The list, by the way, includes yet another name I hadn't seen before. Shawn Bode is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound wide receiver from Kamehameha Kapalama in Kaneohe, Hawaii. In addition to football, he plays basketball and is on the track team.
Bode is one of two Hawaiians who will suit up for the Big Green next fall, joining defensive lineman Elliot Kastner of Hawaii Prep.
There are always players on Ivy League football teams who could play for so-called big-time programs. They might not be stars – although some might – but they could contribute. Likewise, a great many of those big-time schools have players who could have gone Ivy and contributed on and off the field. The guess here is that Paul Cianciolo is one of them.
A backup quarterback at Penn State, Cianciolo turned to baseball this spring and compiled a 4-1 record as a reliever. That's impressive athleticism, but he's also a pretty good student. In five years Cianciolo earned a BA in finance with a 3.94 grade point average, completed his MBA, made Academic All-District and was rewarded with a job in New York City with a venture capital firm. The Centre Daily Times has a story.
And finally, a regular reader tipped me off to a humorous (and fictional) note about Manny Ramirez in The Onion. Keeping in mind that Dartmouth grad Brad Ausmus is now one of the suspended outfielder's teammates, check out what the Onion wrote:
"If something is really messed up, I didn't do it, okay? It wasn't me. It was probably Brad," said Ramirez, attempting to deflect blame onto Dodgers catcher Brad Ausmus. "He's no good. I do not like him. He should be in trouble, not me."
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