Tantasqua Regional High School - Tantasquan Yearbook (Sturbridge, MA)

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26 TED CASEY- ‘Sad Sack’’, baggy big-game pitcher slap hitter, cool in clutch, MARK ST. JEAN-“Saint’”’, speed demon when sleeping, marsh- mallow line drivers - until it counted - then thunder, great arm, slippery foot, glove man, ‘“‘“Gene Tenace Memorial Where Were You During the Regular Season Award” ‘‘Just one more time and junior Mark St. Jean, who had just nine hits during the regular season and has six in four playoff games- every one a big one- can go on the lecture circuit with a disser- tation on ‘The Pressures of Play- off Baseball.’ ” “I don’t know, | just don’t know.” string bean, tough to hit, south- paw, mind-boggling performer. “Looks like another loose lefty, Bill Lee-the leg jerk forward, first base before the delivery, the windup, even the cocked hat.” Warrior Sad » Sack No More. “Great.” “My eye will be fine.” NICK DIGREGORIO- “Nick”, unsung, floppy glove, shoulder bat, hair, Fred Lynn catch, game saver, clutch man, loose as a goose, great guy, team flake, hustler, prepares for game by eating TWO - not one- whop- pers, great understudy at short. “Just one more time for Nick DiGregorio to stick his head into a photograph, make a cir- cus grab in the outfield, and to walk around smiling and wear- ing that pointed hat of his.” “I'll pitch, Coach.” “Got any soap, Coach?” ‘My finger is OK.” STEVE LITTLE- “Floyd”, great arm, curve ball artist, good speed, great potential, smile guy. “1 didn’t mean to.” “I don’t like this mound.”

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PAUL GRIGNON - Paul, su- per arm, hair, bench leader, nice hat, super quick, de- sire personified, clutch, great 2nd half, next year’s co-captain, a rock behind the plate, “easily the best catcher in the Border Con- ference.” Border Confer- ence All-Star. ‘‘They’re get- ting to know Paul, ‘the oth- er Grignon’, too.” “Just one more time and Paul Grig- non might be recognized for what he has been - one of the two or three top ballplayers in the clutch and a quiet, stabilizing force. The earthling on a club of wide-eyed space cadets.” “Yup.” “C’mon you guys.” CRAIG HUTCHINSON- “Hutch” “Big Red”, gutsy pitcher, big play man, boy who grew, helmet distance award, quiet fierceness, man who did it when it counted’ most. ‘Just one more time and maybe the local sportswriter. will real- ize that Hutch is not a sen- ior, although he has the ability, coolness and leader- ship of one.” “Just one more time and the heady Hutchinson can go back to work on his manuel on how to play shortstop. Two of the plays he has made could be photographed to put in every ‘how to’ book.” “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, blotching grounders and throwing wildly to the plate ... then you can pitch. Ex- cuse me Rudyard Kipling, but Craig Hutchinson, Tan- tasqua’s tempestuous red- head, is ready to join the ranks of men.”’ ‘‘Me, Coach?-Now?” “I couldn't get over the barbed wire.” CHRIS GRUBERT- “Runna”, sur- prise, head first slider, Sun God, cool shades, good man, play by play with a stick wrapped in tape. “Where’s the sun?”, ‘Party Down.” JOHN FERRARA - “Johnny”, acci- - dent prone, ball mouth, super pure hitter, nice heel, strategic re- turns to base, clutch man-bat and glove, nice lip thanks to Saint, next year’s co-captain, “Just one more time and John Ferrara cari say, -“Feets, do yo’ thing and run like a madman around the bases with no one there to disturb his jaunt.” “Just one more time and Ferrara will not be remembered as the sea- son’s “Unsung Hero’’. Not with a .400 playoff batting average and 8 runs batted in.” “Really, Coach?” “1 know, Coach, | know.”

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WAYNE GRUDZIEN - “Wayne”, soc- cer leg, good bat, speed, scramble hands, great potential, smiley, juice made him a believer, joke and party man on the bench. “I’m going to kill the ball, Coach.” “Did the ice-cream man bring the ball back.” TERRI CASTANO- “Terri”, BETH OPISHINSKI- “Beth”, manager, mental error manager, scorer, mental er- sleuth, bl eep counter, happy ror definer, Kool-Aid queen, face, good buddy. friend in need. Let’s not forget the girls.