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...talk” failed him, and the selectiveness of his respect for truth, scholarly integrity, and equal justice became exquisitely self-evident.The university is the one place in U.S. society intended to guarantee the freedom to state the truth based upon evidence, logic, and self-scrutiny. Here, no bully can batter us, no political action committee can bribe us, and no boss can fire us for expressing a contrary opinion. The truths that we infer are subject to no test of patriotism or loyalty. Without such freedom of expression, we risk leaving life-and-death conversations to the people least able...
...series of singles and doubles. McAteer was relieved by sophomore Amanda Watkins after two innings of work. But even the pitching change failed to halt the Eagle onslaught. Boston College quickly doubled the score on a two-bagger. Watkins then prompted a groundball to shortstop to retire the first batter of the inning. The Eagles touched home one more time before junior Julia Kidder started an impressive tag-em-out, throw-em-out double play. Watkins returned for a 1-2-3 fourth, helped by the second of three double plays on the day. Watkins again faced trouble...
...first five frames, appeared rattled by a pair of errors to start the inning—a booted groundball by shortstop Morgan Brown that allowed leadoff hitter Dan DeGeorge to reach and a high pickoff throw that permitted him to move to second—and, after hitting a batter, surrendered an RBI double to Zach Wendkos, a two-run double to Sal Iacono, and a walk before exiting with the score 3-1. “I thought Cole came out pretty good,” Walsh said. “I thought his undoing was when he threw...
...home, lacking a catcher, a live batter, and the rudiments of curveball expertise, I chucked a few yakkers off a brick wall outside the Kennedy School, chasing that feeling...
Starting pitcher Matt Brunnig began the seventh, but was chased without retiring a batter. Brad Unger stepped in but struggled, allowing two inherited runners and one of his own to score, and was bailed out only by a critical double play ball—the Crimson infield’s third crucial turn of the game. All told, Brunnig allowed eleven hits and eight runs (six earned) in his six-plus innings of work, striking out two and walking one. Although he did not have his sharpest stuff on the mound, Brunnig had his best-ever day at the plate...