OU Baseball
With over 30 new recruits coming in, Ottawa head baseball coach Joe Reed has put the Braves in a very good shot at contending for the KCAC Championship this year. I feel that with the returning talent that was on the Braves 2008 squad and the many new faces on the team for this season, they are going to be a very difficult team to beat when the spring season kicks off. The baseball team has been, and will continue to, work very hard in the offseason, as well as the fall season. With intersquad games almost everyday, the live game experience will be there when the season actually gets underway. Along with the intersquad games, the boys have been hosting scrimmages against area junior colleges and high school scout teams every Saturday. With four games on Saturdays, this gives every player on the roster a very good chance at seeing live pitching at the college level. This is very beneficial when it comes to the transition from high school to college. The pitching is most of the time faster and better off speed pitches as well. The hitters are also very different because there usually isn’t a weak hitter on a college roster, so the experience a freshman pitcher gets against actual college hitters is a very good thing. With the scrimmages the Braves have also been hitting the weights hard four days a week. With sessions at 6:30, 7:30 and other times, they are required to go everyday and work as hard as they can when they are in there. As you can probably tell, the Braves baseball program is headed in the right direction. With a good spring season, look for the Braves to be towards the top in the final standings when the season concludes. They have all of the ingredients to do it, so lets get it done.
