BILLERICA — The maxim is echoed throughout the Shawsheen Tech baseball team’s dugout. The musing is simple but perhaps overly optimistic. “We’ve got a saying here, ‘No free bases,’ ” said head coach Brian McCarthy. Free bases are bound to be relinquished throughout a high school baseball season. Walks, errors and defensive miscues can pile up on a club. They lead to runs. But the Rams have taken their defensive motto to new heights. Shawsheen isn’t just prohibiting its opposition from acquiring free bags. The closest opponents have gotten to home plate this season is in the handshake line after […]

Originally Published: April 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM EDT