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...next frame, Japan had a runner on first. A grounder to U.S. first baseman Tairia Flowers gave her an easy play at first, but she foolishly tried to force the lead runner at second. In softball, you get the sure out. The U.S. had only given up 2 runs in 8 games, so always trust your pitcher to wiggle out of a jam. Shortstop Natasha Whatley dropped the ball, setting up a crucial insurance run for the Japanese. The U.S. team wasn't used to trailing, and the players clearly got flustered...
...much as consume it. If ugly had an attitude, it would belong to center fielder and team firebrand Lenny (''Nails'') Dykstra, the Dead End Kid with an endless muddy stream of epithets and tobacco juice. If it had a clotheshorse, it would be John Kruk, the Shmoo-shaped first baseman who tore his pants lunging for a ball early in the final game and, either defiantly or absentmindedly, left his underwear on display for the next seven innings. And if ugly had a poster boy, it would be Mitch (''Wild Thing'') Williams, the reliever who has destroyed nearly as many...
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder is a good example. He has athletic talents very few people have, but the professional slugger has weighed in at more than 200 lb. since age 12. Scouts frequently labeled the teenage Fielder too heavy to have big-league potential. But, like his father Cecil, another generously proportioned major leaguer, he's proved them all wrong. Now 24, Prince plays with about 270 lb. packed on to his 5-ft. 11-in. frame, but he also led the National League with 50 home runs last year and earned a start at first base...
...stolen bases. Henderson was named to the All-Ivy First Team. Harvard was also the League’s top defensive team. Its collective 49 errors were the fewest of any team in the Ancient Eight. And while one of the Crimson’s fielders, first baseman Danielle Kerper, is graduating, the rest of the Ivy League’s best defense will be back next season. Also donning a cap and gown today are two of Harvard’s pitchers, captain Shelly Madick and Amanda Watkins. Madick pitched over 122 innings, just under 50 more than sophomore...
...uniforms on the sideline for a moment, looking into the stands, the record-breaking interception ball held aloft. Smiling from ear to ear, she took the ball and danced back up the steps, accepting scattered congratulations and applause from the nearby crowd.***For a feature piece, senior second baseman Griff Jenkins was asked about adjusting to New England as a native North Carolinian. After comparing the weather and the baseball styles of the two regions, Jenkins segued into a more personal testimonial:“It was a huge change for me coming to this school. Coming from the South...