Tag: MWC
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Mountain West Baseball Starting To Separate Into Haves and Have Nots
Mountain West Fourth Week Results Things are starting to get a little interesting in the MWC. There are three teams that are basically tied for the lead with the rest following with losing records. UNLV appears to be the best but Nevada and SDSU are only a half game back (none in the loss column).…
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Week Four In MWC Play Previewed
Mountain West Enters Fourth Week of Conference Games Things are starting to get a little interesting in the MWC. There are three teams that are basically tied for the lead with the rest following with losing records. UNLV appears to be the best but Nevada and SDSU are only a half game back (none in…
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Late Recap News On Games Played The Weekend Of 3/16/2018
Recap of the Weekend Mountain West Games of March 17 There were some surprises over this past weekend. Oh, why am I so late with this report? I’m a birder and just returned from an extended weekend in the SE corner of Arizona. I make no apologies for my other obsessions besides baseball. I’m still…
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Three Teams Emerge As Possible Title Winners In The MWC
Week Two In The Mountain West A few surprises this weekend. UNLV sweeps Iowa decisively and FSU as well as SDSU take 2 of 3 in their series. I guess those aren’t surprises. In its defense, San Jose State is pounding the ball but losing like mad. I just shake my head in dismay. Insert…
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Top Freshman In The Mountain West
Top Frosh In The Mountain West I feel enough innings have been pitched and enough at bats have been posted that I can put together a list of newbies (read that as freshmen) that are delivering as hoped. One really stands out and he’s at the top of the list. Jake Jackson, RHP, Nevada He…
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Week Two In The MWC Has Teams Trying To Win First Game
[jwplayer fb1swk9j-Esf0Ippc] Week Two In The Mountain West Yeah, I’m late. Not to worry, though. The best games are always just around the corner but there are a few good ones this weekend. New Mexico at Fresno tops the list. San Jose State (6-6, 0-2) at Nevada (5-6, 2-1) The Spartans got over their being…
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Mountain West Boasts Two Ranked Teams After Weekend Games
Week Two Results Offers Surprises I’ll just deal with the surprises in this paragraph. UNLV sweeps Fresno State in three one-run games. San Jose State is knocked back to earth by SDSU in two games that weren’t games. Nevada takes two of three from New Mexico. The Nevada series and the San Jose State series…
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New Teams For The Mountain West – A Baseball Perspective
[jwplayer fb1swk9j-Esf0Ippc] New Teams In The Mountain West And How That Affects Baseball Here we stand around the water cooler. Is the MWC going to get poorer when a bunch of teams jump ship? Not likely. Are teams from other conferences falling all over themselves to get in the Mountain West? Not likely. Uh, wait…
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First Games Of Conference Play Previewed
Week Two For Mountain West Baseball Seems like the season started last night but conference games start this weekend. I’m feeling the coaches don’t particularly care for such an early start but, here we go. San Diego State (6-3) at San Jose State (5-4) This is a case of the defending champs facing a struggling…
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Pitching? In The Mountain West? So Far So Good
Week Two Results In The Mountain West Feature Strong Pitching A weird thing happened in the Mountain West games this past weekend. Pitching showed up. San Jose State had some decent pitching in their two wins. San Diego State allowed only 3 hits to a good Arkansas team but still lost. They also held down…