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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 19, 2023 7:29:33 GMT -6
I watched the Tennessee Tech game and for the life of me the entire game was trying to figure out how they had only won 10 games all year. I watched USI baseball all year and for the life of me I trying to figure out how we won 10 games games all year Well…..
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 19, 2023 7:30:12 GMT -6
Big day for OVC baseball with Eastern Illinois beating Illinois and Tennessee Tech beating Tennessee. Ovc baseball is better than I thought it would be. Before usi joined the conference I didn’t follow them, but there are some really good teams in the conference that can play with just about any team. Hopefully usi can recruit better in the next few years and challenge for the top half of the ovc. Imo it will take a few years to be able to challenge the top teams.
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Post by eaglepride on Apr 19, 2023 7:44:01 GMT -6
Big day for OVC baseball with Eastern Illinois beating Illinois and Tennessee Tech beating Tennessee. Ovc baseball is better than I thought it would be. Before usi joined the conference I didn’t follow them, but there are some really good teams in the conference that can play with just about any team. Hopefully usi can recruit better in the next few years and challenge for the top half of the ovc. Imo it will take a few years to be able to challenge the top teams. I knew the baseball team was really going to struggle this year. That is why I cherish every win this year. I hope we can beat Oakland City today.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 19, 2023 9:27:02 GMT -6
Ovc baseball is better than I thought it would be. Before usi joined the conference I didn’t follow them, but there are some really good teams in the conference that can play with just about any team. Hopefully usi can recruit better in the next few years and challenge for the top half of the ovc. Imo it will take a few years to be able to challenge the top teams. I knew the baseball team was really going to struggle this year. That is why I cherish every win this year. I hope we can beat Oakland City today. If Arch treats this game as a bullpen game, then it very well could be a tough game as I imagine Oakland City will throw their best guy.
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 19, 2023 10:17:23 GMT -6
I hope we pitch one of our better pitchers so we can get a win. We are not contenders for the ovc championship this year so I would rather get more wins where we can.
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 19, 2023 20:56:48 GMT -6
Usi gets a blowout win over a decent Oakland City team. Glad to see the big offensive output.
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Post by southpaw on Apr 20, 2023 5:59:48 GMT -6
Good game, good weather, and good crowd last night. Lets hope that this can propel the baseball team to a positive weekend at home against EIU.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 20, 2023 6:35:47 GMT -6
Good game, good weather, and good crowd last night. Lets hope that this can propel the baseball team to a positive weekend at home against EIU. Ebest- need a couple more like him next year. The ball jumps off his bat.
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 20, 2023 6:36:57 GMT -6
Good game, good weather, and good crowd last night. Let’s hope that this can propel the baseball team to a positive weekend at home against EIU. 391 attendance last night. That’s good for a baseball game. Weather was beautiful last night which definitely helped.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 20, 2023 7:07:44 GMT -6
Good game, good weather, and good crowd last night. Lets hope that this can propel the baseball team to a positive weekend at home against EIU. I like the lineup that started this game. McNew at 2B is probably the answer this year because that position is a major weakness offensively with other options. This team has to score as many runs as possible to win, so might as well throw your 9 best bats in the lineup at all times.
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 20, 2023 13:16:08 GMT -6
as mentioned earlier, great crowd on hand. Attachments:
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Post by eaglepride on Apr 20, 2023 14:14:50 GMT -6
as mentioned earlier, great crowd on hand. Starting the baseball season in February really hurts attendance
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Post by eagle87 on Apr 20, 2023 14:30:40 GMT -6
as mentioned earlier, great crowd on hand. Starting the baseball season in February really hurts attendance No question about it. I have attended 3 baseball games this year and would have attended more except that some that I could have gone to had temperature in the 30-40 degree range. My wife and I just are not going to sit out in the cold and wind for 2 plus hours. Same with softball. We have been to game’s recently since it’s warm now. One thing I really want usi baseball and softball to do is build nice grandstand with chair backs like them big schools have. I watch a lot of teams on espn plus and most college parks now offer some chair backs. Doesn’t have to be fancy or huge volume, just 4-500 is fine. Just would be a better experience if the stands were upgraded imo.
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Post by eaglepride on Apr 21, 2023 7:26:30 GMT -6
Starting the baseball season in February really hurts attendance No question about it. I have attended 3 baseball games this year and would have attended more except that some that I could have gone to had temperature in the 30-40 degree range. My wife and I just are not going to sit out in the cold and wind for 2 plus hours. Same with softball. We have been to game’s recently since it’s warm now. One thing I really want usi baseball and softball to do is build nice grandstand with chair backs like them big schools have. I watch a lot of teams on espn plus and most college parks now offer some chair backs. Doesn’t have to be fancy or huge volume, just 4-500 is fine. Just would be a better experience if the stands were upgraded imo. Also I would like to get a soccer stadium with a 8-10 lane track around the soccer field. And as a bonus I would like a indoor practice facility for the golf team and USI adding beach volleyball as a varsity sport. I am 52 years old so I don't think I will see all this happened. And this is another reason I prefer the OVC over the Horizon League. I would rather drive South for Spring sports than drive North for Spring sports.
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Post by shorthaircut on Apr 22, 2023 13:39:10 GMT -6
How in the hell do you walk the #8 and #9 hitters consecutively?
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