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...Crimson retired the first two Quakers on solid defensive plays by Hochanadel and Forst. But first baseman Mike Shannon and centerfielder Sean Turner poked singles through the infield and suddenly the tying run was up in the form of Mark DeRosa...
With runners on second and third, senior catcher Dennis Doble beat out a grounder to short for an infield single, driving in Carey. Junior first baseman Peter Albers followed with a sacrifice fly to right, and all of a sudden the game was tied without the benefit of even two Harvard hits outside of the infield...
Freshman Peter Woodfork led off the inning with an infield single off the glove of the diving second baseman, and captain Marc Levy hit a Texas-Leaguer into short right. Sophomore shortstop David Forst laid down the requisite sacrifice bunt and Harvard had runners in scoring position for Carey...
When you hit as many balls out of the infield for base hits as you commit errors, common sense dictates that you'll lose. Well, score one for common sense...
Back in November, when no one was taking him very seriously, Forbes might wander off subject and discuss 19th century farming in Nigeria, the infield of the old Brooklyn Dodgers or how in 1820 Americans consumed four times more alcohol on average than they do today. Gone are the self-deprecating gibes about his family business. "I guess you can say I came to the attention of management at an early age," Forbes would say with a grin. His winning quirkiness these days is shielded by a layer of wounded suspicion. When a voter in Earlham, Iowa, asked him whether...