Anyone in the area is more than welcome to join us.

Let’s go Hawks!

Realistically, I just wanted to get to Sunday evening. That was the goal. I suppose that’s pretty much like winning your first round game in the NCAA Tournament, which would be a pretty good feat for this team.

Any more wins would be quite awesome, though. So, please. Let’s just win and force a Monday game.

Fantastic performance from Cameron Selik. Not a bad time to have your best game of the year (ever?).

I know it’s not really all that important right now, but I wonder how many juniors will be drafted. Shaffer is probably a guarantee, but anyone besides that? Narodowski has been fantastic lately, so I figure he’ll at least get a look-see. Anyone else, though?

Because I am super-glad that I get to actually watch the game.

But this is the type of video quality I was expecting to see all along, but most have been way better than that. This isn’t. It’s very grainy, and the audio was absolutely terrible, then broke out into random radio spots, so we’ll see how that all works out.

And, here comes the play-by-play.

Just his second start of the season.

Let’s hope he can have a career day, just like Selik did.

Although, Dustin Ackley did give his ball QUITE the ride. Just ten-or-so feet away from a 2-run HR.

Let’s score some runs, whaddyasay?

Bunted over to second by Robby Price. Groundout from Heere sent Nardo to third.

But Buck Afenir struck out to end the inning.

But they strand him with a linedrive to center, grounder to first and a K by Blankenship.

He threw quite a few pitches that inning, but I’ll take it. Just get us 5 innings of shutout ball, and you get a huge high-five.

Let’s score some runs.

Flyout to right from Tony Thompson, flyout to left from unknown player (I think it was Casey Lytle) and then a lineout/pop-up to second.

Narodowski
Price
Heere
Afenir
Thompson
Stanfield
Faunce
Elgie
Brunansky

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.

Only one out.

A single off of the outfield wall (it was hit so hard, Faunce got it in in time to hold him at first), then a HBP and then a walk of one Dustin Ackley.

Two-RBI single from the Tar Heels make it 2-0, with runners on first and third.

Still only one out.

Seger just stole second, so make it 2nd and 3rd.

Gotta get out of this inning without any more runs scored, I think. We don’t have the firepower to get into a slugfest with the Tar Heels.

The Royals fan in me is telling me that that this game is over. We’ll see, but ouch.

Just plunked a guy, now it’s bases loaded.

We need a new pitcher.

We need a new pitcher.

We need a new pitcher.

Brett Bollman now coming in.

I sincerely hope that he can get out of this jam. And then pitch the rest of the game without giving up any runs.

And we score at least 4.

That would be awesome.

Game is pretty much over, now.

It sucks, too. Brunansky’s glove wasn’t too far off from the ball. He was just a foot-or-so from an absolutely incredible, game-changing catch.

But, it wasn’t to be.

We’re doing our best to mimic Missouri, who fell behind Western Kentucky 7-0 early on. They mounted a semi-comeback, but never seriously threatened and lost 11-6 earlier this morning. I have a bad feeling that is what is going to happen here.

Florida State, with one out in the top of the 5th (now 2) and runners on first and second, are beating the Buckeyes by a score of 32-0.

Yes, 32-0.

32-0.

As in, thirty-two to nothing.

32-0.

They scored 7 runs before even getting an out. 10 runs in the 5th before a batter was retired (and the out was a sacrifice fly, scoring the 11th run of the inning).

That is just crazy. 9-0 is bad, but it is certainly no 32-0.

32-0.

Tony Thompson hit his 21st homerun of the year in the bottom of the 9th to deny the Tar Heels the shutout.

This ends KU’s season. They did great in 2009.