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Book SynopsisIn We Showed Baltimore, Christian Swezey tells the dramatic story of how a brash coach from Long Island and a group of players unlike any in the sport helped unseat lacrosse''s establishment.
From 1976 to 1978, the Cornell men''s lacrosse team went on a tear. Winning two national championships and posting an overall record of 421, the Big Red, coached by Richie Moran, were the class of the NCAA game. Swezey tells the story of the rise of this dominant lacrosse program and reveals how Cornell''s success coincided with and sometimes fueled radical changes in what was once a minor prep school game centered in the Baltimore suburbs.
Led on the field by the likes of Mike French and Eamon McEneaney, in the mid-1970s Cornell was an offensive powerhouse. Moran coached the players to be in fast, constant movement. That technique, paired with the advent of synthetic stick heads and the introduction of artificial turf fields, made the Corne
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[We Showed Baltimore] is by any measure a must-read for all Cornell — make that all college — lacrosse fans.
* Ithaca Times *
Table of ContentsPrologue: 1978, 2001, 1970
1. June 13, 1970
2. The Climb Begins
3. Barbarians at the Gate
4. The First NCAA Tournament
5. Falling Short
6. The Establishment Strikes Back
7. Assembling the Pieces
8. The French Connection
9. Start of a Streak
10. From Brown Stadium
11. Flamin' Eamon
12. That-a-way in Piscataway
Epilogue: End of an Era
