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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...
...selected by his hometown Boston Red Sox as a draft-eligible sophomore in the 39th round in June—far lower than many baseball insiders has projected—Harvard’s single-season and career home run king opted to honor his contract with the Gatemen in hopes of raising his stock...
...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...
...He’s a tremendous pitcher,” said sports writer Ed Collins of the South Shore Standard Times, who has covered Crockett and the Wareham Gatemen for two years. “He’s a very smart player. He always keeps [the Gatemen] in the game...
...three quality pitches—the sharp curve, a solid changeup and a low-90’s fastball. In the summer of 2000, prior to developing his elbow injury, Crocket was named the Co-Pitcher of Year after posting a 5-1 record and 2.95 ERA for the Gatemen. Most scouts knew him even before that—Crockett enjoyed a fine high school career at Masconoment Regional High School...