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...more of the field than other people.”Size has its advantages in other sports as well. In crew and water polo, longer arms mean a longer stroke and an increased ability to block shots, respectively. For baseball, pitchers can release the ball closer to home plate than their shorter counterparts. And for other sports, the advantages are more obvious, such as a closeness to the hoop in basketball and an heightened ability to spike in volleyball The overall intimidation factor does not hurt either.This “gift” does not come without slight drawbacks, however...
Trailing 3-0, the Crimson retook the lead on one swing in the top of the second. Murphy, who entered the day holding the Ivy League single-season home run record with 17, had been walked intentionally in three of her four times plate appearances in the first game. So Allard moved her to the leadoff spot, with the idea that she would get on base for Kidder and Brown to drive...
...intentionally walked in her next three plate appearances...
...approached the plate, the rain began to fall and within just a few minutes the tarp was dragged out over the field and the Big Green coach was calling to her team to “pack it up and head home...
...first came in the bottom of the fourth inning, with the game still scorless, senior Lauren Brown standing on second, and rookie slugger Lauren Murphy at the plate. Murphy, who blasted three home runs against Boston College last Thursday, decided to go deep once again. And just like that, Harvard had a two-run lead. The bomb to left field was Murphy’s 17th fence-clearer this year, setting a new Ivy League single-season record...