Oh So Close

Just heard this Gorilla on the back of the ECU Pirates fact that I had never heard.  This is the 28th time in school history that they have played in the NCAA baseball playoffs and that is the longest any team in the country has gone and not made it to the College World Series.

Saturday the Pirates with a one game to none lead in their two out of three series with Texas Tech came ever so close of beating the Red Raiders the champions of the Big 12 two straight games which would have sent the Pirates to Omaha.  Tied 1-1 with TT the Pirates failed to score with the bases loaded  two out situation in the 12th and finally in the 13th inning the home standing Red Raiders finally were able to get ahead and beat the Pirates 3-1.

The deciding game will be played at 3pm today in Lubbock Texas.  Some stats from all the other Super Regionals have the team winning the first game win the two out of three 80% of the time which would favor the Pirates.  The history also says that the host team wins 73 % of the time which favors Texas Tech.  Something has got to give.

Regardless of how it goes today the Pirates surely have earned the respect of Texas Tech the fifth seeded team in the entire NCAA tournament. These two teams have played 22 innings and each has scored nine runs.  Go Pirates!!!!!!!!

Coleman Pitt Post 58 has taken time off the last few days in order to give the few seniors on this year's team time to Graduate.  Things will pick up starting Wednesday and Friday as two conference games are on  tap at Legion Field.  There is a possibility that another home game could be Thursday but that has not been put in stone yet.

 There is one good item of business that favors Post 58 and their ability to get teams from the Triangle to come play in Rocky Mount without having to go to their place to play. Several teams don't have a home field or if they do the rent to play on it and the rent is so high that it is easier just to come to Rocky Mount instead.  We should be very thankful that the Legion is willing to upkeep Legion Field because it is a very good field.  It may not be in the best part of town but the city should do every thing they can to keep it as a viable playing field.  It is the only field in Rocky Mount that is not on a high school campus.

The rest of June will be all conference games. Clayton has dropped out so there are only five teams in the Western Division of Area one.  After all games are in the teams that finish 4th and fifth will play a one game play in game and that winner will play a three out of five series with the top seed and two and three seeds also play a two out of three. The two winners will then play each other in a three out of five that winner plays the Area one champ.

Sometimes you find out interesting information just by looking.  Now with the end of the school year for high schools is over that leaves contracts coming to an end.  Looked on the Rocky Mount Nash County School employment page and at this point there is an opening for assistant football coach at Nash Central.  That is not really all that surprising but here is one that I have not heard one thing about.  The head baseball coaching job is open at Nash Central.  What's up there?