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...over the place yesterday. Alternating between two fastballs, a curve and a sinker, Salsgiver featured plenty of movement—hardly the frozen ropes he’s used to uncorking from the outfield grass. Salsgiver threw all the harder from close range, too, clocking out at 91 mph according to one gun. He retired the side in order on seven pitches in the seventh and set down the first two batters of the eighth before being lifted for senior Ryan Tsujikawa...
...right index finger, Wahlberg’s appearances had been largely hit or miss. He had been inconsistent to the point where Harvard coach Joe Walsh would warm up freshman Morgan Brown alongside him, in case the finger acted up and Wahlberg was unable to harness his 90 mph...
Among Rodriguez’s favorite activities is driving to Revere Beach and speeding down the Bunker Hill Bridge to test the promised acceleration of 0 to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds. The prospect of accidents, however, limits Rodriguez to the speed limit. “People are in front of you all the time,” he says of other motorists, “but it’s probably a good thing because I’d go crazy.” Rodriguez instead satiates his need for speed by blasting soundtracks from his convertible while trying...
...same hitters that had torched a quartet of Crimson hurlers for 18 hits an hour earlier could not handle a steady dose of Hendricks’ 85-87-mph fastballs just below their knees...
During the Spring of 1999, Houston fell in love with a 6’5 fireballer named Josh Beckett. Beckett, the Florida Marlins’ opening day starter this year, threw 96 mph consistently his final two seasons. His senior year, he went 10-1 with a 0.46 ERA and more than two strikeouts per inning. He was the nation’s back-to-back high school player of the year. He was also Hendricks’ teammate...