Word: parke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...classic baseball game. Columbia, led by crafty hurler Rolando Acosta, defeated Harvard and Stewart, 3-1. Clutch hitting and run production were absent, but tenacity and confidence on the part of the Crimson were manifest. "We showed everyone what kind of a ballclub we were going to have," Park said. "The kids showed a ton of confidence here as they did all season long...
...played most of their respective 14-game seasons. To make post-season playoffs Harvard had to finish either first or second in the league, which roughly meant winning ten or 11 of its league games. Two losses over the weekend would dig an almost inescapable hole for Harvard. As Park pointed out, "The kids at this juncture saw in their eyes what was ahead of them...
...squad traveled to Annapolis on Friday, April 29, and a sloppy fourth inning ("Our only bad inning of baseball all season," Park said) paved a yellow brick basepath for Navy, as the Midshipmen edged the Crimson, 6-3. "This was one of the few times all year that we let the game get away from us, that we lost control of the thing," Park said later...
...opener sophomore left-hander Paul McOsker threw "One of the finest game I've seen at Harvard," Park said. The southpaw handcuffed the Princetonians for three hits over ten innings, as it took his mates three extra frames before the batsmen exploded for six runs in the top of the tenth for a 6-0 victory...
...seemed unfair, to the Harvard baseball team it didn't seem to matter. The ballclub was so uniformed in confidence that the challenge of the Eastern League was welcomed. There was very little now that needed to be proved. The freshmen had shown their consistent talent, Loyal Park had reaffirmed...