers in North America. . . . Averaged 3 ppg and 3.2 rpg from 1959-60 through 1961-62. The 6-5, 250-pound defensive tackle played in one game with the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs in 1964 after being their 22nd-round draft choice the previous year. He was a ninth-round pick by the NFL's San Francisco 49ers in 1963.

LARRY K. MAHANEY, Maine
Sales for Webber Oil, one of the top 20 privately-owned corporations in New England, increased from $19 million in 1969 when he was elected president to $224 million in 1990. Webber distributes gasoline to approximately 150 outlets (over half of them company-owned) and has more than 80,000 retail heating oil and propane gas customers. . . . Three-year letterman captained the basketball team as a senior in 1950-51 when he averaged 12.1 ppg, finishing his career with a 6.1-point scoring average. Following a stint in the U.S. Air Force, he served his alma mater as an assistant coach in football and basketball while completing his master's degree.

BOB McGUIRE, Iona
Former Chairman and CEO of Pinkerton's Inc. and former President of Kroll Associates, Inc., an international corporate investigations and security consulting firm. Lawyer served as Police Commissioner, the youngest in New York City's history, from 1978 (when he was 41) through 1983 under Mayor Ed Koch. Mr. McGuire was appointed Special Master by a county district attorney to oversee the Gambino family's exit from the garment industry. . . . Averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.5 rpg for the Gaels in the late 1950s.

PAT McKENZIE, Saint John's (Minn.)
Team physician for the Green Bay Packers. . . . Starting point guard for Saint John's 1979 NAIA Tournament team.

CHARLEY MENCEL, Minnesota
Retired as the CEO and president of Caterpillar Paving Products. . . . His career scoring total of 1,391 points from 1951-52 through 1954-55 stood as a school record for 23 years. He was an All-American who averaged 15.9 points per game in his four-year career. Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1955 NBA draft.

STEVE MILLS, Princeton
President of Sports Team Operations/Madison Square Garden oversees the operational and business dealings for the "World's Most Famous Arena." Mills climbed the ladder of the NBA's executive ranks for 16 years, going from account executive to the commissioner's office where he helped develop the idea for the "Dream Team." . . . Three-year letterman from 1978-79 through 1980-81 played under legendary coach Pete Carril. Mills scored a team-high 16 points in a 60-51 first-round defeat against BYU in the 1981 East Regional.

MATT MINOFF, Yale
Director of Israel's Playing for Peace program, an international initiative founded in 2001 that focuses on grass roots peace-building. . . . The 6-6 Minoff averaged 6.3 ppg and 4.5 rpg from 2000-01 through 2003-04.

MIKE MORAN, Nebraska-Omaha
Director of media and public affairs for the U.S. Olympic Committee for many years. . . . Member of UNO's basketball team for a short period in the mid-1960s.

AL NUNESS, Minnesota
Worked for three Fortune 500 companies as well as serving as the director of ticket sales for the Minnesota Timberwolves in their infancy. Director of sales and marketing for Buddy, Inc., before becoming V-P of Sports Sales for Jostens. . . . Junior college transfer was an All-Big Ten Conference second-team selection in 1968-69 when the guard averaged 16.4 ppg as team MVP. He was the Gophers' first-ever African-American assistant coach.

DAVID PACKARD, Stanford
Co-founder of computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard was Deputy Secretary of Defense in the first Nixon administration. Packard and partner William Hewlett founded their company in 1938 with $538 and eventually grew the business into a $31 billion high-tech organization. . . . The 6-4 electrical engineering major was a letterman for Stanford's 1931-32 basketball squad.

DAVID PALACIO, Texas Western
Executive vice president of EMI Latin, which is affiliated with Capitol Records in Hollywood, Calif. . . . Backup guard for Texas Western's 1966 NCAA championship team scored a season-high four points against Loyola (La.). Contributed a second-half field goal when the Miners erased a 16-point halftime deficit to win in overtime at New Mexico, 67-64. In their next outing, he chipped in with another basket in a 69-67 triumph over Arizona State. Palacio averaged 7.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game the next season as a junior.

JAY PICCOLA, Roanoke (Va.)
President of PUMA (USA), one of the largest sports attire companies in the world. . . . Three-time College Division All-American was the leading scorer (16.2) and second-leading rebounder (8.3 rpg) as a sophomore forward for the Maroons' 1972 national championship team. The 6-5 Piccola averaged 15.7 ppg during his four-year career.

LARRY RAFFERTY, Fairfield
Founder and CEO of Cohane Rafferty Securities, LLC, an investment bank specializing in the mortgage banking and financial institutions industry. The business was sold to Lehman Brothers in 2001. . . . Stags captain was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in 16th round (109th pick overall) in 1965 NBA draft. Averaged 10 ppg and 5 rpg in 1962-63 and 10.2 ppg and 4.4 rpg in 1966-67.

JACKIE ROBINSON, UNLV
CEO of H3 Enterprises, which is dedicated to the Hip Hop culture and lifestyle. Formerly served as Chairman and CEO of RLLW, Inc., a franchisee of 73 Pizza Hut restaurants. Also spent 20 years as Chairman and CEO of Robinson, Loyd & Associates, the largest administrator of federal tax credit programs in Nevada for all major casinos while later serving as an executive at the Aladdin Hote & Casino. . . . Averaged 11.4 ppg and 6.1 rpg from 1973-74 through 1977-78. He led the Rebels in rebounding in 1975-76 before failing to play for their 1977 Final Four squad while redshirting because of an ankle operation.

JOHN W. "JACK" ROGERS, Miami (Ohio)
Retired chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service (UPS) lived in Ft. Myers, Fla. . . . Earned basketball letter as a 6-1 junior guard in 1953-54 when he collected 38 points and 25 rebounds in 14 games. Sketch in school guide: "Came back for another try after being skipped his sophomore season, and to (Coach Bill) Rohr that spells desire. Still the sharpshooter that made him College Corner's high scorer for three years, he has developed more of the hungry drive that Rohr demands." The College Corner gym had one goal in Indiana and one in Ohio.

JOHN W. ROGERS JR., Princeton
The No. 1 black money manager in the U.S. parlayed a serious childhood hobby into a money management empire. He seldom strays from his conservative investment strategy: buy undervalued small- to medium-size company stocks with long-term potential. In 1983, the son of a judge founded one of the country's first minority-owned investment advisory firms, Ariel Capital Management, in his Chicago hometown. He is chairman and CEO. The motto of his newsletter hawking hot investing tips, the Patient Investor, was "Slow and Steady Wins the Race." . . . The 6-0, 185-pound guard averaged 3.6 points per game in 23 varsity contests from 1977-78 through 1979-80. His first varsity start was a 66-61 five-overtime victory over Cornell as a junior. In his next game, he scored 20 points against Brown. Captained Princeton's team as a senior. Rogers, an economics major, carried copies of business magazines with him to away games and would call his broker from stadium pay phones. He flew to the West Coast to appear on the Wheel of Fortune game show, winning $8,600 in prizes that he immediately handed over to his broker.

F. SHERWOOD ROWLAND, Ohio Wesleyan
Shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995 for his work in researching ozone depletion in the atmosphere. One of the world's most influential environmental experts splits his time as foreign secretary of the National Academy of Sciences and professor of chemistry at UC Irvine. . . . Attended college in his hometown of Delaware, Ohio, after graduating from high school in 1943 a few weeks before his 16th birthday. Wrote Rowland in an autobiography: "During these war years, only 30 or 40 civilian males were on campus, plus about 200 naval officer trainees and 1,000 women. With so few men available, I played on the university basketball and baseball teams (forward averaged 6.2 ppg in 1946-47 and 10.2 ppg in 1947-48), and wrote much of the sports page for the university newspaper. I enlisted in a Navy program to train radar operators. I served in several Midwestern Naval Separation Centers, as the 10 million Americans who had preceded me into the military were returned to civilian life. A major amount of this Navy time was devoted to competitive athletics for the Navy base teams, and I emerged after 14 months as a non-commissioned officer with a rating of Specialist (Athletics) 3rd class. My interest in competitive athletics also continued unabated in graduate school. Because of the atypical structure of its undergraduate college system, the University of Chicago, unlike almost all other American universities, permitted graduate students to compete in intercollegiate athletics. During my first graduate year, I played both basketball and baseball for the university team." Rowland was the team's leading rebounder as a senior.

GEORGE SELLA, Princeton
Former President, CEO and Chairman of American Cyanamid, a major chemical company. . . . Averaged 7.8 points per game in three varsity seasons from 1947-48 through 1949-50. The 5-10, 187-pounder was named to the first five on the All-Ivy League team as a junior and senior. Excerpt from school guide: "One of the greatest all-around performers in Princeton athletic history, George captained Princeton's football team from his halfback position and at season's close figured conspicuously in All-American and All-Eastern selections. The speed and know-how George displays on the football field is also in evidence on the basketball court."

BILL SEXTON, Saint John's (Minn.)
Former owner and partner of Old Northwest Agents, an insurance brokerage firm in Minneapolis. Alma mater's arena is named after the part-minority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves. . . . Holds the Saint John's single-game scoring record with 49 points.

WILLIAM E. SEXTON, Alabama
Self-made businessman is founder of Sexton, Inc., a family investment company engaged in private equity, real estate and venture capital. . . . Lettered for the Crimson Tide in 1953 and 1954, playing under coach Johnny Dee. He was captain as a senior.

EDDIE SHELDRAKE, UCLA
Restauranteur is largest holder of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Anaheim-based Polly's Pies franchises in the country. He operated as many as 15 KFCs and 13 Polly's in Southern California. Opened the first Polly's Pie Restaurant in 1968 with his brother. . . . Swingman was a starter with the Bruins in 1949-50 and 1950-51 for coach John Wooden. All-PCC South selection as a senior when he averaged 10.4 ppg and was team captain. Scored 11 points in UCLA's first-ever NCAA Tournament game (73-59 setback against Bradley in 1950) before scoring a team-high 21 points in an 83-62 loss to Brigham Young in the Western Regional third-place contest.

CECIL J. "PETE" SILAS, Georgia Tech
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Phillips Petroleum Company. . . . The 6-6, 180-pound forward led the Yellow Jackets in scoring each of his four varsity seasons (11.7 points per game in 1950-51, 17.1 ppg in 1951-52, 13.7 ppg in 1952-53 as an All-SEC first-team selection and 17 ppg in 1953-54). He set school records at the time for points in a game (39 against Furman) and in a season (393 as a junior). Silas also grabbed 24 rebounds in the Furman game in a season he led the Yellow Jackets in rebounding with 13.7 per game. Member of gold-medal winning U.S. Pan American Games team in 1955 while serving in the Armed Forces. Silas was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1953 NBA draft.

BARRY F. SULLIVAN, Georgetown
Career banker retired as chairman of the First Chicago Corporation before returning to his hometown to serve as New York's deputy mayor for finance and economic development from 1992 to 1994. He worked at Chase Manhattan Bank for 24 years, earning distinction as the youngest Executive Vice President in the bank's history in 1972. . . . Averaged 16.1 ppg each season for the Hoyas in 1950-51 and 1951-52 before leaving school for military service.

PAUL TAGLIABUE, Georgetown
NFL commissioner from October, 1989, to July, 2006. Pete Rozell's successor strengthened revenue sharing and there were no players' strikes or lockouts during his tenure. . . . The 6-5 forward averaged 11.4 points and nine rebounds per game in three varsity seasons from 1959-60 through 1961-62. Led the Hoyas in rebounding as a sophomore (8.9 rpg) and junior (8.2 rpg) and was their second-leading rebounder as a senior captain. . . . Sketch in school guide: "One of the toughest competitors ever to wear the Blue and Gray. At his best when the going gets toughest. Fierce rebounder, an excellent shooter and a tireless performer. President of his class."

RICH TARRANT, Saint Michael's (Vt.)
Founder and chairman of IDX Systems Corporation, a firm providing payroll and claims processing for physicians that had nearly 5,000 employees nationwide and reported revenues of approximately $460 million. In 2005, IDX was purchased by General Electric for $1.2 billion. Entrepreneur was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from the state of Vermont in 2006, but lost the election to Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist. . . . AP All-American as a senior in 1964-65 posted highest three-year point total in school history (1,762). Holds numerous school single-season and career scoring records, including points per game in a season (28 ppg in 1963-64) and a career (25.2). Selected by the Boston Celtics in fourth round of the 1965 NBA draft (35th pick overall).

FRANKLIN THOMAS, Columbia
President of the Ford Foundation since 1979 is listed in Who's Who in America. He was on the board of directors of Citicorp/Citibank, CBS and AT&T. Became chairman of the board of the September 11th Fund. . . . Thomas, Columbia's all-time leading rebounder (1,022 in 71 games from 1953-54 through 1955-56), averaged a school-record 16.3 per game as a junior. The 6-4, 205-pounder led the Lions in rebounding all three of his varsity seasons, finishing his career with averages of 14.2 rebounds and 11.5 points per game. He was a second-team All-Ivy League selection as a senior.

JIM THORDSEN, St. Joseph's (Ind.)
Member of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce. Part of the Board of Directors and President-Founder of the Sports and Recreation Committee. After his retirement as a player in 1983, he founded his own sports marketing and public relations agency. . . . The first Puerto Rican named to a Little All-American team averaged 20.5 ppg and 9 rpg from 1971-72 through 1974-75. Played in two Olympics with the Puerto Rican National Team.

MONROE TROUT, Harvard
Considered among the trading elite on Chicago's volatile commodity markets. According to the New York Times, his Trout Trading Company earned profits in 69 of 79 consecutive months, an outstanding ratio. . . . He set a school record for season field-goal shooting (65.9 percent) as a sophomore in 1981-82. The 6-9 center averaged 10 and 10.6 points per game in his sophomore and junior seasons, respectively, before slipping to 3.4 ppg as a senior.

CHARLES TUCKER, Western Michigan
Powerful Michigan-based sports agent has had clients such as Mark Aguirre, Carl Banks, Cornelius Bennett, Magic Johnson, Glen Rice, Glenn Robinson, Steve Smith, Isiah Thomas, Thurman Thomas, Lorenzo White and Kevin Willis. Tucker, who earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, stumbled upon the agent career when Johnson chose to make himself available for the NBA draft after his sophomore year at Michigan State and asked Tucker to represent him. . . . The 6-1, 190-pound guard earned a letter with the Broncos as a junior in 1966-67 when he averaged 3.7 points per game and was scoreless in three games as a senior.

SEAN TUOHY, Mississippi
Fast-food millionaire owned over 80 Taco Bell, KFC and Long John Silver restaurants. White adoptive father of African-American Michael Oher, an offensive tackle who also attended Ole Miss and became an NFL first-round draft choice of the Baltimore Ravens in 2009 plus the subject of the movie "The Blind Side" starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw. . . . Two-time All-SEC selection paced the league in assists all four seasons from 1978-79 through 1981-82. Twice led the Rebels in free-throw percentage (as a sophomore and senior).

HAL UPLINGER, Long Island
Gained notoriety as the television producer for Bob Geldolf's "Live Aids Concert." The California television and marketing executive also served as the executive director of the World Games, a sort of Olympics for non-Olympic sports. . . . Averaged 8.3 points per game in 20 games as a starter for the 1950-51 LIU squad. Scored a game-high 26 points for Los Angeles City College in the 1950 NJCAA Tournament final when that school captured the title. Played one season (1953-54) in the NBA with Baltimore under his LIU coach (Clair Bee). . . . Excerpt from LIU guide: "Works like a beaver under the backboards, utilizing his 6-4 frame in a way that belies his placid appearance."

TINKHAM VEALE II, Case Western Reserve (Ohio)
Founder and chairman of five separate corporations donated the funds to build his alma mater's state-of-the-art recreation complex. He also breeds thoroughbred racehorses in partnerships with several farms. . . . Earned three letters in basketball.

LLOYD WARD, Michigan State
He was President/Central Division Frito-Lay, Inc. before becoming President and Chairman of Maytag Appliance. After leaving Maytag in November 2000, he became the first African-American to head the U.S. Olympic Committee before stepping down from that position in March 2003. . . . The 5-10, 165-pound guard averaged 4.8 points per game in three varsity seasons (1967-68 through 1969-70) with the Spartans. He was their sixth-leading scorer as a senior with an average of 7.3 ppg.

JIMMY WESTON, St. John's
One-time police detective owned several restaurants, but none more popular than the smoky, jazz-jumping joint named after him on 54th Street in Manhattan. The saloon, opened in 1967 and closed in the late 1980s, would be frequented by the likes of Frank Sinatra, George Steinbrenner, Muhammad Ali and Tony Bennett. . . . Teammate of All-American Dick McGuire averaged 4.1 ppg in 1947-48.

KENNY WOLFE, Harvard
Producer for ABC's Monday Night Football. . . . The 6-2, 165-pound guard was an honorable mention All-Ivy League pick as a senior in 1973-74 when he finished as the team's third-leading scorer with 9.8 points per game. The previous season, he led the league in free-throw shooting in conference competition (93.5 percent). Wolfe, a teammate of sports announcer James Brown, averaged seven points per game in his three-year varsity career.

GERALD ZORNOW, Rochester (N.Y.)
President and Chairman of the Board of the Eastman Kodak Company from 1970 to 1977. . . . Three-sport letter winner graduated in 1937.

More than 130 NCAA Division I schools, 16 of them last season, have incurred their most defeats in a single campaign over the previous seven years. Boston College, which compiled the worst record for a team upsetting the nation's top-ranked club (Syracuse), was the only power conference member in this category and Temple fell out of the ranks of universities never to lose at least 20 contests.

No major college has an all-time high for setbacks lower than the 16 losses incurred by UNLV. Elsewhere, Nebraska never has won an NCAA playoff game but the Huskers have also never incurred a 20-loss campaign. Additional schools never to lose at least 20 games in a single season include Boise State, College of Charleston, Connecticut, Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, UAB, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Virginia Commonwealth and Western Kentucky.

Fairfield's Sydney Johnson, who coached Princeton when the Tigers incurred their most defeats, joined a long list of coaches who were bench boss when two different DI universities suffered their most setbacks in a single season. Other mentors in the category include: Murry Bartow (East Tennessee State/UAB), Bill Bayno (Loyola Marymount/UNLV), Bob Bender (Illinois State/Washington), Horace Broadnax (Bethune-Cookman/Savannah State), Mitch Buonaguro (Fairfield/Siena), Jeff Bzdelik (Colorado/Wake Forest), Barry Collier (Butler/Nebraska), Ed DeChellis (Navy/Penn State), Matt Doherty (North Carolina/Southern Methodist), Marty Fletcher (Louisiana-Lafayette/Virginia Military), Billy Gillispie (Texas-El Paso/Texas Tech), Ron Greene (Indiana State/Murray State), Tim Grgurich (Pittsburgh/UNLV), Dick Kuchen (California/Yale), Press Maravich (Appalachian State/Louisiana State), Dan Monson (Long Beach State/Minnesota), Danny Nee (Duquesne/Nebraska), Kevin O'Neill (Northwestern/Southern California), Ken Trickey (Iowa State/Oral Roberts), Bob Weltlich (South Alabama/Texas) and Randy Wiel (Middle Tennessee State/UNC Asheville).

