Word: devins
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...creature dreamed up by the WWN staff in 1992. Half-human, half-bat, he was discovered in a West Virginia cave, and proved so popular that the writers had him escape custody every now and then and go on a new adventure. In the excellent musical version, which starred Devin May and had a long off-Broadway run, he is a practically a Christ figure, sacrificed and venerated: "Hold me, Bat Boy, / Touch me, Bat Boy, / Help me through the night." He's a metaphor for humanity's fascination-repulsion with the bizarre, which was right up WWN's back...
Although he was rated the top professional prospect in the Ivy League in the preseason by Baseball America, Wilson was ultimately the fourth Ivy player snatched up in this weekend’s draft. He trailed Brown catcher Devin Thomas (seventh round), Yale first baseman Marc Sawyer (15th round), and Princeton catcher Sal Iacono (26th round...
...Haviland, who was in line to register his third straight Ivy win, wound up with a no-decision after allowing four runs on eight hits in seven innings.Brown did most of its damage against him in the third inning. Rifkin blasted his first career longball, and senior catcher Devin Thomas followed with a two-out solo drive—both into the right-field jet stream. “[Haviland] wasn’t quite on, but we made a game out of it,” Vance said. “And we just couldn’t pull...
...bench. Junior Matt Vance, who had singled and moved to second on a Jeff Stockel sacrifice bunt, represented the go-ahead run in a 2-2 ballgame with junior slugger Steffan Wilson at the plate. As the speedy Vance took off for third, Brown pitched out, with Bears catcher Devin Thomas reaching across his body for the ball outside. But the home plate umpire saw it differently, calling Wilson out on strikes and garnering a loud response from the visitors’ dugout. Assistant coach Todd Carroll offered the angriest reaction and received the strongest rebuke, as the home-plate...
...spring, Brown came to Cambridge with an 8-4 Ivy League record and left with its title hopes dashed, having lost three of four to Harvard. A young Bears squad is led by seniors Bryan Tews, who led the Ancient Eight with a .390 batting average last season, and Devin Thomas, an All-Ivy First-Team selection at catcher...