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Plays at the plate and other necessities

Posted by olabner on October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 in Missouri State, Photos, Uncategorized

Check out some images from the Bears scrimmage on 10/12! More essays one of these days, when I’m done writing a thesis on Alaska and can switch back and forth more easily. Baseball is nice to calm the mind, I…

Fall ball in the cold (October 11, 2017)

Posted by olabner on October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Oft repeated and ever true – there is no bad weather; only bad clothing, as the Norwegians say. The Danes say the key is happiness is low expectations. I found I managed the temperatures in the Arctic, at least when…

Missouri State Fall Ball, deux

Posted by olabner on October 2, 2017October 3, 2017 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Here are some of my favorite horizontal images from the Missouri State exhibition on September 29, 2017. I’m experimenting with upping clarity on action photos. Looking forward to playing with shadows and light on these bright game days! See you…

Fall Ball Game 1 (Missouri State)

Posted by olabner on September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 in College, Missouri State, Photos

After thinking I’d lost 45 pages of my thesis* in a computer glitch, I simply had to get away and check out the Bears play ball on a beautiful day at Hammons. *Thesis found. Bears win! Seriously. Free baseball. Go….

Photo gallery deux, Battle for Bell: Missouri State edition

Posted by olabner on September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Behold – a few more photos of the Missouri State Bears vs. Drury University during the second Battle for Bell exhibition, an ALS fundraiser on September 23 in Ozark, MO. Check the Bears’ fall ball schedule and watch them at…

aaron meyer

Catching up with Aaron Meyer: “Injuries make you feel how lucky you are”

Posted by olabner on September 25, 2017July 16, 2019 in College, Missouri State

You remember Aaron Meyer. As a senior second baseman for  Missouri State, he tore his patellar tendon running to first base last April. We’d never spoken, but I watched from behind home plate. Late that night I wrote one of my…

The end.

Posted by olabner on June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 in College, Grief, Missouri State

After the final out I stood in the dugout and watched TCU celebrate, keeping an eye out for a 6-foot horned frog hopping around the field. Kool and the Gang blared over the PA system, reminding me of dancing at…

I’m not sure what happened: Brian Howard shuts down Missouri State as TCU advances to College World Series

Posted by olabner on June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 in College, Missouri State

Hunter Steinmetz tied the game at 1 with a solo home run – – but that was the final run the Bears scored all year. Unfortunately for them, TCU added seven and will continue to play. I’m still such a…

dylan coleman

Missouri State breaks hearts against TCU: game 1, Ft. Worth Super Regionals

Posted by olabner on June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 in College, Missouri State

“You don’t have a photo well?” I repeated. “Sometimes a photographer can shoot from the dugout if the team is used to you,” a sports information assistant repeated. “Wait, like that section by the dugout?” I said and waved my…

Hogs’ uniforms not enough: Missouri State leaves them in the past and advances to Super Regionals

Posted by olabner on June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 in College, Missouri State

Two days ago Missouri State coaches hit baseballs to their players, fielders taking grounders and catching fly balls on the warning track. The players wore maroon undershirts for the most part, though a handful had already added their ghastly Desert…

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