2003

MCC begins leaguE

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MCC vs. EAST CEN1 u~ I am from Hind-. and pla}ing ag-a me mo:e enthu...cd and ready to pitd w play all seven innings hard... The Eagles will not jus t be lookitJJ rights in the double-header, the gr clad quad will also be try in~ av( ngt this season. The Warriors defeated th<• Ea~lt: opening day of the Rush Cla~sil· < Scaggs Field. MCC led 9-6 entering lhe fiual inm inning contest, but the Eagles couldn'1 the win in the damp. cold condition~. ~e played very well for the fu innings of the game," Federico said. "( in lhe game, and lheir inten"lily was vt are a very energetic team. a11d (head; Yarborough and (assistant) coa Richardson do a great job with tho~e 1 to raise our intensity level

The Meridian Comm nm. C~ ~e ~~ .... te""~ will wade into uniamlitar ~~ :.-.::.rr. a- lhe ~ travels to Decatur to ~e nn Ez:.;: .:&~ :nii'"'J:· nity College For the first time in 12 yea--s. tne fa6le. v.iD ~ opening a conference bast: baD sea5 n MCC joined the nt:wly! :wee \:cnt:'al Df.~.s.ion this year, after being an indepenc.c~: pro~ ioc a little over a decade. "We are real excited: ~d ~iCC ht:ad baseball coach Michael Federico. ·we don·t know a whole lot about going into it (MCC assistant coach Chad) Caillet and I played junior college in ~tississippi, so we are kind of familiar with pia}'ing two double– headers, with each team homt: and away. In years past, we were more three-game sets. and now it will be four-game sets... While being part of a conference may be new for the program, MCC's first opponent is ver y familiar. Decatur is a mere 35 1/2 mile trek from Meridian, and the players on both squads have com– peted against each other through hlgh school. "When they beat us here, they acted like they won the World Series," said MCC pitcher/third baseman Van Pope, who will be starting the first game of the double-heade r. "That was cr ushing to

Eagles----- From Page 81 reaching ba::-e three time-s on a walk and two times being bit by a pitcll. "We need to keep doing some little thmgs right.'' Federico said. "Especially running lhe ba~es, we did a great job of execulin~ on ball... in the din; \Ire ... tole some bags: we stole third base a couple of tune..'-, and v.-e put rome rut-and- ·uns in play. We t'Xecute ~Offil' 6ttle thin{B to get our offense ~oin ::,omt: guys are S"-ingiug the bat... weD right DOV< • The fir:-;1 pnch i sthedult:d to be thrown at 1 p.m. today.

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