Game 89 - Wright State at Oakland

April 19 at Oakland Baseball Field in Rochester, MI
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Oakland was five outs away from an upset victory, but the visiting Raiders scored a run in the eighth and put together a five-run 11th to win 8-3 and complete a three-game sweep. Wright State is atop the Horizon League at 13-4, a half-game ahead of 13-5 Illinois-Chicago.

WSU coach Greg Lovelady was ejected in the ninth after a play at the plate. It doesn't really matter about the play or the ejection, what's important is Lovelady waving goodbye with his hat. Excellent farewell.


There goes Greg Lovelady


Neal Ruhl: play-by-play person

It's almost as if Ruhl was consulting several textbooks of Baseball Phrases Throughout The Generations. Titles like What Did That Last Guy Say?, Silliness 101, or Ducks On A Pond. It reminded me of a dream I once had where a coach was video taping a speech he was making to his team and then made me watch the speech on VHS over and over again. I had to keep rewinding the tape by hand because we couldn't find the remote control......anyway, take it far, far away Mr. Ruhl:

"Speedster"
"A Wright State lineup that can absolutely rake"
"Behind the dish"
"Wind is...blowing in the batter's grill"
"Punishes mistakes"/"feast off mistakes"
"5-9, 160 pounds...his bat is much bigger than that"
"Wears one"
"The heart and soul of this Golden Grizzlies' team"
"Anyway you slice it"
"Ducks on the pond"
"It's a matter of repeatable mechanics"
"You go out of the fryer and into the frying pan"
"Your traditional 12-to-6"
"He uses a couple of choice words"

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