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By DARREN MILLER
hawkeyesports.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- As a catcher in Major League Baseball, Jim Sundberg made more than 1,000 assists. His father, Howard, had one big assist that impacted the University of Iowa for nearly four decades.