(06-11-2021 12:53 PM)OwlHOG Wrote:  Scott Wise was a pitcher for Rice as an undergraduate.

I remember when we used to play the likes of HBU and St. Thomas, both of which were definitely at least one step down from us, for midweek games. Scott once pitched a no-hitter against, IIRC, St. Thomas. Bill Whitmore, who may have done more with less support than any other human in the history of the planet, was asked for a photo of Wise by one of the newspapers. "We don't have one, but we do have one of David Ownby. Can you use that and say it's Wise."

"But Bill, Ownby is a right-hander and Wise is a left-hander."

"So, can't you just turn the negative around?"

That was indicative of the level of support for Rice baseball pre-Graham. So Walt, relative to our other discussion, I guess in an least some areas I have to admit that Rice baseball is still on an upward trajectory from where it was 50 years ago.