Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with a victory over weak Columbia and a split with fast-fading Princeton. Somehow, the roof caved in that weekend, and not only did Harvard lose all three games, it lost badly. With its confidence badly shaken, Harvard (9-5) and Cornell (7-4) agreed to a single-game playoff for the League title. The match was as professional match-up as Soldiers' Field has hosted in years...
With the bases loaded and none out in the District I playoff, Kelly confused the batters with a change of pace rather than a fastball and struck out the side...
This season, DeMichele relinquished the batting title to teammate Varney but still ranked as one of the biggest batting threats in the League. Kelly was no less effective on the mound, and pitched a pair of two-hitters against EIBL runner-up Cornell-one in the playoff game which decided the League's representative to the College World Series...
...NCAA selection committee emphasizes league rather than season record. The Eastern League, which overlaps four districts, has been affected each of the past three years. Two years ago. Cornell and Dartmouth both received invitations to their section's playoff, but District II cancelled its offer to Cornell after Dartmouth won the league title...
Pittenger's logic will have to be that the best teams should be selected for a national playoff regardless of league origin. But carrying his argument to its natural conclusion, Pittenger will find he is also arguing that geographic playoffs and invitations should be eliminated...