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A Good Game is Hard to Find (Mizzou vs. Mo State, 4/17/18)

Posted by olabner on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 in Missouri State, Missouri Tigers, Photos

I tried to keep up on college ball a bit while living in the Arctic, but I didn’t catch much of it. (You can find northern lights and sled dogs on my Instagram.) But now I am in the land…

“You get to do this” – a chat with Jack Duffy

Posted by olabner on January 12, 2019July 15, 2019 in College, Missouri State

I sat down with Jack Duffy last spring. Soon after, my computer crashed. After rewriting my term papers, I finished my Master’s and moved to Alaska to work for four months. This year I also dealt with a few episodes…

Photos from a cold weekend at Hammons

Posted by olabner on March 29, 2018April 15, 2018 in Missouri State, MVC

Check out a collection of photographs from the Bears sweep of Cal State-Northridge during the weekend of March 23-25, 2018. Also – Albee Weiss over at CSUN. I believe that young man can hit pretty well. Just a guess.  …

Home Opener at Hammons

Posted by olabner on March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 in College, Missouri State, MVC, Uncategorized

Stressed by my grad school workload, I measured my available hours for the Bears home opener and came up with … as much as I could stand. By the time I got there I didn’t want to leave. I’m feeling…

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…

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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