Billiken Baseball 2023

[OkieBilliken]

Here in very chilly Hoover, AL to watch the Bills open the season against Sun Belt’s Marshall.   SLU is picked anywhere from 3rd to 5th in the A10, just depends on how the new pitching performs.  Marshall was terrible last year and picked 13th out of 14th in a very good conference.   After this series SLU heads down to Fort Myers to play Univ of Minnesota at the Twins spring park.   Weather should be much more enjoyable for me next weekend.   I’m about 5 hours from each location.   Go Bills!!!

[OkieBilliken]

Well we were pretty terrible yesterday.  Houston transfer Dawson Smith started and got drilled and Grant Fremion walked everybody.  We made a couple of ghastly errors.  It was over early and we lost 11-4.  Trying to find out why our best hitter Cam Redding didn’t play yesterday or today.  If he is injured or not available, it is going to be a long year.  

[OkieBilliken]

Okay here in beautiful Fort Myers at the Twins complex to see SLU (0-3) play UMinnesota (0-4).  Apparently our best hitter Cam Redding is out a couple of months with a wrist injury.   We really need him in the offense.   GO BILLS!!!

[TheA_Bomb]

Thanks for these updates. Long season so hopefully they pull it together soon. 

[billikenfan05]

1 minute ago, TheA_Bomb said:

Thanks for these updates. Long season so hopefully they pull it together soon. 

Good news about being a one bid league, you don't have the pressure of performing in the non-con.

[OkieBilliken]

Bills fell behind 2-0 in the first but just put up 2 to tie here in the fourth.   Moore and Preston have RBI singles.  

[billikenfan05]

 

[wgstl]

Go Billekins

[TheA_Bomb]

SLU fan with the cam!

[OkieBilliken]

Purdue transfer Pat Clohisy just blasted a monster 3 run bomb.   5-2 SLU , bottom 7

[OkieBilliken]

Bills tack on one more in the T8.   Can the bullpen hold for our first win.   Fingers crossed!  

[OkieBilliken]

Bills close out win 6-3.  First W of the year.  jUCO transfer Henry Litman was money out of the bullpen.   Really nice bounce back from a terrible first weekend.  

[almaman]

temperature there?

[OkieBilliken]

A broiling 92 degrees.  Quite a switch from Birmingham last weekend

[DirtyRican]

Just found out Cam got hit by a pitch in the last scrimmage They played and broke his hand. Out six weeks. Really sucks.

[OkieBilliken]

Okay ready for game 2 here in Fort Myers.   Lefty Caleb Thomson starting for the Bills.   Let’s kill all the gophers on the course.  

[Lord Elrond]

They’re not so easy to get rid of

[OkieBilliken]

2-run single by Richter puts the Bills up 2-0 in the 2nd

[OkieBilliken]

Solo blast for Tyler Fogarty puts SLU up 3-1 in the 3rd

[TheA_Bomb]

50 minutes ago, OkieBilliken said:

Solo blast for Tyler Fogarty puts SLU up 3-1 in the 3rd

Fogarty said put me in coach blasts it past centerfield!

[OkieBilliken]

SLU wins 8-3 to take the series.   Another excellent pitching day.  As bad as last week was, this team was a hell of a lot of fun so far this week.  Go see them play when they get home!   I will be watching on ESPN+.   Now going to watch the Twins and Rays play next door.  

[OkieBilliken]

Bills at the big stadium where the Twins play this afternoon.   Gorgeous afternoon, perfect field.   Let’s sweep the damn gophers!  

[BC1764]

I want them to avenge the big team for ‘87. Yes, I’m still salty.

[OkieBilliken]

SLU up 15-0.  Fabulous weekend for the boys!!!

[OkieBilliken]

Yikes!  We give up 9 runs in the 9th and win 16-9.  Coach’s son is really struggling out of the pen.