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With sophomore catcher Mickey Kropf standing on second base in the top of the ninth inning, the Harvard baseball team was 180 feet from a tie ball game. It was also three outs from defeat...
Shakir says he prefers the top of the order to the bottom because it usually means an extra at-bat per game. Still, he points out that batting ninth has its advantages—like the luxury of being more aggressive at the plate...
...you’re struggling, [the ninth spot] is a good place to be because you see a lot of fastballs down there,” Mager said. “For Faiz, it may have helped take some of the pressure off so he could just be relaxed...
...promotion? No more than hitting ninth is a demotion...
...Maybe on other teams it is [a demotion] to hit ninth, but not on ours,” Lopez says...