THEY PUT THEIR CLOSER UP AGAINST OUR ALL-AMERICAN. HE BENT IT. IT WAS DEEP AND I DON’T THINK IT WAS PLAYABLE. THEN OUR ALL-AMERICAN CLOSER CAME ON TO CLOSE IT OUT. HIS FIRST WORK IN TWO WEEKS, AND HE GAVE UP TWO HOME RUNS AND IS PROBABLY THE WORST DRESSER IN COLLEGE BASEBALL HISTORY: BAD HAIR, SHIRT UNBUTTONED, TWO SHELL NECKLACES…AND THE HEAT. AT LEAST HE HAS THE HEAT. HE CLOSED ‘EM OUT AND OUR DAWGS LIVED TO PLAY ANOTHER DAY. I GUESS COACH ELLER WAS NOT READY TO START HANGING AROUND THE RHETTA “FRAT HOUSE” DOING NEAR ‘BOUT NOTHIN’ LIKE THE REST OF US. WE PLAY TOMORROW AT 2 PM AND I HOPE TO NOT SEE COACH AROUND THERE FOR AWHILE. GO DAWGS!
THE CARDINALS FROM THE METRO CAMPUS OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ARE IN THE CLASSIC CITY TODAY TO PLAY AGAINST REGIONAL HOST AND NUMBER ONE SEED, UGA. LOUISVILLE HAD MUCH OF THE PRESEASON HYPE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL LAST YEAR AFTER BUILDING FOR THAT SEASON FOR YEARS. THEY BASICALLY FELL FLAT ON THEIR FACES. BOTH BASEBALL CLUBS ARE COMING OFF TOUGH LOSSES, AND THIS IS AN ELIMINATION GAME. SOME OF THE FANS WERE GRUMBLING A BIT AT THE BAR LAST NIGHT ABOUT HOW WE HAVE SEEMINGLY COLLAPSED. WE MUST HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND WIN TO STAY ALIVE TODAY…WE HAVE A SEC CHAMPION TEAM THAT MAY HAVE PEAKED TOO EARLY – TIME TO GET IT BACK, DAWGS.
GEORGIA WILL PLAY SATURDAY AT 3 PM, IN THE LOSERS’ BRACKET, AFTER LOSING 10-7 TO THE LIPSCOMB BISONS OF THE ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE. THEY WERE PLAYING IN THEIR FIRST EVER NCAA REGIONAL GAME AND SIMPLY PUT UP TOO MUCH OFFENSE FOR GEORGIA TODAY. WE MUST BEAT THE LOSER OF THE GEORGIA TECH AND LOUISVILLE GAME, OR THIS PROMISING SEASON WILL COME TO A CLOSE – WITH A THUDDING SIX GAME LOSING STREAK. SINCE CLAIMIMG THE TITLE AT VANDY AND BEATING GA TECH AT THE TED, WE HAVE WON ONLY ONE GAME. WE HAVE HAD NO SENSE OF URGENCY AND HAVE NOT PLAYED LIKE SEC CHAMPS.
BOTTOM OF 8TH, DAVID THOMS OFF THE BENCH WITH A LEADOFF SINGLE. PIESEL STRUCK OUT BATTLING. OLSON SLAPPED A BASE HIT RIGHT OVER FIRST BASE…AND GORDON BECKHAM IS COMING UP TO BAT. HE AIN’T THINKING LOSERS’ BRACKET.
HE GETS ON, AND A RUN SCORED.
DOUBLE PLAY BY LIPSCOMB.
FOLKS, WE ARE HEADING TO THE NINTH INNING AND STARING AT THE LOSERS’ BRACKET UNLESS WE PULL THIS ONE OUT. REMEMBER THAT ONE RUN WE GOT RIGHT THERE.
FORE I TELL YOU, FAIR FANS, THAT JEFF FOREHAND’S BISONS WERE ON HAND LIKE TED TURNER NEVER MET ONE, I SHOULD TELL YOU IT IS AS TOUGH AS FLANK STEAK TODAY.
LISTEN: IT WAS EARLY OFFENSE.
SEE: IT WAS FOUR TO FOUR TO START THE 5TH.
THEN TWO RUNS…THEN RYAN WILKINS CRUSHED ONE FOR TWO MORE RUNS, 8-4 BISONS.
LOTS OF LIPSCOMB FOLKS MADE THE TRIP FROM NASHVILLE. THEIR TEAM CAME TO PLAY AND THEY ARE MAKING SOME RICH TENNESSEE NOISE.
UGA WENT TO MCREE IN RELIEF IN THE 5TH.
GEORGIA WITH ZERO RUNS IN THE INNING. HEADING TO SIX IN THE CLASSIC CITY WITH YOUR VOICE OF THE FANS ON HAND.
PIESEL WITH A TWO-RUN SHOT TO THE CORNER IN THE 6TH AFTER BISONS SCORE ON A WILD PITCH. 9-6.
THEY ARE PLAYING MODEST MOUSE AS LIPSCOMB GOES TO RELIEF PITCHING. I AM GOING TO SEE MODEST MOUSE OPEN UP FOR REM IN ATLANTA SOON. HERE WE GO NOW.
“LET’S GO, DAWGS!”
GAMEDAY IN ATHENS, GA:
Welcome to the Home of the 2008 SEC Baseball Champions. The Classic City has Sanford Stadium, Foley Field, Five Star Day Cafe, Taco Stand, Georgia Bar, Pulaski Street, Collge Avenue, The Boulevard District, Terrell Hall, the Tate Center, The State Botanical Garden and a few other things I love.
Today, UGA plays. IT IS GAMEDAY IN ATHENS, GA. UGA vs. Lipscomb at 3 pm. Louisville and Tech are also in town for tournament style play in the National Regionals. Nashville, Atlanta and Louisville are metro settings for universities. ATHENS, GA is not; it is just a plain old college town…A REAL COLLEGE TOWN. Welcome to ATHENS, boys. GO DAWGS!!!
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CONFERENCE: JULY 18TH AND 19TH AT THE GEOGRIA CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION. I WILL BE IN THE CLASSIC CITY IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: 1. MY NOVEL: GOLDEN STATE GENIUS (c) 2008 HV, 2. MY POETRY BOOK: ATL Fire (C) 2008 HV, 3. MY READ-ART WEBSITE: www.hanvance.com AND 4. MY SOUTHERN FOOTBALL CULTURE WEBSITE: www.bighairyblawg.com.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF YOU IN ATHENS AT AND AROUND THIS EVENT. AS ALWAYS: GO DAWGS!!!
(#1) GEORGIA (35-21-1) is hosting a Regional in the Classic City on friday at 3 pm, as College Baseball is down to sixty-four teams. We are playing (#4) Lipscomb (32-28) first up, while (#2) Tech (39-19) takes on a dangerous (#3) Louisville (41-19) club. As the number eight National seed, of eight hosts, we did not expect it to be easy. It won’t be, but we have all the tools to win this round and beyond. ESPN did brief features on Josh Fields and Gordon Beckham. I particularly enjoyed the comment about “Becks” having the good hair. Lipscomb is a private school in Nashville. So is Vandy who was one of the nine total SEC teams in the field. GEORGIA IS THE SEC CHAMPS – TIME TO PLAY LIKE IT: GO DAWGS!!!
