Word: batting
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...Harvard is turning down thousands of kids who have super test scores, so if a kid has 150 more points on the SAT, I don’t think Bill Fitzsimmons will bat an eyelash,” Reider said...
...With Florida, they’re looking to win and get things turned around for them,” Walsh said. “They have a couple guys out of their lineup who we might not see. You take [LaPorta’s] bat out of any lineup, it’s going to hurt...
...sophomore Brad Unger, a forward on the basketball team, Bryne represents what Walsh calls a “dying breed.” He stays with the nationally-ranked skaters until mid-February, and then it’s over to the diamond, where skates become cleats, stick becomes bat, and Byrne steps onto the infield. Walsh doesn’t think that a winter of hockey leaves his kid any less prepared. In fact, the coach says, “It’s a lot better than sitting around hitting off a tee. There?...
...bench duty—“We were hoping to find ways to possibly keep him,” says Wylde, who had become a Brown booster after watching Harvard games in the spring—the shortstop transferred to the North Adams SteepleCats of the wood-bat New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). As an upcoming senior without serious pro aspirations, it might have been his last summer playing baseball; in the NECBL, at least, he likely would spend the majority of his time on the field.It was the bottom of the first inning of a game...
...hitter,” Bock says. “But that’s not fair—we have two great pitchers, and [Reichling] brings so much with her arm and speed.”Despite her humility, the fact remains that her bat has taken her far to this point in training. Allard expects her to split time at catcher and possibly start at designated hitter. Bock just wants any shot.“I’m going to try my hardest to be a starter,” Bock says...