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That's more like it

The season ends with an 11-7 win on the back of an 8th inning grand slam by Tony Sanchez.

Thanks for reading the Eagle Log this year. Over the next few months I'll be using this space to look back on the best and worst of '07-'08.

Wake 2, BC 0

In what may be the final game I get to attend this season, the baseball team lost to Wake Forest 2-0 to assure a below .500 season. There is one game left this year - tomorrow morning at 11 AM, Senior day against the Deacons.

Terry Doyle was brilliant in his final career start for BC, showing the skill that we've long been hoping to see here at the Heights. He was arguably the better pitcher on the day, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits over 8. BC managed 8 hits off of Wake but couldn't bring a single man home.

BC got two men on in the 8th and put the leadoff runner on in the 9th but it was all for naught.

Thus, my BC-viewing season may have come to an end in very BC fashion: plenty of opportunities, but no W.

I hope to make it tomorrow. If not - well, it's been a fun year.

A good day

BC baseball vs. UConn was about the most organic baseball experience you could possibly have: a clear, sunny day; a small, quiet crowd; a basically meaningless game.

And, best of all, a wild comeback and an 11-8 BC win to make them 2-0 over the hated menace to the south.

BC lost to Wake Forest today to fall to 25-26, so they will need to win their last two games in order to finish over .500 for the year.

I'll be there, taking some more pictures. For now, enjoy these from the BC-UConn game:

From the tippety-top of Alumni Stadium

Sam Shaughnessy at bat

Overview. Nice view huh?

Back down at the parking garage

It took every ounce of restraint I had to not key this bus.



It was not a good start for the Eagles...

From the parking garage




Sam Shaughnessy strikes out. Shot from the top of Alumni Stadium.

Border War

Damn you, mother nature.

Fate did not smile upon BC's stick-and-ball teams in their quest for ACC glory.

In a bizarre interpretation of 'game times subject to change,' the ACC used persistent rain as an excuse to change a double-elimination softball tournament into a single-elimination tournament, retroactively eliminating BC and making their comeback win over Maryland about as irrelevant as yesterday's Liverpool-Tottenham English Premier League match. (2-0 win, Liverpool...huzzah - but not relevant to anything)

It's a sucky way to end a team's season. I know BC probably wasn't going to win the ACC tournament, but anyone who's ever played any sport at any level knows that you approach a single-elimination game a lot differently than a double-elimination game. That's not to say the softballers didn't give max effort against FSU - I'm sure they did - but 'anything goes' when you're facing single elimination. Thus, the mid-tournament change in formats is officially bullcrap of Italian soccer levels. (Wow, two references to another sport that is not relevant to this article - this is turning into a Bill Simmons column. I just need to throw in a Borat reference and a gratuitous shot at BC.)

The baseball team was also hurt by mother nature. Due to a number of rainouts involving ACC competitors Wake Forest and Duke, even if BC sweeps Wake this weekend to equal their number of wins, Wake gets into the tournament with a superior winning percentage. Boooooooo. This one is far less egregious than changing tournament formats in the middle of the tournament, but it still stinks.

But there is still something to play for on the diamond: it's called "Fuck UConn."

At 4 PM today, I will watch my 103rd and probably final live BC sporting event of the year, today's ballgame between the United States of America Eagles and the Communist sUeKKKonn Suckskies. Regional pride is on the line as BC looks to go 2-0 against sueconn.

Personally, since the team can't make the tournament, this will be my last home game of the year, and they are playing EVIL EVIL EVIL ukan't, I am treating this game like a combination of the ACC tournament, the College World Series, Copa America, and the premier of the movie Borat. A good time shall be had by all.

GO EAGLES, UCONN SUCKS!

Everybody wins!

BC softball showed some real promise today at the ACC tournament. Their day started with a heartbreaking extra-innings loss to Florida State this morning, 5-1 in 9 innings. But they bounced back with a come-from-behind 7-3 victory tonight over Maryland, keeping them alive at least until tomorrow. They continue their double-elimination tournament tomorrow at 8 PM vs. the loser of UNC vs. NC State.

The Celtics, the Red Sox, and USA hockey all won too, so... hooray!

A winning weekend

The baseball team swept Maryland, the softball team took 2-of-3 from the Terps, the lax team finished the season with a win, the Sox swept the D-Rays, and the Celtics live to see another day.

I'ma go ahead and call that a good weekend.

ACC softball tournament starts on Thursday. Good luck BC!

Walk in the park

I witnessed BC baseball's 8-1 victory over the University of Maryland this afternoon, most notable for some comically bad defense by the Terrapins. Tomorrow: baseball at 1, softball at 1 & 3!