“They’re both getting looks, being scouted like I was,” Balestracci says of Cramer and Lawrie.
Regardless of the outcome of these final calculations, when the waiting comes to an end this weekend Balestracci will make an optimistic attitude the number one priority.
“That’s the one piece of advice everyone has given me: stay positive,” he says.
And Morris, a veteran of the experience, adds another tip:
“Do whatever it takes to make it. It’s a dream come true.”
—Staff writer Lisa J. Kennelly can be reached at kennell@fas.harvard.edu.