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...season, the longball once again sunk the Crimson With the score even at three in the sixth inning. Harvard hurler Charlie Marchese delivered his third home-run ball of the game, a two-run blast that turned out to be the game-winner Harvard catcher Vinnie Martelli doubled in the seventh, but the threat went by the boards to give the Crimson an even record on the weekend...
Larson entered late in the opening slugfest, after the visitors had run up a 6-3 margin. The Eagles had scored four runs in the first three innings off starter and eventual winner Jim Curtin, but Harvard bats struck the biggest blows in the fifth inning. A pair of two-run homers by Donnie Allard and Chris Schindler put the Crimson up for good, and Ed Farrell added another two-run blast on the sixth...
Before the sun sets on Churchill Downs tonight the world will know what none of the racing experts or bettors have been able to figure out yet: who the winner of the 1982 Kentucky Derby...
Among the leftovers there is still enough four-legged talent to prevent this from going down in racing history as the Default Derby. The early line has El Baba favored to win, even though the winner of the Louisiana Derby has never before been considered a top Kentucky prospect. Cassaleria, the monocle-wearing star from the West Coast, has a fairly large following, as does Muttering...
...inclination is to go with Wood Memorial winner Air Forbes Won, and not just because of the name. With two Derby winners in his immediate family--Bold Forbes and Northern Dancer--Air Forbes Won has the pedigree. And for history's sake. Pleasant Colony, who went two-for-three in the Triple Crown last year, also won the Wood in his final prep for the Derby. Add to these assets the fact that Air Forbes Won has both his eyes, all his teeth, and four sound legs as of this writing...