Forester Field of Dreams: Should the College Bring Baseball Back to Campus?
Many people have wondered why baseball is not a varsity sport at Lake Forest. Actually, baseball was the first varsity sport at the College in the late 1890s. During both world wars, there was an elimination of varsity sports. However, baseball continued at the College until the early 1970s. It died out because there was great pressure for fielding a lacrosse team. Coach Michael Dau ’58, who coached the baseball team in the 1960s, argued…
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