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According to Walsh and UMass coach Mike Stone, the driving factors appear to be financial. The draw of the local teams and the tradition of the Beanpot seemed to be insufficient to offset the cost of the security and gate personnel required to staff the ballpark...
Harvard coach Joe Walsh said that the college teams involved had been contacted by the ballpark management, who wanted at first to schedule the Beanpot directly following a noon Red Sox game so that all the park staff would already be at the field. Failing this, there was talk of playing at a minor league affiliate. But this also failed to materialize, and the teams ended up in Brockton...
...seats at Fenway, the empty seats have never detracted from the sheer thrill of playing at one of Major League Baseball’s most legendary stadiums. If anything, the open seats provided a rare opportunity for spectators to watch the games from all over the ballpark, including from the coveted Green Monster seats on top of left field...
...He’s definitely a guy that can drive the ball out of the ballpark,” pitcher and right fielder Lance Salsgiver adds. “He’s got a lot of power and he’s got the ability to drive the ball to all fields. [With] guys like him and [pitcher and first baseman] Trey [Hendricks]…you’re just trying to get into scoring position...
Being surrounded by people bothered by noise—not just roommates, but also the classmates and resident tutors next door, above and below—can sometimes feel like living in a library. Obviously the expectations aren’t even in the same ballpark, which is probably why it’s thought to be obnoxious when bass actually breaks through walls in the first place, upsetting naps and cram sessions and quiet evenings on the futon and what have...