Nearly one-fourth of the current active coaches have the dubious distinction of holding the school single-season record for most reversals. But they can take some comfort in the fact that revered NCAA title mentors such as Jim Calhoun, Denny Crum, Jud Heathcote and Mike Krzyzewski are in the same classification. Following is an alphabetical list of NCAA DI schools and the rock-bottom season or seasons when they sustained their most setbacks (TBD with coaches denotes "to be determined"):

NCAA DI College	Season	W-L	Pct.	Coach (Year at School)
Air Force	1995-96	5-23	.179	Reggie Minton (12th of 16)
Akron	1995-96	3-23	.115	Dan Hipsher (1st of nine)
Alabama	1968-69	4-20	.167	C.M. Newton (1st of 12)
Alabama A&M	2011-12	7-21	.250	Willie Hayes (1st of TBD)
Alabama State	2012-13	10-22	.313	Lewis Jackson (8th of TBD)
Albany	2009-10	7-25	.219	Will Brown (9th of TBD)
Alcorn State	2009-10	2-29	.065	Larry Smith (2nd of three)
American	1983-84	6-22	.214	Ed Tapscott (2nd of eight)
Appalachian State	1974-75	3-23	.115	Press Maravich (3rd of three)
Arizona	1958-59	4-22	.154	Fred Enke (34th of 36)
Arizona State	1969-70	4-22	.154	Ned Wulk (13th of 25)
Arizona State	2006-07	8-22	.267	Herb Sendek (1st of TBD)
Arkansas	1970-71	5-21	.192	Lanny Van Eman (2nd of four)
Arkansas-Little Rock	1999-2000	4-24	.143	Sidney Moncrief (only season)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2001-02	2-26	.071	Harold Blevins (7th of seven)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2003-04	1-26	.037	Van Holt (2nd of six)
Arkansas State	1994-95	8-20	.286	Nelson Catalina (11th of 11)
Arkansas State	2007-08	10-20	.333	Dickey Nutt (13th of 13)
Arkansas State	2011-12	14-20	.412	John Brady (4th of TBD)
Army	1991-92	4-24	.143	Tom Miller (2nd of three)
Auburn	2012-13	9-23	.281	Tony Barbee (3rd of four)
Austin Peay State	2012-13	8-23	.258	Dave Loos (23rd of TBD)
Ball State	2013-14	5-25	.167	James Whitford (1st of TBD)
Baylor	1923-24	11-29	.275	Frank Bridges (4th of six)
Belmont	1977-78	8-23	.258	Dick Campbell (4th of four)
Belmont	1978-79	13-23	.361	Don Purdy (1st of eight)
Bethune-Cookman	1997-98	1-26	.037	Horace Broadnax (1st of five)
Binghamton	2011-12	2-29	.065	Mark Macon (3rd of three)
Boise State	1980-81	7-19	.269	Dave Leach (1st of three)
Boston College	2013-14	8-24	.250	Steve Donahue (4th of four)
Boston University	1999-2000	7-22	.241	Dennis Wolff (6th of 15)
Bowling Green	2005-06	9-21	.300	Dan Dakich (9th of 10)
Bradley	2011-12	7-25	.219	Geno Ford (1st of TBD)
Brigham Young	1996-97	1-25	.038	Tony Ingle (interim)
Brown	1968-69	3-23	.115	Stan Ward (15th of 15)
Brown	2011-12	8-23	.258	Jesse Agel (4th of four)
Bryant	2009-10	1-29	.033	Tim O'Shea (2nd of TBD)
Bucknell	2008-09	7-23	.233	David Paulsen (1st of TBD)
Buffalo	1991-92	2-26	.071	Dan Bazzani (9th of 10)
Butler	1980-81	5-22	.185	Joe Sexson (4th of 12)
Butler	1989-90	6-22	.214	Barry Collier (1st of 11)
California	1978-79	6-21	.222	Dick Kuchen (1st of seven)
UC Irvine	1996-97	1-25	.038	Rod Baker (6th of six)
Cal Poly	1994-95	1-26	.037	Steve Beason (9th of nine)
UC Riverside	2012-13	6-25	.194	Jim Wooldridge (6th of six)
UC Santa Barbara	1982-83	7-20	.259	Ed DeLacy (5th of five)
Cal State Fullerton	1964-65	1-25	.038	Alex Omalev (5th of 12)
Cal State Northridge	1960-61	10-24	.294	Paul Thomas (3rd of five)
Campbell	2003-04	3-24	.111	Robbie Laing (1st of 10)
Canisius	2007-08	6-25	.194	Tom Parrotta (2nd of six)
Canisius	2011-12	5-25	.167	Tom Parrotta (6th of six)
Centenary	2010-11	1-29	.033	Adam Walsh (1st of TBD)
Central Arkansas	2010-11	5-24	.172	Corliss Williamson (1st of three)
Central Connecticut State	1990-91	4-24	.143	Mike Brown (3rd of three)
Central Michigan	2003-04	6-24	.200	Jay Smith (7th of nine)
Central Michigan	2005-06	4-24	.143	Jay Smith (9th of nine)
Charleston Southern	1978-79	2-25	.074	David Reese (1st of two)
Charlotte	1984-85	5-23	.179	Hal Wissel (3rd of three)
Chattanooga	2011-12	11-21	.344	John Shulman (8th of nine)
Chicago State	2002-03	3-27	.100	Bo Ellis* (5th of five)
Cincinnati	1983-84	3-25	.107	Tony Yates (1st of six)
The Citadel	2013-14	7-26	.212	Chuck Driesell (4th of TBD)
Clemson	1967-68	4-20	.167	Bobby Roberts (6th of eight)
Clemson	1982-83	11-20	.355	Bill Foster (8th of nine)
Clemson	1999-2000	10-20	.333	Larry Shyatt (2nd of five)
Cleveland State	2003-04	4-25	.138	Mike Garland (1st of three)
Coastal Carolina	1995-96	5-21	.192	Michael Hopkins (1st of three)
Colgate	1982-83	3-24	.111	Tony Relvas (1st of four)
Colgate	1985-86	1-24	.040	Tony Relvas (4th of four)
College of Charleston	1949-50	4-19	.174	Willard Silcox (3rd of six)
Colorado	2008-09	9-22	.290	Jeff Bzdelik (2nd of three)
Colorado State	1980-81	3-24	.111	Tony McAndrews (1st of seven)
Columbia	2002-03	2-25	.074	Armond Hill (8th of eight)
Connecticut	1968-69	5-19	.208	Burr Carlson (2nd of two)
Connecticut	1986-87	9-19	.321	Jim Calhoun (1st of 26)
Coppin State	2001-02	6-25	.194	Fang Mitchell (16th of 28)
Cornell	2013-14	2-26	.071	Bill Courtney (4th of TBD)
Creighton	1993-94	7-22	.241	Rick Johnson (3rd of three)
Dartmouth	1917-18	0-26	.000	F.H. Walker (only season)
Davidson	1988-89	7-24	.226	Bobby Hussey (8th of eight)
Davidson	1989-90	4-24	.143	Bob McKillop (1st of TBD)
Dayton	1992-93	4-26	.133	Jim O'Brien (4th of five)
Delaware	2006-07	5-26	.161	Monte Ross (1st of TBD)
Delaware State	1987-88	3-25	.107	Marshall Emery (6th of six)
Denver	2006-07	4-25	.138	Terry Carroll (6th of six)
DePaul	2008-09	9-24	.273	Jerry Wainwright (4th of five)
DePaul	2010-11	7-24	.226	Oliver Purnell (1st of TBD)
Detroit	1987-88	7-23	.233	Don Sicko* (6th of six)
Detroit	2007-08	7-23	.233	Perry Watson (15th of 15)
Detroit	2008-09	7-23	.233	Ray McCallum (1st of TBD)
Drake	1996-97	2-26	.071	Kurt Kanaskie (1st of seven)
Drexel	2007-08	12-20	.375	Bruiser Flint (7th of TBD)
Duke	1994-95	13-18	.419	Mike Krzyzewski* (15th of TBD)
Duquesne	2005-06	3-24	.111	Danny Nee (5th of five)
East Carolina	1983-84	4-24	.143	Charlie Harrison (2nd of five)
East Carolina	2006-07	6-24	.200	Ricky Stokes (2nd of two)
Eastern Illinois	2007-08	7-22	.241	Mike Miller (3rd of seven)
Eastern Kentucky	1998-99	3-23	.115	Scott Perry (2nd of three)
Eastern Michigan	2000-01	3-25	.107	Jim Boone (1st of five)
Eastern Washington	1986-87	5-23	.179	Joe Folda (2nd of two)
Eastern Washington	1995-96	3-23	.115	Steve Aggers (1st of five)
East Tennessee State	2012-13	10-22	.313	Murry Bartow (10th of TBD)
Elon	1994-95	3-24	.111	Mark Simons (2nd of 10)
Evansville	2003-04	7-22	.241	Steve Merfeld (2nd of five)
Fairfield	2013-14	7-25	.219	Sydney Johnson (3rd of TBD)
Fairleigh Dickinson	2011-12	3-26	.103	Greg Vetrone (3rd of four)
Florida	1981-82	5-22	.185	Norman Sloan (8th of 15)
Florida A&M	1993-94	4-23	.148	Ron Brown (1st of three)
Florida A&M	2011-12	10-23	.303	Clemon Johnson (1st of three)
Florida A&M	2012-13	8-23	.258	Clemon Johnson (2nd of three)
Florida Atlantic	1999-2000	2-28	.067	Sidney Green (1st of six)
Florida International	2009-10	7-25	.219	Isiah Thomas (1st of three)
Florida State	2000-01	9-21	.300	Steve Robinson (4th of five)
Fordham	2002-03	2-26	.071	Bob Hill (4th of four)
Fordham	2009-10	2-26	.071	Dereck Whittenburg (7th of seven)
Fresno State	2008-09	13-21	.382	Steve Cleveland (4th of six)
Furman	2008-09	6-24	.200	Jeff Jackson (3rd of seven)
Furman	2012-13	7-24	.226	Jeff Jackson (7th of seven)
Gardner-Webb	2002-03	5-24	.172	Rick Scruggs (8th of 15th)
George Mason	1969-70	4-23	.148	Hap Spuhler (3rd of three)
Georgetown	1971-72	3-23	.115	Jack Magee (6th of six)
George Washington	1988-89	1-27	.036	John Kuester (4th of five)
Georgia	1951-52	3-22	.120	Red Lawson (1st of 14)
Georgia Southern	2010-11	5-27	.156	Charlton Young (2nd of four)
Georgia State	1984-85	2-26	.071	Tom Pugliese* (2nd of two)
Georgia Tech	1980-81	4-23	.148	Dwane Morrison (8th of eight)
Gonzaga	1989-90	8-20	.286	Dan Fitzgerald (5th of 15)
Grambling State	1999-2000	1-30	.032	Larry Wright (1st of nine)
Green Bay	1984-85	4-24	.143	Dick Lien (3rd of three)
Hampton	1974-75	2-21	.087	Solomon Frazier/Joe Buggs
Hampton	2011-12	12-21	.364	Edward Joyner Jr. (3rd of TBD)
Hartford	2008-09	7-26	.212	Dan Leibovitz (3rd of four)
Harvard	2003-04	4-23	.148	Frank Sullivan (13th of 16)
Hawaii	1977-78	1-26	.037	Larry Little (2nd of nine)
High Point	2008-09	9-21	.300	Bart Lundy (6th of six)
Hofstra	2012-13	7-25	.219	Mo Cassara (3rd of three)
Holy Cross	2009-10	9-22	.290	Sean Kearney (only season)
Houston	1999-2000	9-22	.290	Clyde Drexler (2nd of two)
Houston Baptist	2010-11	5-26	.161	Ron Cottrell (20th of TBD)
Howard	1999-2000	1-27	.036	Kirk Saulny (2nd of two)
Idaho	2006-07	4-27	.129	George Pfeifer (1st of two)
Idaho State	1949-50	5-25	.167	Ed Willett (2nd of two)
Illinois	2007-08	16-19	.457	Bruce Weber (5th of nine)
Illinois-Chicago	2013-14	6-25	.194	Howard Moore (4th of TBD)
Illinois State	1990-91	5-23	.179	Bob Bender (2nd of four)
Indiana	2008-09	6-25	.194	Tom Crean (1st of TBD)
Indiana State	1988-89	4-24	.143	Ron Greene (4th of four)
Indiana State	2002-03	7-24	.226	Royce Waltman (6th of 10)
IUPU Fort Wayne	2003-04	3-25	.107	Doug Noll (5th of six)
IUPUI	2012-13	6-26	.188	Todd Howard (2nd of three)
IUPUI	2013-14	6-26	.188	Todd Howard (3rd of three)
Iona	2006-07	2-28	.067	Jeff Ruland (9th of nine)
Iowa	2009-10	10-22	.313	Todd Lickliter (3rd of three)
Iowa State	1975-76	3-24	.111	Ken Trickey (2nd of two)
Jackson State	1982-83	6-24	.200	Paul Covington (16th of 19)
Jackson State	2011-12	7-24	.226	Tevester Anderson (9th of TBD)
Jacksonville	2005-06	1-26	.037	Cliff Warren (1st of nine)
Jacksonville State	2010-11	5-25	.167	James Green (3rd of TBD)
James Madison	1985-86	5-23	.179	John Thurston (1st of three)
James Madison	2005-06	5-23	.179	Dean Keener (2nd of four)
James Madison	2006-07	7-23	.233	Dean Keener (3rd of four)
Kansas	1961-62	7-18	.280	Dick Harp (6th of eight)
Kansas	1972-73	8-18	.308	Ted Owens (9th of 19)
Kansas State	1945-46	4-20	.167	Fritz Knarr (2nd of two)
Kennesaw State	2011-12	3-28	.097	Lewis Preston (1st of three)
Kent State	1977-78	6-21	.222	Rex Hughes* (4th of four)
Kentucky	1988-89	13-19	.406	Eddie Sutton (4th of four)
Lafayette	1994-95	2-25	.074	John Leone (7th of seven)
Lamar	2012-13	3-28	.097	Pat Knight (2nd of three)
La Salle	1995-96	6-24	.200	Speedy Morris (10th of 15)
Lehigh	1996-97	1-26	.037	Sal Mentesana (1st of six)
Liberty	2001-02	5-25	.167	Mel Hankinson (4th of four)
Lipscomb	2001-02	6-21	.222	Scott Sanderson (3rd of 14)
Long Beach State	2007-08	6-25	.194	Dan Monson (1st of TBD)
Long Island University	1993-94	3-24	.111	Paul Lizzo (19th of 20)
Longwood	2012-13	8-25	.242	Mike Gillian (10th of 10)
Louisiana-Lafayette	1994-95	7-22	.241	Marty Fletcher (9th of 11)
Louisiana-Monroe	2011-12	3-26	.103	Keith Richard (2nd of TBD)
Louisiana State	1966-67	3-23	.115	Press Maravich (1st of six)
Louisiana Tech	1993-94	2-25	.074	Jerry Loyd (5th of five)
Louisville	1997-98	12-20	.375	Denny Crum (27th of 30)
Loyola of Chicago	2011-12	7-23	.233	Porter Moser (1st of TBD)
Loyola (Md.)	2003-04	1-27	.036	Scott Hicks (4th of four)
Loyola Marymount	2008-09	3-28	.097	Bill Bayno (only season)
Maine	2007-08	7-23	.233	Ted Woodward (4th of 10)
Maine	2013-14	6-23	.207	Ted Woodward (10th of 10)
Manhattan	1985-86	2-26	.071	Tom Sullivan (only season)
Marist	2009-10	1-29	.033	Chuck Martin (2nd of five)
Marquette	1963-64	5-21	.192	Eddie Hickey (6th of six)
Marshall	1991-92	7-22	.241	Dwight Freeman (2nd of four)
Marshall	2004-05	6-22	.214	Ron Jirsa (2nd of four)
Marshall	2013-14	11-22	.333	Tom Herrion (4th of four)
Maryland	1940-41	1-21	.045	Burton Shipley (18th of 24)
Maryland-Baltimore County	2009-10	4-26	.133	Randy Monroe (6th of eight)
Maryland-Baltimore County	2011-12	4-26	.133	Randy Monroe (8th of eight)
Maryland-Eastern Shore	2007-08	4-28	.125	Meredith Smith (only season)
Massachusetts	1979-80	2-24	.077	Ray Wilson (1st of two)
Massachusetts	1980-81	3-24	.111	Ray Wilson (2nd of two)
McNeese State	1987-88	7-22	.241	Steve Welch (1st of seven)
McNeese State	1991-92	7-22	.241	Steve Welch (5th of seven)
Memphis	1969-70	6-20	.231	Moe Iba (4th of four)
Mercer	1990-91	2-25	.074	Brad Siegfried (2nd of two)
Miami (Fla.)	1991-92	8-24	.250	Leonard Hamilton (2nd of 10)
Miami (Ohio)	2012-13	9-22	.290	John Cooper (1st of TBD)
Michigan	2007-08	10-22	.312	John Beilein (1st of TBD)
Michigan State	1949-50	4-18	.182	Alton Kircher (only season)
Michigan State	1964-65	5-18	.217	Forddy Anderson (11th of 11)
Michigan State	1987-88	10-18	.357	Jud Heathcote (12th of 19)
Middle Tennessee State	2000-01	5-22	.185	Randy Wiel (5th of six)
Milwaukee	1994-95	3-24	.111	Steve Antrim (8th of eight)
Milwaukee	1997-98	3-24	.111	Ric Cobb (3rd of four)
Milwaukee	2012-13	8-24	.250	Rob Jeter (8th of TBD)
Minnesota	2006-07	9-22	.290	Dan Monson (7th of seven)
Mississippi	1964-65	4-21	.160	Eddie Crawford (3rd of six)
Mississippi State	1985-86	8-22	.267	Bob Boyd (5th of five)
Mississippi State	2012-13	10-22	.313	Rick Ray (1st of TBD)
Mississippi Valley State	2008-09	7-25	.219	Sean Woods (1st of four)
Missouri	1966-67	3-22	.120	Bob Vanata (5th of five)
Missouri-Kansas City	2008-09	7-24	.226	Matt Brown (2nd of six)
