Julie's Transformation into a UCA Baseball Groupie

It's true. I've officially become a groupie for the UCA Baseball team.

I'm only saying this because once again, my blog topic is about the Bears and their awesome slugfest on Sunday. I went because I had to write an article for the Echo about Sunday's game. It was the last game in a three-game series against the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks. The Bears won the first game, lost the second by one point, and slaughtered the Skyhawks 15-6 on Sunday!!!

The Bears had a 10 run inning. It was incredible. Our offense did an amazing job. Our pitching was also really well. Brandon Solberg pitched five innings, giving up only one run. The Bears also pitched three freshman pitchers, who only gave up a run each. So, the team got in a lot of practice for the two-game series against Ole Miss on Tuesday and Wednesday.

I went to the game with my friend and suitemate Ashley, who kept her own scorecard so we were able to compare at the end of the game. With all of the substitutions and such, it was a hard game to keep up with.

The players each had their own at-bat intro music. My favorite had to be "MMM Bop." I can't remember right now who had that, but it was hilarious. Another player had Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel." I love that the players have an appreciation for ironic theme songs.

At the end of the game, I interviewed Coach Clark, who gave me some excellent quotes. I also interviewed center fielder Tye Throneberry, who was super nice and--I'm sorry this has to be said--extremely dreamy. I couldn't even process what he was saying because I was drowning in my own drool.

Anyway, the game was so much fun, and I signed up to write the story for next Sunday's game. Ashley and I decided that we were going to go to every game and make our own t-shirts with the Bears' mantra: "Hit 'em and go get 'em. Slide on both sides. Cover the outfield like the morning dew."

So, yeah, I heart Bears baseball. And Tye Throneberry. And I hope he never reads this...

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