baseball: uva @ duke, originally uploaded by minervacat. Twenty one. A rare ACC series in which Carolina was not involved. We got a free pair of Duke tickets based on our Bulls mini-plan purchase, and they got used to see Virginia, since Carolina goes up to C’ville this year instead of having UVa at home….
Category: designed to break your heart
baseball: fsu @ unc, game two
baseball: fsu @ unc, game two, originally uploaded by minervacat. Baseball photography. Since I launched this blog a year ago today, with a photo of an occasionally idiotic third baseman and a brief discussion of baseball photography, what better way to celebrate a year than more baseball photography talk? Obviously I take a lot of…
baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls
Twenty. Anatomy of a pitcher.
baseball: nc state @ unc, game three
baseball: nc state @ unc, game three, originally uploaded by minervacat. Nineteen. Just a couple of hours after I took this, no one on the UNC baseball team had any hair anymore. (Photos of that are here.)
baseball: nc state @ unc
Seventeen and eighteen. Players will ALWAYS look for shortcuts; if you told Pat Burrell he could legally avoid second base and just run directly from first to third straight over the pitcher’s mound, he’d do it. — Rob Iracane for Walkoff Walk
baseball: unc @ duke, game two
baseball: unc @ duke, game two, originally uploaded by minervacat. Root root root for the home team (Bob Hicok) They spit too much in baseball, I can’t watch, I don’t like spitting, we should be elegant, sling garbage in suits, not throw balls at each other’s heads and spit, not slide spikes high and spit,…
baseball: mississippi state @ south carolina
baseball: mississippi state @ south carolina, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sixteen. Extra special thanks to Ash‘s mom K. for our tickets; which were great seats and we had a lovely time at the game, although I got a bit sunburnt on one shoulder. South Carolina has a beautiful stadium, SEC baseball is good times, and…
baseball: georgia southern @ college of charleston
baseball: georgia southern @ college of charleston, originally uploaded by minervacat. Fifteen. Sometimes you just need to go to another state and watch baseball you aren’t invested in.
baseball: ga tech @unc, game three
baseball: ga tech @unc, game three, originally uploaded by minervacat. Fourteen. Now I know why the basketball team’s season didn’t fuss me; I was saving the heartache for baseball.
baseball: ga tech @ unc, game two
baseball: ga tech @ unc, game two, originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirteen. shep. bought herself a Sigma 70-300mm lens, and it’s kind of glorious. Way more glorious than last night’s game, alas. I love the baseball team fiercely and without reserve, mostly for themselves but in a small part because everyone loves the basketball team…