Missouri-Kansas City	2012-13	8-24	.250	Matt Brown (6th of six)
Missouri State	2012-13	11-22	.333	Paul Lusk (2nd of TBD)
Monmouth	2007-08	7-24	.226	Dave Calloway (10th of 13)
Montana	1944-45	7-23	.233	George Dahlberg (1st of 11)
Montana State	1933-34	5-22	.185	Schubert Dyche (6th of seven)
Montana State	1969-70	4-22	.154	Gary Hulst (1st of three)
Morehead State	1997-98	3-23	.115	Kyle Macy (1st of nine)
Morehead State	2005-06	4-23	.148	Kyle Macy (9th of nine)
Morgan State	2005-06	4-26	.133	Butch Beard (5th of five)
Mount St. Mary's	2001-02	3-24	.111	Jim Phelan (48th of 49)
Murray State	1978-79	4-22	.154	Ron Greene (1st of seven)
Navy	2011-12	3-26	.103	Ed DeChellis (1st of TBD)
Nebraska	1962-63	6-19	.240	Jerry Bush (8th of eight)
Nebraska	1999-2000	11-19	.367	Danny Nee (14th of 14)
Nebraska	2002-03	11-19	.367	Barry Collier (3rd of six)
Nebraska-Omaha	1993-94	4-22	.154	Bob Hanson (25th of 25)
Nevada	1971-72	2-24	.077	Jack Spencer (13th of 13)
New Hampshire	1987-88	4-25	.138	Gerry Friel (19th of 20)
New Hampshire	1990-91	3-25	.107	Jim Boylan (2nd of three)
New Hampshire	1999-2000	3-25	.107	Phil Rowe (1st of six)
New Mexico	1979-80	6-22	.214	Charlie Harrison (only season)
New Mexico State	2004-05	6-24	.200	Lou Henson (16th of 16)
New Orleans	2009-10	8-22	.267	Joe Pasternack (3rd of four)
New York University	1970-71	5-20	.200	Lou Rossini (13th of 13)
Niagara	2013-14	7-26	.212	Chris Casey (1st of TBD)
Nicholls State	1990-91	3-25	.107	Rickey Broussard (1st of 12)
Nicholls State	2001-02	2-25	.074	Rickey Broussard (12th of 12)
Nicholls State	2002-03	3-25	.107	Ricky Blanton (1st of two)
Norfolk State	2010-11	12-20	.375	Anthony Evans (4th of TBD)
North Carolina	2001-02	8-20	.286	Matt Doherty (2nd of three)
UNC Asheville	1993-94	3-24	.111	Randy Wiel (1st of three)
North Carolina A&T	2002-03	1-26	.037	Curtis Hunter (4th of four)
North Carolina Central	2008-09	4-27	.129	Henry Dickerson (5th of five)
UNC Greensboro	2008-09	5-25	.167	Mike Dement (8th of 11)
North Carolina State	1966-67	7-19	.269	Norman Sloan (1st of 14)
North Carolina State	1992-93	8-19	.296	Les Robinson (3rd of six)
North Carolina State	1993-94	11-19	.367	Les Robinson (4th of six)
UNC Wilmington	2008-09	7-25	.219	Benny Moss (3rd of four)
North Dakota	2009-10	8-23	.258	Brian Jones (4th of TBD)
North Dakota State	1937-38	2-20	.091	Bob Lowe (5th of 13)
North Dakota State	1967-68	6-20	.231	Doug cowman (3rd of three)
Northeastern	1995-96	4-24	.143	Dave Leitao (2nd of two)
Northern Arizona	1988-89	2-25	.074	Pat Rafferty (1st of two)
Northern Illinois	2011-12	5-26	.161	Mark Montgomery (1st of TBD)
Northern Iowa	2000-01	7-24	.226	Sam Weaver (3rd of three)
North Texas	1989-90	5-25	.167	Jimmy Gales (4th of seven)
Northwestern	1999-2000	5-25	.167	Kevin O'Neill (3rd of three)
Northwestern State	1984-85	3-25	.107	Wayne Yates (5th of five)
Notre Dame	1965-66	5-21	.192	Johnny Dee (2nd of seven)
Oakland	1974-75	4-22	.154	Eugene Boldon (7th of eight)
Oakland	1975-76	5-22	.185	Eugene Boldon (8th of eight)
Oakland	1977-78	4-22	.154	Jim Mitchell (2nd of three)
Ohio University	1997-98	5-21	.192	Larry Hunter (9th of 12)
Ohio State	1994-95	6-22	.214	Randy Ayers (6th of eight)
Ohio State	1997-98	8-22	.267	Jim O'Brien (1st of five)
Oklahoma	1955-56	4-19	.174	Doyle Parrack (1st of seven)
Oklahoma	1968-69	7-19	.269	John MacLeod (2nd of six)
Oklahoma State	1971-72	4-22	.154	Sam Aubrey (2nd of three)
Old Dominion	2012-13	5-25	.167	Blaine Taylor* (12th of 12)
Oral Roberts	1992-93	5-22	.185	Ken Trickey (6th of six)
Oregon	1921-22	7-24	.226	George Bohler (2nd of three)
Oregon State	2007-08	6-25	.194	Jay John (6th of six)
Pacific	1983-84	3-27	.100	Tom O'Neil (2nd of six)
Pennsylvania	2009-10	6-22	.214	Jerome Allen* (1st of TBD)
Pennsylvania	2012-13	9-22	.290	Jerome Allen (4th of TBD)
Penn State	2004-05	7-23	.233	Ed DeChellis (2nd of eight)
Pepperdine	1965-66	2-24	.077	Robert Dowell (18th of 20)
Pepperdine	2009-10	7-24	.226	Tom Asbury (8th of nine)
Pittsburgh	1976-77	6-21	.222	Tim Grgurich (2nd of five)
Portland	1988-89	2-26	.071	Larry Steele (2nd of seven)
Portland State	2002-03	5-22	.185	Heath Schroyer (1st of three)
Prairie View	1991-92	0-28	.000	Elwood Plummer (8th of 18)
Presbyterian	2009-10	5-26	.161	Gregg Nibert (21st of TBD)
Presbyterian	2013-14	6-26	.188	Gregg Nibert (25th of TBD
Princeton	2007-08	6-23	.207	Sydney Johnson (1st of four)
Providence	1984-85	11-20	.355	Joe Mullaney (18th of 18)
Purdue	2004-05	7-21	.250	Gene Keady (25th of 25)
Quinnipiac	2000-01	6-21	.222	Joe DeSantis (5th of 11)
Radford	2011-12	6-26	.188	Mike Jones (1st of TBD)
Rhode Island	1999-2000	5-25	.167	Jerry DeGregorio (1st of two)
Rice	2007-08	3-27	.100	Willis Wilson (16th of 16)
Richmond	1977-78	4-22	.154	Carl Slone (4th of four)
Richmond	2006-07	8-22	.267	Chris Mooney (2nd of TBD)
Rider	1988-89	5-23	.179	John Carpenter (23rd of 23)
Robert Morris	1996-97	4-24	.143	Jim Boone (1st of four)
Rutgers	1954-55	2-22	.083	Don White (10th of 11)
Rutgers	1987-88	7-22	.241	Craig Littlepage (3rd of three)
Sacramento State	2008-09	2-27	.069	Brian Katz (1st of TBD)
Sacred Heart	2013-14	5-26	.161	Anthony Latina (1st of TBD)
St. Bonaventure	2004-05	2-26	.071	Anthony Solomon (2nd of four)
St. Francis (N.Y.)	1983-84	2-26	.071	Gene Roberti (5th of five)
St. Francis (N.Y.)	1993-94	1-26	.037	Ron Ganulin (3rd of 14)
Saint Francis (Pa.)	2005-06	4-24	.143	Bobby Jones (7th of nine)
Saint Francis (Pa.)	2012-13	5-24	.172	Rob Krimmel (1st of TBD)
St. John's	2003-04	6-21	.222	Mike Jarvis* (6th of six)
Saint Joseph's	1911-12	6-22	.214	John Donahue (1st of eight)
Saint Joseph's	2010-11	11-22	.333	Phil Martelli (16th of TBD)
Saint Louis	1982-83	5-23	.179	Rich Grawer (1st of 10)
Saint Mary's	2000-01	2-27	.069	Dave Bollwinkel (4th of four)
Saint Peter's	2011-12	5-26	.161	John Dunne (6th of seven)
Samford	1975-76	3-23	.115	Fred Crowell (1st of four)
Sam Houston State	1967-68	9-22	.290	Archie Porter (4th of 11)
Sam Houston State	1978-79	5-22	.185	Dennis Price (4th of four)
San Diego	2003-04	4-26	.133	Brad Holland (10th of 13)
San Diego State	1986-87	5-25	.167	Smokey Gaines (8th of eight)
San Francisco	1985-86	7-21	.250	Jim Brovelli (1st of 10)
San Francisco	2007-08	10-21	.323	Jessie Evans* (4th of four)
San Jose State	2005-06	6-25	.194	George Nessman (1st of eight)
San Jose State	2006-07	5-25	.167	George Nessman (2nd of eight)
Santa Clara	2011-12	8-22	.267	Kerry Keating (5th of TBD)
Savannah State	2004-05	0-28	.000	Ed Daniels Jr. (3rd of three)
Savannah State	2005-06	2-28	.067	Horace Broadnax (1st of TBD)
Seattle	1992-93	6-24	.200	Al Hairston (2nd of nine)
Seton Hall	1982-83	6-23	.207	P.J. Carlesimo (1st of 12)
Siena	2004-05	6-24	.200	Rob Lanier (4th of four)
Siena	2012-13	8-24	.250	Mitch Buonaguro (3rd of TBD)
South Alabama	2001-02	7-21	.250	Bob Weltlich (5th of five)
South Carolina	1937-38	3-21	.125	Ted Petoskey (3rd of five)
South Carolina	1998-99	8-21	.276	Eddie Fogler (6th of eight)
South Carolina	2011-12	10-21	.323	Darrin Horn (4th of four)
South Carolina State	2011-12	5-26	.161	Tim Carter (5th of six)
USC Upstate	1977-78	4-26	.133	Bill Hinson (1st of three)
South Dakota	1987-88	5-23	.179	Doug Martin (6th of six)
South Dakota State	1985-86	8-20	.286	Jim Thorson (1st of eight)
South Dakota State	2008-09	13-20	.394	Scott Nagy (14th of TBD)
Southeast Missouri State	2008-09	3-27	.100	Zac Roman (only season)
South Florida	2010-11	10-23	.303	Stan Heath (4th of seven)
Southeastern Louisiana	1988-89	3-24	.111	Leo McClure (only full season)
Southern	2010-11	4-26	.133	Rob Spivery (6th of six)
Southern California	2011-12	6-26	.188	Kevin O'Neill (3rd of four)
Southern Illinois	2011-12	8-23	.258	Chris Lowery (8th of eight)
SIU-Edwardsville	2009-10	5-23	.179	Lennox Forrester (3rd of TBD)
Southern Methodist	1981-82	6-21	.222	Dave Bliss (3rd of nine)
Southern Methodist	1993-94	6-21	.222	John Shumate (6th of seven)
Southern Methodist	2008-09	9-21	.300	Matt Doherty (3rd of six)
Southern Mississippi	1971-72	0-24	.000	Jeep Clark (1st of five)
Southern Utah	2013-14	2-27	.069	Nick Robinson (2nd of TBD)
Stanford	1992-93	7-23	.233	Mike Montgomery (7th of 18)
Stephen F. Austin	1989-90	2-25	.074	Mike Martin (2nd of two)
Stetson	2013-14	7-24	.226	Corey Williams (1st of TBD)
Stony Brook	2005-06	4-24	.143	Steve Pikiell (1st of TBD)
Syracuse	1961-62	2-22	.083	Marc Guley (12th of 12)
Temple	2013-14	9-22	.290	Fran Dunphy (8th of TBD)
Tennessee	1990-91	12-22	.353	Wade Houston (2nd of five)
Tennessee	1993-94	5-22	.185	Wade Houston (5th of five)
Tennessee-Martin	2011-12	4-27	.129	Jason James (3rd of five)
Tennessee State	2002-03	2-25	.074	Nolan Richardson III* (3rd of three)
Tennessee State	2013-14	5-25	.167	Travis Williams (2nd of TBD)
Tennessee Tech	1979-80	5-21	.192	Cliff Malpass (4th of four)
Tennessee Tech	1993-94	10-21	.323	Frank Harrell (6th of 10)
Tennessee Tech	1997-98	9-21	.300	Frank Harrell (10th of 10)
Texas	1982-83	6-22	.214	Bob Weltlich (1st of six)
Texas A&M	1991-92	6-22	.214	Tony Barone (1st of seven)
Texas A&M	2001-02	9-22	.290	Melvin Watkins (4th of six)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	2011-12	6-24	.200	Willis Wilson (1st of TBD)
Texas-Arlington	1976-77	3-24	.111	Bob LeGrand (1st of 11)
Texas Christian	2005-06	6-25	.194	Neil Dougherty (4th of six)
Texas-El Paso	2002-03	6-24	.200	Billy Gillispie (1st of two)
Texas-Pan American	2009-10	6-27	.182	Ryan Marks (1st of four)
Texas-San Antonio	1985-86	7-24	.226	Don Eddy* (2nd of two)
Texas Southern	2007-08	7-25	.219	Robert Moreland (27th of 27)
Texas Southern	2008-09	7-25	.219	Tony Harvey (1st of four)
Texas State	2005-06	3-24	.111	Dennis Nutt (6th of six)
Texas Tech	1990-91	8-23	.258	Gerald Myers (21st of 21)
Texas Tech	2011-12	8-23	.258	Billy Gillispie (only season)
Toledo	2009-10	4-28	.125	Gene Cross (2nd of two)
Toledo	2010-11	4-28	.125	Tod Kowalczyk (1st of TBD)
Towson	2011-12	1-31	.031	Patrick Skerry (1st of TBD)
Troy	1977-78	1-23	.042	Wes Bizilia (5th of nine)
Tulane	1989-90	4-24	.143	Perry Clark (1st of 11)
Tulsa	1948-49	4-20	.200	John Garrison (2nd of two)
Tulsa	1976-77	7-20	.259	Jim King (2nd of 5th)
Tulsa	1987-88	8-20	.286	J.D. Barnett (3rd of six)
Tulsa	2003-04	9-20	.310	John Phillips (3rd of four)
Tulsa	2004-05	9-20	.310	John Phillips* (3rd of four)
UAB	2001-02	13-17	.433	Murry Bartow (6th of six)
UCF	2000-01	8-23	.258	Kirk Speraw (8th of 17)
UCLA	1937-38	4-20	.167	Caddy Works (17th of 18)
UCLA	1938-39	7-20	.259	Caddy Works (18th of 18)
UCLA	1940-41	6-20	.231	Wilbur Johns (2nd of nine)
UNLV	1994-95	12-16	.429	Tim Grgurich* (only season)
UNLV	1995-96	10-16	.385	Bill Bayno (1st of six)
Utah	2011-12	6-25	.194	Larry Krystkowiak (1st of TBD)
Utah State	1981-82	4-23	.148	Rod Tueller (3rd of nine)
Utah Valley	2009-10	12-18	.400	Dick Hunsaker (7th of TBD)
Utah Valley	2012-13	14-18	.438	Dick Hunsaker (10th of TBD)
Valparaiso	1989-90	4-24	.143	Homer Drew (2nd of 22)
Vanderbilt	2002-03	11-18	.380	Kevin Stallings (4th of TBD)
Vermont	1987-88	3-24	.111	Tom Brennan (2nd of 19)
Villanova	1973-74	7-19	.269	Rollie Massimino (1st of 19)
Villanova	1992-93	8-19	.296	Steve Lappas (1st of nine)
Villanova	2011-12	13-19	.406	Jay Wright (11th of TBD)
Virginia	1960-61	3-23	.115	Billy McCann (4th of six)
Virginia Commonwealth	1997-98	9-19	.321	Sonny Smith (9th of nine)
Virginia Military	1970-71	1-25	.038	Mike Schuler (2nd of three)
Virginia Military	1981-82	1-25	.038	Charlie Schmaus (6th of six)
Virginia Military	1982-83	2-25	.074	Marty Fletcher (1st of four)
Virginia Tech	1953-54	3-24	.111	Red Laird (7th of eight)
Wagner	1990-91	4-26	.133	Tim Capstraw (2nd of 10)
Wagner	2009-10	5-26	.161	Mike Deane (7th of seven)
Wake Forest	2010-11	8-24	.250	Jeff Bzdelik (1st of four)
Washington	1993-94	5-22	.185	Bob Bender (1st of nine)
Washington State	1952-53	7-27	.206	Jack Friel (25th of 30)
Weber State	1986-87	7-22	.241	Larry Farmer (2nd of three)
Western Carolina	2000-01	6-25	.194	Steve Shurina (1st of five)
Western Illinois	2003-04	3-25	.107	Derek Thomas (1st of five)
Western Kentucky	1945-46	15-19	.441	Ed A. Diddle (24th of 42)
Western Kentucky	1997-98	10-19	.345	Matt Kilcullen* (4th of four)
Western Michigan	1978-79	7-23	.233	Dick Shilts (3rd of three)
Western Michigan	1982-83	5-23	.179	Vern Payne (1st of seven)
West Virginia	2001-02	8-20	.286	Gale Catlett (21st of 24)
Wichita State	1995-96	8-21	.276	Scott Thompson (4th of four)
William & Mary	2011-12	6-26	.188	Tony Shaver (9th of TBD)
Winston-Salem State	2006-07	5-24	.172	Bobby Collins (1st of eight)
Winthrop	1993-94	4-23	.148	Dan Kenney (2nd of six)
Wisconsin	1981-82	6-21	.222	Bill Cofield (6th of six)
Wofford	1979-80	7-25	.219	Wayne Earhardt (3rd of eight)
Wright State	1996-97	7-20	.259	Jim Brown (interim)
Wyoming	1958-59	4-22	.154	Everett Shelton (19th of 19)
Wyoming	1973-74	4-22	.154	Moe Radovich (1st of three)
Xavier	1972-73	3-23	.115	Dick Campbell (2nd of two)
Yale	1998-99	4-22	.154	Dick Kuchen (13th of 13)
Youngstown State	1992-93	3-23	.115	John Stroia (4th of four)
Youngstown State	2001-02	5-23	.179	John Robic (3rd of six)
Youngstown State	2004-05	5-23	.179	John Robic (6th of six)

