Word: mounded
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Taillac pounces on the envelopes on her table. "When I get the packets, it's like sweets," she says. She unfolds rainbow moonstones, sparkling rose-quartz disks, aquamarines, mirrorlike smoky quartz ("the stone of depressed people") and a mound of sprinkles identified as multicolored sapphires. "Here's an order," she says. "And here's a problem: the buyer has indicated that for some items she would like two. These are stones; they occur in nature. I cannot get the same twice. But Justine will try." Justine Rumeau, De Taillac's right hand of six years, is already sorting through citrines...
...think if he was back we could have made a run at being a Top 25 team. And then [Morgalis], I think he might have been at Harvard for 17 years.”Those departures leave Haviland as the lone returning regular on the mound, with a promising trio of freshman hurlers joining an intriguing collection of veterans to help him chew up innings for the Crimson in 2006.Haviland, the de facto ace, went 7-1 in 14 appearances during his freshman campaign, leading the team with a 3.10 ERA and holding opponents to a .225 batting average...
...going to have impact right away.”IT’S ALL O’ VERTOVEZHaling from West Islip, NY, Vertovez recognizes that college ball in Cambridge poses a more difficult challenge than her high school days in New York.The adjustment is especially tough on the mound.“Hitters are much stronger in college,” Vertovez says. “And now with the mound 43 feet out instead of 40 in high school, my riseball rises a little too fast for the hitters.” She will have to adjust fast...
...same inning. TOLEDO 8, HARVARD 5Until the bottom of the last inning, it looked as if Harvard had its season opener in the bag. The Crimson had dominated the entire game, despite allowing the Rockets offense a four-run fourth inning. Sophomore Amanda Watkins came to the mound in the sixth inning and held Toledo scoreless in her first inning of relief. In the bottom of the seventh, with just two outs to go to secure a 5-4 Crimson victory, Toledo sophomore Valerie Moxim hit a grand slam to end the game with...
Freshmen hurlers Ryan Watson and Adam Cole have impressed from the mound in early workouts, and Coach Joe Walsh has expressed interest in using them in the regular pitching rotation...