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7th inning stretch still 5-4 ODU.

Yellow Jackets with 2 in the 7th. 6-5 GT.

Top of 9th 6-5 GT. Come on Monarchs three outs left!

And Georgia Tech wins 6-5. Time to slaughter the lambs tomorrow.

GO MONARCHS!

VCU wins 6-3.

0-2 with Radford tomorrow.

I used to be a huge ODU baseball fan, but the administration clearly has no interest in elevating the program. I still go to a game or two a year, but it is frustrating. How in the world you could not capitalize on JV pitching for your program is beyond me. Better yet, Hampton Roads has produced a dozen or more pros (minor league included) in the last 10 years!

How about hiring a baseball coach with Hampton Roads ties that could actually keep some of the big talent here? Try what you did with Steve Martin and the wrestling program.

(02-15-2014 03:42 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  I used to be a huge ODU baseball fan, but the administration clearly has no interest in elevating the program. I still go to a game or two a year, but it is frustrating. How in the world you could not capitalize on JV pitching for your program is beyond me. Better yet, Hampton Roads has produced a dozen or more pros (minor league included) in the last 10 years!

How about hiring a baseball coach with Hampton Roads ties that could actually keep some of the big talent here? Try what you did with Steve Martin and the wrestling program.

Their current coach grew up in Hampton and went to Hampton High School. I think Finwood was a great hire and he has really upgraded the talent level since taking over the program.

(02-15-2014 03:42 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  I used to be a huge ODU baseball fan, but the administration clearly has no interest in elevating the program. I still go to a game or two a year, but it is frustrating. How in the world you could not capitalize on JV pitching for your program is beyond me. Better yet, Hampton Roads has produced a dozen or more pros (minor league included) in the last 10 years!

How about hiring a baseball coach with Hampton Roads ties that could actually keep some of the big talent here? Try what you did with Steve Martin and the wrestling program.

Well, Finwood is from HR and I think he's a great coach. The schools he's recruiting against in this area are consistently in the top five in the nation. He also has to recruit against MLB teams, which is something no other coach on campus has to do.

The best recruits in this area either go pro out of HS or go to a school where fans/students actually care about baseball. Been to the Bud lately? It's much better since Wood has arrived, and he's clearly trying to elevate this program, but for some retarded reason students and locals simply don't show up as often as they should. Perhaps it has something to do with the start times during the week? If I recall, a lot of games were starting between 3PM and 5PM in years past. Looking at this year's schedule, it looks like a lot of games start at 6PM or later, especially as the weather warms up, so that excuse goes away.

If baseball, beer, and beautiful women don't get people down to the Bud, nothing will. It's a program that will need an extremely lucky break to elevate above mediocrity.

(02-15-2014 03:42 PM)ODU Hoops Wrote:  I used to be a huge ODU baseball fan, but the administration clearly has no interest in elevating the program. I still go to a game or two a year, but it is frustrating. How in the world you could not capitalize on JV pitching for your program is beyond me. Better yet, Hampton Roads has produced a dozen or more pros (minor league included) in the last 10 years!

How about hiring a baseball coach with Hampton Roads ties that could actually keep some of the big talent here? Try what you did with Steve Martin and the wrestling program.

Sorry to tell you but all the top high school wrestler from our area don't attend ODU. Last I check we only had one/ two from our area on scholarship and three walk-ons. UVA and VT get most the guys from here. VT does the best with keeping VA wrestlers in state.

Of the 34 players on the ODU Baseball roster 20 are Virginians, 14 from the 757.

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Been to more the a few game the last couple of years
I will agree with the first 2 B words. Not sure about the third one bring at the games
Still believe this we have a great opertunity to build on here
The soon addition of the new indoor batting facilities will help

Monarchs lead Radford 2-1 after 4. Lead run walked in in the 4th.

Through 5, 4-1 ODU.

Thanks for updates DM.

Sacks are full of Highlanders in the top of the 9th with the Monarchs leading 5-3.

(02-16-2014 01:03 PM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  Sacks are full of Highlanders in the top of the 9th with the Monarchs leading 5-3.

Arrrrhhhh.... need a double play grounder.

Ali walks Hrbek. 5-4 Monarchs.

This weekends nightmare continues. Radford gets 4 in the 9th to take a 6-5 lead.

ODU tied it in the bottom of the 9th, 6-6

Radford scratches out a run to lead 7-6. Going to the bottom of the 10th.