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Meanwhile, Walsh hopes to plug in junior right-hander Max Perlman as well as freshmen Joey Novak and Andrew Ferreira. Perlman, recovering from Tommy John surgery, pitched a scoreless first inning against the Big Red, and Walsh hopes he sees more action this weekend...
...Harvard freshman goalie Harry Krieger will have to stop a high-powered Big Red offense that has scored over 18 goals twice this season. Despite giving up 14 scores, Krieger made a career-high 17 saves against Duke, earning him Ivy Rookie of the Week honors...
...months after Prem's speech, the army ousted elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup. Over the past several weeks, the protesters on the streets of Bangkok demanding that Abhisit dissolve parliament and call new elections have been, by and large, Thaksin supporters, known as the Red Shirts for the color they wear, who want him back. (Read a TIME Q&A with Thaksin...
...elected politicians after little more than a year. It played a key role in Abhisit's rise to the premiership, helping to broker deals among politicians who had been loyal to Thaksin so they would join Abhisit's coalition. The generals also used their troops to break up Red Shirt riots in April 2009 in Bangkok aimed at ousting Abhisit. Among the military's rewards have been large increases in budget allocations under Abhisit's administration and few questions about purchasing irregularities...
...exile, allegedly funding the current protests. The army appears to need Abhisit to stay in power: army chief General Anupong Paochinda is slated to retire in October, and his anointed successor, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, is known to be unsympathetic to Thaksin. Should Abhisit be forced from office by Red Shirt protests and Thaksin's allies win a new election before October, they could select another general for the top slot who would support Thaksin's return. Such soldiers exist - Thais call them "watermelon soldiers," because they wear green on the outside but are red, the color of Thaksin...