Non Conference Schedule Baseball

Everyone knew this baseball team had a lot of new faces this year! Paul once again did them no favors with our non conference schedule. Cincinnati, Sac St, Fordham, Ball State. Now there is a schedule that will prep you for SEC baseball! I believe we will be a much better team in May than now,but it may not be enough to make a regional a la 2011! This team is getting ready to take its lumps two of the next three weeks @ A&M and home against Vandy. That's a schedule that could dig us a big hole!

“When you have players that have not played in these kind of environments that much, sometimes they have to make mistakes to learn and to be able to grow and we did,” Mainieri said. “You can always learn, but we’re not trying to learn. We’re trying to win. And sometimes making those mistakes can prevent you from winning.”

Maybe you needed to really test these young guys early, even try to play a series out on the dare I say road away from the "BOX" Paul! Instead of playing games that don't prep you for SEC!