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This predicament left the savvy coach no choice but to pilfer Harvard’s playing fields just to give his pitchers a mound to throw off. Undeterred by the lack of their own facilties, Walsh and his players would hop the fence and borrow the Crimson’s pitching mounds, tuning their change-ups and slinging their fastballs until dawn (or the athletic director) appeared to chase them off the premises...
With the departure of Crockett and a slew of other starting pitchers, Hendricks may also be critical on the mound. Despite his prep heroics, the lefty never really emerged as a pitcher during his first two seasons...
...don’t know [why I haven’t pitched more],” Hendricks says. “This year coach Walsh said he’ll probably need me on the mound, so I worked on it a lot [during indoor practices...
...with the guy’s swing, ‘Hey I can bust him inside,’ or ‘he’s looking to pull, we’ll go away on him for a while.’ Very smart guy on the mound...
...tough day to play baseball,” said freshman righthander Wes Cosgriff, who pitched two innings in relief. “It’s difficult to land on the mound with that kind of rain but I think the conditions were even tougher on the hitters...