Word: slump
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...were bought up by the armful. People were starting comics shops in airports and malls, just to cash in on the craze. The owners of the Square’s shops derisively remember such “speculators.”Then, the bubble burst. There was a slump in the industry. How did these three stores, all of which have been around for more than 20 years, survive?“People here in the Square didn’t buy for the reasons the speculators were buying,” Scott recalls. “The educated nature...
...going to start hitting.”If the Crimson (2-23, 1-7 Ivy) hopes to be successful in its four-game series in New Haven against Yale (13-16, 5-2-1 Ivy) this weekend, the Harvard lineup will have to break out of its collective slump, and quickly. Through April 6, the Crimson had scored a nation-worst 2.6 runs per game, with several of its top hitters struggling mightily at the plate, including captain Matt Vance, who, since his two-homer outing last Wednesday against Holy Cross, is 2-for-24 with 10 strikeouts. According...
Since belting two home runs in last Wednesday’s game at Holy Cross, captain Matt Vance has been mired in a 2-for-24 slump that has included 10 strikeouts. Last night, the captain’s woes continued: Vance went 0-for-3 with a walk, and grounded into two double plays. The second—a comebacker to the pitcher that turned into a 1-4-3 twin killer—erasing senior Taylor Meehan, who had singled to put a much-needed leadoff man on for Harvard in the bottom of the ninth...
...tenure, head coach Joe Walsh has never directed a team to a losing record in the league. “If I had 164 games to play, I’d say, ‘We’re in a tailspin, we’re in a slump,’” Walsh said. “But when you’ve come this far into your season and every single Ivy League team wants to play you—[we’re] just laying down, giving doubleheaders away at home.” PENN...
...familiar to people who follow Harvard hockey.As senior co-captain Mike Taylor netted the game-tying goal in the third, thanks to perfect positioning in front of the net, a new team emerged. Harvard was not just a promising team fighting its way out of a slump but a contender whose players’ willpower to make the most of the special opportunity meant that the Crimson would not go quietly whenever the game mattered the most.Though the Eagles ended up taking advantage of a loose puck in overtime, my heart lumped in my throat for those...