Word: backstops
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Saturday’s second game began with a freshman battery of Roberts and backstop Jessica Pledger. Roberts threw the first 3 1/3 innings, giving up six runs off six hits. Watkins came in as a reliever and pitched the remainder of the game without allowing a single...
...after September 11 and recognize that some risks are too large and costly for the private-insurance market to absorb on its own," says James Donelon, the state insurance commissioner of Louisiana. The Terrorism Re-Insurance Act of 2002 made $100 billion in federal money available as a backstop for buildings vulnerable to terrorism. Donelon advocates a similar fund for cities threatened by climate change...
Pledger will have to split time at backstop with sophomore Hayley Bock, but her versatility could prove to be essential as the season progresses...
...partial save on a Princeton shot, Richter appeared to lose sight of the puck as it trickled through his legs and across the goal line, prompting Donato to make a substitution. Donato, however, denied that granting Tobe the start indicated a shift in his long-term strategy regarding the backstop position. “I haven’t really made any decisions,” Donato said. “We’re a work in progress a little bit, as far as that goes.” Tobe, playing all 60 minutes this time, turned away...
...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...