Word: omaha
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long way from Omaha, Nebraska to the Vatican in Rome, especially if you are the Harvard baseball team. And years after the 1973 Crimson nine hang up their spikes, they will remember their two-week undefeated swing through Italy and try to forget their dismal showing at the NCAA championships in Omaha...
...baseball team that took nine straight from the best sunny Italy had to offer (which is not as good as Japan, to put the trip in perspective) was a much different outfit from the squad that travelled to Omaha in early June for the NCAAs, quickly dropped their first two games, and just as quickly, returned home...
...Omaha has been hosting the World Series now since 1949, and it has become a matter of civic price that the event be successful. During the games, as attendance is announced, the public address man keeps a line score on how the attendance figures compare with a year ago and he "cheerleads" the crowds to outdo the old mark...
...carnival atmosphere at Rosenblatt Stadium stands in sharp contrast with the hot somnolence of Saturday in downtown Omaha. And perhaps this is why the World Series has been a success for such a long time. For the people of Omaha the College World Series is an annual festival, bringing diversion and a chance for community involvement into the everyday routine of the other 51 weeks of the year...
Here, perhaps more than any other place in the United States, the College World Series is an extension of the attitude of the people of the city. And in this sense Omaha and the Series are made for each other...