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...other relevant issue is that of “signability,” Walsh said, referring to the same reason that the San Diego Padres passed on Long Beach State ace Jered Weaver. While in Weaver’s case it is money, the concern with Farkes was education. “If they don’t draft him in the first couple of rounds, they ask themselves, ‘What are the chances of him leaving a school like Harvard...
...himself blowing the save in a dreadful relief appearance—Harvard found its back firmly against the wall in the thick of a tense Red Rolfe division race. A single Crimson loss would clinch an Ivy League Championship berth for Dartmouth, and Coach Joe Walsh looked to his ace to be the stopper...
Harvard’s biggest loss from its 2003 squad was Tiffany Whitton, but the Crimson had six talented freshmen waiting to take her place. The entire pitching staff returned, anchored by senior co-captain ace Kara Brotemarkle. Behind the plate, three women competed for the starting nod, including returning sophomore Erin Halpenny and junior transfer Annie Dell’Aria...
...Knox fellowship in the fall, he wrote a short story in response to a piece by John Cheever that he had read. The New Yorker accepted it and, a bit later, bought a slightly revised version of his ex-basketball-player story, now titled “Ace in the Hole...
...building still survives and remains of its fine glassware can be seen displayed in the local Glass Museum, which also has a permanent exhibition on the tools and techniques used in the production of glass. The glass industry and the local tourist board have joined together to form Vitrocristal ACE, an organization to market a new range of glass called Marinha Grande, or mglass. Drawing on the work of 18 local companies and 24 young designers, mglass is giving a modern marketing push to designs that hark back to their utilitarian past, produced using skills that still take a decade...