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...took the Red Line to Downtown Crossing, then switched to the Orange Line and got off at Malden Center. Emerging, I noticed the crisp green grass of Macdonald Stadium, and the players chasing the ball on the field. I endured the tortuously-slow line on the staircase and finally exited the T station...
...game was crisp, the atmosphere even better, Nothing beats night games, regardless of how many people show up. For me, there's something pure and honest in standing under the lights and watching your team play (okay, I had gone to Malden Catholic, not Malden High, but that's a minor detail). I talked to people I hadn't seen in years while enduring both the chill New England weather and the noise of the subway (the station wasn't that far away). I hadn't felt an intimacy like this in awhile. Sometimes Harvard can feel as cold...
...home run race, got wins and bad Nielsen ratings by playing "small ball": by massaging the first run over the plate, and then another and another. Batters patiently waited for hittable balls and forced pitchers deep into the count. Coaches stressed on-base percentage over home runs. Everyone played crisp, robotic defense and opportunistic offense, waiting for the other team to make a mistake...
...sheep, remains a national icon a century later. Streeton painted not wilderness but settled pastoral land, framed by vast space. In The Purple Noon's Transparent Might, 1896 (the title is from Shelley: culturally, England still bore strongly on these highly nationalist artists), the high-keyed light and crisp, decisive brushwork create a broad, deep and coherent space brimming with heat...
...holding the Eagles to only three goals, the defense took a lot of pressure off of the offense, allowing the Crimson attack to play a relaxed effective game. The offense returned the favor through excellent ball retention, crisp and accurate pass execution and smart shot selection...