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Soon-to-be juniors Zak Farkes and Lance Salsgiver, teammates on the Wareham Gatemen of the prestigious Cape Cod Summer Baseball League, headline the group of current Harvard players in summer ball, but a variety of other players—past and present—are playing amateur and professional baseball around the country, from Yakima, Wash. to Keene...
Like it is for so many hitters, however, the Cape League has been humbling for Farkes. Though Farkes has shown an aptitude for hitting with wooden bats during off-season practices, according to teammates, he has struggled using wood in the historically pitcher-dominant league this summer, batting only .211 with five doubles and one home run. Farkes leads the last-place Gatemen in runs scored, however, and has been hot of late, raising his average 15 points over the past few games heading into the all-star break this weekend...
Salsgiver, meanwhile, is more concerned with the upcoming draft than the previous one. After turning down a six-figure signing bonus out of high school, the Crimson’s right fielder and former high school All-American is attempting to use the Cape League to propel him up teams’ draft boards...
...gatherings are spreading outside the Catholic Latino community. Stephen Everett, a pastor at the nondenominational Present Truth Ministries in Cape Coral, Fla., now officiates at the ceremonies at the behest of Latino congregants. Quinceanera planners report that courts increasingly consist of multi-ethnic lineups. So even if you're not Latino, an invitation for your teenager may be in the mail...
...AIDS through his foundation is more useful than George W. Bush's limp efforts. My guess is that Clinton will have a memorial better than an eternal flame: the collective respect of those who know that through transgression, suffering and humility we reach our full human potential. MARILYN KEEGAN Cape Town...