Baseball America poll is out.....

[Big Buds]

Am I a baby for being upset about how last season ended? Not going to a Super? Omaha?

[Pirogue]

_ Hey, Z, there is continued improvement all the way around...Cajuns and John Manuel. That family name could mean he is from Mamou. If so, you may have to cut him a little more slack. _

You know Ferral and Barry?

[NewsCopy]

UL's baseball program earned another preseason honor. For the third time in five weeks, the Ragin' Cajuns garnered a preseason ranking. The reigning Sun Belt Conference regular-season champions are ranked No. 19 in Baseball America's Preseason Top 25 poll, which was released Tuesday. "This is great for our fans, season-ticket holders and the supporters of the program, but we can't be reading the papers," UL coach Tony Robichaux said. "We have to be prepared to take the field to defend the conference championship." UL, which went 45-17 and made its 11th regional appearance last season, is the only SBC school listed in the top 25. Two of the Cajuns' opponents this season - No. 14 Rice and No. 22 Tulane-were ranked in the poll. The rest of the story Joshua Parrott jparrott@theadvertiser.com

[rhineaux]

_ Am I a baby for being upset about how last season ended? Not going to a Super? Omaha? _

Hell no you're not. Have two chances to get one win and you can't do it??? They should have gotten it done in College Station. If it makes you feel better, they would have gone to Houston to play Rice, and look what they did to TAMU. Straight up embarrassed the Ag's.

[Cajun Express]

_ Hell no you're not. Have two chances to get one win and you can't do it??? They should have gotten it done in College Station. If it makes you feel better, they would have gone to Houston to play Rice, and look what they did to TAMU. Straight up embarrassed the Ag's. _

As in all sports match ups, match ups. Nobody knows how things might have been. But Yea, we probably don't get past Rice.

[jdebaillon]

I'm already planning on making the South Al road trip. Anyone have any suggestions on what other road series would be worth stretching my budget on?

[Cajun Express]

_ I'm already planning on making the South Al road trip. Anyone have any suggestions on what other road series would be worth stretching my budget on? _

Florida Atlantic should be nice. All the other non conference road games of week days except for the Texas San Antonio invite, and that does not look to be too appealing, playing Army and Oral Roberts along with the host team.

[Just1More]

_ Am I a baby for being upset about how last season ended? Not going to a Super? Omaha? _

No, nothing wrong with being upset about it. It wasn't the TAMU ending... it was the whole debacle in our not getting a regional and the seeding and location explanation BS that followed. I don't like getting ahead of ourselves with rankings and expectations... but, I hope that IF we do measure up to our potential, that we are respected and rewarded fairly come tourney time.

I believe in make-up calls in all sports, since everything is more subjective than anyone will admit... so, if we are any where near a bubble situation, the Cajuns should get any split decisions.

[Cajun Express]

I believe in make-up calls in all sports, since everything is more subjective than anyone will admit... so, if we are any where near a bubble situation, the Cajuns should get any split decisions. _

Like the ref on the commercial who tells the fans, 'I have no idea what that call was about, but I will make it up in the second half with an equally bad call for no apparent reason.' Best commercial I have seen in years.

[GoneGolfin]

Florida Atlantic should be nice. All the other non conference road games of week days except for the Texas San Antonio invite, and that does not look to be too appealing, playing Army and Oral Roberts along with the host team.

Oral Roberts is a nice game to have on the schedule and I am looking forward to it. Oral Roberts won the 2006 Fayetteville regional and gave #1 national seed Clemson all they could handle in the Supers. Last season they lost a tough 4-3 opener to Arizona in the Wichita regional, before being eliminated by an angry Shocker team (that lost to UNO in the opener).

UTSA has some good pitching returning and is probably the favorite to defend their SLC regular season crown. They beat some very good teams last year, just not the Cajuns. Sam Houston State will also challenge in the SLC, among a few others.

Brian