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Steffan Wilson, out of State College, Penn., will likely see action at second base while hitting in the middle of the lineup, something that’s unusual for a kid yet to play a minute of college ball...
...just like to say something about how wonderful the fans were and having students here,” mighty Mo McCaffery said. “It made an enormous difference. Having a student base and having the community come together was so special. And it doesn’t happen at Harvard very often. To have athletes together, and non-athletes—everyone—here, it was so special. It made all the difference, just knowing that people were here…We just want people to know that that was amazing and we?...
Five years ago, Trey Hendricks ’04, one manifestation of Walsh’s recruiting versatility, arrived on campus from Spring, Texas, an uncelebrated pitching recruit dreaming Major League dreams. He finished his senior season as a hard-hitting first base prospect, then left Harvard as the 24th-round draft pick of the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks. “I think a lot of kids have that dream,” Walsh says of his former star, with whom he still keeps close contact. “And it’s a great dream...
Also graduated from last year’s squad is the double-play combination of Sara Williamson and Rachel Goldberg. They will be replaced up the middle by the sophomore tandem of Julia Kidder and Lauren Brown, at second base and shortstop respectively. In addition to their role as table-setters, their contributions on defense will be pivotal in anchoring the young staff...
...Culture (a Thaksin-era invention) pesters young women who wear skimpy clothes during the annual Songkran water-splashing festival, even though "traditional" Thai women wore even less. This public puritanism explains the enduring popularity of the demure "sniff kiss," which Cornwel-Smith terms "the Thai way to reach first base...