*Coach wasn't in charge of team the entire season.

More than half of the Big East Conference's 14-member lineup in 2003-04 are gone upon all of the league realignments. The American Athletic Conference, a splinter group of the Big East, looks more like Conference USA's 2004-05 alignment than anything else. If the C-USA wasn't considered a power league, then why should a stitched-together AAC?

Louisville, Maryland and Rutgers should have kept an eye on how Creighton and Syracuse made the transition to new digs last season with second-place finishes. History shows that it frequently is a difficult adjustment. There is good reason to be anxious. Only 12 of the last 34 schools to join power conferences, including eight of the last 21 since 2005-06, posted a winning league record in their inaugural campaign.

Arkansas is the only school to win a championship in its debut campaign in a power league (1991-92 in SEC Western Division after leaving SWC). The average conference record for the last 34 schools in this category is four games below .500. Michigan State posted a comparable anemic mark (5-9) in its first season in the Big Ten in 1950-51.

Following is an alphabetical list of first-year league records compiled by schools joining an existing power alliance since Arizona and Arizona State left the WAC for the Pac-8/10 in the late 1970s:

Power School	1st Year	New League (Mark/Finish)	Previous League
Arizona	1978-79	Pac-10 (10-8/T4th)	Western Athletic
Arizona State	1978-79	Pac-10 (7-11/T6th)	Western Athletic
Arkansas	1991-92	Southeastern (13-3/1st in West Division)	Southwest
Boston College	2005-06	Atlantic Coast (11-5/3rd)	Big East
Butler	2013-14	Big East (4-14/9th)	Atlantic 10
Cincinnati	2005-06	Big East (8-8/8th)	Conference USA
Colorado	2011-12	Pac-12 (11-7/T5th)	Big 12
Creighton	2013-14	Big East (14-4/2nd)	Missouri Valley
DePaul	2005-06	Big East (5-11/T13th)	Conference USA
Florida State	1991-92	Atlantic Coast (11-5/2nd)	Metro
Georgia Tech	1979-80	Atlantic Coast (1-13/8th)	Metro
Louisville	2005-06	Big East (6-10/T11th)	Conference USA
Louisville	2014-15	Atlantic Coast (TBD)	American Athletic
Marquette	2005-06	Big East (10-6/T4th)	Conference USA
Maryland	2014-15	Big Ten (TBD)	Atlantic Coast
Miami (Fla.)	1991-92	Big East (1-17/10th)	independent
Miami (Fla.)	2004-05	Atlantic Coast (7-9/T6th)	Big East
Missouri	2012-13	Southeastern (11-7/T5th)	Big 12
Nebraska	2011-12	Big Ten (4-14/T11th)	Big 12
Notre Dame	1995-96	Big East (4-14/6th in BE 6)	independent
Notre Dame	2013-14	Atlantic Coast (6-12/T11th)	Big East
Penn State	1992-93	Big Ten (2-16/11th)	Atlantic 10
Pittsburgh	1982-83	Big East (6-10/6th)	Eastern 8
Pittsburgh	2013-14	Atlantic Coast (11-7/5th)	Big East
Rutgers	1995-96	Big East (6-12/6th in BE 7)	Atlantic 10
Rutgers	2014-15	Big Ten (TBD)	American Athletic
South Carolina	1991-92	Southeastern (3-13/6th in East Division)	Metro
South Florida	2005-06	Big East (1-15/16th)	Conference USA
Syracuse	2013-14	Atlantic Coast (14-4/2nd)	Big East
Texas A&M	2012-13	Southeastern (7-11/11th)	Big 12
Texas Christian	2012-13	Big 12 (2-16/10th)	Mountain West
Utah	2011-12	Pac-12 (3-15/11th)	Mountain West
Villanova	1980-81	Big East (8-6/T3rd)	Eastern Athletic Association
Virginia Tech	2000-01	Big East (2-14/7th in East Division)	Atlantic 10
Virginia Tech	2004-05	Atlantic Coast (8-8/T4th)	Big East
West Virginia	2012-13	Big 12 (6-12/8th)	Big East
Xavier	2013-14	Big East (10-8/T3rd)	Atlantic 10

"Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors." - Jim Morrison

Nothing lasts forever. No university ever has discarded such a longstanding affiliation with a conference as Maryland did when the Terrapins chose to divorce the ACC for wealthier Big Ten. The Terps jettisoned 61 years of history when they aligned with the Big Ten, which is the only alliance other than the Ivy League never to have a member leave to join another major conference.

Maryland can formally make the switch after settling an exit-fee money mess with the ACC for $31.362 million. The ACC seemed hypocritical in suing the Terps) after allegedly targeting at least two unidentified Big Ten schools to leave after learning about Maryland's intent to seek "greener" pastures. But the chances of a "bullying" power league school resisting a race chasing the almighty dollar is about the same as one of the clueless clowns in riot-ridden Ferguson, Mo., looting a library to stimulate brainpower or strive to raise standard of living before, while or after Rev. Sharpnado munches on honky following descending upon St. Louis with his frequently rehearsed "Resist We Much" race-hustling message. If it isn't black-on-black crime, then the agenda-driven DOJ seeks to suppress video surveillance of vandalism and chants led by NotsoSharpton or Jesse Jerkson probably should be: "No (Free) Cigars. No Peace!"

Hopefully, the ACC will invest its hefty settlement in addressing academics amid North Carolina's shoddy scholastic standing emphasizing Afro-American Studies and similar such shenanigans. If a university with Carolina's stature has lost its higher education "way" suspending research of reading specialist/academic adviser allegedly facing death threats, then what the fraud is happening regarding unsupervised lower standards at other ACC institutions and power leagues across the nation? For instance, N.C. State hired Sidney Lowe as coach before he even earned his diploma more than 20 years after leaving the school and subsequently showing apparent evasion taking any modestly-taxing classes such as ethics or tax preparation while in college playing under Jim Valvano.

Fordham, fleeing the Metro Atlantic and Patriot League the first half of the 1990s, is the only institution to twice be in this charter-school departure category. Following is a list from longest to shortest tenures of the first schools to leave an intact league for another conference after being a founding member:

Founding Member (Years)	Original League	Tenure	Next League	1st Season
Maryland (61)	Atlantic Coast	1954-2014	Big Ten	2015
Boston College (26)	Big East	1980-2005	Atlantic Coast	2006
St. Joseph's and Temple (24)	East Coast	1959-82	Atlantic 10	1983
Arkansas State (19)	Southland	1969-87	American South	1988
San Jose State (17)	West Coast Athletic	1953-69	PCAA	1970
Arizona and Arizona State (16)	Western Athletic	1963-78	Pacific-10	1979
Gonzaga (16)	Big Sky	1964-79	West Coast Athletic	1980
Missouri and Texas A&M (16)	Big 12	1997-2012	Southeastern	2013
Brigham Young and Utah (12)	Mountain West	2000-11	West Coast and Pac-12	2012
San Diego State (9)	Big West	1970-78	Western Athletic	1979
Army and Fordham (9)	Metro Atlantic	1982-90	Patriot League	1991
Navy (9)	ECAC South/Colonial Athletic	1983-91	Patriot League	1992
Campbell (9)	Big South	1986-94	Trans America Athletic	1995
SW Missouri State (8)	Mid-Continent	1983-90	Missouri Valley	1991
Pittsburgh (6)	Eastern 8	1977-82	Big East	1983
Fordham (5)	Patriot League	1991-95	Atlantic 10	1996
Marshall (4)	Ohio Valley	1949-52	Mid-American	1954
Georgia Tech (3)	Metro	1976-78	Atlantic Coast	1980
Northeast Louisiana (3)	Trans America Athletic	1980-82	Southland	1983
Rhode Island (1)	ECAC North	1980	Eastern 8	1981
Towson State (1)	Northeast	1982	East Coast	1983
Louisville and Rutgers (1)	American Athletic	2014	ACC and Big Ten	2015

NOTES: Cincinnati (member of Mid-American from 1947-53), Georgia Tech (SEC from 1933-64), New Orleans (Sun Belt from 1977-80), Oral Roberts (Midwestern City from 1980-87), Penn State (ECBL/Eastern 8 from 1977-79), Rutgers (Middle Atlantic from 1959-62) and South Carolina (ACC from 1954-71) joined the independent ranks the next season. . . . Seven C-USA charter members joined other leagues following their 10th year in the league in 2004-05. . . . Campbell rejoined Big South in 2011-12.

"Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions." - Alexander the Great

After 105 years steeped in history amid off-the-chart contempt, the rivalry between Kansas and Missouri expired for the foreseeable future when Mizzou departed the Big 12 Conference for the SEC. KU has a commanding edge in nearly every category (winning percentage, victories away from home and close games decided by single digits), but the Tigers have been enough of a tormentor to make the series as energetic and entertaining as you can find anywhere. Their border war stacked right up there with the more nationally-acclaimed "Clash of the Titans" between Duke and North Carolina.

Making about as much sense as Dennis Rodman becoming the de facto U.S. ambassador to North Korea, it was shortsighted of KU and Mizzou to let their rivalry end. They simply join top six conference members DePaul/Illinois, Maryland/Georgetown and Cincinnati/Ohio State as potentially great natural non-league match-ups that their fans can't enjoy. At least Georgetown/Syracuse, Gonzaga/Washington and DePaul/Northwestern have seen the light and will resume their must-see games in the not-too-distant future.

If bruised egos heal in the near future, perhaps sounder minds will prevail with Mizzou annually opposing KU in Kansas City much like it does in St. Louis against Illinois. But Mizzou can't complain if the Jayhawks continue to act like a jilted lover because the self-centered Tigers fail to oppose competent in-state foes such as Missouri State and Saint Louis.

By almost any measure including Alexander the Great's input, KU has a superior program to Mizzou. But Jayhawks coach Bill Self should rein in his rhetoric as the divorce dialogue intensified or at least take a crash course in college basketball history. When comparing the significance of the Kentucky/Louisville rivalry to the termination of KU's home-and-home conference conflicts with the Tigers, Self said: "Well, they've always played every year (out of league). That's all they know."

Well, Self needs to "always know" that UK and Louisville went 61 years from 1923 through 1983 without a regular-season matchup before they came to their senses and saw the light. Speaking of light, KU and Mizzou simply have to shed one lightweight apiece to keep a good thing going for the sport in general and for their fans specifically like the entertaining Philly Big 5. KU shouldn't also deny hoop fans a Top 20 matchup with Wichita State.

By toning down picking on patsies, there is plenty of room on their respective non-league schedules to keep playing each other. Ditto for Indiana and Kentucky plus Memphis and Tennessee resuming their rivalries, which would definitely be among the top 10 such confronations in the country. If the century-old KU/Mizzou spectacle returns, it could immediately surpass Kentucky/Louisville and go atop the following list of the nation's top 25 non-conference rivalries if only because of longevity:

1. Kentucky/Louisville
2. Illinois/Missouri
3. Cincinnati/Xavier
4. Georgetown/Syracuse
5. Indiana/Notre Dame
6. Brigham Young/Utah
7. Iowa/Iowa State
8. St. Joseph's/Villanova
9. Georgia/Georgia Tech
10. Florida/Florida State
11. Clemson/South Carolina
12. Marquette/Wisconsin
13. New Mexico/New Mexico State
14. Utah/Utah State
15. Temple/Villanova
16. La Salle/Villanova
17. Florida/Miami (FL)
18. Iowa/Northern Iowa
19. Colorado/Colorado State
20. Drake/Iowa
21. Penn/Villanova
22. Providence/Rhode Island
23. Creighton/Nebraska
24. Gonzaga/Washington
25. DePaul/Northwestern

Extra! Extra! Read all about memorable major league baseball achievements and moments involving former college basketball players! Baseball is portrayed as a thinking man's game but only four percent of active MLB players earned college diplomas. Nonetheless, numerous ex-college hoopsters had front-row seats to many of the most notable games, transactions and dates in MLB history.

The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series 50 years ago with a roster featuring six former college basketball players - Roger Craig, Bob Gibson, Dick Groat, Bobby Humphreys, Ray Washburn and Bill White. The Cards defeated the New York Yankees, a club boasting three pitchers with college hoops connections - Al Downing, Steve Hamilton and Rollie Sheldon. Unless you habitually pore over the content at baseballlibrary.com, baseballreference.com and nationalpastime.com, following is an August calendar involving such versatile athletes:

