A Busy Weekend...

We have a lot to catch up on, so we'll get right into it.

First, great weekend for recruiting as we hosted 260+ JEO students, including a couple of potential baseball recruits. JEO is OU's scholarship competition weekend where highly qualified students come to Atlanta for a couple of days and compete for the ultimate award of a full scholarship for four years (actually compete for several awards). This year Oglethorpe rolled out the red carpet with a fantastic cocktail hour and dinner at The 755 Club at Turner Field Saturday night. I will say right now Anderson Field looks way better than Turner Field! No joke....but that will change in about two months. NCAA rules prohibit me talking about our recruits but we hope to see you in the fall at Oglethorpe.

Workday was a huge success! A HUGE Thank You goes out to John and Sara Pilger who organized the event. Also, thank you to all the parents who braved the chilly temps and those who sent good wishes and provided lunch. Gravel was spread, dirt was moved and those St. Pius detention kids did a heckuva job on the hill. Thanks to Coach Winland for his help!

On to the Petrels: Three days of live action where the pitchers threw two innings each and we saw the hitters in game like action. We are very pleased with the progress of the team and the effort the guys are giving. I thought we hit fairly well considering this was the first live pitching of the season and the blustery conditions. Defensively we got better and better each day culminating in a error free game today. The little things like cutoffs and relays continue to get better. Pitching was solid all three days. Much improvement is needed but its a good start. We have so many options to go lineup wise, and it would be very hard to pick a starting nine as of today. 9 Days to the Opening game we have a long way to go.