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...Deangelis, the Yale men’s coach, sidles up to Crocker, who stalks about the arena after the game. “He’s the best college polo player right...
...didn’t win the game.” Crocker has no room for rationalization: a loss is a loss...
...morning after, Nick is somber. He slouches in a chair, blankly staring ahead. His voice has lost its nasly cadence, and now it just drones,“Fuck the game...
...when the game begins later that day, Crocker grips the arena net in rapt attention. If you close your eyes and simply listen, you can get a good idea of what’s happening in the polo match: the light pattering of pony feet as they scamper around a throw-in, the thunderous stampeding down the field when everyone is chasing a ball that’s strayed far ahead, or the clanking of mallets and buckling of side boards against horse flesh when the ball falls into the corners...
...Crocker doesn’t want to sound like a “sour loser,” he says, but he carefully suggests that the game wasn’t quite as fair as it should have been. According to Crocker, Nick had to play a “perfect game” but was obstructed by the numerous violations called against the team—and it probably didn’t help that one of the umpires was a former coach for UConn. Moreover, the opponent had been clearly bent on neutralizing the strongest player...