Posted by Spartan Scott
on 2/22/2009, 4:11 pm, in reply to "This weekend in WAC baseball"
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That was a great report and a real enjoyable read.
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: Around the WAC in baseball
:
: SJSU – A four game sweep of St. Joseph’s of
: Philadelphia is pretty much the same kind of
: start as last year when the Spartans swept
: by Utah to start the season. Seems to me
: that hopes are higher this year. Hope this
: trend continues.
:
: NMSU – 3-0 with a sweep of North Dakota
: (boy, where do THEY practice this time of
: year?) highlighted by a 3 HR game by junior
: outfielder Leo Aguirre. Will they be a force
: to be reckoned with? Can anyone guess the
: mascot of North Dakota? The Fighting Sioux.
:
: FSU – Fresno split two games with Washington
: to go 1-1 this year. Highlight must be the
: selling out of their stadium for (at least)
: game one. I would have been surprised if
: they hadn’t.
:
: LaTech – Started their season by winning the
: first two games with Grambling State. The
: second game was 20-1 so hitting and pitching
: did their parts. Pitching was a weakness
: last year so we’ll see.
:
: SacState – Playing in Tucson, Arizona and
: Sac State split the first two games of their
: three game series. I don’t know about you,
: but I’m impressed that Sac State is holding
: their own against a perennial power of Pac10
: baseball. I don’t know what they (UA) have
: this year but any win against the Pac10, in
: any sport, is good for the WAC. Way to go
: Hornets!
:
: Nevada – The most interesting opening series
: is the Pack’s in Phoenix at the Something or
: ‘Nother Tournament. They split with Gonzaga
: losing 14-2 (with 7 errors which needs to be
: said) and winning 7-4. The other game was a
: shellacking by Missouri (damn good team)
: 12-1. Great! They get to play them again
: today. Pitching looks suspect and hitting
: ditto. Here’s a good one; did you know the
: Pack have a player by the name of Aaron
: Henry? Parents have a sense of humor as well
: as baseball history. I wonder if everyone
: calls him the hammer?
:
: Hawaii- Playing a tough and highly-rated UC
: Irvine team the Rainbows have started out
: the year 0-3 by losing 5-4, 5-4, and 5-1
: against the Anteaters (everyone familiar how
: they got that mascot?). Impressive to me was
: how they remained close in all games without
: using their ace (as far as I could see)
: Jared Alexander. Could be hurt. In any event
: don’t get too worked up about this 0-3
: start; the Anteaters are very good; more
: highly rated than Fresno if that means
: anything.
:
: Boise – Oops. Don’t have a baseball team.
: And they want to become a player in national
: sports with no baseball team? Maine has a
: baseball team. North Dakota has a baseball
: team. I talked to a BSU fan after the BSU
: basketball game a few weeks ago (nice guy
: whose son played that night) and he said
: there is plenty of good baseball played in
: the area. I’ll leave it at that.
:
: Overall the WAC did well with the exception
: being Hawaii at 0-3 but they should turn
: that around soon. SJS? Looks good but
: untested really. NMSU? Ditto. FSU? Good
: opponent but pitching still a question.
: LaTech? Improved. SacState? The pleasant
: surprise of the weekend. Nevada? Hard to
: say. Hawaii? See comments above.
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