February Fever For Baseball

Packing 'Em In
It may not sound like much, but when a few thousand people show up at Riley Park on a Friday afternoon for a regular season college baseball game, it's impressive. The Gamecocks visit over the weekend showed just how much people in the Lowcountry care about the state's biggest schools and just how much they appreciate college baseball.
Good Day to Be a Dog
The Charleston Crabhouse Shootout ended with the much anticipated matchup between the Citadel and USC. Citadel players knew what to expect. Plenty of garnet and black in the stands even at their home field, but USC players also knew that they were getting into. Ray Tanner says it every time his team plays the Bulldogs....they never quit. They sure didn't Sunday. The most impressive thing about the 7-6 Citadel win is they did it with freshman playing some key roles. If there was any doubt that local baseball is thriving consider there were 7 players from the Lowcountry who played key roles in the Sunday finale.
Can They Build It?
A quick lesson for those without toddler age children. Bob the Builder's motto: Can we build it? Yes we can. Well the College of Charleston would love to have Bob and his team working on its new stadium. It's amazing to me that a Super Regional team from 2006 has to play their games in a construction zone. The seating for fans is okay, but for scouts and those of us in the media who actually have to work during the game it's awful. To get to the stands, fans have to find their way through a construction maze. Remember the story...the stadium was supposed to be ready in time for this baseball season, but there was a severe miscommunication and it won't be done until this summer. I feel bad for John Pawlowski who has turned this program into something special, too bad he'll have to sit through a season with a hard hat on. (If you'd like to see Ben Baker's story about the construction trouble go to: http://www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/0107/388884.html

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