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Like a sprinter who's slow out of the blocks or a boulder resting stop a mountain, the Harvard baseball team has a lot of trouble getting started. But once they get going, the batsmen pick up speed quickly and are virtually impossible to stop...
...Crimson displayed its inertia in this weekend's trip to Columbia and Penn. In both New York and Philadelphia, the batsmen split doubleheaders, dropping the opener and then capturing the nightcap. In all four games, Harvard came alive in the late innings after sluggish starts...
...yesterday's opener with Penn, the batsmen took a two-run deficit into the top of the seventh. With two out, Quaker hurler Pete Shutte gave shortstop Brad Bauer a free pass to load the bases, then walked Vinnie Martelli to bring Harvard to within one. But Donnie Allard popped to Shutte, and Billy Doyle fell victim to a 2-1 defeat despite tossing a three-hitter...
Today, the Crimson may finally open its season with a greater Boston League doubleheader at Northeastern. Or, the batsmen may finally open their season with a twin-bill against the Huskies at Soldiers Field. Or, they may not open the season today at all, since the hottest selling item at the Soldiers Field concession stand continues to be mud pies. No one really knows for sure...
...their only other outings, the batsmen fell to the White Sox farm team squad, 7-6, in 10 innings, and to the Pirates' minor leaguers...