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...Crimson got going early, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning. After leadoff hitter Ed Durson had walked, red hot Ric LaCivita (five for six in Tuesday's game against UMass) singled, and DH Joe Mackey reached on an error to load the bases...
Five runs in the fifth inning sealed the Crimson win after the boys from Worcester grabbed an early 4-2 lead. After Larry Barbiaux flied out and Dan Williams grounded out, Ed Durson walked and stole second. LaCivita crashed a triple over the centerfielder's head and Hogan singled him in to tie the game...
...bullpen came to the rescue again as O'Malley served up a double-play pitch to Jim Hughes and struck out first baseman Colin Clapton. Bornstein scored the Crusaders' only run while Ed Durson, Larry Barbiaux and Hogan were reeling off the double play...
...book points out time and again that network television was the major force behind the sports revolution of the sixties. Durson says TV is primarily responsible for the gigantic quantity of money being thrown around (totalling $150 million a year), and makes the difference between huge losses and modest profits for baseball franchises and football teams. He argues that "the sports world's share of this money pie put television firmly in the picture, to say nothing of firmly in the saddle, of the sports revolution of the sixties and seventies...
...Durson's book would have been more successful if he had been more critical. His subtle, sarcasm paints a clear picture of the capitalistic nature of pro sports, but he never takes sides. In forcing his reader to find the answers, he avoids the condemnation his data warrants. On his opponents' one yard line, he elects to go for a sure field goal and a tie instead of a risky...
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