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...inquisitive woman up front asked why no one living in the Greater Boston area could be buried there. "Because they're not dead yet," Phil responded. Laughter. You had to be there...
...most amazing part of the tour for me came five minutes later as we looked out on Soldiers' Field to our right and Phil described the Bubble (The Farrell Track Facility). "See that structure shaped sort of like a balloon? We call that a seven-year building because it comes down after seven years. It was originally built three or four years ago to hold commencement activities, and then they tried baseball and ind?? ????k in there. But they've stopped using it for baseball. It's made out of canvas and rubber compounds...
After that display of unintentional deception, it was anyone's guess what he'd say about the Stadium as the tour drew to a close. But Phil did pretty well. "That horseshoe is Harvard Stadium," he told us. "It's often referred to as the Harvard Colosseum because it does resemble the Colosseum in Rome a little. It seats 39,000 people...
...next three weeks, Harvard did something it had never done before: it consistently won its games against second division teams. The difference was a revitalized pitching rotation that featured three seniors; Kelly, J. C. Nickens, and Phil Collins. So while Dartmouth, Navy, and Princeton picked up one or two losses to non-contenders, Harvard moved to the top of the pack with Cornell...
...sightseers also got a firsthand look at another part of hallowed Harvard-the traffic in the Square. The ever-informative Phil launched into a lengthy oration about the jam we got tied up in. "Now this traffic is unusually heavy," he began. "It has been heavy from time to time, but more so today than usual. You'll find that this is a bad time to go through Harvard Square. . . ." But we finally got going again, and Phil directed our attention to "Holyoke Student Center." We learned about Harvard Square, particularly its various shops, and then, since it needed...