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...best-of-three hockey playoff series between Harvard and some other team (they all blend in after my three seasons of spectating). The first night, Harvard won the game, but not after opposing fans threw things onto the ice on two separate occasions...
...games out in August. Charlie Dressen, Dodgers manager, proclaiming "the Giants is dead." New York papers involved in a grammatical argument over whether Dressen should have said "is dead" or "are dead"--but not doubting the veracity of his statement. Sweet disproof; a three-game playoff; Bobby Thomson's important moment (the eternal antidote to Bill Buckner's legs...
...Cardinals' once again coming through dire circumstances is a drama without suspense, but the Twins are a thorough surprise. Over 84 fall classics, only the 1973 New York Mets lost more games along the way (81 to 78). In both instances, first at Cincinnati and now Detroit, the playoff victim was Sparky Anderson, who has penned a small couplet on upsets: "It ain't no fun when the rabbit...
...loss is only one battle in a season-long war for a post-season playoff...
Morris had a 1-0 playoff and 2-0 World Series record, all compiled in 1984 when the Tigers won the Series. The loser of his last three regular-season decisions, Morris, who went eight innings allowing six hits with three walks and six strikeouts, wasn't any more effective this time out as the Twins continued their winning ways at home...