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...help asking questions: Why can none of these teams settle for a draw? Why do these competitions featuring only American participants contain the word “world” in their title? Why is America inclined—contrary to its capitalist ethos—to reward bottom-placed (read “failing”) teams with the first choice in the draft? Come to think of it, why is there a draft?The answers to these questions I do not intend to address here—not only because I’m still pondering them...
...Crimson struggled to find its offense and overcome early deficits.BROWN 8, HARVARD 5Following a low-scoring opening game, the Crimson took to the field for Round 2 eager to make plays and produce runs. Unfortunately for the visitors, they may have been a bit too ambitious. In the bottom of the first, a bloop single with a man aboard resulted in two Harvard errors and a Bears run, setting the tone for a difficult afternoon.“We need to cut down on mistakes,” Walsh said. “Mistakes on the mound, mistakes throwing...
...against the majority of its Ivy competition, with the exception of Columbia and Dartmouth, the team thrived.It was able to clinch an easy victory on Sunday, running away with the title by shooting a 301. If the squad can get the same quality of play, from top to bottom, it will be favored to win the Ivy championship next weekend.“This week was a huge confidence booster for us,” freshman standout Mark Pollak said. “Going into next weekend, we feel like, as the Yale coach put it, we?...
...walked with the bases loaded. Things just kept getting better for the Crimson, as it added three in the fifth inning and four in the sixth. And that was all Harvard needed to ensure an early ending to the game, as Moore stepped in to pitch a scoreless bottom of the sixth. —Staff writer Lucy D. Chen can be reached at lucychen@fas.harvard.edu...
...first, as Bears starting pitcher Trish Melvin struggled to find the strike zone. With the bases loaded on two walks and a Shaw double, Melvin walked junior Melissa Schellberg, who is also a Crimson sports editor, to plate the first Harvard run.Brown got three back in the bottom of the inning off of freshman Marika Zumbro, but the Crimson battled back to take the lead, 4-3, in the top of the third.The Bears evened the score at four in the bottom of the fourth, scoring on a passed ball, to set up the game-winning rally.HARVARD 9, BROWN 6Harvard...