AUGUST
1 - Chicago Cubs RF Frankie Baumholtz (MVP in 1941 NIT and first player in Ohio University history to score 1,000 career points) banged out four hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953. . . . Cleveland Indians 2B Bosey Berger (Maryland's first hoop All-American led Southern Conference in scoring in league competition in 1930-31) provided four hits, including three doubles, against the Chicago White Sox in 1935. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Jim Bibby (Fayetteville State NC backup player and brother of UCLA All-American Henry Bibby) incurred his only defeat (1-0 against San Diego Padres) in 11 decisions from early June to mid-August en route to leading the N.L. in winning percentage in 1980. . . . Milwaukee Braves 2B Frank Bolling (averaged 7.3 ppg in 1950-51 for Spring Hill AL) went 3-for-4 in both ends of a 1965 twinbill sweep of the San Francisco Giants. . . . Detroit Tigers 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in WAC games in 1991-92) clobbered two homers for the second time in a six-game span in 1998. . . . Chicago Cubs INF Don Eaddy (averaged team-high 13.8 in Big Ten Conference competition as Michigan sophomore in 1952-53) fanned in his lone MLB plate appearance in 1959. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers C Joe Ferguson (played in 1967 NCAA playoffs with Pacific) jacked a game-winning homer in the bottom of the 10th inning in a 2-1 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1980. . . . Philadelphia Athletics rookie 2B Gene Handley (Bradley letterman in 1932-33 and 1933-34) manufactured four hits against the Chicago White Sox in 1946. . . . In 1957, 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) whacked his 13th career grand slam to set a new N.L. record. It was the final grand slam in the history of the Brooklyn franchise before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. . . . Atlanta Braves 2B Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg with Texas A&M in 1961-62) drilled two homers against the Cincinnati Reds in 1973. . . . In 1913, New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) reached the 20-win plateau for the 11th consecutive season. . . . Cleveland Indians 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) had his 19-game hitting streak snapped by the Oakland Athletics in 1971. . . . Hitless in his first six at-bats, RF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) homered in the 16th inning to give the Detroit Tigers a 4-3 victory against the California Angels in 1971. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) posted his 200th triumph with a three-hit, 3-1 success at Chicago in 1958. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Don Schwall (All-Big Seven Conference second-team selection led Oklahoma saved both ends of a 1965 doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs with three innings of scoreless relief in each contest. . . . Atlanta Braves RHP Cecil Upshaw (Centenary's leading scorer as junior in 1962-63) tossed nine innings of four-hit, scoreless relief to secure a 4-2 win against the New York Mets in 1968. . . . Boston Braves rookie RF Chuck Workman (two-time All-MIAA first-five selection was leading scorer when Central Missouri won inaugural NAIA Tournament in 1937) went 4-for-4 against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a 1943 twinbill.
2 - New York Yankees LF Bob Cerv (ranked fourth on Nebraska's career scoring list in 1949-50 when finishing his career) led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a pinch-hit, game-winning homer in a 3-2 triumph against the Detroit Tigers in 1960. . . . Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (Boston University player in early 1920s) hit for the cycle against the New York Yankees in 1933. . . . Milwaukee Braves RHP Gene Conley (All-PCC first-team selection led North Division in scoring in 1949-50 as Washington State sophomore) fired a four-hit shutout against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957. . . . INF Tim Cullen (starting guard for Santa Clara in 1962-63 when he averaged 10 ppg) traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for SS Ron Hansen in 1968. . . . Cleveland Indians OF Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA titlist) hammered three homers in an 11-0 victory against the Washington Senators in 1950. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) stroked three hits in both ends of a 1936 doubleheader sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. . . . Brooklyn Robins rookie 1B Buddy Hassett (played for Manhattan teams winning school-record 17 consecutive games in 1930 and 1931) went 4-for-4 against the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a 1936 doubleheader. . . . RHP Cal Koonce (standout for Campbell in 1960 and 1961 when North Carolina-based school was junior college) purchased from the Chicago Cubs by the New York Mets in 1967. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) logged four hits and four RBI against the Detroit Tigers in a 1994 game. . . . RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) yielded 15 singles but the New York Giants still defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-4, in 1911. . . . New York Yankees 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) homered in both ends of 1983 twinbill against the Toronto Blue Jays. . . . Oakland Athletics CF Billy North (played briefly for Central Washington in 1967-68) collected three hits and three stolen bases in a 3-2 win against the Chicago White Sox in 1974. . . . Philadelphia Phillies LF Gary Redus (J.C. player for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) smacked two triples against the Chicago Cubs in a 1986 game. . . . Milwaukee Braves 2B Mel Roach (averaged 9.3 ppg for Virginia in 1952-53) ripped homer in back-to-back games against the San Francisco Giants in 1958. . . . Bill Virdon (played for Drury MO in 1949) fired as manager of the New York Yankees and succeeded by Billy Martin in 1975.
3 - In the midst of homering in three consecutive contests, New York Mets 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in WAC games in 1991-92) amassed two round-trippers and five RBI against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Gene Conley (All-PCC first-team selection led North Division in scoring in 1949-50 as Washington State sophomore) hurled two innings of hitless relief for the N.L. in a 5-3 setback against the A.L. in the second 1959 All-Star Game. . . . SS Dick Culler (Little All-American in 1935 and 1936 with High Point) purchased from the Chicago Cubs by the New York Giants in 1948. . . . Alvin Dark (letterman for LSU and USL during World War II) fired as manager of the Oakland Athletics in 1967. . . . St. Louis Cardinals SS Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of last three seasons in late 1920s for Lebanon Valley PA) garnered three hits for the third consecutive contest in 1930. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) hammered three homers against the New York Giants in a 1947 doubleheader. . . . San Francisco Giants C Tom Haller (Illinois backup forward in 1956-57 and 1957-58) hammered two homers against the New York Mets in 1966. . . . Boston Braves 1B Buddy Hassett (played for Manhattan teams winning school-record 17 consecutive games in 1930 and 1931) went 4-for-4 against the Cincinnati Reds in 1940. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) collected two homers and six RBI against the Milwaukee Braves in 1955. . . . Washington Senators LF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) homered in both ends of doubleheader split against the Minnesota Twins in 1965. . . . New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) collected two homers and five RBI against the Detroit Tigers in the nightcap of a 1943 twinbill. . . . Cleveland Indians SS Jack Kubiszyn (All-SEC first-team guard as senior averaged 18.3 ppg for Alabama from 1955-56 through 1957-58) connected for his lone MLB homer, accounting for the game's only run against the Kansas City Athletics in 1962. . . . St. Louis Cardinals LF Danny Litwhiler (member of JV squad with Bloomsburg PA in mid-1930s) delivered four hits and six RBI against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1944. . . . Cleveland Indians rookie CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) supplied three extra-base hits against the New York Yankees in 1992. The next year, Lofton logged four runs and three stolen bases against the Detroit Tigers in 1993. . . . RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) surrendered 15 hits in 10 innings but the New York Giants still defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7-6, in 1909. . . . Gene Michael (Kent State's leading scorer with 14 ppg in 1957-58) dismissed as New York Yankees manager in 1982 after losing a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. . . . Chicago Cubs rookie RF Bill Nicholson (guard for Washington College MD two years in mid-1930s) smacked two triples against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1939. . . . Minnesota Twins RHP Joe Niekro (averaged 8.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Liberty WV from 1963-64 through 1965-66) suspended for 10 games by A.L. President Bobby Brown after he was caught with a file on the mound and ejected during the fourth inning of a game against the California Angels in 1987. . . . New York Yankees LF Irv Noren (player of year for California community college state champion Pasadena City in 1945) notched four hits for the second time in a six-game span in 1953. . . . Detroit Tigers OF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) smacked a game-winning, pinch homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against Chicago White Sox reliever Hoyt Wilhelm in the opener of a 1966 doubleheader. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Ron Reed (Notre Dame's leading rebounder in 1963-64 and 1964-65) registered a save, victory or hold in eight straight relief appearances in 1982. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 2B Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) homered in both ends of a 1952 twinbill sweep of the Chicago Cubs. . . . Montreal Expos RF Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman team in mid-1960s) secured the only hit off Bill Hands of the Chicago Cubs in the nightcap of a 1972 doubleheader. . . . In 1975, Kansas City Royals LHP Paul Splittorff (runner-up in scoring and rebounding in 1967-68 for Morningside IA) retired the last 26 Oakland Athletics batters while throwing one of his two career one-hitters.
4 - Cincinnati Reds CF Ethan Allen (Cincinnati letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) went 7-for-9 in a 1928 doubleheader against the New York Giants. . . . In 1961, Chicago Cubs OF George Altman (appeared in 1953 and 1954 NAIA Tournament with Tennessee State) became the first player ever to hit two homers in a single game off Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54). . . . Chicago Cubs 2B Glenn Beckert (three-year letterman for Allegheny PA) banged out five hits against the Houston Astros in a 1969 game. . . . California Angels LF Bruce Bochte (starting forward for Santa Clara's NCAA playoff team in 1969-70 averaged 7.4 ppg and 4 rpg) collected four hits and four runs in a 9-6 win against the Texas Rangers in 1976. . . . Philadelphia Athletics RHP Jack Coombs (captain and starting center for Colby ME) went the distance in a 16-inning duel against the Chicago White Sox ending in a scoreless tie. . . . In 1971, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer and rebounder in 1955-56 and 1956-57) posted his 200th career victory. . . . San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81), securing at least five hits in a game for the fourth time in the 1993 season, stroked six safeties in an 11-10 triumph against the San Francisco Giants. . . . Brooklyn Robins 1B Buddy Hassett (played for Manhattan teams winning school-record 17 consecutive games in 1930 and 1931) delivered four hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1937. . . . A pinch-hit homer by INF Jerry Kindall (averaged 6.9 ppg for Minnesota as junior in 1955-56) in the bottom of the ninth inning tied the score for the Minnesota Twins en route to a 4-3 win against the Washington Senators in 1965. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as freshman in 1964-65 and 12.1 ppg as sophomore in 1965-66) stole four bases against the Houston Astros in a 1974 game. . . . In a stunning relief performance, New York Yankees RHP Lindy McDaniel (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) permitted only one run in 13 innings to earn a 3-2 win against the Detroit Tigers. It was one of five triumphs for McDaniel in less than three weeks in 1973. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers LF Wally Moon (averaged 4.3 ppg with Texas A&M in 1948-49 and 1949-50) went 4-for-4 against the Chicago Cubs in 1961. . . . St. Louis Browns RHP Ernie Nevers (All-PCC second-five choice in 1924-25 for Stanford) hurled his first complete game, defeating the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-1, in 1926. . . . Oakland Athletics CF Billy North (played briefly for Central Washington in 1967-68) stole three bases against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1979. . . . New York Yankees 3B Red Rolfe (played briefly with Dartmouth in 1927-28 and 1929-30) went 5-for-5, including three extra-base hits, against the Washington Senators in 1935. . . . New York Mets 3B Ted Schreiber (played briefly for St. John's in 1957-58 under coach Joe Lapchick) supplied a career-high two hits when he singled in both at-bats against the Milwaukee Braves in 1963 before giving way to pinch-hitter Duke Snider. . . . Houston Colt .45s 2B Johnny Temple (played briefly in 1945 for Catawba NC before joining U.S. Navy) broke up Los Angeles Dodgers P Johnny Podres' bid for a no-hitter with a one-out, ninth-inning single in 1963. . . . While warming up prior to the fifth inning in a 1983 game at Toronto, New York Yankees CF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) accidentally killed a seagull with a thrown ball. . . . New York Yankees LHP Tom Zachary (Guilford NC letterman in 1916) notched his seventh straight win with a shutout against the Cleveland Indians in the opener of a 1929 doubleheader.
5 - San Diego Padres RHP Mike Adams (played for Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1996-97) scored upon for the only time in a span of 19 relief appearances in 2008. . . . Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) collected two homers and five RBI for the third time in a 15-game span in 1962. . . . Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) provided four hits for the second time in a five-game span in 1945. . . . Baltimore Orioles CF Al Bumbry (Virginia State's runner-up in scoring with 16.7 ppg as a freshman in 1964-65) belted his second leadoff homer in two days in 1982. . . . OF Billy Cowan (co-captain of Utah's 1960 NCAA playoff team) traded by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Braves in 1965. . . . RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) purchased from the Oakland Athletics by the Chicago Cubs in 1977. . . . New York Yankees LHP Steve Hamilton (All-OVC selection was Morehead State's leading scorer and rebounder in 1956-57 and 1957-58) secured the lone MLB shutout in his 12-year career (five-hitter against Cleveland Indians in nightcap of 1966 doubleheader). . . . Posting one of his N.L.-leading five shutouts in 1950, New York Giants RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech letterman in 1941-42) yielded a leadoff single before throttling the Pittsburgh Pirates the remainder of the way in a 5-0 whitewash. . . . New York Mets 1B Rick Herrscher (SMU's leading scorer in 1957-58 as All-SWC first-team selection) hammered his lone MLB homer (three-run blast against Cincinnati Reds in opener of 1962 doubleheader). . . . Chicago White Sox 1B Gail Hopkins (averaged 2.5 ppg with Pepperdine in 1963-64) supplied four hits against the Washington Senators in 1969. . . . CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) scored the winning run in the 11th inning in 2001 when the Cleveland Indians erased a 14-2 deficit in the seventh to prevail, 15-14, against the Seattle Mariners. Five years earlier, Lofton went 11-for-20 with three homers in a four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles in 1996. . . . Chicago Cubs RF Jerry Martin (1971 Southern Conference Tournament MVP after finishing runner-up in scoring previous season for Furman's) whacked two homers against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1980. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Ben McDonald (started six games as 6-6 freshman forward for LSU in 1986-87 under coach Dale Brown) hurled a one-hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers in 1994. . . . Washington Senators 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24) went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and seven RBI against the Detroit Tigers in 1929. . . . Chicago Cubs RF Bill Nicholson (guard for Washington College MD two years in mid-1930s) banged out four hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates after homering in three previous games in 1944. . . . Detroit Tigers OF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) went 4-for-4 against the New York Yankees in 1973, capping off a six-game spurt raising his batting average from .268 to .310. . . . OF Richie Scheinblum (averaged 6.1 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 1962-63 and 1963-64 with LIU-C.W. Post) purchased from the Kansas City Royals by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974. . . . LHP Matt Thornton (averaged 5.8 ppg and 2.4 rpg for Grand Valley State MI from 1995-96 through 1997-98) awarded on waivers from the New York Yankees to the Washington Nationals in 2014. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RF Cy Williams (Notre Dame forward in 1909-10), who went on to lead the N.L. in homers in 1927, hit for the cycle and knocked in six runs in a 9-7 triumph against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
6 - In 1932, 1B Dale Alexander (starting center for Milligan TN in mid-1920s) provided a single for the Boston Red Sox' lone safety off Wes Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Donn Clendenon (four-sport letterman with Morehouse GA) went 4-for-4 against the Cincinnati Reds in 1966. . . . Mickey Cochrane (Boston University player in early 1920s) fired as Detroit Tigers manager in 1938. . . . Cincinnati Reds rookie CF Harry Craft (four-sport letterman with Mississippi College in early 1930s) cracked a grand slam in an 11-6 triumph against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. . . . New York Giants 3B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) provided four hits against the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a 1923 twinbill. Thirteen years later as a St. Louis Cardinals 2B, Frisch collected four hits against the Chicago Cubs in 1936. . . . San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) went 4-for-5 in a 12-10 win against the Montreal Expos in 1999, posting the 3,000th hit of his MLB career. . . . LHP Mark Hendrickson (two time All-Pacific-10 Conference selection paced Washington State in rebounding four straight seasons from 1992-93 through 1995-96) made his MLB debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2002. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers LF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) delivered three extra-base hits against the Chicago Cubs in 1961. . . . INF Davey Johnson (averaged 1.7 ppg with Texas A&M in 1961-62) traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs in 1978. . . . San Francisco Giants 1B-OF Rick Leach (averaged 15.5 ppg for Michigan's junior varsity team in 1975-76) suspended for 60 days in 1990 following a positive drug test. . . . New York Yankees RHP Lindy McDaniel (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) posted his eighth save in last 10 relief appearances en route to 12 straight scoreless games in 1970. . . . Cleveland Indians RF Ed Morgan (Tulane letterman from 1923-24 through 1925-26) raised his batting average to .372 with back-to-back three-hit games. . . . Washington Senators 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24) contributed three doubles among his four hits in a 13-11 victory against the New York Yankees in the opener of a 1929 doubleheader. . . . Detroit Tigers CF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) went 4-for-4 against the Cleveland Indians in the opener of a 1972 twinbill. . . . 1B Jack Phillips (leading scorer for 14-1 Clarkson NY in 1942-43) purchased from the New York Yankees by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1949.
7 - Detroit Tigers rookie 1B Dale Alexander (starting center in mid-1920s for Milligan TN) amassed three extra-base hits and six RBI in a 14-4 win against the Cleveland Indians in 1929. . . . Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) collected two homers and six RBI against the Chicago White Sox in 1940. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RF Joe Ferguson (played in 1967 NCAA playoffs with Pacific) drilled two triples against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1976. Three years later with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ferguson whacked two homers against the Houston Astros in 1979. . . . Brooklyn Robins LF Buddy Hassett (played for Manhattan teams winning school-record 17 consecutive contests in 1930 and 1931) went 4-for-4 against the Cincinnati Reds in the nightcap of a 1938 doubleheader. . . . Washington Senators rookie RHP Bucky Jacobs (member of undefeated team in 1935 was among Richmond's top two scorers each of next two seasons) earned his lone MLB victory (against the Detroit Tigers in the nightcap of a 1937 twinbill). . . . Atlanta Braves rookie RF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) went 4-for-4 with two homers against the San Diego Padres in the nightcap of a 1990 twinbill. Ten years later as a LF with the New York Yankees, Justice smacked two homers against the Seattle Mariners in 2000. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) went 4-for-4 against the Baltimore Orioles in 1993. . . . 2B Dutch Meyer (TCU letterman in 1934-35 and 1935-36) traded by the New York Giants to the Detroit Tigers in 1940. . . . St. Louis Cardinals LF Wally Moon (averaged 4.3 ppg with Texas A&M in 1948-49 and 1949-50) went 5-for-5 against the Cincinnati Reds in 1956. . . . RHP Joe Niekro (averaged 8.9 ppg and 3.8 rpg for West Liberty WV from 1963-64 through 1965-66) awarded off waivers from the Detroit Tigers to the Atlanta Braves in 1973. . . . RF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) shipped by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal in 1974. . . . In 1987, Detroit Tigers RHP Jeff Robinson (two-time NAIA All-District 3 honoree in early 1980s left Azusa Pacific CA as its No. 9 all-time scorer) blanked the New York Yankees, 8-0, retiring the last 24 batters in a row. . . . Boston Red Sox rookie RHP Don Schwall (All-Big Seven Conference second-team selection led Oklahoma won seventh straight start, improving his record to 13-2 in 1961. . . . Cleveland Indians 2B Riggs Stephenson (Alabama letterman in 1920) went 4-for-4 against the New York Yankees in 1924. . . . In 1990, California Angels RF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) collected his 2,500th career hit.
8 - Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) launched two homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a 1956 twinbill. . . . Detroit Tigers rookie 1B Dale Alexander (starting center in mid-1920s for Milligan TN) went 5-for-5 in a 9-6 win against the Cleveland Indians in 1929. Two years later, Alexander contributed four hits in a 7-1 triumph against the Indians. . . . Chicago Cubs 2B Joey Amalfitano (played for Loyola Marymount in 1952-53) contributed a career-high four hits in a 14-10 triumph against the New York Mets in 1965. . . . Chicago Cubs CF Frankie Baumholtz (MVP in 1941 NIT and first player in Ohio University history to score 1,000 career points) had career-high 16-game hitting streak snapped by his original team (the Cincinnati Reds) in the nightcap of a 1951 doubleheader. . . . Chicago Cubs 2B Glenn Beckert (three-year letterman for Allegheny PA) collected seven hits against the San Francisco Giants in a 1971 twinbill split. . . . Boston Red Sox RHP Gene Conley (All-PCC first-team selection led North Division in scoring in 1949-50 as Washington State sophomore) tossed a four-hit shutout against the Cleveland Indians in 1962. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) furnished four hits against the Chicago Cubs in 1931. . . . Kansas City Royals RHP Rich Gale (led New Hampshire with 7.2 rpg in 1975-76) hurled a four-hit shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers rookie 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) amassed two homers and five RBI against the Cincinnati Reds in 1948. . . . Kansas City Royals 1B Gail Hopkins (averaged 2.5 ppg with Pepperdine in 1963-64) went 4-for-4 against the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971. . . . Atlanta Braves rookie RF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) jacked two homers against the San Diego Padres for the second game in a row in 1990. . . . New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) went 4-for-4 with three doubles against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1941. . . . SS Gene Michael (Kent State's leading scorer with 14 ppg in 1957-58) stroked a two-out single in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 3-2 victory against the Texas Rangers in 1973. . . . RF Bill Nicholson (played for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) pounded an 11th-inning homer to propel the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 triumph against the Cincinnati Reds in 1947. . . . Atlanta Braves RHP Ron Reed (Notre Dame's leading rebounder in 1963-64 and 1964-65) fired a 10-inning shutout against the New York Mets, triggering a streak where he won nine of his final 11 starts of the 1969 campaign. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) won his eighth straight decision and fourth game in 10 days in 1956. . . . Baltimore Orioles LF Larry Sheets (All-ODAC selection in 1981-82 and 1982-83 with Eastern Mennonite VA) socked two homers in each of back-to-back games against the Texas Rangers in 1987. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Tim Stoddard (starting forward opposite All-American David Thompson for North Carolina State's 1974 NCAA champion) notched his fourth save in as many relief appearances during a 12-game scoreless stretch in 1980.
