I interrupt this weekly set of baseball musings to celebrate my alma mater for a paragraph. Yale, defending NCAA champions in lacrosse, has advanced to the Final Four this weekend in Philadelphia. They take on Penn State, with the winner facing the winner of Duke and Virginia. Penn State is ranked first in the country, but their only loss this season so far has been to Yale. The semis are on Saturday and the championship game is on Monday. Unlike Yale’s women’s soccer team, the coach doesn’t waste scarce recruiting spots on wealthy alumni children whose only knowledge of lacrosse is a Holiday Inn Express stay in LaCrosse, WI.
Braves 9, Giants 2
