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Baseball, to be sure, is like the nation that created it: too resilient to be counted out no matter how dire the forecasts. If the game can survive cartoonish owners (George Steinbrenner, Marge Schott), self-indulgent players (the entire New York Mets roster), 19th century labor relations and a defrocked commissioner (the job has been vacant since Fay Vincent was forced out a year ago), perhaps this latest wild-card wackiness will prove to be little more than an unfortunate rain delay. But don't wait till next year; this may be our last and best September...
...example, owners regularly violate the public trust. The San Diego Padres owner, Tom Werner, who is a TV producer, has deliberately run the franchise into the ground. Werner began the season with the National League's batting champion (Gary Sheffield) and home run leader (Fred Midriff) on his roster...
...football into the NFL. In 1976, following the second of Harvard's five Ivy titles under Restic, the Philadelphia Eagles knocked on his door, holding out a multi-million dollar contract and the lure of coaching the team for which he had once played (number 82--check your 1953 roster). Restic nearly accepted the offer. The Eagles even called a press conference to announce his hiring. But the lack of talent in the Eagles organization scared...
This squad, with a relatively inexperienced roster, was nevertheless healthy, poised, and optimistic about the season's prospects...
Injuries, Injuries, Injuries: As might be expected at the end of the season, Harvard's roster is dotted with players suffering nagging injuries...