"The best way to neutralize a base-stealer is to keep him off a base," Hill said. "But if he gets on, we'll keep him close."
Harvard Rolling?
In the meantime, Harvard has won six of its last eight games and has hit its stride just in time for the meaty part of its schedule--intra-divisional play.
This season's new Ivy League structure split the Ancient Eight into a Red Rolfe (northern) and a Lou Gehrig (southern) Division, so Harvard plays each squad in the northern division four times while it plays the southern teams only twice.
Unfortunately, this new system actually works to Harvard's disadvantage because Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth--three of the league's top teams--join Harvard in the northern division and make for very competitive play.
No matter what the statistics, however, the Crimson is coming in confident and hopes to be steady and consistent all weekend.
"We're just going to play it one game at a time," Hill said.