Word: hendrickse
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As Hendricks watches his teammate thrive in the Majors, he can’t help but wonder how far he can make it—though, as he says, not many had the talent the hard-throwing Beckett, who threw 96 mph as a senior, had as a teenager.
Hendricks cherishes his experience playing with Beckett—marked by the appearance of TV crews and as many as 40 scouts at any game—pondering, “hopefully [it’s] not once in a lifetime. Hopefully I’ll be up there some...
And that’s where the casual observer catches that Texas-bred fire inside the unassuming Hendricks. You see, Hendricks may not throw in the high 90s like Beckett, but every bit of him believes he can be a major league baseball player.
Salsgiver and Hendricks both came to Harvard knowing they would get plenty of time on the mound. For Hendricks, who led Houston-area pitchers in strikeouts and compiled a 10-2 record his senior year at Spring, that was a given.
The results have been stellar. Last year, Hendricks led Harvard starting pitchers in ERA (2.86) while leading the team in batting. His five home runs were more than he gave up (one). And even though he batted third in the order, his strikeout-to-walk ratio as a pitcher (37...