Wednesday, July 24, 2013

It's Coming

Memorial Field
On campus to conduct a couple of interviews yesterday I snapped this picture from under the visiting stands at Memorial Field. Click to enlarge.
A press release was issued yesterday by the Ivy League and the Big Ten concerning their joint effort to deal with the concussion issue in sports. Find the release here.
Former Dartmouth pitcher Kyle Hendricks continues to rip up the AA Southern League with the Chicago Cubs' Tennessee affiliate. He's now 9-3 with a 1.91 ERA. LINK

Speaking of onetime Big Green standouts, Ed Lucas started at first base and hit his second big league home run on Monday. He's pictured in the dugout on this page that links to this story quoting him.
Harvard has this interesting infographic about its athletic successes last year. Unfortunately, if you ask me (I know you didn't) it's just a tad too fast going from one fact to another and I got a little dizzy with the spinning graphics. Good idea, though.