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
Tag: baseball
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: 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…
baseball: ga tech @ unc, game one
baseball: ga tech @ unc, game one, originally uploaded by minervacat. Twelve.
baseball: fsu @ unc, game three
baseball: fsu @ unc, game three, originally uploaded by minervacat. Eleven. Baseball-related music content: the Baseball Project, an Athens, GA supergroup made up of members of R.E.M. and the Minus 5 among others, released one of my favorite albums of 2008, Volume One: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails. Georgia indie rock songs about obscure baseball…
baseball: fsu @ unc, game two
baseball: fsu @ unc, game two, originally uploaded by minervacat. Ten.
baseball: florida state @ unc, game one
baseball: florida state @ unc, game one, originally uploaded by minervacat. Nine.
baseball: princeton @ unc, game two
baseball: princeton @ unc, game two, originally uploaded by minervacat. Eight. For as long as I can remember, every year for my birthday the NCAA has given me the first weekend of the men’s basketball tournament. It’s a pretty nice gift, as far as gifts from strangers who are also huge faceless entities go; it’s…
baseball: unc @ duke, game three
baseball: unc @ duke, game three, originally uploaded by minervacat. Seven. (Sometimes bombs + good starting pitching aren’t enough.)