Rice baseball games are taking years off of my life... Up 3-2 with 1 out and runners on first and third, Bryce Cox struck out Miami's two best hitters to close out the game. Unbelievable!

The Owls just need to win one of two games against the winner of tomorrow's OSU/Miami game to reach the best-of-3 championship series. So far so good.

Mercifully, the next game is a little later in the day (6pm PDT) on Wednesday. I will definitely be at Oggi's for that one.

By the way, if you can't watch the remaining games, listening to KTRU's online broadcast (http://bang.rice.edu/) is just as good. Those guys do a great job.

Go OWLS!

Bill

Nice comeback win for the Owls on Saturday. We had a good group at Oggi's for the game.

The team next plays Miami at 4pm (stupid timezones) on Monday. Everyone at the Georgia game agreed that Oggi's was a good place to watch the game, so it will be Rice Baseball Central unless something changes. I'm not sure how many people will be able to make it tomorrow due to the early start time, so post a comment below if you think you'll be there. I won't be able to make it until the last few innings.

We're off to a good start (and Clemson lost today). Go Owls!

Bill

The first CWS game (vs. Georgia) is at 11 a.m on Saturday.

The challenge is to find a place to watch the game that is:

a) open at 11 a.m.
b) centrally located (I figure that most people will be coming from Mission Valley, La Jolla/UTC, and the north county coast.

The best spot I've found is Oggi's in Carmel Valley/Del Mar(http://www.oggis.com/Locations/DelMar/DelMarHome.htm).

Please post a comment below if you think you might make it.

Also, I happened to find a Rice Baseball website (http://riceowlsbaseball.blogspot.com) put together by an alum in Houston. There's a lot of great photography.

Go OWLS!

Bill (wpvanv @ yahoo dot com)

The Owls are safely through to the CWS after a 9-5 victory over OU this afternoon. Neither pitcher made it out of the first inning, so the game really could have gone either way.

Once the schedule comes out, we can figure out a plan for getting together to watch the games.

Bill

Tough game today. We'll get 'em tomorrow.

This team is a lot of fun to watch. They pounded out 10 runs to take the first game from the Sooners.

Tomorrow's game is at 10 a.m. PDT, and it looks like they have a firm slot on ESPN.

Bill

In case you haven't been following the team, top ranked Rice Baseball has been on a tear (13 straight wins and 35 of their last 37), and they are safely through the first round of the postseason. Everything is coming together for the team with Joe Savery gaining strength after an injury. As an added bonus, the #3 'Horns were knocked out of the tourney on their own field.

This upcoming weekend (10th - 12th) will be the first opportunity to see the Owls on the tube. They face Oklahoma at 4 p.m. local time on Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday (I'm not even going to mention the theoretical third game). The games will be aired on ESPN2 or ESPNU (a premium channel).

Given my sparse posting to this site, it's unlikely that anyone is actually reading this, but, just in case, I think this is a great opportunity to get a group together and support the team. For the championship run in '03, a bunch of us watched the games at Yogi's in Cardiff (http://maps.citysearch.com/location/400742). That's my suggestion for game watching unless anyone has another preference (post comments below).

Please forward this information on to any other alums. Also, I wouldn't mind using this opportunity to gauge interest in other alumi events, so post a comment if you'd like to do a happy hour or hike or something every once in a while.

Go Owls!

Bill
wpvanv @ yahoo