Spring Break
MU baseball home to great spring-time fun
Mike Zoller
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: Sports
This evening my favorite sporting event at Miami University kicks off its home season … weather permitting.
While we continue to dig ourselves out of this wonderful March blizzard, the RedHawk baseball team will hopefully take the field Tuesday at 6 p.m. at McKie Baseball Field at Hayden Park.
A sport usually overlooked by students at Miami, baseball games are one of the most relaxing and enjoyable experiences a RedHawk fan can have. There's nothing better than grabbing a bag of peanuts, a brat from the grill, relaxing on the grass or bleachers and settling in for a nine-inning game.
Win or lose, it's just another fun day at the ballpark. It's so much fun that I would even say I enjoy it more than an evening at Steve Cady Arena. While ice hockey is clearly the dominant sport here at Miami, the hours spent waiting tend to grow tedious and annoying. Watching a Miami hockey game also evokes a high degree of anxiety, as it usually makes or breaks your weekend depending on the outcome.
But head out to McKie Field two minutes before the first pitch and I can guarantee you a prime seat for some good baseball. Watch the team win or lose and it's OK because one game won't make or break the season. We're not national poll watching on the baseball diamond; we're not trying to do anything but compete day in and day out, and that's what makes RedHawk baseball so relaxing.
I don't want to sell the team short, however. The RedHawks field a very competitive team, one that has played some very tough games already this season. Miami almost beat No. 3 Vanderbilt University, falling in the bottom of the ninth to lose 4-3. Just a week later, the 'Hawks took down No. 25 University of Louisiana-Lafayette. While the Red and White has just captured one win this season, it has played some of the nation's premier schools. Miami's first four games were against nationally ranked teams, three of whom were in the top 10.
With the hardest part of their schedule behind them, the RedHawks can turn their attention to weaker teams like home-opener opponents, Wright State University. After tonight, the team will head down to Florida for its annual spring break trip against an assortment of schools, serving as a final tune-up before Mid-American Conference play begins March 21 against the University of Toledo.
While we continue to dig ourselves out of this wonderful March blizzard, the RedHawk baseball team will hopefully take the field Tuesday at 6 p.m. at McKie Baseball Field at Hayden Park.
A sport usually overlooked by students at Miami, baseball games are one of the most relaxing and enjoyable experiences a RedHawk fan can have. There's nothing better than grabbing a bag of peanuts, a brat from the grill, relaxing on the grass or bleachers and settling in for a nine-inning game.
Win or lose, it's just another fun day at the ballpark. It's so much fun that I would even say I enjoy it more than an evening at Steve Cady Arena. While ice hockey is clearly the dominant sport here at Miami, the hours spent waiting tend to grow tedious and annoying. Watching a Miami hockey game also evokes a high degree of anxiety, as it usually makes or breaks your weekend depending on the outcome.
But head out to McKie Field two minutes before the first pitch and I can guarantee you a prime seat for some good baseball. Watch the team win or lose and it's OK because one game won't make or break the season. We're not national poll watching on the baseball diamond; we're not trying to do anything but compete day in and day out, and that's what makes RedHawk baseball so relaxing.
I don't want to sell the team short, however. The RedHawks field a very competitive team, one that has played some very tough games already this season. Miami almost beat No. 3 Vanderbilt University, falling in the bottom of the ninth to lose 4-3. Just a week later, the 'Hawks took down No. 25 University of Louisiana-Lafayette. While the Red and White has just captured one win this season, it has played some of the nation's premier schools. Miami's first four games were against nationally ranked teams, three of whom were in the top 10.
With the hardest part of their schedule behind them, the RedHawks can turn their attention to weaker teams like home-opener opponents, Wright State University. After tonight, the team will head down to Florida for its annual spring break trip against an assortment of schools, serving as a final tune-up before Mid-American Conference play begins March 21 against the University of Toledo.
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