He knew how--as Brian Ralph did in Saturday's game against Brown--to get caught in a rundown between first and second when there's an alert baserunner on third and a not-so-alert team in the field.

When he was in the field, he knew how to look both in front of and behind a runner rounding the bag.

In yesterday's game, B.C. scored its runs on homers and doubles into the gap. Harvard scored on sacrifice flies and ground balls to first.

In the final frame, after seeing B.C. come back to tie from three runs-down, Harvard came back and scored a run.

After a double and an intentional walk, the Eagles botched an attempted sacrifice bunt and threw a wild pitch to allow the winning run to cross the plate.

They proved that not all teams are endowed with fundamentals, just as not all hitters are endowed with brute strength.

Yesterday's win wasn't easy, but it was a win.

It wasn't easy for Rizzuto either. His "win" took 37 years.

"It was really a team win," sophomore Brett Vankoski said. "Everybody participated."

Everybody participated and no one stood out.

If the Harvard baseball team is looking for notice, it should stop playing fundamentals and start hitting grandiose home runs.

If it wants to win baseball games, it should continue to congratulate its players on their outs.