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...Marcel Wanders plate for Royal Tichelaar Makkum ($320; www.tichelaar.nl...
...honor short of the Heisman. Quick to face a challenge, the eager third baseman stepped up offensively her freshman year, knocking in a team-high 26 runs. The same season she hit .331, the second best average on the squad. The following two springs Allard again dominated at the plate, safely hitting for the highest percentage on the Michigan team.A four-time All-Big Ten player, Allard’s greatest accomplishments came in her junior year, when she took the mound to fill a pitching vacancy. Without asking questions, she quickly switched gears, proving herself to be a dynamic...
...Just see it, hit it,” sophomore Lauren Murphy said of her batting tricks last season. Yet, according to modern science, it is actually impossible for a batter to trace the ball with her eyes when the ball gets close to home plate. So, should we trust a scientist, or a first-hand expert? If anyone has the credibility to speak on the matter, then Lauren Murphy is certainly that person. Known as just “Murph” to her teammates and coach, Murphy had an extraordinarily impressive season last year in her Crimson debut...
Griff Jenkins doesn’t like waiting.At the plate, Jenkins’ favorite pitch is the first pitch. And if it’s a fastball, like the one he launched out of Brown’s Murray Stadium for his only collegiate home run last April, even better.Jenkins isn’t waiting to visit the altar, either. He’s engaged to marry his high school sweetheart, Ashley, this summer.But Jenkins, a senior second baseman, has had to wait for the better part of four years for a regular gig on the Crimson infield...
...Brazil's police may have a reputation for brutality, but Alves has nothing to worry about - at least not tonight. Officers ask him his age, his occupation, and whether he has tattoos or a criminal record, and then run his car license plate through the computer in their squad car. It comes up all clear and he's free...