{"id":848,"date":"2021-07-19T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/?page_id=848"},"modified":"2022-04-26T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T20:54:46","slug":"jack-mara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/alumni\/hall-of-fame\/jack-mara\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Mara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack, along with B.U. Baseball Hall of Famers Tim Masick and Nick Stipanovich made up the finest mound staff in the history of B.U. baseball. As co-captain of the \u201868 Terriers, Jack helped to lead his team to the NCAA playoff tournament. He won the first game while making a rare relief appearance in a very tense extra-inning game.<br \/>\nJack as a junior posted a 4-1 record. In one of his pitching appearances, he allowed just one ground ball single in a strong win over Northeastern.<br \/>\nIn the game prior, Jack pitched a 1-0 nine-inning shutout over Providence while driving in the only run with a base hit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-1-of-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-1-of-4-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"JMP Website - BU Baseball (1 of 4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-1-of-4-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-1-of-4-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-1-of-4-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-1-of-4.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-2-of-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-2-of-4-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"JMP Website - BU Baseball (2 of 4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-2-of-4-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-2-of-4-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-2-of-4-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-2-of-4.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-3-of-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-3-of-4-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"JMP Website - BU Baseball (3 of 4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-3-of-4-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-3-of-4-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-3-of-4-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-3-of-4.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-4-of-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-4-of-4-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"JMP Website - BU Baseball (4 of 4)\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-4-of-4-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-4-of-4-768x1299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-4-of-4-606x1024.jpg 606w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/JMP-Website-BU-Baseball-4-of-4.jpg 1094w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack, along with B.U. Baseball Hall of Famers Tim Masick and Nick Stipanovich made up the finest mound staff in the history of B.U. baseball. As co-captain of the \u201868 Terriers, Jack helped to lead his team to the NCAA playoff tournament. He won the first game while making a rare relief appearance in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/alumni\/hall-of-fame\/jack-mara\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jack Mara<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2500,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/848\/revisions\/1006"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}