The Book 2007 Ragin' Cajun Baseball

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For the first time since ULM moved into the Sun Belt Conference for all sports, the Warhawks will face rival Louisiana-Lafayette with the chance for a conference championship on the line for both schools. The ULL baseball team comes to Warhawk Field for a three-game series this weekend, starting with a game at 6 p.m. today. The Ragin' Cajuns (32-13, 15-6 Sun Belt) are currently in first place in the standings. They are 2½ games ahead of the Warhawks (27-20, 14-9), who are behind Troy by mere percentage points for second place. Neither team can clinch the regular-season title this weekend. However, both could effectively eliminate the other from the race. Trailing with just two conference series left, ULM needs to win at least two of three games this weekend to stay in the race. The rest of the story By Michael Kern mkern@thenewsstar.com

[Dad04]

Is ULM reverse pitching? What happened to Bucky Chandler?
EDIT: Just read BB's scouting report

[cajun1300]

_ Is ULM reverse pitching? What happened to Bucky Chandler? _

By the way, Dad, how's your son feeling?

[Dad04]

He's good.

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MONROE - UL's baseball team won two of three games last weekend playing what head coach Tony Robichaux called "ugly baseball," but his squad turned that around in Friday's 5-2 win over UL Monroe. The Cajuns didn't commit an error, although two defensive mishaps led to ULM's two seventh-inning runs, UL outhit the hosts 9-6 and Cajun pitchers Danny Farquhar and Greg Harmon combined for 17 strikeouts with only two walks. "We won playing better baseball tonight," Robichaux said. "We're still a tired bunch, but we also played a lot closer together tonight." TODAY: The Cajuns are scheduled to start junior lefthander Hunter Moody (5-3, 4.20) against ULM junior lefthander Keith Christensen (3-3, 4.50) in today's 6 p.m. middle game of the series. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[El Sidonio]

I guess I'll ask about both baseball and softball this weekend.

From the little bit I caught by radio on Friday, it sounds like there were at least as many UL as ULM fans. Were there more UL than ULM fans? What was attendance? (I'm asking these questions as well for Saturday and Sunday games too)

God Bless

[Turbine]

Baseball: Dan McDonald said

A CROWD, A CROWD: ULM's announced crowd was 2,362, more than twice the Warhawks' previous season-high attendance. ULM's largest home crowd this season before Friday was 985 in a Saturday game against South Alabama.

The crowd was also the seventh-largest in Warhawk Field's 29-year history and the largest ever against a non-Southeastern Conference opponent. ULM's top five crowds all came against LSU and the number six crowd came against Mississippi State.

On the Radio broadcast it sounded like half were Ragin' Cajun fans. That might be from us being use to making noise.

[Zeebart21]

Baseball: Dan McDonald said On the Radio broadcast it sounded like half were Ragin' Cajun fans. That might be from us being use to making noise.

BOP said about 300 strong...

We all know 300 Cajuns can overpower 2000 warhoax any day.

Z.

[DaddyCajun]

Since when is Bop able to count to 300 much less over 2000?

Gotya Bop!!!

I wish I did not have to work these weekends because it would be 301 or greater over there.

DaddyCajun

ps What was up with the feed or lack there of. and why was it based out of ULM?

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MONROE - Thanks to UL's 6-5 baseball victory over UL Monroe Saturday and a second straight upset pulled off by Arkansas-Little Rock, the Ragin' Cajuns find themselves in an enviable position in the Sun Belt Conference race. The Cajuns improved to 17-6 in league play with Saturday's win, and now are four full games in front of Troy and New Orleans, both at 13-10. Troy fell to UALR for the second straight day, 4-1, while New Orleans rallied for a 9-7 victory over Western Kentucky. That lead means that, even if the Cajuns lose today's series finale with ULM, a three-game home sweep of UALR next weekend would insure UL of no worse than a share of the league's regular-season title before the season's final series at New Orleans. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com