9 - Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) jacked two homers in an 8-3 setback against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1961. . . . Detroit Tigers C Mickey Cochrane (played for Boston University in early 1920s) collected four hits and five RBI against the St. Louis Browns in 1934. . . . New York Mets RHP Roger Craig (forward with North Carolina State's 1949-50 freshman team) ended his N.L. record-tying 18-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Cubs, 7-3, thanks to OF Jim Hickman's ninth-inning grand slam off RHP Lindy McDaniel (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad). Craig was on the losing end of a shutout nine times in 1963. . . . New York Giants SS Alvin Dark (letterman for LSU and USL during World War II) extended his hitting streak to 17 games in 1951. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Eddie Fisher (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) tossed a three-hit shutout against the Los Angeles Angels in 1962, igniting a personal streak of five straight triumphs. . . . New York Giants 3B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) secured three extra-base hits against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1923. Nine years later as a Cards 2B, Frisch collected four hits and four runs against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1932. . . . St. Louis Cardinals SS Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of last three seasons in late 1920s for Lebanon Valley PA) generated four hits against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1932. . . . Cincinnati Reds 1B Harvey Hendrick (Vanderbilt letterman in 1918) had four hits in a 9-8 win against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. . . . Cleveland Indians DH David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) smacked two homers against the Texas Rangers in the nightcap of a 1997 doubleheader. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as freshman in 1964-65 and 12.1 ppg as sophomore in 1965-66) set new MLB record by stealing his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in 1975. . . . Cleveland Indians 2B Dutch Meyer (TCU letterman in 1934-35 and 1935-36) contributed four hits in a 3-2 loss against the New York Yankees in 1945. . . . OF Bill Nicholson (played for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Washington Senators in 1938. . . . Boston Braves rookie C Ebba St. Claire (Colgate letterman in 1941-42) tied a N.L. backstop standard by participating in three double plays in a single game in 1951. . . . Atlanta Braves LHP George Stone (averaged 14.7 ppg and 6.5 rpg for Louisiana Tech in 1964-65 and 1965-66) hurled a six-hit shutout against the Houston Astros in 1972. . . . Detroit Tigers 2B Gary Sutherland (averaged 7.4 ppg with USC in 1963-64) had his sixth straight multiple-hit outing in the midst of a career-high 15-game hitting streak.
10 - Philadelphia Phillies LF Ethan Allen (Cincinnati letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) delivered three doubles en route to a N.L.-high 42 in a 5-3 loss against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1934. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates LF Carson "Skeeter" Bigbee (Oregon letterman in 1915) posted his second five-hit game in less than two months in 1922. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) went 4-for-4 against the Chicago Cubs in 1934. . . . 1B-OF Dick Gernert (letterman with Temple in 1948-49 when he averaged 2.7 ppg) homered in the 10th inning to help catapult the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory against the New York Yankees in 1952. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Lindy McDaniel (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) secured his seventh relief win in as many decisions covering a little more than five weeks in 1960. . . . Baltimore Orioles 3B Ryan Minor (two-time All-Big Eight Conference first-team selection for Oklahoma was league player of year as junior in 1994-95 when averaging 23.6 ppg and 8.4 rpg) had a career-high three hits against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1999. . . . In 1936, INF Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24), the defending A.L. batting champion, was sent home by the Washington Senators to recover from a season-long stomach ailment. . . . C Cal Neeman (Illinois Wesleyan's leading scorer in 1947-48 and 1948-49) purchased from the Cleveland Indians by the Washington Senators in 1963. . . . In the midst of five complete-game victories in less than a month in 1933, New York Giants RHP Roy Parmelee (Eastern Michigan letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) tossed a two-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies. . . . San Diego Padres RF Clint Venable (two-time All-Ivy League selection averaged 9.3 ppg under Princeton coach John Thompson III from 2001-02 through 2004-05) contributed three extra-base hits in a 9-5 win against the New York Mets in 2011. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates CF Bill Virdon (played for Drury MO in 1949) tied a MLB mark by notching two assists in the seventh inning of the nightcap of a 1958 doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds. Twenty-four years later in 1982, Virdon was fired as Houston Astros manager.
11 - In the midst of a career-high 20-game hitting streak in 1959, Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) went 4-for-4 against the Cincinnati Reds, homering in his third straight outing. . . . Detroit Tigers RHP Elden Auker (All-Big Six Conference first-five selection with Kansas State in 1931-32) hurled his second shutout in a 10-day span in 1934. . . . New York Giants RHP Curt Barclay (Oregon's third-leading scorer and rebounder as a sophomore in 1950-51) hurled a three-hit, 5-0 shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a 1957 doubleheader. It was Barclay's second straight whitewash. . . . Chicago Cubs OF Frankie Baumholtz (MVP in 1941 NIT and first player in Ohio University history to score 1,000 career points) furnished his third consecutive contest with three safeties in 1952. . . . Texas Rangers RHP Jim Bibby (Fayetteville State NC backup player and brother of UCLA All-American Henry Bibby) fired his second shutout against the Detroit Tigers during the 1974 campaign. . . . In 1990, Atlanta Braves RHP Marty Clary (Northwestern letterman in 1981-82 and 1982-83) incurred his seventh defeat in as many decisions in a five-week span. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates rookie 1B Donn Clendenon (four-sport letterman with Morehouse GA) cracked a grand slam against the Chicago Cubs in 1962. . . . C Mickey Cochrane (Boston University player in early 1920s) delivered a decisive ninth-inning hit to give the win to RHP George Earnshaw (Swarthmore PA player in 1922) in the Philadelphia Athletics' 3-2 decision over the Washington Senators in 1928. . . . Gene Desautels (Holy Cross letterman in 1929 and 1930) caught the entire game for the Cleveland Indians without a putout (no strikeouts) in 1942 when they have a 14-inning scoreless tie with the Detroit Tigers. . . . San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) went 5-for-5 and scored four runs in a 7-6 triumph against the Atlanta Braves in 1987. Two years later, Gwynn went 4-for-4 against the Braves in the nightcap of a 1989 doubleheader en route to a league-high 203 hits. . . . San Francisco Giants LHP Atlee Hammaker (averaged 5.3 ppg as freshman in 1976-77 and 4.9 as sophomore in 1977-78 under ETSU coach Sonny Smith) fired his final shutout of 12-year MLB career, a five-hitter against the Houston Astros in 1988. . . . Chicago Cubs SS Don Kessinger (three-time All-SEC selection for Mississippi from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among nation's top 45 scorers each year) delivered five hits against the Cincinnati Reds in 1968. . . . LF Bill Nicholson (played for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) capped off back-to-back-to-back homers by the Chicago Cubs but the three straight round-trippers weren't enough to prevent a 7-5 defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941. . . . In 1945, Chicago Cubs RHP Claude Passeau (played for Millsaps MS in late 1920s and early 1930s) restricted the Boston Braves to two hits - both coming with two outs in the eighth inning. . . . In 1987, Baltimore Orioles LF Larry Sheets (All-ODAC selection in 1981-82 and 1982-83 with Eastern Mennonite VA) smacked two homers for the third time in his last five games. . . . Chicago Cubs 2B Rob Sperring (averaged 8.7 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Pacific from 1968-69 through 1970-71) collected a homer and double in his MLB debut against the San Francisco Giants in 1974. . . . 2B Johnny Temple (played briefly for Catawba NC in 1945 before serving in U.S. Navy) purchased from the Baltimore Orioles by the Houston Colt .45s in 1962. . . . In 1959, Detroit Tigers SS Coot Veal (Auburn's scoring leader as sophomore in 1951-52 before transferring to Mercer) connected for his lone homer in 611 MLB career at-bats (against Chicago White Sox). . . . RHP Jim Wilson (letterman for San Diego State's 1942 NAIA Tournament participant) traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers in 1949.
12 - California Angels RHP Chris Beasley (Arizona State's leading scorer in 1983-84) lost his only MLB decision in 1991 (4-3 against the Minnesota Twins). . . . Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) went 4-for-4, including two triples, against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943. . . . Arizona Diamondbacks 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in WAC games in 1991-92) smacked two homers against the Atlanta Braves in 2005. . . . Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (Boston University player in early 1920s) contributed four hits against the Detroit Tigers in 1931. . . . In the midst of a career-high 14-game hitting streak, New York Yankees rookie RF Charlie Keller (Maryland letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) collected back-to-back three-safety contests against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1939. . . . Chicago Cubs LF Irv Noren (player of year for California community college state champion Pasadena City in 1945) went 4-for-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959. . . . Chicago Cubs rookie RHP Paul Reuschel (averaged 12.1 rpg for Western Illinois in 1966-67 and 1967-68) surrendered his only run in a 13-game relief span through the end of the month in 1975. . . . In 1953, Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 15th consecutive time. Roberts reached the 20-win plateau for the fourth straight season. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates LHP Preacher Roe (played for Harding AR in late 1930s) registered back-to-back six-hit shutouts in 1945. . . . Baltimore Orioles OF Larry Sheets (All-ODAC selection for Eastern Mennonite VA in 1981-82 and 1982-83) and teammate Wayne Gross (led Cal Poly Pomona in assists in 1974-75) socked back-to-back pinch-hit homers but they weren't enough to prevent an 8-5 setback against the Cleveland Indians in 1985. . . . In 1960, Detroit Tigers RHP Dave Sisler (All-Ivy League second-team selection for Princeton's first NCAA playoff team in 1952) supplied his eighth straight relief appearance without yielding an earned run. . . . Arizona Diamondbacks rookie 2B Junior Spivey (redshirted his only semester at Northwestern Oklahoma State on hoop scholarship before transferring to KS junior college) registered his second five-hit game of the 2001 campaign. . . . Chicago Cubs INF-OF Riggs Stephenson (Alabama letterman in 1920) knocked in the winning run in the 11th inning of a 3-2 victory against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930. . . . San Francisco Giants CF Randy Winn (Santa Clara backcourtmate of eventual two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash in 1993-94) accounted for the game's only run with a homer at Florida in 2005.
13 - Toronto Blue Jays CF Danny Ainge (three-time Brigham Young All-American and national player of year as senior in 1980-81) went 3-for-3 in a 5-4 setback against the Milwaukee Brewers in 1980. . . . Chicago Cubs rookie RF George Altman (appeared in 1953 and 1954 NAIA Tournament with Tennessee State) collected five hits, including two homers, and five RBI in a 20-9 win against the San Francisco Giants in 1959. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Jim Bibby (Fayetteville State NC backup player and brother of UCLA All-American Henry Bibby) won his sixth decision in a row en route to leading the N.L. in winning percentage in 1979. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 1B George Crowe (four-year letterman from 1939-40 through 1942-43 for Indiana Central after becoming first high school player named state's Mr. Basketball) cracked a pinch-hit grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Dave DeBusschere (three-time All-American for Detroit from 1959-60 through 1961-62) tossed a shutout against the Cleveland Indians in 1963. . . . In 1955, Cleveland Indians OF Larry Doby (reserve guard for Virginia Union's 1943 CIAA titlist) made his first miscue after an A.L.-record 165 errorless games. . . . Boston Red Sox RHP Boo Ferriss (Mississippi State letterman in 1941) won his eighth straight game for victory No. 20 in 1946. . . . New York Giants INF Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) stroked four hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1925. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) hurled a one-hitter to beat the Chicago Cubs, 1-0, in 1966. . . . Detroit Tigers rookie 1B Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) provided three doubles in a 17-inning contest against the Chicago White Sox in 1933. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates SS Dick Groat (two-time All-American with Duke in 1950-51 and 1951-52 when finishing among nation's top five scorers each season) went 4-for-4 against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960. . . . In his MLB debut in 1981, Kansas City Royals LHP Atlee Hammaker (averaged 5.3 ppg as freshman in 1976-77 and 4.9 as sophomore in 1977-78 under ETSU coach Sonny Smith) hurled four innings of shutout relief against the Baltimore Orioles. . . . Cleveland Indians LF Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) homered in his third consecutive contest in 1979. . . . New York Giants RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech letterman in 1941-42) shut out the Philadelphia Phillies' Whiz Kids in 1950. . . . In the midst of a career-high 17-game hitting streak, Chicago Cubs SS Don Kessinger (three-time All-SEC selection for Mississippi from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among nation's top 45 scorers each year) contributed three hits and three runs against the New York Mets in a 1972 game. . . . Baltimore Orioles rookie RHP Ben McDonald (started six games as 6-6 freshman forward for LSU in 1986-87 under coach Dale Brown) won his first five MLB starts in 1990. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Jimmy Miles (averaged 5.2 ppg and 8.9 rpg for Delta State MS in 1964-65) lost his lone MLB decision (7-3 against Kansas City Royals in 1969). . . . Washington Senators 2B Buddy Myer (Mississippi State letterman in 1923-24) went 4-for-4 against the Chicago White Sox in 1930. . . . New York Yankees 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) amassed two homers and five RBI against the Minnesota Twins in 1976. . . . C Don Prohovich (member of Holy Cross' 1954 NIT champion) traded with $15,000 by the White Sox to the Cubs for utilityman Earl Averill Jr. in 1960. Deal was the first swap of players between the two Chicago franchises. . . . OF Rip Repulski (started a few games for St. Cloud State MN) hit a three-run pinch homer for the Philadelphia Phillies but they still lost against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-9, in 1958. . . . Cincinnati Reds LHP Eppa Rixey (Virginia letterman in 1911-12 and 1913-14) drove in two runs and blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0, in 1932. . . . Milwaukee Braves 2B Mel Roach (averaged 9.3 ppg for Virginia in 1952-53) went 3-for-3, including a homer, and chipped in with three RBI in a 4-2 win against the San Francisco Giants in 1960.
14 - Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) suffered a broken right ankle in a collision at second base in 1945. The next year, Boudreau supplied four hits against the Detroit Tigers in 1946. . . . RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) won his first and only decision with the New York Yankees (3-1 over Boston Red Sox in 1954). . . . Detroit Tigers 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in WAC competition in 1991-92) homered in his third consecutive contest in 1999. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates rookie 1B Donn Clendenon (four-sport letterman with Morehouse GA) went 5-for-5 with four extra-base hits in a 1964 doubleheader split against the Chicago Cubs. . . . Cincinnati Reds CF Harry Craft (four-sport letterman with Mississippi College in early 1930s) contributed three extra-base hits (double, triple and homer) against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a 1938 twinbill. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer in 1955-56 and 1956-57) hurled a no-hitter at Pittsburgh in 1971. . . . San Diego Padres RF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) went 4-for-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1993. . . . Texas Rangers 1B Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) supplied a leadoff homer for the second straight game in 1977. . . . Philadelphia Phillies 3B Chuck Harmon (second-leading scorer for Toledo in 1946-47 and 1947-48) went 4-for-4 against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1957. . . . RHP Dave Madison (letterman for LSU from 1939-40 through 1942-43) traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Detroit Tigers in an eight-player swap in 1952. . . . San Diego Padres LHP Dennis Rasmussen (sixth-man for Creighton averaged 5.1 ppg from 1977-78 through 1979-80) defeated the Houston Astros, 4-1, ending a personal losing streak of nine straight starts in 1991. . . . In 1991, St. Louis Cardinals RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) reached the 30-save plateau for the sixth time en route to leading the N.L. with 47. . . . New York Mets RHP Darrell Sutherland (averaged 8.1 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Stanford from 1960-61 through 1962-63 under coach Howie Dallmar) tripled and hurled four innings of hitless relief in posting his first MLB victory (1-0 in 10 frames against Houston Astros in 1965). . . . Birdie Tebbetts (played for Providence in 1932) resigned as Cincinnati Reds manager in 1958. . . . Detroit Tigers rookie SS Coot Veal (averaged team-high 10.9 ppg as Auburn sophomore in 1951-52 before transferring to Mercer) contributed three safeties against the Cleveland Indians, triggering a 13-game hitting streak in 1958. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 1B Bill White (played two years with Hiram OH in early 1950s) hit for the cycle in the opener of a 1960 doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . In 1991, California Angels RF-DH Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) slugged the 400th homer of his career.
15 - California Angels 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) socked two homers against the Minnesota Twins in 1966. . . . Philadelphia Phillies CF Ethan Allen (Cincinnati letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) provided four hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1935. . . . California Angels 1B Bruce Bochte (starting forward for Santa Clara's NCAA playoff team in 1970 averaged 7.4 ppg and 4 rpg) contributed three extra-base hits in an 8-0 win against the Detroit Tigers in 1975. . . . 2B Frank Bolling (averaged 7.3 ppg in 1950-51 for Spring Hill AL) knocked in all of the Detroit Tigers' runs in a 12-5 setback against the Kansas City Athletics in 1958. . . . Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) secured seven safeties in a 1948 doubleheader sweep of the Chicago White Sox. . . . Milwaukee Braves RHP Gene Conley (All-PCC first-team selection led North Division in scoring in 1949-50 as a Washington State sophomore) won his ninth consecutive contest in 1954 (2-1 against Chicago Cubs). Seven years later, Conley was with the Boston Red Sox in 1961 when he tossed a shutout and cracked a homer in an 8-0 shelling of the Cleveland Indians. . . . 1B Walt Dropo (Connecticut's first player ever to average 20 points for a season with 21.7 ppg in 1942-43) was hospitalized after beaning in 1950 but the Boston Red Sox began a streak of winning 27 of their next 30 games. . . . In the midst of 11 consecutive scoreless appearances, New York Yankees LHP Steve Hamilton (All-OVC selection was Morehead State's leading scorer and rebounder in 1956-57 and 1957-58) notched a win against the Kansas City Athletics with four innings of one-hit relief in the nightcap of a 1965 doubleheader. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) logged four hits and four RBI against the Minnesota Twins in 2001. . . . Boston Red Sox 1B Tony Lupien (Harvard captain in 1938-39 accumulated four hits against the St. Louis Browns for the third time in 1943. . . . New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) blanked opponents going into extra innings but wound up losing each contest - against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1910 and Boston Braves in 1914. . . . RF Greasy Neale (West Virginia Wesleyan College hoopster graduated in 1915) pilfered second, third and home in the ninth inning to help the Cincinnati Reds upend the New York Giants, 4-0, in the nightcap of a 1919 twinbill. . . . RF Bill Nicholson (guard for Washington College MD two years in mid-1930s) socked three homers, two doubles and a single but the Chicago Cubs dropped both ends of a 1942 doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . Houston Astros 2B Rob Sperring (averaged 8.7 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Pacific from 1968-69 through 1970-71) supplied a career-high four hits in a 15-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves in 1977. . . . New York Giants C Wes Westrum (played for Bemidji State MN one season before serving in military during WWII) provided the difference with an eighth-inning, two-run homer in a 3-1 decision over the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951. . . . San Francisco Giants CF Randy Winn (Santa Clara backcourtmate of eventual two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash in 1993-94) hit for the cycle against the Cincinnati Reds in 2005.
16 - Chicago Cubs 2B Glenn Beckert (three-year letterman for Allegheny PA) contributed four hits against the San Francisco Giants in 1972. . . . Chicago Cubs RHP Tom Dettore (averaged team-high 14.1 ppg plus 9 rpg in 1965-66 for Juniata PA) earned his first MLB victory with 6 1/3 innings of shutout relief against the San Diego Padres in 1974. . . . Chicago White Sox 1B Kerby Farrell (key player for couple of strong Freed-Hardeman TN squads in mid-1930s) collected three hits for the second consecutive contest in 1945. . . . Cincinnati Reds 3B Gene Freese (West Liberty WV captain of 1952 NAIA Tournament team) launched two homers against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the nightcap of a 1961 doubleheader. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) clobbered two homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1947. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates SS Dick Groat (two-time All-American with Duke in 1950-51 and 1951-52 when finishing among nation's top five scorers each season) registered his seventh consecutive contest with multiple hits. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) amassed two homers and six RBI against the New York Giants in 1950. . . . Kansas City Royals CF Lynn Jones (averaged 10.4 ppg for Thiel PA from 1970-71 through 1973-74) stroked four hits against the Toronto Blue Jays in 1985. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) improved his record to 19-5 with a 3-0 shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals but will miss the remainder of the 1964 season because of an elbow injury incurred while sliding back into second base earlier in the month. . . . In 1911, New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) defeated the Cincinnati Reds for the 22nd straight time. . . . Chicago White Sox RF Lyle Mouton (starter in LSU's backcourt with All-American Chris Jackson for 1989 NCAA playoff team) had his career-high 14-game hitting streak snapped by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1996. . . . Detroit Tigers LF Curtis Pride (led William & Mary in steals three times and assists twice while averaging 5.6 ppg and 3.1 apg from 1986-87 through 1989-90) hit safely in first 10 games of the month, a career high, before he was blanked by the Cleveland Indians in 1996. . . . RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) twirled four-hit shutouts in his first two starts for the Houston Astros in 1965. . . . New York Yankees rookie LHP Marius Russo (member of LIU teams compiling 50-2 record in 1934-35 and 1935-36 under legendary coach Clair Bee) hurled a four-hit shutout against the Washington Senators in 1939, igniting a streak of seven straight complete-game victories as a starter.
