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...loved playing baseball as a kid, and then I hated it. Not half bad as a pitcher when I was 13, I threw my arm out, and my idiot coach said, "Pitch through the pain," and I did. I was never able to throw hard after that. Maybe it was a bit of good luck. The advantage in later years, when I became a player of the game of catch, was that I was all motion and no speed--a change-up artist with nothing to change up on--so that the children could study the mechanics of throwing...
...maybe next time around, with one more quality inning in one more pitcher's arm, or one more base knock in somebody's bat, the Crimson will last to Sunday, as Walsh put it, "where the big boys play...
Highlights: Wins first-ever Ivy title; Has perfect league record; Tasha Cupp pitches perfect game, named Ivy Pitcher of the Year; Tara LaSovage named Ivy League Player of the Year...
Cupp also led the parade of Harvard players who received postseason honors. The southpaw was voted Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, the first Harvard player to earn that distinction, and was one of six members of the Crimson to be named to the All-Ivy First Team...
Juniors third baseman Meredith Bagley and rightfielder Karen Rice and sophomore utility player Jessie Amberg rounded out Harvard's list of All-Ivy First Team selections. Senior leftfielder Hillary Read, junior catcher Terri Teller and freshman pitcher Chelsea Thoke joined Franzese as All-Ivy Second Team honorees, and freshman utility player Mairead McKendry was an All-Ivy Honorable Mention...