For a few weeks in the spring, Drew Vinci was almost a champion. The Ducks returned 490 on his NHL card by themselves, drove the contest total to 566.67, and left him tied for 2nd, close enough to feel the winner's breath.
October ran on the same conviction. The Dodgers returned 84, the complete card banked 128, and Vinci took 19th in the MLB Playoffs. When he liked a team, he liked them all the way, and twice it printed.
BYU's 56 led a college card with four empty shares to 195th, and the Bills title pick expired while the NFL rounds scraped together 78. Vinci's 1590 total ranked 32nd of 251, a season remembered for one loud spring in a hockey rink.