17 - San Diego Padres RHP Mike Adams (played for Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1996-97) surrendered his only earned run (against the Chicago Cubs) in last 34 relief appearances in 2009. . . . 1B Ron Allen (Youngstown State's scoring and rebounding leader as a sophomore in 1961-62) secured his only MLB hit, a ninth-inning homer at San Diego in 1972, after the brother of standout 1B Dick Allen replaced ejected St. Louis Cardinals teammate Joe Torre. . . . San Diego Padres SS Bill Almon (averaged 2.5 ppg in half a season for Brown's 1972-73 team ending school streak of 12 straight losing records) collected three hits and five RBI in a 7-4 win against the Cincinnati Reds in 1977. . . . OF Billy Cowan (Utah letterman from 1957-58 through 1959-60 was co-captain of NCAA playoff team as senior) clubbed a two-run, pinch homer off Juan Pizzaro in the eighth inning to give the California Angels a 7-6 victory against the Cleveland Indians in 1969. . . . Bing Devine (Washington MO letterman in mid-1930s) fired as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964 before they go on to win the World Series against the New York Yankees. . . . RHP Eddie Fisher (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox in 1972. . . . OF Curt Flood and 3B Gene Freese (captain of 1952 NAIA Tournament team for West Liberty WV), the first two St. Louis Cardinals batters, hammered back-to-back homers off Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) in the opener of a 1958 doubleheader. . . . Philadelphia Athletics RF Walt French (letterman for Rutgers and Army) went 4-for-4 against the Cleveland Indians in the opener of a 1926 twinbill. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) homered in both ends of a 1929 doubleheader split against the New York Giants. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Dick Hall (averaged 12.8 ppg from 1948-49 through 1950-51 for three Swarthmore PA Southern Division champions in Middle Atlantic States Conference) provided a perfect inning of relief against the Kansas City Athletics in 1963, giving him 28 consecutive batters retired in a span of five appearances. Four years later with the Philadelphia Phillies, Hall notched his 11th straight game in relief without allowing an earned run in 1967. . . . Cleveland Indians LF Mike Hargrove (Northwestern Oklahoma State letterman) homered twice against the Oakland Athletics in 1979. . . . In 2008, Florida Marlins LHP Mark Hendrickson (two-time All-Pacific-10 Conference selection was Washington State's leading rebounder each season from 1992-93 through 1995-96) allowed his only run in nine relief appearances during the month. . . . In 1985, Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees, moving past Willie McCovey and Ted Williams on the all-time homer list, swatted his 522nd career round-tripper off Oakland A's LHP Bill Krueger (led WCAC in free-throw percentage in 1975-76 with Portland). . . . New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) hurled his second straight three-hit shutout against Chicago in 1905. . . . New York Giants LHP Jim Mooney (played for East Tennessee State) tossed a four-hit shutout against the Cincinnati Reds in 1932. . . . Cincinnati Reds rookie RF Greasy Neale (graduated in 1915 from West Virginia Wesleyan) had his 12-game hitting streak snapped by the Chicago Cubs in 1920. . . . In the midst of homering in six consecutive contests, San Diego Padres 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) cracked two round-trippers against the Montreal Expos in 1984. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers CF Billy North (played briefly for Central Washington in 1967-68) stole three bases against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1978. . . . Boston Braves rookie C Ebba St. Claire (Colgate letterman in 1941-42) had an 11-game hitting streak snapped by the Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine in the opener of a 1951 doubleheader.
18 - In the midst of a 21-game hitting streak, St. Louis Browns RF Beau Bell (two-year letterman for Texas A&M in early 1930s) went 5-for-5 in the opener of a 1936 doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. . . . RHP Ray Burris (played for Southwestern Oklahoma State) purchased from the New York Yankees by the New York Mets in 1979. . . . Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (played for Boston University in early 1920s) went 4-for-4 against the Detroit Tigers in 1933. . . . St. Louis Browns C Rick Ferrell (played forward for Guilford NC before graduating in 1928) capped off a career-high 20-game hitting streak with four safeties against the Boston Red Sox in 1932. Four years later, Ferrell supplied three extra-base hits against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) smacked two homers against the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a 1932 twinbill. . . . INF Charlie Gelbert (scored at least 125 points each of his last three seasons with Lebanon Valley PA in late 1920s) awarded on waivers from the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox in 1940. . . . Dallas Green (Delaware's second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1954-55) fired as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1989. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Harry Kinzy (starting forward for TCU from 1931-32 through 1933-34) lost his lone MLB decision and complete game when walking 10 Washington Senators batters in 1934. . . . Cleveland Indians RF Harvey Kuenn (played briefly for Wisconsin in 1951-52 after competing on JV squad previous season) went 4-for-4 against the Chicago White Sox in 1960. . . . Chicago White Sox 3B Vance Law (averaged 6.8 ppg for Brigham Young from 1974-75 through 1976-77) went 3-for-3, including logging the decisive RBI in the bottom of the eighth inning, in a 7-6 win against the Toronto Blue Jays in 1984. . . . New York Giants CF Hank Leiber (played for Arizona in 1931) collected a homer, triple and two doubles in an 8-4 triumph against the Cincinnati Reds in 1935. . . . Philadelphia Phillies LF Danny Litwhiler (member of JV squad with Bloomsburg PA in mid-1930s) smacked two triples against the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a 1941 doubleheader. . . . Milwaukee Braves SS Johnny Logan (played for Binghamton in 1948-49) doubled in his fifth consecutive contest in 1956. . . . Cleveland Indians 2B Dutch Meyer (TCU letterman in 1934-35 and 1935-36) went 4-for-4 in a 7-4 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945. . . . Oakland Athletics CF Billy North (played briefly for Central Washington in 1967-68) stroked four hits in a 6-3 win against the Milwaukee Brewers in 1973. . . . RHP Claude Passeau (played for Millsaps MS in late 1920s and early 1930s) tossed a three-hit shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies ended a 14-game losing streak with a 7-0 verdict over the Boston Bees in 1936. . . . RHP Steve Renko (averaged 9.9 ppg and 5.8 rpg as Kansas sophomore in 1963-64) traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Chicago White Sox in 1977.
19 - Chicago Cubs 1B George Altman (appeared in 1953 and 1954 NAIA Tournament with Tennessee State) amassed four hits in a 4-3 win against the Houston Colt .45s in 1962. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates LF Clyde Barnhart (played for Shippensburg PA predecessor Cumberland Valley State Normal School prior to World War I) went 4-for-4 and chipped in with five RBI against the Brooklyn Robins in 1925. . . . 2B Marv Breeding (played for Samford in mid-1950s) purchased from the Los Angeles Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles in 1964. . . . Detroit Tigers rookie RHP Ownie Carroll (Holy Cross letterman in 1922) hurled his third complete-game victory of the month in 1927. . . . Detroit Tigers 1B Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) collected three homers and eight RBI in a 1938 doubleheader sweep of the St. Louis Browns. . . . New York Yankees LF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) jacked two homers against the Anaheim Angels in 2000. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Andy Karl (Manhattan letterman from 1933 through 1935) saved slugger Jimmie Foxx's only MLB pitching decision in 1945 (6-2 win against Cincinnati Reds). . . . New York Yankees LF Charlie Keller (Maryland letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) homered in both ends of a 1942 twinbill split against the Boston Red Sox. . . . Detroit Tigers SS Harvey Kuenn (played briefly for Wisconsin in 1951-52 after competing on JV squad previous season) contributed four hits against the Cleveland Indians in the nightcap of a 1954 doubleheader. . . . New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) had his 22-game winning streak against the Cincinnati Reds snapped in 1911. . . . Detroit Tigers LF Curtis Pride (led William & Mary in steals three times and assists twice while averaging 5.6 ppg and 3.1 apg from 1986-87 through 1989-90) smacked a pinch-hit, three-run homer against the Chicago White Sox in 1996. . . . OF Gary Redus (J.C. player for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1988. . . . 1B-OF Norm Siebern (member of Southwest Missouri State's back-to-back NAIA Tournament titlists in 1952 and 1953) supplied a pinch-hit, bases-loaded triple to help the Boston Red Sox outlasted the California Angels, 12-11, in 1967. . . . Philadelphia Phillies rookie SS Gary Sutherland (averaged 7.4 ppg with USC in 1963-64) went 3-for-3, including his first MLB homer, against the Chicago Cubs in 1967. . . . San Diego Padres CF Clint Venable (two-time All-Ivy League selection averaged 9.3 ppg under Princeton coach John Thompson III from 2001-02 through 2004-05) went hitless for the only time in his first 25 games of the month in 2013. . . . Bill Virdon (played for Drury MO in 1949) hired as manager by the Houston Astros in 1975.
20 - Houston Astros C Mark Bailey (led Southwest Missouri State in rebounding and field-goal percentage in 1980-81) collected three hits, four runs and four RBI in a 17-2 romp over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1985. . . . Detroit Tigers 2B Frank Bolling (averaged 7.3 ppg in 1950-51 for Spring Hill AL) collected two homers and five RBI against the New York Yankees in 1959. . . . In the midst of a career-high 17-game hitting streak, Kansas City Athletics LF Bob Cerv (ranked fourth on Nebraska's career scoring list in 1949-50 when finishing his career) collected three homers and six RBI in an 11-10 defeat against the Boston Red Sox in 1959. . . . RHP Bill Connors (averaged 6 ppg and 2.3 rpg for Syracuse in 1960-61) purchased from the Chicago Cubs by the New York Mets in 1967. . . . Baltimore Orioles LHP Mike Flanagan (averaged 13.9 ppg for UMass' freshman squad in 1971-72) fired his fifth shutout of the 1979 campaign - a three-hitter against the Texas Rangers - in the midst of him winning eight straight starts en route to an A.L.-high 23 triumphs. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers SS Jake Flowers (member of Washington College MD "Flying Pentagon" championship squad in 1923) contributed four hits against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a 1933 doubleheader. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Bob Keegan (Bucknell letterman in 1941-42 and 1942-43), utilizing a new slow delivery, hurled a 6-0 no-hitter against the Washington Senators in 1957. . . . SS Don Kessinger (three-time All-SEC selection for Mississippi from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among nation's top 45 scorers each year) traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox in 1977. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) logged two homers and six RBI against the Seattle Mariners in 2000. . . . 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as freshman in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66) set a Los Angeles Dodgers record with 15 total bases in an 18-8 rout of the Chicago Cubs in 1974 (three homers, double and single). . . . Kansas City Athletics 2B Jerry Lumpe (member of Southwest Missouri State's 1952 NAIA Tournament championship club) went 7-for-10 in a 1963 doubleheader sweep of the Washington Senators. . . . St. Louis Cardinals CF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) belted two homers against the Cincinnati Reds in 1975. . . . Texas Rangers RF Gary Redus (J.C. player for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) ripped two homers against the Baltimore Orioles in 1993. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Ron Reed (Notre Dame's leading rebounder in 1963-64 and 1964-65) tossed a four-hit shutout against the Cincinnati Reds in 1975. Reed yielded fewer than two earned runs in nine of his first 16 starts for the Cards. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) had his 15-game winning streak against the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped in 1953. . . . In 1945, Brooklyn Dodgers SS Tommy Brown (17 years old) became the youngest player to hit a MLB homer when connecting off Pittsburgh Pirates LHP Preacher Roe (played for Harding AR in late 1930s). . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP John Stuper (two-time all-conference junior college player in mid-1970s with Butler County PA) hurled his lone MLB shutout (five-hitter against the Houston Astros in 1983). . . . Birdie Tebbetts (played for Providence in 1932) resigned as manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1966. . . . New York Yankees RF Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) walloped the 300th homer of his career in 1986.
21 - Boston Red Sox INF Jack Barry (letterman for Holy Cross in 1908) tied a MLB record with four sacrifices at Cleveland in 1916. . . . Philadelphia Athletics RHP Bill Beckmann (played in late 1920s for Washington MO) tossed a shutout against the Chicago White Sox in 1940 for his fifth victory in as many decisions in a 3 1/2-week span. . . . Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) banged out four hits against the Chicago White Sox in the opener of a 1949 twinbill. . . . Philadelphia Phillies rookie RHP Ron Diorio (New Haven CT runner-up in scoring and rebounding in 1968-69) yielded the only run in his first 17 relief appearances in the 1973 campaign (0.60 ERA in that span). . . . Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Dave Giusti (made 6 of 10 field-goal attempts in two games for Syracuse in 1959-60) twirled a shutout and knocked in six runs with a pair of bases-loaded doubles in an 11-0 rout of the Cincinnati Reds in 1966. . . . Monte Irvin (played for Lincoln PA 1 1/2 years in late 1930s) named special assistant to Commissioner William Eckert in 1968. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Ted Lyons (two-time All-SWC first-team selection for Baylor in early 1920s) hurled a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox in 1926. Lyons required only 67 minutes and 81 pitches. . . . Philadelphia Athletics RHP Bill McCahan (three-year Duke letterman named to All-Southern Conference Tournament team in 1942) earned his fourth consecutive complete-game victory in 1947. . . . 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) accounted for both of the New York Yankees' runs via a homer and double in a 2-1 triumph against the Texas Rangers in 1977. . . . RHP Floyd Newkirk (Hall of Fame selection at Illinois College) made his lone MLB appearance with the New York Yankees in 1934. . . . Pitchers Paul Reuschel (Western Illinois' leading rebounder in 1966-67 with 15.2 per game) and Rick Reuschel collaborated on a 7-0 victory for the Chicago Cubs against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1975 - the first time brothers combined on a shutout. Paul relieved in the seventh inning after Rick was forced to leave because of a blister on his finger. . . . Cincinnati Reds LHP Eppa Rixey (Virginia letterman in 1912 and 1914) was 41 in 1932 when he tossed the second of back-to-back shutouts against the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . San Diego Padres RF Clint Venable (two-time All-Ivy League selection averaged 9.3 ppg under Princeton coach John Thompson III from 2001-02 through 2004-05) supplied four hits in a 7-5 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2012.
22 - Detroit Tigers 1B Dale Alexander (starting center in mid-1920s for Milligan TN) delivered four hits in a 9-6 win against the Boston Red Sox in 1931. . . . San Diego Padres SS Bill Almon (averaged 2.5 ppg in half a season for Brown's 1972-73 team ending school streak of 12 straight losing records) went 4-for-4 against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1979. . . . St. Louis Browns rookie RF Red Badgro (first-five pick on All-Pacific Coast Conference team in 1926-27 as USC's MVP) banged out four hits in a 10-0 victory against the New York Yankees in 1929. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates LF Carson "Skeeter" Bigbee (Oregon letterman in 1915), playing in his third straight extra-inning game against Brooklyn, went 6-for-11 in a 22-inning marathon in 1917. . . . Washington Senators 1B Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) hammered two homers, including decisive blow in the top of the 10th inning, against the Minnesota Twins in 1970. . . . RHP Jim Konstanty (Syracuse player in late 1930s) awarded on waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees in 1954. . . . In 1973, OF Joe Lahoud (New Haven CT letterman in mid-1960s) launched a ninth-inning, pinch-hit grand slam to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 lead but they wound up losing against the California Angels, 5-4, in 10 innings. . . . Chicago Cubs RF Bill Nicholson (played for Washington College MD in mid-1930s) socked a game-winning homer in the bottom of the 11th inning in a 5-4 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in 1942. . . . St. Louis Cardinals C Don Padgett (freshman in 1934 with Lenoir-Rhyne NC excelled in multiple sports) provided four hits against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939. . . . In the midst of a 10-game hitting streak closing out the month, Chicago Cubs 2B Paul Popovich (averaged 3.3 ppg for West Virginia's 1960 NCAA playoff team) pounded a three-run homer in a 6-5 win against the Cincinnati Reds in 1973. . . . INF Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) contributed five hits in the nightcap of a 1951 doubleheader to spark the Brooklyn Dodgers to their 14th straight victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.
23 - Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) provided four hits against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a 1953 twinbill. . . . In 1989, Atlanta Braves RHP Marty Clary (Northwestern letterman in 1981-82 and 1982-83) notched his lone MLB shutout (3-0 against St. Louis Cardinals). . . . Philadelphia Athletics C Mickey Cochrane (played for Boston University in early 1920s) manufactured two homers among his four hits and chipped with five RBI against the Chicago White Sox in 1932. . . . 3B Gene Freese (captain of 1952 NAIA Tournament team for West Liberty WV) purchased from the Pittsburgh Pirates by the Chicago White Sox in 1965. . . . In the midst of a career-high 23-game hitting streak, St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) furnished nine consecutive multiple-hit contests in 1931. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates SS Dick Groat (two-time All-American with Duke in 1950-51 and 1951-52 when finishing among nation's top five scorers each season) knocked in the winning run in the 11th inning of the nightcap of a 1959 doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers to give reliever Elroy Face his 16th victory without a loss. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) hammered his 14th career grand slam to set a new N.L. record. It was the first grand slam in the history of the franchise on the West Coast. . . . Detroit Tigers RF Harvey Kuenn (played briefly for Wisconsin in 1951-52 after competing on JV squad previous season) went 5-for-5 against the Baltimore Orioles in 1959. . . . New York Yankees rookie RF Jim Lyttle (led Florida State in free-throw shooting in 1965-66 when averaging 12.4 ppg) went 4-for-4 with three RBI in a 7-5 win against the Chicago White Sox in the nightcap of a 1970 twinbill. . . . Philadelphia Phillies CF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) amassed three hits and three stolen bases against the Atlanta Braves in 1977. . . . Utilityman Jimmy Stewart (All-Volunteer State Athletic Conference selection for Austin Peay State in 1959-60 and 1960-61) slugged a three-run, pinch-hit homer off Hall of Famer Tom Seaver to spark the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-5 triumph against the New York Mets in 1970. . . . Chicago Cubs rookie OF Champ Summers (led SIUE in scoring in 1969-70 after doing same with Nicholls State in 1964-65) smacked his first MLB homer, a pinch-hit grand slam, against the Houston Astros in 1975. . . . LHP Tom Zachary (Guilford NC letterman in 1916) awarded on waivers from the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees in 1928.
24 - Baltimore Orioles 2B Jerry Adair (one of Oklahoma State's top three scorers in 1956-57 and 1957-58 while ranking among nation's top 12 free-throw shooters each season) collected eight hits in a 1962 doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) hurled a three-hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs in 1951, striking out 10 and walking none. . . . Baltimore Orioles CF Al Bumbry (Virginia State's runner-up in scoring with 16.7 ppg as freshman in 1964-65) went 4-for-4 against the Chicago White Sox in 1977. . . . Cincinnati Reds CF Harry Craft (four-sport letterman with Mississippi College in early 1930s) contributed two homers, a double and six RBI in a 13-9 win against the New York Giants in 1941. . . . Cleveland Indians RHP Johnson Fry (Marshall letterman in 1921-22) made his lone MLB appearance in 1923. . . . San Francisco Giants RHP Ed Halicki (set Monmouth's single-game rebounding record with 40 as junior in 1970-71 before leading Hawks in scoring with 21 ppg as senior) hurled a no-hitter against the New York Mets in 1975. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers rookie RF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) hammered two homers against the Milwaukee Braves in 1960. . . . RHP Bobby Humphreys (four-year letterman graduated Hampden-Sydney VA in 1958) won his third game in relief in six days for the Washington Senators in 1966. . . . New York Yankees rookie RF Charlie Keller (Maryland letterman from 1934-35 through 1936-37) knocked in five runs against the St. Louis Browns in a 1939 game the day after going 6-for-10 and scoring five runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Chicago White Sox. Two years later, Keller cracked two homers against the White Sox in the nightcap of a 1941 twinbill. . . . SS Doc Lavan (played for Hope MI from 1908 through 1910) purchased from the St. Louis Browns by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1919. . . . New York Giants OF Hank Leiber (played for Arizona in 1931) tied a MLB single-inning record by lashing two homers during an eight-run uprising in the second frame against the Chicago Cubs in 1935. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as freshman in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66) stole five bases in a 3-0 triumph against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974. The next year, Lopes extended his MLB record streak to 38 consecutive successful steal attempts before he was thrown out by Montreal Expos C Gary Carter in the 12th inning. . . . Cleveland Indians 1B Ed Morgan (Tulane letterman from 1923-24 through 1925-26) collected five RBI in an 11-7 win against the Boston Red Sox in 1931. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) had a streak of 13 consecutive complete games against the Milwaukee Braves snapped in 1954. . . . In 1952, Brooklyn Dodgers LHP Preacher Roe (played for Harding AR in late 1930s) registered his 10th straight victory against the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-4. . . . Chicago Cubs 2B Rob Sperring (averaged 8.7 ppg and 2.9 rpg for Pacific from 1968-69 through 1970-71) had his career-high 11-game hitting streak snapped by the Houston Astros in 1976. . . . Atlanta Braves LHP George Stone (averaged 14.7 ppg and 6.5 rpg for Louisiana Tech in 1964-65 and 1965-66) tossed a three-hit shutout against the Montreal Expos in 1970.
