Word: infielding
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...patience was not only a virtue, but a necessity.On the first preseason pitch he saw in his freshman year, Douglas was nailed in the head with a fastball and suffered a concussion that started a long list of injuries which—along with established mainstays manning the corner infield positions—kept him from playing regularly in his first two years. But Douglas bided his time, learning the intricacies of the game from those out on the field and working to recover from injuries and sharpen his approach at the plate. Now fully healthy, Douglas is being given...
...help Bowers and Macadam get comfortable in the new position.“They both have pretty positive attitudes,” Kerper says. “If I ask them to do something, they respond very well.”While Bowers and Macadam practice in the infield, Henderson has emerged as the clear starter in left field. “She’s the fastest player on the team,” Allard says. “She’s making an impact already.” The lefty hitter has impressed teammates as well...
...even better.Jenkins isn’t waiting to visit the altar, either. He’s engaged to marry his high school sweetheart, Ashley, this summer.But Jenkins, a senior second baseman, has had to wait for the better part of four years for a regular gig on the Crimson infield. He has waited almost three years now, since Harvard’s last Ivy League title in 2005, for another chance to suit up in the NCAA Tournament.Let’s just say he doesn’t want to wait any longer.Now, he may not have...
...come-from-behind win over Boston College. Murphy led the team with a .350 batting average and finished the year ranked third in the nation in homeruns per game (.390). The graduation of captain Julia Kidder at shortstop and second-basemen Lauren Brown left a gap in the middle infield that may be the only chink in Harvard’s experienced armor. Or, maybe not.“Lauren Brown and Julia Kidder are fantastic leaders…and they can’t be replaced immediately,” Madick said. “But we?...
...anthem, "I'm Shipping Up to Boston," on the Fenway grass before Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, accompanied by teenaged Irish step dancers. After the Sox 11-2 annihilation of the Indians that night, Papelbon stripped down and did his own Irish step-dancing in the infield: Riverdance in underpants...