Word: eibl
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...addition to the 10-team EIBL, which includes the Ivies plus Army and Navy, the Crimson will again be competing in the Greater Boston League this season, with games scheduled against MIT, Northeastern, Brandeis. Boston College and Tufts. Last year's disappointing 17-14 overall record, which included a 6-7 EIBL mark (fifth-place tie) featured a GBL championship, and this season's entry is favored to repeat, with a challenge from Pete Varney's Brandeis squad and the scrappy Tufts Jumbos...
PITCHING: Last year's team earned run average ballooned from one of the EIBL's best in '80 to a miserable 5.01, with control problems and erratic fielding at the heart of the problem. That trend will obviously have to be reversed if Harvard is to contend...
...from that crew, and the junior will be moving elsewhere this season. He may end up at second or third, but a spot will have to be found for the pro prospect who hit 317 last year and pounded out 13 extrabase hits to win a spot on the EIBL, first-team...
OUTLOOK: As in previous years, the EIBL race will be a close one, and six teams have a shot at the title. The extended schedule should help Harvard, but the Crimson needs big years from a bunch of people to top talented Cornell and Navy, as well as defending champion Yale...
Watch for a complete EIBL preview next week...