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...then college came around and it turned out that I didn’t actually have a future in the game, baseball or any other. I was a whole lot of everything—skill, speed, height, and strength among the things I lacked—away from playing for Harvard and at not even twenty years old, I sadly settled into the aged condition of all washed up. A once proud three-sport varsity athlete, I now have to sate my athletic appetite on the meager fare of pickup basketball and IM softball...
...Since then, the military balance has moved greatly in favor of Israel. Almost useless in stopping suicide bombers, downright clumsy in facing stone-throwing teenagers, the Israeli armed forces are much better at doing what they are trained and equipped to do: smash regular forces with superior firepower and skill. With some 400 first-line strike aircraft and a large inventory of guided weapons (Israel is a major producer and exporter), they have a combination of weapon loads and accuracy that would be devastating to Arab ground forces. If Arab air forces were to intervene to protect them...
...Stefanchik, who has the skill to place the ball in different spots depending on the defensive setup, is naturally most attracted to the strategy of the game...
Kyerematen, who moved to the United States in 1991 and has worked at Harvard for three years, plays only recreationally now and takes pleasure in surprising unsuspecting opponents with his skill. “When they see me, they see an older man. But once I start to play they say, ‘He plays!’” Kyerematen exclaims. “When you play the young ones, you feel good...
...year ago, Harvard could start as many as six freshmen and often an all-freshman infield. That won’t happen this year—but not due to any lack of skill on the freshmen’s part...