"Over the last eight years, Dartmouth has had nine players drafted a total of 10 times ..."
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Chosen in the same round of the baseball draft back in 2004 was former Dartmouth jayvee quarterback Ed Lucas. Taken by the Kansas City Royals, he never made it to the big club before signing with the Atlanta Braves last winter. Lucas got off to a terrific start in spring training and seemed primed to go north with the team before cooling off at the plate. Reassigned to the Gwinnett Braves of the Triple-A International League, Lucas has struggled so far with the bat, hitting just .210 with one homer and 17 RBIs. (link)*
Another former quarterback heard the call yesterday when Yale's Brook Hart was chosen by the Colorado Rockies. The 6-foot-5 southpaw played baseball for just two years in New Haven after going to Yale as a football recruit. (story) In 2009 Hart completed 28-of-40 passes for 390 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-7 win over Dartmouth, but he saw action in just two games behind Nebraska transfer Patrick Witt in 2010. This spring the big lefty got the win in a 5-1 victory over the Big Green, pitching 8 2/3 inning, allowing just one run and striking out seven.*
Still on the subject of former quarterbacks, scan through the bios on the Dartmouth women's lacrosse site and you'll find a sophomore defender from Hingham, Mass., named Ellie Clayton. If the name is familiar to longtime followers of Dartmouth football it should be. Grandfather John '51 was the Big Green's starting quarterback and leading passer in 1950. Father Mark '82 starred on the defensive line for Dartmouth.*
"Concrete Charlie" Bednarik, the former Penn great known as "The last of the 60-minute men" from his days terrorizing the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, may be in line to join Rocky and have a statue erected in his honor. From Philly.com:(T)he Bednarik statue would be placed at Franklin Field as the centerpiece of a proposed sports museum that includes a large mural that pays tribute not only to the Quakers' football past, but to the days when the Eagles also called the 116-year-old stadium their home.
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And finally, That Certain Hanover High Graduate wrapped up her final paper yesterday and we're hoping we'll be able to fit all her "stuff" in our trusty '84 VW camper when we pick her up this morning. She'll be back in town tomorrow to start her summer position at the Tuck School.*
And finally II, the temperature could top 90 degrees here this afternoon when our Green Machine Cal Ripken baseball team hits the field for practice. I don't know about our current players, but a former all-star catcher for the Green Machine who is now a junior at Hanover High will tell you he'll take 30 below zero over 90 degrees seven days a week. Must be his Scandinavian blood ;-)
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