UC-Kentucky showdown
The UC baseball team, which has won 13 of its last 16 games and is tied for second place in the Big East one game behind Notre Dame, will take on No. 23 Kentucky at 6:30 Tuesday night at Marge Schott Stadium. UC (19-12 overall, 9-3 in the league) has the Big East's top two base stealers in Jamel Scott and Tony Campana, both with 25 steals. The Bearcats will hold out their best pitchers for this weekend's Big East series vs. Georgetown, but if you like college baseball this should be an interesting matchup nonetheless.
“That is a big game for us,” said coach Brian Cleary. “It’s fair to say they’re the strongest team right now in this part of the country.”
College baseball is a tough sell in this town, obviously, because of the presence of the Reds, and UC hasn't helped itself over the years with some pretty bad teams at times. Their last trip to the NCAA Tournament was in 1974. That's one long drought. But they're playing well now and are loaded with local high school players.
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Post a Comment*Thanks for the notice.
College baseball is huge in some parts of the country, such as Texas, the deep south, and out west. Three or four thousand attend games. Even ESPN has taken to it, broadcasting a bunch of games the last couple years. A fair number of players are of AA minors talent, and the level of play is quite good.
It has surprised me to see UC down for so long, with all the baseball talent this city produces. Kevin Youkalis speaks well of past talent, but in general the team gets little support. Of course winning would change that. With Ky, Miami, Dayton, Xavier, NKU, OSU, Louisville, IU, and a host of good DII and DIII teams around, there's a lot of really good baseball in these parts at the college level.
Check out a game or two if you have the time. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised and enjoy it.
Sadly UC has always been a school of last resort for the best area talent.
With the great new facilities and the Big East tie-in that is beginnning to change.
Go Bearcats!
Typical of the Enquirer. It's been days since this article and no update of the final outcome of the game (lost 9-4. Nor any update of the program since (must have been a slow news day). But... they have won the last two game and are home again today (Sat. Apr. 19) and are they in the news? NO!
Unless you are the Reds, or last name of Johnson (86 85) you do not rate a sentence or two. Even the Cyclones get no love.
The NY Knicks get more attention in this rag than our HOME Town teams.
Go Bearcats...
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