25 - Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau (leading scorer for Illinois' 1937 Big Ten Conference co-champion) contributed four hits against the Boston Red Sox in 1947. . . . New York Mets 1B Donn Clendenon (four-sport letterman with Morehouse GA) knocked in five runs against the Atlanta Braves in 1970. . . . New York Yankees Hall of Fame OF Earle Combs (three-year captain for Eastern Kentucky) incurred a severe shoulder injury colliding with a teammate in the outfield, contributing to Combs retiring following the 1935 campaign. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers C Joe Ferguson (played in 1967 NCAA playoffs with Pacific) collected two homers and four RBI in a 6-4 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1973. . . . Boston Red Sox C Rick Ferrell (played forward for Guilford NC before graduating in 1928) furnished four hits and four RBI in a 5-4 victory against the Cleveland Indians in the opener of a 1935 doubleheader. . . . Boston Red Sox RHP Boo Ferriss (Mississippi State letterman in 1941) topped the visiting Cleveland Indians, 2-1, to improve his 1946 Fenway Park mark to 13-0. . . . Philadelphia Athletics starting RHP Stu Flythe (North Carolina State letterman from 1932-33 through 1934-35) walked 11 Chicago White Sox batters in three innings in 1936. . . . In 1982, San Diego Padres rookie OF Tony Gwynn (All-WAC second-team selection with San Diego State in 1979-80 and 1980-81) broke his wrist diving for a fly ball en route to falling short of a .300 batting average for the only time in his 20-year career (.289). . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) homered twice and doubled against the Cincinnati Reds in 1954. . . . Washington Senators 1B Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) went 4-for-4 against the Minnesota Twins in 1969. . . . RF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) and Atlanta Braves teammate Fred McGriff whacked back-to-back homers for the second time in 10 days in 1993. Justice jacked two circuit clouts in the game against the San Francisco Giants as he secured six round-trippers in his last six contests of the month. . . . Washington Senators SS Doc Lavan (played for Hope MI from 1908 through 1910) went 4-for-4 against the Chicago White Sox in the nightcap of a 1918 twinbill. . . . New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh straight season in 1909. . . . New York Yankees RHP Lindy McDaniel (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) retired 32 consecutive batters covering four relief appearances in 1968. . . . New York Yankees 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) cracked two homers against the Minnesota Twins in 1982. . . . Chicago White Sox LHP Gary Peters (played for Grove City PA in mid-1950s) had his personal streak of 14 straight starts allowing fewer than four earned runs snapped by the Boston Red Sox in 1967. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Gary Redus (J.C. player for Athens AL and father of Centenary/South Alabama guard with same name) hit for the cycle against his original team (Cincinnati Reds in 1989). . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 3B Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) ripped two homers against the Chicago Cubs in the nightcap of a 1953 twinbill. . . . New York Yankees 3B Red Rolfe (played briefly with Dartmouth in 1927-28 and 1929-30) extended his streak of scoring at least one run to 18 straight contests in 1939. . . . Chicago Cubs LF Riggs Stephenson (Alabama letterman in 1920) went 7-for-10 in a 1933 doubleheader split against the Philadelphia Phillies.
26 - St. Louis Browns RF Ethan Allen (Cincinnati letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) went 4-for-4 against the New York Yankees in 1937. . . . 1B Kevin "Chuck" Connors (scored 32 points in 15 varsity games for Seton Hall in 1941-42 before leaving school for military service) clubbed a game-tying three-run homer for the Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds against the New York Giants before Giants C Wes Westrum (played for Bemidji State MN one season before serving in military during WWII) whacked a game-winning, ninth-inning homer in the opener of a 1951 doubleheader. . . . Boston Red Sox RHP Boo Ferriss (Mississippi State letterman in 1941) posted his 20th victory by doubling home the game-winning run in a 4-3 verdict over the Philadelphia Athletics in the opener of a 1945 doubleheader. . . . Dallas Green (Delaware's second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1954-55) fired as manager of the New York Mets in 1996. . . . Cleveland Indians DH David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) homered in his fourth consecutive contest in 1997. . . . Philadelphia Phillies LF Danny Litwhiler (member of JV squad with Bloomsburg PA in mid-1930s) went 5-for-5 against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of a 1942 doubleheader. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) logged four hits and four RBI against the Seattle Mariners in 2001. . . . New York Giants RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) tossed his seventh shutout of the 1902 campaign. Twelve years later, Mathewson hurled a two-hit shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a twinbill to register his 20th triumph in 1914. . . . In 1977, 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) stroked a two-run triple in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees to their 12th win in 13 contests (6-5 against Texas Rangers). . . . St. Louis Cardinals LF Don Padgett (freshman in 1934 with Lenoir-Rhyne NC excelled in multiple sports) provided three hits against the Brooklyn Dodgers in both ends of a 1941 doubleheader split. . . . LHP Dennis Rasmussen (sixth-man for Creighton averaged 5.1 ppg in three seasons from 1977-78 through 1979-80) traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds in 1987. . . . Baltimore Orioles RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47), released earlier in the year by the Yankees, outdueled New York Hall of Fame LHP Whitey Ford, 2-1, in 1962. . . . In 1939, Cincinnati Reds 3B Billy Werber (first Duke All-American in 1929-30) became the initial player to bat in a televised major league game (against Brooklyn Dodgers).
27 - In 1964, California Angels 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) became the 23rd player to reach the 300-homer plateau when he connected at Kansas City. . . . Philadelphia Athletics LHP Stan Baumgartner (played on Big Ten Conference champion for University of Chicago in 1914) posted his third straight complete-game victory closing out the month in 1924. . . . Starting on two days rest, Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Ralph Branca (sixth-leading scorer for NYU in 1943-44) spun a two-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951, entering the ninth inning with a no-hitter. . . . Montreal Expos RHP Ray Burris (two-sport standout in Southwestern Oklahoma State Hall of Fame) surrendered only one hit in eight innings against the Cincinnati Reds in 1981. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Bob Gibson (Creighton's leading scorer and rebounder in 1955-56 and 1956-57) won all six starts during the month in 1970 en route to an N.L.-leading 23 triumphs. . . . Chicago Cubs 1B Harvey Hendrick (Vanderbilt letterman in 1918) went 4-for-4 in a 2-0 win against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933. . . . In his second MLB start, Brooklyn Dodgers LHP Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) fanned 14 Cincinnati Reds in a 7-0 two-hit shutout in 1955. . . . Hall of Fame RHP Christy Mathewson (played for Bucknell at turn of 20th Century) resigned as Cincinnati Reds manager in 1918 to accept a commission as a captain in the chemical warfare branch of the Army during World War I. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RF Bake McBride (averaged 12.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 21 games with Westminster MO in 1968-69 and 1969-70) banged out four hits and scored four runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1978. . . . St. Louis Browns rookie RHP Jack Ogden (played for Swarthmore PA in 1918), posting his third straight complete-game victory, hurled a four-hit shutout against the Boston Red Sox in the nightcap of a 1928 twinbill. . . . Chicago White Sox LHP Gary Peters (played for Grove City PA in mid-1950s) hurled an 11-inning shutout against the Boston Red Sox in the nightcap of a 1967 doubleheader. . . . St. Louis Browns RHP Bob Poser (Wisconsin letterman from 1929-30 through 1931-32) posted his lone MLB victory (against the Washington Senators in the opener of a 1935 twinbill). . . . Detroit Tigers rookie 3B Nolen Richardson (Georgia captain in 1925-26) went 3-for-3 in a 9-4 win against the Chicago White Sox in 1931. . . . Baltimore Orioles DH Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman team in mid-1960s) homered in both ends of a 1982 doubleheader against the Texas Rangers. . . . Pinch-hitter Jimmy Stewart (All-Volunteer State Athletic Conference selection for Austin Peay State in 1959-60 and 1960-61) stroked a bases-loaded triple to spur the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-7 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1971.
28 - New York Yankees 1B Tony Clark (San Diego State's leading scorer in WAC games in 1991-92) slugged three homers in an 18-6 trouncing of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2004. . . . In 1927, Philadelphia Athletics RF Walt French (letterman for Rutgers and Army) furnished his fourth three-hit game in an eight-day span. . . . Boston Red Sox LF Dick Gernert (Temple letterman in 1948-49 when averaging 2.7 ppg) delivered a walk-off, two-run homer in the 10th inning of a 6-4 win against the Baltimore Orioles in 1959. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates 3B Lee Handley (Bradley letterman from 1932-33 through 1934-35) provided four hits, including a two-run safety in the ninth inning, in a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1941. . . . Boston Braves 1B Buddy Hassett (played for Manhattan teams winning school-record 17 consecutive contests in 1930 and 1931) had four hits in a 10-5 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1939. . . . Cleveland Indians RHP Dutch Levsen (Iowa State letterman in 1918-19) became the last MLB hurler to register a complete-game win in both ends of a doubleheader with a pair of four-hitters against the Boston Red Sox in 1926. . . . Cleveland Indians CF Kenny Lofton (Arizona's leader in steals for 1988 Final Four team compiling 35-3 record) went 4-for-4 against the Toronto Blue Jays in 1995. . . . Chicago Cubs RF Bill Nicholson (guard for Washington College MD two years in mid-1930s) belted two homers against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. . . . Detroit Tigers RF Jim Northrup (second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder for Alma MI in 1958-59) went 6-for-6 with two homers against the Oakland A's in 1969. Northrup's 13th-inning blast over the roof won the game, 5-3. . . . Washington Senators LHP Denny Riddleberger (averaged 5.7 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Old Dominion in 1965-66) yielded his only earned run in a 15-game span of relief appearances during the 1971 campaign. . . . RHP Jeff Shaw (freshman guard for Rio Grande OH squad compiling 31-5 record and reaching second round of 1985 NAIA Tournament) traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago White Sox in 1995. . . . In 1965, Kansas City Athletics RHP Rollie Sheldon (third-leading scorer as sophomore for Connecticut's 1960 NCAA Tournament team) hurled a three-hit shutout against his original team (New York Yankees). . . . Kansas City Athletics 1B Norm Siebern (member of Southwest Missouri squads capturing back-to-back NAIA Tournament titles in 1952 and 1953) homered twice and drove in five runs against the Los Angeles Angels in a 1962 game.
29 - In 1959, Milwaukee Braves 1B Joe Adcock (Louisiana State's leading scorer in 1945-46) homered in his third consecutive contest for the second time this month. . . . Cincinnati Reds rookie CF Ethan Allen (Cincinnati letterman in 1924-25 and 1925-26) had four hits and scored three runs in a 6-5 win against the Boston Braves in the nightcap of a 1927 doubleheader. . . . St. Louis Browns RHP Elden Auker (All-Big Six Conference first-five selection with Kansas State in 1931-32) notched his fourth consecutive complete-game triumph the last half of the month in 1941. . . . Detroit Tigers CF Hoot Evers (Illinois starter in 1939-40) contributed four hits against the New York Yankees in the nightcap of a 1948 twinbill. . . . RHP Eddie Fisher (played for Oklahoma's 1954-55 freshman squad) purchased from the Chicago White Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1973. . . . Detroit Tigers LF Hank Greenberg (enrolled at NYU on hoop scholarship in 1929 but attended college only one semester) supplied four hits against the Washington Senators in the opener of a 1940 doubleheader. . . . In 1951, New York Giants RHP Jim Hearn (Georgia Tech letterman in 1941-42) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates for the eighth straight time. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) drove in seven runs and whacked two homers in a 13-1 victory against the Cincinnati Reds in 1951. . . . Washington Senators LF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) smacked three extra-base hits against the Kansas City Royals in 1970. . . . Atlanta Braves RF David Justice (led Thomas More KY in assists in 1984-85) jacked two homers against the Houston Astros in 1995. . . . New York Mets RHP Cal Koonce (Campbell standout in 1960 and 1961 when North Carolina-based school was junior college) hurled a five-hit shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967. . . . Kansas City Athletics 2B Jerry Lumpe (member of Southwest Missouri State's 1952 NAIA Tournament championship team) went 4-for-4 against the Boston Red Sox in 1961. . . . St. Louis Browns RF Don Lund (Michigan starter in 1943-44 and 1944-45) had five RBI in a 12-4 win against the Boston Red Sox in the nightcap of a 1948 doubleheader. . . . Chicago White Sox rookie LHP Gary Peters (played for Grove City PA in mid-1950s) won his 11th straight decision in 1963. . . . Boston Red Sox 3B Pinky Pittenger (set Toledo's single-game scoring standard with 49 points in 1918-19) went 4-for-4 against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1922. . . . In 1966, Chicago Cubs RHP Robin Roberts (Michigan State's second-leading scorer in 1945-46 and 1946-47) registered the final triumph of his 19-year Hall of Fame career. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 2B Jackie Robinson (highest scoring average in Pacific Coast Conference both of his seasons with UCLA in 1939-40 and 1940-41) hit for the cycle against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a 1948 twinbill. . . . New York Yankees LHP Marius Russo (member of LIU teams compiling 50-2 record in 1934-35 and 1935-36 under legendary coach Clair Bee) registered his fifth complete-game victory of the month in 1940. . . . New York Giants RHP Hal Schumacher (multiple-sport athlete for St. Lawrence NY in early 1930s) fired his second three-hit shutout in just over a month in 1942. . . . Montreal Expos LF Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman team in mid-1960s) socked two homers against the Atlanta Braves in 1972. . . . Chicago Cubs rookie 2B Jimmy Stewart (two-time All-VSAC selection was Austin Peay's third-leading scorer in 1959-60 and 1960-61 when participating in NCAA DII Tournament) supplied back-to-back games with three hits against the New York Mets in 1964. . . . San Diego Padres CF Will Venable (All-Ivy League first-team selection as a junior and second-team choice as a senior averaged 9.3 ppg under Princeton coach John Thompson III from 2001-02 through 2004-05) tripled in his first MLB at-bat in 2008. . . . Detroit Tigers LHP Ed Wells (multi-sport athlete graduated in 1924 from Bethany WV) won his fifth straight decision of the month in 1925.
30 - Texas Rangers RF Larry Biittner (runner-up in scoring and rebounding in 1966-67 for Buena Vista IA) banged out four hits against the Minnesota Twins in 1973. . . . Philadelphia Athletics SS John Chapman (played multiple seasons for Mount St. Mary's) chipped in with a career-high three hits against the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a 1924 doubleheader. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers RHP Jack Coombs (captain and starting center for Colby ME) announced his retirement following a 1-0 setback against the New York Giants in a game lasting only 57 minutes. . . . Tim Cullen (starting guard for Santa Clara in 1962-63 when he averaged 10 ppg) tied a MLB single-inning record with three errors in the eighth frame for the Washington Senators against the Oakland A's in 1969 one year before he led A.L. second basemen in fielding percentage. Washington 1B-OF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when he led Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) contributed four hits in the Senators' 11-3 victory. . . . 2B Jack Dittmer (played for Iowa in 1949-50) supplied one of the Milwaukee Braves' eight homers in a 19-4 romp over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a 1953 doubleheader. . . . St. Louis Cardinals 2B Frankie Frisch (Fordham captain) provided four hits against the New York Giants in 1933. . . . New York Yankees C Mike Garbark (letterman for Villanova's 25-5 squad in 1937-38 under coach Alex Severance) had four hits in a 9-7 win against the Boston Red Sox in 1944. . . . Milwaukee Braves SS Johnny Logan (played for Binghamton in 1948-49) homered in both ends of a 1953 doubleheader sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates. . . . INF Tim Nordbrook (letterman in 1968-69 for Loyola LA) purchased from the Chicago White Sox by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. . . . In 1953, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie 2B Johnny O'Brien (consensus All-American second-team choice as junior and consensus first-team selection as senior averaged 25.8 ppg for Seattle from 1950-51 through 1952-53) supplied three contests with three hits and chipped in with a four-RBI outing in his last seven games of the month. . . . Montreal Expos RF Ken Singleton (Hofstra freshman team in mid-1960s) went 4-for-4 and scored four runs against the Cincinnati Reds in 1974. . . . St. Louis Cardinals RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) posted his 12th save of the month in 1992. . . . Bill Virdon (played for Drury MO in 1949) fired as manager of the Montreal Expos in 1984.
31 - New York Giants LF Babe Barna (West Virginia letterman in 1936 and 1937) provided a career-high four hits in a 7-6 win against the Chicago Cubs in 1942. . . . Chicago Cubs 2B Glenn Beckert (three-year letterman for Allegheny PA) supplied four hits against the Atlanta Braves in 1969. . . . California Angels rookie LF Bruce Bochte (starting forward for Santa Clara's NCAA playoff team in 1970 averaged 7.4 ppg and 4 rpg) belted two homers against the Milwaukee Brewers in 1974. . . . In 1954, Milwaukee Braves rookie RHP Gene Conley (All-PCC first-team selection led North Division in scoring in 1949-50 as Washington State sophomore) hurled a three-hit shutout against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The whitewash was Conley's fifth win of the month. . . . Milwaukee Braves 1B George Crowe (four-year letterman from 1939-40 through 1942-43 for Indiana Central after becoming first high school player named state's Mr. Basketball) smacked two homers against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955. . . . Boston Braves SS Dick Culler (#9 jersey retired by High Point for Little All-American in 1935 and 1936) contributed four hits against the Philadelphia Phillies in the nightcap of a 1946 doubleheader. . . . Los Angeles Dodgers C Joe Ferguson (played in 1967 NCAA playoffs with Pacific) laced two homers against the Montreal Expos in 1980. . . . LHP Mike Flanagan (averaged 13.9 ppg for Massachusetts' 15-1 freshman squad in 1971-72) traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987. Toronto released knuckleballer Phil Niekro to make room on roster for Flanagan. . . . 1B-OF Dick Gernert (Temple letterman in 1948-49 when averaging 2.7 ppg) purchased from the Chicago Cubs by the Detroit Tigers in 1960. . . . Dallas Green (Delaware's second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1954-55) named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1979. . . . In 1934, St. Louis Browns C Frank Grube (Lafayette starting guard as senior in 1926-27) closed out the month with his seventh multiple-hit contest in an eight-game span. . . . Brooklyn Dodgers 1B Gil Hodges (played for St. Joseph's IN in 1943 and Oakland City IN in 1947 and 1948) swatted four homers, accounting for nine RBI, in a 19-3 romp over the Boston Braves in 1950. Seven years later, Hodges homered in his fifth of final six games of the month in 1957. . . 1B-OF Frank Howard (two-time All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection when leading Ohio State in scoring and rebounding in 1956-57 and 1957-58) purchased from the Texas Rangers by the Detroit Tigers in 1972. . . . Pittsburgh Pirates LHP Herb Kelly (played for Notre Dame from 1911-12 through 1913-14) notched his lone MLB victory (against Brooklyn Robins in 1915). . . . Chicago Cubs SS Don Kessinger (three-time All-SEC selection for Mississippi from 1961-62 through 1963-64 while finishing among nation's top 45 scorers each year) collected five hits against the Montreal Expos in the opener of a 1971 doubleheader. . . . Philadelphia Phillies RHP Jim Konstanty (member of 1937-38 and 1938-39 Syracuse teams) hurled a three-hit shutout against the Boston Braves in the nightcap of a 1952 twinbill. . . . LHP Bill Krueger (led WCAC in free-throw percentage in 1975-76 with Portland) traded by the Minnesota Twins to Montreal Expos in 1992. It is one of four seasons Krueger split time between the A.L. and N.L. during his career. . . . 2B Davey Lopes (NAIA All-District 15 selection for Iowa Wesleyan averaged 16.9 ppg as freshman in 1964-65 and 12.1 as sophomore in 1965-66) shipped by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs in 1984 to complete an earlier deal. . . . Chicago White Sox RHP Ted Lyons (two-time All-SWC first-team selection for Baylor in early 1920s) lifted after seven innings and 15 hits opposing the St. Louis Browns in 1941. It is Lyons' final incomplete MLB game as he finished three subsequent starts in 1941, all 20 in 1942 and all five in 1946 (after serving in U.S. military during World War II). . . . SS Gene Michael (Kent State's leading scorer with 14 ppg in 1957-58) banged out a career-high four of the New York Yankees' 25 hits in an 18-6 romp over the Chicago White Sox in 1974. . . . A three-run, ninth-inning homer by RF Wally Moon (averaged 4.3 ppg with Texas A&M in 1948-49 and 1949-50) gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-2 victory against the San Francisco Giants in 1959 when teammate Sandy Koufax (Cincinnati's freshman squad in 1953-54) broke Dizzy Dean's N.L. mark and tied Bob Feller's MLB record of 18 strikeouts in a single game. . . . In 1930, Cleveland Indians 1B Ed Morgan (Tulane letterman from 1923-24 through 1925-26) collected four hits and four RBI for the second time in last four games of the month. . . . In the midst of a 10-game hitting streak, Chicago White Sox rookie OF Lyle Mouton (starter in LSU's backcourt with All-American Chris Jackson for 1989 NCAA playoff team) went 4-for-4 against the Detroit Tigers in 1995. Six years later, Mouton was shipped by the Tigers to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal in 2001. . . . 3B Graig Nettles (shot 87.8% from free-throw line for San Diego State in 1963-64) belted two homers to power the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory against Seattle in 1977. . . . Chicago Cubs RF Bill Nicholson (guard for Washington College MD two years in mid-1930s) had his 21-game hitting streak snapped by the Cincinnati Reds in 1943. . . . OF Irv Noren (player of year for California junior college state champion Pasadena City in 1945) awarded off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1957. Two years earlier with the New York Yankees, Noren went 3-for-3 and scored four runs against the Athletics in 1955. . . . Chicago White Sox LHP Gary Peters (played for Grove City PA in mid-1950s) allowed fewer than three runs in his eighth straight start en route to pacing the A.L. with a 1.98 ERA in 1966. . . . LHP Denny Riddleberger (averaged 5.7 ppg and 2.5 rpg for Old Dominion in 1965-66) traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Washington Senators for P George Brunet in 1970. . . . RHP Lee Smith (averaged 3.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg with Northwestern State in 1976-77) traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Yankees in 1993. . . . New York Yankees LHP Ed Wells (multi-sport athlete graduated in 1924 from Bethany WV) hurled a one-hit shutout against the Washington Senators in the opener of a 1929 doubleheader. . . . Chicago Cubs RF Bob Will (all-league athlete was captain for Mankato State MN in 1954-55) contributed two safeties in both ends of a 1960 twinbill against the Milwaukee Braves. He had 11 multiple-hit games during the month. . . . DH Dave Winfield (starting forward with Minnesota's first NCAA playoff team in 1972) purchased from the Minnesota Twins by the Cleveland Indians in 1994.

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