Baseball ‘25

 Baseball ‘25

Here are some notes and observations I jotted down while watching some spring college games around Ohio back in 2025.

March 14

Case Western Reserve. 12

Wittenberg University 11

Pioneer Park

Marietta, Ohio

Marietta/BSN Invitational Tournament 

Sunshine 64 degrees

—Weird between inning music. Everything from country music to death metal. Worst tune, “Cowboys & Plowboys” Horrible.

—No roof over the grandstand. I moved to the only shady spot below the press box that covered the top two rows. A team from New York showed up in their uniforms and sat in the shade around me. I was surrounded by the entire team. People probably thought I was someone’s grandpa.

April 24 

*Mt. Vernon 8 

Hunington University 5

Cougar Field

Mt. Vernon, Ohio

Sunshine. 80 degrees 

—Hunington picks up their own bats. After a player hits, the man in the 2 hole runs out and grabs the hitters bat. Never seen this before.

—Hunington has a player named Paco 2B. Kind of a hot dog. A teammate who picked up his bat muttered, ‘Pick up your own (bad word) Paco’

—Both teams have an incredible amount of mullets & cheesy mustaches. Looks like 1986

May 8

John Carroll   9

Mount Union. 3

Rafeld-Rogers Field

Alliance, Ohio

Cloudy 60 degrees 

OAC Tournament, Round 1

—Same home plate ump as in Mt.Vernon

—John Carroll bunts 3 times in a row!