Word: yaz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...give the Terriers at least a goal advantage when the Beanpot rolls around. But while the insouciance towards Harvard sports remains vogue, a new fad has arrived--Soxmania. It is now fashionable to read the boxscores before the ed page, to preface problem sets with a brief bantering over Yaz and Freddie, and in general to greet the morning crowd with a "How about those...
...crowd was cheering everything, from Yaz and Loo-ee to Claudel Washington and even Flight 502. An occasional cry went up for Luis Alvarado and Jose Santiago (remember them?). Four fans sang the national anthem...
...only disappointment of the morning was Yastrzemski's absence from the scene. The official word was that Yaz had to rush off to see his sick mother. Whatever, he still got a "We Love You Anyway" cheer...
...they do. Yaz's absence didn't matter really. They would have gone through it all again, the Logan all-nighters, the marathon drives from as far as Amherst, or the 5 a.m. subway journeys, They would have repeated it all if just to see Tim Blackwell and Dick Pole return with the pennant...
...ghosts of Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola, and the remainder of the NBC entourage stand on a raised platform in the middle of the room. Curt asks Yaz about the turning point in the Series. Joe asks Darrell Johnson how it feels to be a winner. Bill Lee asks Curt and Joe why they're asking such stupid questions...