Mother Nature decided not to cooperate yesterday, so a double header is underway. I’ve commented on these before- I love double headers against a superior opponent, hate ’em against inferior competition. The basic reason is, well, they’re hard to sweep! State took Friday’s season opener 7-2 behind an outstanding pitching performance by Clayton Shunick including […]
Baseball
Wolfpack defeat Tarheels on the diamond
We had in depth comments in yesterday’s entry…so, we needed to stay on top of baseball. State comes from behind in the diamond to beat Carolina in something! Wolfpack 8 Tarheels 6 The Wolfpack, which improved to 15-9 overall and 5-6 in the ACC, carried a 2-2 tie into the bottom of the sixth inning, […]
Saturday Bytes – Tarheels defeat Wolfpack (sound familiar?) OR State’s/Davidson irony (Updated 2pm)
……crunch….. Carolina’s third ranked baseball team beat the Wolfpack 5-2 yesterday (I thought we had some new authors who were excited about covering baseball on SFN? hello? anyone out there?). The Tar heels are 21-4 overall and 8-2 in the ACC. After a one-hit loss to Marshall, the Wolfpack are tracking just perfectly to an […]
The Late Baseball “Preview” Or, “I’m Slow”
Note: This is about, oh, 3 weeks late- but it is still relevant I suppose as a “getting to know you†for those not as attached to baseball as I. In an effort to expand coverage a bit here at Statefansnation I have volunteered to try my hand at providing some baseball commentary (as has […]
State Guys to Watch for in MLB in 2008
Yeah, I was in the show…You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, someone else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains. (Crash Davis in “Bull Durham”) […]
Let’s Play Two!
Say Hey, Baseball has gotten underway. Check it out here if you haven’t made the trip to the Doak already. It’s a double-dip and it started around high noon. Did I mention that it’s against the pesky Mountain folk of Boone (they probably like these thick, peat smellin’, dreary days being from the highlands and […]
Significant Baseball Development
We talk about the “other sports” sometimes…but don’t really focus on them any more or less than what the “average fan” does. But, this news about the Wolfpack baseball program looks very significant to highlight. Tom Holliday, Collegiate Baseball magazine’s 2005 pitching coach of the year, has joined the N.C. State staff as associate head […]
Record 8 of “Pack 9” Drafted
Despite yet another ‘nice’ season, Elliot Avent’s 10th season as NC State baseball coach ended like all of the others — without the Wolfpack bringing home any hardware of distinction after a 7th place finish in the country’s toughest conference. Don’t go over the deep end ASSuming that old SFN is against Avent and wants […]
Pack Baseball in N&O, not CHLT
Seven ACC baseball teams made the 64-team NCAA tournament field announced Monday, with North Carolina one of four regional hosts from the league and N.C. State the No. 2 seed at the Austin, Texas, regional. Special thanks to News & Observer for sharing with the world that both Carolina and State made the NCAA Baseball […]
