Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Flailing wildly, he tried to yank off his pants and swat his ankles at the same time. He had made one of the worst mistakes a Southern farmer can make: he forgot to watch the ground for a moment and thus tromped on a foot-high mound full of fire ants. Incensed by the intrusion, the insects promptly swarmed up Reese's legs, stinging him mercilessly over and over again. It felt like dozens of hot needles being plunged into his skin...
...Saturday's stellar outings weren't enough, Cupp returned to the mound yesterday and deserved another victory. The Lady Friars' first two runs scored with two outs after the Crimson committed two errors on plays that could have ended the fourth inning. The final two runs were also affected by Harvard miscues...
Charging the mound and intentionally hitting batters should draw heavy fines and possible suspensions. Such behavior is immature and detracts from the fan's enjoyment of the game...
Sunday was a different day in many ways for Harvard. With Irving on the mound, Harvard led 4-2 going into the bottom of the fifth. But then disaster struck, as Bear A. Ran Malick popped a three-run homer that gave Brown a lead it would never relinquish...
...leads all Ivy pitchers with a 0.60 ERA in league action and is 5-2 with a 1.48 ERA overall. Sophomore Rachel Salzman (2-1, 2.00 ERA) and freshman Tasha Cupp (3-2, 2.58 ERA)--the current Ivy League Pitcher of the Week--have also been strong on the mound...