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Goes for the sweep in game two. Gilles and White combine for the shut out.

Great win especially sweet whenever we beat the Cougars

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After a while, the residents of the sea do not hear the sound of the waves.
How bitter it is, the story of routine- Arabic (Anon)

Getting to be a habit. Football, MBB and now baseball.

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Plan your work, work your plan.

While a sweep would have been great, winning the series and keeping them out of 1st place feels good too!

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Tulane Greenbackers

"It's my job to prepare the coaches. It's their job is to prepare the players and the players' job is to play lights out." Willie Fritz

"If you want to win you have to have good players." Vince Gibson

We have now won series over two of the teams tied for first. The weekend rotation looks pretty darn good.

It looks like we finally may have found our weekend rotation.

The AAC referees are absolutely the worst in college baseball. I have been saying this since the first season we were in the AAC.

They really SUCK!

As I have posted here before, the only way the referee situation will change is if you or anyone you know steps up and certifies as a ref. This is not an AAC thing as much as it is a driving distance from Tulane thing. The local pool is the local pool. No one is going to fly in for a 3 game college set of games from anywhere else within the AAC footprint or anywhere else for that matter because the pay isn’t there. College officials might get a couple of hundred dollars a game, if that. This truly is a dance with the girl you brought situation. So if they suck, they suck locally.

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Tulane Class of 1978 | NROTC Tulane - Submariner | From everywhere and nowhere

Well actually . . .


http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/20 ... light.html

One of the "UMPIERS" (you right, my mistake), left the game yesterday. Was it for a flight out of town? Does anyone know the reason he left?

The above answers my question.

I was using the term referee as a generic term. I am football official and specifically man the umpire position. In football the person who wears the white hat is technically the only referee and the other positions are head linesman, linesman, umpire, back judge, side judge, etc. I am am also wrestling referee.

The generic term amongst ourselves is an official, but that can be confusing for some. I know what I am talking about.

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Tulane Class of 1978 | NROTC Tulane - Submariner | From everywhere and nowhere

I had the pleasure of being a parent of kids on the same baseball team with a 12-year MLB catcher in the 80's & 90's who everyone would know. His said there only three truths of life:
1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Lousy Umpires

He always said you have to adjust to the umpiring of that day, b!tching about it does no good.

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Plan your work, work your plan.

Well, that kind of proves my point. Money is tight for these guys. No official makes a salary at the college level and you might get a few hundred per game which may or may not include travel, plus per diem. No college football I know loves flying because they usually lose money but can feel compensated by the thrill of the big game. Some might even have designs of getting a pro position. But for the run of the mill high school or college official it’s more of a hobby than a job because no one is getting rich and oftentimes you lose money when you throw in travel.

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Tulane Class of 1978 | NROTC Tulane - Submariner | From everywhere and nowhere

Guy has a day job he needed to be back for. Simple as that

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Using big words is not a personal attack

as happy as I am that we won this series from Houston, reading the Scoreboard it seemed that a sweep was almost in hand until our pitching imploded late. Still searching for that elusive consistency.

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After a while, the residents of the sea do not hear the sound of the waves.
How bitter it is, the story of routine- Arabic (Anon)

I hope Big Jew got tossed because he said something along the lines of "now I guess you can catch your flight, kind sir"

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#stopbunting
#nomorekicking
#itwasallaruse

I hope Jew got tossed for saying," You Bleeped Bleep Bleep Bleep", You can't ump worth a ####", You can't see worth a ####", "You ####".

Oh, have a nice day and I hope you miss your flight.

Referees are like crying. There's no referees in baseball.

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After a while, the residents of the sea do not hear the sound of the waves.
How bitter it is, the story of routine- Arabic (Anon)

iinm, the ACC will have 4 umpires beginning next season.