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...just kind of got used to losing,” Stack-Babich says of the squad that started the 2008 campaign 1-22. “We couldn’t do the little things. We’ve just got to be good at winning...
...yoga experiment may have been Stack-Babich’s most unorthodox strategy in his lengthy rehabilitation from the wrist injury he suffered while stealing a base during the Crimson’s 13-2 loss to Lafayette last March 16. Trying to play through the pain didn’t work, and the cortisone shots Stack-Babich took during the team’s week of games in California didn’t do the trick. The slugger’s season was over, and his long road to recovery was just beginning...
...Here’s the kind of season Stack-Babich was putting together before that fateful slide into second base (for the record, he was safe): in 15 games, he amassed a .375 average, 31 total bases, and a .648 slugging percentage after eight of his 18 hits went for extra bases. In one four-game stretch in March, he had 12 hits in 16 plate appearances...
...These numbers, when combined with a healthy 2007 campaign that saw him hit .313 and earn an Ivy League Honorable Mention, earned Stack-Babich an invite to the Cape Cod Baseball League, a collegiate summer league that doubles as a breeding ground for future professional players. For the South Shore native, who led Xaverian Brothers High School to a state title in 2004, what began as simply a more pleasant step along the road to recovery quickly became a dream come true—a dream complete with major league scouts checking out prospective draft picks and youngsters asking...
...just as Stack-Babich was beginning to hit his stride on the Cape, another injury forced him to take a big step back. This time—warning: not for the faint of heart—his left thumb folded all the way back during a diving play in the outfield...