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...eastern city of Andijan last week, Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov sent in the armor. Communications with Andijan were cut; foreign TV news broadcasts to Uzbekistan, including from Russia, were replaced with light entertainment. The insurrection started when a group of armed men raided a local military base for weapons, then hit the local jail. There they freed inmates, including 23 well-known local businessmen accused of belonging to Akromiya, an offshoot of the banned Islamist party Hizb ut Tahrir. The men, who denied charges of extremism, quickly emerged as leaders of the revolt. Addressing the nation Saturday, Karimov said...
Besides the four twin-killings turned by some combination of Brown, Farkes, and junior first baseman Josh Klimkiewicz, the Crimson picked off runners with extreme prejudice. In doing so, Harvard never allowed the nine base-runners allowed by Herrmann in Game One to score...
...eighth inning of Game 2, with the Crimson clinging to a 2-1 lead to sweep, junior Lance Salsgiver followed a Morgan Brown single with a perfect bunt down the third-base line, leaving both runners safe. Then, perhaps most surprisingly, Harvard’s home-run king, Farkes, laid down another picturesque bunt to get himself to first, loading the bases...
Lance Salsgiver’s sacrifice bunt died just fair of the third base line for an infield single, and Zak Farkes followed with a bunt single on his own attempted sacrifice to load the bases...
...definitely think Josh was passed over,” Mann said. “He had tough competition at first base, but he put up huge numbers. He’s been in the three or four hole all season, with pitchers gave him the absolute best they’ve got. It’s unfortunate that he wasn’t further recognized...