Word: pitches
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...Crimson and Tigers open their twinbill on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. on Soldiers Field, but first Harvard will take on league-leading Cornell (25-5, 4-0) in a pair of games tomorrow. The first pitch is scheduled...
...prevalence of the bizarre, narrated through an unusual set of eyes—those of a teenage boy. Rodoreda’s narrator is a remarkably dispassionate protagonist, remarking in turns on the macabre and the surreal with unflinching ambivalence.Comparison is impossible to resist, as Rodoreda chooses to pitch her tent so deliberately close to that of other writers. The allegory of Rodoreda’s novel is glaringly reminiscent of its more renowned contemporary, J.M. Coetzee’s “Waiting for the Barbarians.” Whereas Coetzee uses myth to provide an account of nobility...
...runs and was driven in herself by Francis’ double to left field. Harvard took the field in the top-half of the fourth inning ahead 4-0—a comfortable lead with Brown on the mound. The rookie phenom continued her dominance as a starter, pitching four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out nine. “I felt good going out, and I had a few days off leading up to this, so I felt pretty sharp,” Brown said. “We limited innings and let all the pitchers...
...plug up a leaky faucet.They can serve as a temporary fix, momentarily masking deficiencies and creating the illusion of a fundamentally sound operation.But as the Harvard baseball team found out yesterday, sharp line drives into the gaps and base-clearing home runs can only conceal shoddy defense and ineffective pitching for so long.The Crimson lineup scorched the ball in yesterday’s back-and-forth battle with Holy Cross at O’Donnell Field, but lackluster play on the mound and in the field ultimately doomed Harvard (4-17, 2-2 Ivy) to a disappointing 12-11 defeat...
...Everyone knows Stack is a great hitter,” Douglas said. “When he gets his pitch he can drive it over the fence on any swing. We’re expecting him to continue to contribute for us. He can explode at any time, really, so it’s good having him in the lineup...