Postseason Owls Baseball

I've been delinquent in starting my usual Rice Baseball hype and getting things organized for the Owls' postseason run. Things have been looking good so far. They've won 33 of 35 games (by my count), they got through the regionals in 3-straight, and, thanks to Vanderbilt's unimpressive play, the team is the highest remaining seed in the tourney.

Super Regionals start tonight (4pm PT) against the Aggies. TV coverage in recent years generally hasn't been favorable. It looks like we'll share time with the "Battle of the Carolinas" during the game tonight and have ESPNU (generally a premium channel) to ourselves tomorrow. If the game isn't on TV, you can't beat the KTRU online broadcast (ktru.org). There's something to be said for baseball on the radio.

I haven't had much success getting people together for Super Regional games for the past few years (where's the committment?), but if you happen to read this before Saturday's game, call me (650 248 5557) or send me an e-mail (vanv at alumni dot rice dot edu). I'll definitely be somewhere watching the game (maybe Oggi's Del Mar).

By the way, there's a nice story here about the team's reaction to Joe Savery's MLB draft result. This is a team you can root for!

Go OWLS!

Bill