Word: backstopped
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...that I had watched, with contentment, from immediately behind O’Donnell Field’s backstop, a steady stream of Ancient Eight hitters hang their heads and drag their bats back to the dugout after watching another deceptive curveball break over the heart of the plate for called strike three. Now that I knew my pubescent wrist wouldn’t shatter if I tried to snap one off. Now that I could be sure Trotman wouldn’t turn on a hanger...
...everybody a few in the first inning,” sophomore hurler Shawn Haviland said. “To jump out with a couple in the first inning, in both games, was huge. That gave us that confidence that we could take these guys down.”Junior backstop Andrew Casey went 3-for-4 with a run batted in, and second baseman Brendan Byrne also reached three times, courtesy of two hit by pitches and a walk. HARVARD 4, PRINCETON 1In the first game, sophomore Shawn Haviland permitted only an unearned run in a complete-game, seven-inning...
...dollars for a multinational corporation, according to AIG. To qualify for coverage, companies must adhere to internationally accepted security standards. "You never know what you're going to come up against," says Moira Mooney, senior risk manager for InterActiveCorp, which owns several online businesses. "Having the insurance is a backstop...
...weighs heavily. "Come hell or high water," he says, "I'm going to make sure my children have the same holiday magic that I had as a child." He'll pay for the snowboard his teen son wants through "sheer will," and takes comfort in knowing he has a backstop of untapped home equity...
...getting the rent paid or keeping the fridge filled. But before they graduated, their sense of drift began to trouble them. At about the same time, their father sold off the company, and with it went the cozy billets in adult life that had always served as an emotional backstop for the boys...