Word: eibl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cornell spoils Harvard pitching star Larry Brown's final appearance for the Crimson and kills any chance for the Crimson to retain the Eastern League (EIBL) title with a 3-1 win in Ithaca...
...Harvard baseball team this weekend. The Crimson's 3-1 loss at Cornell on Friday and omnipotent 7-0, 6-2 sweep of Army on Saturday proved one loss too many to catch first-place Navy (10-4) for the Eastern League baseball crown. The "finest lads" of the EIBL, who had groped for consistency worthy of their potential all season long, are now without a season, without a goal, without a bus ride until next year...
Harvard now has a 7-4 EIBL record and three Eastern League games remaining. If the batsmen should defeat Cornell on Friday and sweep Army in the Saturday doubleheader at West Point, they will finish no worse than tied for first place with Navy (currently 8-4 with two games left...
Still, the chance for reprieve remains--a sweep of the Crimson's five remaining league games, this weekend and next, would leave them at 10-4 in EIBL competition, guaranteeing at least a tie for the league title and a postseason playoff berth...
...anything, the win has to be the needed momentum for the club's three Eastern League games this weekend. Harvard needs to take its remaining eight EIBL games for the title, something not so far-fetched when you consider that the Crimson won eight straight only a year...