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...winner this afternoon (1:30 p.m., the Stadium) will have about a one-in-a-million chance at the Ivy crown, while the loser will be mathematically eliminated. Harvard (2-4 overall, 2-2 Ivy) hopes to avoid such a fate...
Most seasons, there is little enough nobility left for the loser of the World Series, but this may be the oddest year, where the playoff victims are actually mourned and remembered. Because of a mysterious leg infection, possibly from a spider bite, the Angels were deprived of their best player, Rookie First Baseman Wally Joyner, for the three straight losses. Confounded only by the ump in a nine-inning two-hitter, Nolan Ryan struck out twelve Mets not just with an aching elbow but for four innings on a sprained ankle. "A lot goes into getting you this far," Ryan...
...knew I'd win a million, for some psychic reason," said Chronic Loser Terry Garrett, 39, a former heroin addict with a long arrest sheet. Sure enough, Garrett's number came up in the million-dollar spin of the California lottery last month, guaranteeing him $40,000 a year for the next 20 years. (The state withheld $200,000 for taxes.) Garrett, however, did not predict the sorry sequel to his story...
While the winner here will control his own destiny, the loser is by no means out of the race. There's only been one undefeated league champ since 1970, so a 6-1 mark would still look pretty good at the end of the year...
...Cornell at Harvard, 1 p.m., the Stadium. The loser here can probably start thinking about next year...