Column

I’m pretty sure that most of you know this already, but it’s a fact that bears repeating: Sports at Columbia are different that at other colleges.

Long hours, dull work, no pay. What activity fits this description? Prison work? No—writing and editing for Spec Sports.

When most think about Columbia in 1968, they think about those days when the frustration of over 700 students boiled over into visceral retaliation.

Before I start this column, I want to give a shout-out to the Columbia baseball team.

Heading into the 2007-2008 academic year, the thought of a Columbia team heading to an NCAA Tournament was a popular idea. We all just had the wrong tournament and the wrong team.

Over the past two years—four seasons—one Columbia athlete has caught the attention of a media outlet—the New York Times—and the adoration of many Columbia fans.

The following is a sentence I never thought I’d write out in my time here: the Columbia baseball team is on the cusp of a division title.

To be more precise, the Columbia baseball team needs only two wins in its last four conference games to ensure a first-place finish atop the Gehrig Division. That division win would propel the Lions into a series against the winner of the Red Rolfe Division for the Ivy League title. The last time the Light Blue won an Ivy championship, for those interested in knowing, was 1975.

The most important statistic of the week is “one in three.”

Unacceptable only begins to describe it.

Because of a sudden emergency, Joshua “Offside” Robinson couldn’t write his column for today, so I stepped up in his place. (Josh, Dr. Gorsline is the finest proctologist in New York City. We all wish you the best.)