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Post by eagle87 on May 20, 2023 19:18:09 GMT -6
games to be played here at the ball park in Marion IL. Attachments:
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Post by eagle87 on May 20, 2023 19:20:32 GMT -6
Beautiful stadium. I am considering going. It’s not too far away, but I think we play early morning game which isn’t great for driving there that morning
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Post by eagle87 on May 20, 2023 19:22:38 GMT -6
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Post by shorthaircut on May 20, 2023 19:37:21 GMT -6
Beautiful stadium. I am considering going. It’s not too far away, but I think we play early morning game which isn’t great for driving there that morning Anyone that goes make sure and visit 618 Tap House. It’s close to the stadium and has some good beers on tap. |
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Post by shorthaircut on May 24, 2023 9:00:43 GMT -6
Good start….pitching and defense has been sharp so far.
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Post by shorthaircut on May 24, 2023 10:11:06 GMT -6
Eastern mounting a massive threat in the 7th, based loaded, 1 out and only down 4-3 now.
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Post by eagle87 on May 24, 2023 10:48:01 GMT -6
Eastern mounting a massive threat in the 7th, based loaded, 1 out and only down 4-3 now. So frustrating as this has happened all season long. USI leads the whole game and gives up the lead at the end. |
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Post by shorthaircut on May 24, 2023 10:50:04 GMT -6
Tough loss to a very long season. This was a game they played well enough to win.
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Post by eagle87 on May 24, 2023 10:57:21 GMT -6
Tough loss to a very long season. This was a game they played well enough to win. Frustrating to lose like this. We need depth at pitching to improve next year. |
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Post by shorthaircut on May 24, 2023 11:40:23 GMT -6
Tough loss to a very long season. This was a game they played well enough to win. Frustrating to lose like this. We need depth at pitching to improve next year. Hit batsman, 2 errors and then top of next inning get doubled off on a sac bunt. The wheels came off all at the same time. |
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Post by eagle87 on May 24, 2023 12:25:05 GMT -6
Even though we were not happy with the season in general it’s encouraging to me that we still made the tournament and almost won against a team with an 8 game winning streak. This tells me we are close to being ready to compete for upper half in the conference soon. We obviously need pitching and a few more dependable bats, but we were in most conference games this year. After the past few years being mediocre in D2, I can’t complain too much about how we did in year one. It could have been much worse.
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Post by shorthaircut on May 27, 2023 5:45:49 GMT -6
Eastern Illinois playing for all the marbles today.
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Post by eagle87 on May 27, 2023 8:07:00 GMT -6
Eastern Illinois playing for all the marbles today. I guess it’s a positive that we lost - barely at the end of the game - to the team playing for the conference championship. The frustrating part to me is that we lead almost the entire game until the end. Who knows how things would have turned out if we won that game. I still take away the fact that even in a bad season for us, we still played to the wire with the team in the championship game. I don’t think we are too far off of being a highly competitive team in the OVC moving forward. I think we will get there in a few years. |
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Post by shorthaircut on May 27, 2023 14:07:00 GMT -6
EIU wins both softball and baseball. This should provide USI a lot of motivation in both sports. They are a low budget institution and if they can win, then we have no excuses.
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