Well this will be very quick, but I just wanted to mention that six people voted, apparently I have very high traffic on this site. But I guess the results proved some school spirit, with all six votes going to us, Sacred Heart. Winning first place will take alot of work and motivation, that we have aspired to since the Baseball America (the magazine) came out with the preseason outlook. In the NEC Sacred Heart was slotted to come in 7th place out of 8 teams in the conference. We have a young team, but it is the hardest working team I have seen in all my years of playing baseball, so hopefully we can come through for all of you who voted and take the regular season crown. VQUZESHUF
For more information about the league outlook, and preseason poll for the NEC check out this article.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
TEXAS!!!!!
So Thursday the team is heading down to Texas for our first games of the season. It is what the entire team has been anticipating since the start of practice. The only downfall is that we are leaving at 4 AM. But all things considered it should be a good trip.
With the amount of work the team has done, the pitching staff looks strong and should have a good southern trip. They have been working hard on every aspects of pitching and in my opinion are the best conditioned pitching staff in the Northeast. The pitchers have been running and lifting hard in preparation to the season opener at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This team is a very good hitting team and will give the pitching staff some problems here and there but I think we will come through big time. Along with the pitching staff the hitters have been anticipating seeing live pitching from another team. We play nine games in ten days and it should be an exciting time. Hopefully we can come out with a couple of wins against the three very very good teams we play down there. I just can't wait to start the season already and maybe get a new cowboy hat when we're down in Texas.
Keeping on with the Texas theme, I thought it would be interesting to look into how the Longhorns promote ticket sales for the sporting events they hold dear. Click Here for the link. It just basically explains how they promoted their basketball games to get sold out venues.
Alright well thats really all I have to talk about now, wish the team luck and hope for a couple of wins. I'll have my computer down in Texas, so if anyone reading wants to find out results of each game, I will be posting the game summaries and results after each game.
With the amount of work the team has done, the pitching staff looks strong and should have a good southern trip. They have been working hard on every aspects of pitching and in my opinion are the best conditioned pitching staff in the Northeast. The pitchers have been running and lifting hard in preparation to the season opener at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This team is a very good hitting team and will give the pitching staff some problems here and there but I think we will come through big time. Along with the pitching staff the hitters have been anticipating seeing live pitching from another team. We play nine games in ten days and it should be an exciting time. Hopefully we can come out with a couple of wins against the three very very good teams we play down there. I just can't wait to start the season already and maybe get a new cowboy hat when we're down in Texas.
Keeping on with the Texas theme, I thought it would be interesting to look into how the Longhorns promote ticket sales for the sporting events they hold dear. Click Here for the link. It just basically explains how they promoted their basketball games to get sold out venues.
Alright well thats really all I have to talk about now, wish the team luck and hope for a couple of wins. I'll have my computer down in Texas, so if anyone reading wants to find out results of each game, I will be posting the game summaries and results after each game.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Throw back
Since nothing new is really going on with the team, other then practice every day. There is nothing really new to post on the 2008 Sacred Heart University Pioneers. But to mix it up a little bit I figured I might reminisce a little bit.
Yesterday at the men's basketball game I saw an old coach from my freshman year. He was the pitching coach for baseball team during the 2004-2005 season which was the first year our team had made the Northeast Conference Tournament. It was a very successful season for the Pioneers and allowed us to gain the confidence to enter the tournament the following year and win it. But now that pitching coach that got us to our first tournament headed down to Monmouth University the next year to fill the pitching coach job for their baseball team. He did more for the team then he would say he did. He gave a young pitching staff the confidence they needed to win the next year, and head down to Georgia for the NCAA Regional Tournament.
Yesterday at the men's basketball game I saw an old coach from my freshman year. He was the pitching coach for baseball team during the 2004-2005 season which was the first year our team had made the Northeast Conference Tournament. It was a very successful season for the Pioneers and allowed us to gain the confidence to enter the tournament the following year and win it. But now that pitching coach that got us to our first tournament headed down to Monmouth University the next year to fill the pitching coach job for their baseball team. He did more for the team then he would say he did. He gave a young pitching staff the confidence they needed to win the next year, and head down to Georgia for the NCAA Regional Tournament.
For times sake I'll stop there and talk about Georgia and the NCAA Tournament another time.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
We're talking bout practice
So the first game is quickly approaching and we head to Texas for our first game on February 28th. With only a few weeks left till we step on the field, the team is practicing hard to get ready for on field action. Each day we practice as a team, the pitchers throw in anticipation for game days and the hitters are beginning to get back into the swing of things.
Each player is improving by the day, as the coaching staff can see the anticipation in their eyes for the first game. Being a northeast baseball program, we have one problem. The first time we step onto a baseball field is our first game. Since the weather up here is not ideal baseball weather, we are limited to indoors practice until the first day we get down to Texas.
Enough about that though, with the season only a few weeks away, we are looking for alot of fan support for our home games played at Harbor Yard. It is only five minutes down the road from campus and can use the support, escpecially in the colder weather when we first get back from Texas. Hope to see you at the stadium!!
Other teams promote their upcoming season, such as the Yankees. Sacred Heart and myself don't do as much to get people in the stadium for our games, but if you'd like to see what the Yankees do to sell tickets click here.
Each player is improving by the day, as the coaching staff can see the anticipation in their eyes for the first game. Being a northeast baseball program, we have one problem. The first time we step onto a baseball field is our first game. Since the weather up here is not ideal baseball weather, we are limited to indoors practice until the first day we get down to Texas.
Enough about that though, with the season only a few weeks away, we are looking for alot of fan support for our home games played at Harbor Yard. It is only five minutes down the road from campus and can use the support, escpecially in the colder weather when we first get back from Texas. Hope to see you at the stadium!!
Other teams promote their upcoming season, such as the Yankees. Sacred Heart and myself don't do as much to get people in the stadium for our games, but if you'd like to see what the Yankees do to sell tickets click here.
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