Word: infielding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Farkes had played through pain for two full seasons, and he couldn’t say no to the Cape. So standing deep in the infield grass, he’d pray the guy from Florida State or Texas digging into the dirt of that batter’s box didn’t hit a ball to his backhand, because the long throw from the hole just hurt too much...
...credo to which Wheeler subscribed faithfully early in his career, as he watched the action from the bench and realized that his mark on the team, if he were to leave it, would have to come via his personality, rather than his presence at the plate or in the infield...
Perhaps the most serious injury situation is on the left side of the Harvard infield...
...three innings later, Holy Cross drew to within scoring position once more, earning a pair of walks with one out in the 12th, then advancing runners to second and third on a slow dribbler to the left side of the infield. Clean-up man Andrew Tenaglia seemed poised to bring both home, grounding the ball hard to the right side of second base, but Brendan Byrne speared it just inside the outfield grass and fired to first to end the half-inning...
...soon within striking distance itself, thanks to Vance, who ripped a double just inside the bag and into the left-field corner for a stand-up double. Salsgiver hopped the ball over third base and into foul territory one batter later, beating Abraham’s throw for an infield single...