Boston and Cambridge have always had a love-hate relationship with the University and the recent PSLM campaign hasn’t helped Harvard’s image.

With one swift stroke, however, that could change. Free Red Sox tickets could go along way towards healing rifts with the Cambridge City Council. A luxury box seat in the new stadium would probably silence Ted Kennedy’s attacks about the living wage.

Most importantly, you will improve the lives of undergraduates immeasurably. Ownership of the Sox opens up a whole new slew of Core class possibilities. There could be new concentrations in sports-related fields.

Springfest could take place in the new stadium and feature the guitar stylings of backup catcher Scott Hatteberg!

President Summers, you also would have the best sports recruiting tool in the world. How could any prospective student-athlete say no when her guide around the Yard is none other than Nomar Garciaparra?

Harvard’s fun-loving and inimitable baseball coach, Joe Walsh, could finally get what he deserves—the best damn assistant coaches in the world (namely, Jimy Williams and Joe Kerrigan).

It wouldn’t be an entirely one-sided deal, either. The Sox players would benefit as well. Contract negotiations could be settled with relative ease. For example, if Pedro Martinez wants more money, he could sit in your office, call up a few old Senators for help and get you to assign a committee to study how much he should make. Painless, no?

And of course you would offer the Red Sox the very best free education in the world. Maybe you can personally escort center fielder Carl Everett to his course on dinosaurs.