Word: magers
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There might be something to Nyweide’s words. In 1999, Ben Crockett was already an established part of the rotation, Mager was already a fixture at short and Shakir’s hit won it all. Sophomore John Birtwell ’01 was Ivy League Pitcher of the year and Scott Carmack ’01 looked on the verge of superstardom...
There was Mager, batting 6-for-10 and stealing two bases. There was the infield of Mager, Shakir, third baseman Nick Carter and first baseman Josh San Salvador, an all-senior unit that had the best fielding percentage in the Ivy League, erasing the few mistakes the Crimson’s starters made...
...more than that. On Saturday, Mager spoke of his classmates talking to each other on the field, dissecting their at-bats against various pitchers. Lopez noted with pride that at one point in the second game, seven of the nine Harvard players on the field were seniors. It was about presence as much as anything else, an intangible that only guys who had been there before—who had seen it happen before—could bring...
...done. The dynasty has been revived, and the seniors can look forward to improving upon the 1999 team’s quiet showing at NCAA Regionals, when the Crimson mustered only two runs in two games. Mager, who inched closer to Hal Carey’s ’99 career hit record with his six-hit outburst on Saturday, thinks the Crimson has “a good shot at doing something there, turning some heads...
Given the problems the Crimson has had at the plate this season, one might think that this is just a resurgence of the wide-eyed, optimistic Mager of a few years ago. But anyone familiar with what the seniors have accomplished in the past few weeks would have a little more perspective on things...