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Apparently, the (bogus) excuse the Yale brass is employing is that the immediacy of the Tuesday two-fer would put unhealthy strain on its players, coming right on the heels of a weekend four-game series versus Dartmouth...
...wasn’t too stressful for Yale when it endured a replica run of six games in four days, from April 7-10, with Sacred Heart in town for a Tuesday doubleheader in the aftermath of Saturday and Monday double dips with Columbia. In fact, you could argue that arrangement was even more wearying, without Monday to recuperate...
...happen to be a (wildly under-informed) believer that extra work is good for building arm strength, but if Yale skipper John Stuper doesn’t want to run out an 19-year-old starting pitcher on two days’ rest, I’m not going to eat his lunch...
...quick scan of the Bulldogs (in light of this mess, maybe Poodles is more apt) roster reveals 15 pitchers. Further study of the team’s statistics page elucidates that 14 different throwers have seen game action for Yale this season and eight of those have started a game. If suddenly you can’t find six kids on your bench worthy of starting an Ivy tilt on the hill, it shouldn’t be up to the Ivy League office to accommodate your short-handed staff (current...
...Bulldogs, who sit at 6-8 in Ancient Eight play, get swept by Harvard, co-leader of the Ivy League’s Rolfe Division at 9-5, they will be eliminated from title contention. What happened here, if I had to wager, was a desperate Yale team trying to save its season by pleading for an extra day of rest for its starting pitchers. The Ivy office, which couldn’t afford to be seen as uncaring on matters of student-athlete safety, was bullied into complying and mandated the adjournment. Now, Stuper can hand the ball...