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Every Harvard starter got at least one basehit, and except for three doubles, all of the Crimson's hits were singles...
...second game, Dartmouth, and not Harvard, was the team that jumped out to an early lead it eventually lost. The Big Green scored six runs in the first against Harvard starter Chip Harris. Harvard, however, scored three runs in the second and seven in the third to take a lead it would never relinquish...
Think about it: if you took all the pitchers from the expansion Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins and distributed them evenly among the other 26 teams, would the pitching be any better? The Rockies have only one pitcher with and ERA under 4.00 (David Nied). Florida's number-one starter is 40-year-old Charlie Hough...
Scary Fact Number Three: Mention the term "fifth starter" in front of most managers, and they'll laugh at you. Some of them might name a position player (though I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that player won't be Jose Canseco...
Other than the Atlanta Braves, whose fifth starter, Kent Mercker, threw a no-hitter in the first week of the season, no team seems to have credible fourth and fifth starters...