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Skip Skalnik, infielder

Posted by olabner on July 2, 2018October 10, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Ah, Skip – the nicest and most charismatic player I never got to interview! I suppose it was scheduling conflicts, but now he’s done with baseball. Skip also got himself a good girl to spend his days with. Hurrah! by

Bears in the Wild

Posted by olabner on May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Just a few more games left with these Bears, then I’m off to Alaska to hang out with a different sort of bear for the summer. I’ll be rooting MSU on to Omaha from Gates of the Arctic National Park,…

The Bears in Black and White

Posted by olabner on May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Missouri State and Kansas, in which a KU player climbed into the stands, apparently to defend a parent from the taunts of frat boys. The player and the parent stayed in the park, but the frat boys did not. Someone…

Bears in the Dugout

Posted by olabner on May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 in College, Missouri State

Due to polite request  from certain infielders, and their parents by proxy, I present a few baseball Bears. They were winning the second game of a doubleheader, about to complete a 3-game sweep, and due to weather they would have…

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.  …

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…

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…

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