It’s simple…the Colorado Mesa University baseball team is 38-8 and the number one team in the country. Why would you not want to go see them?
Watching baseball means different things to different people and people go back for their own reasons. I love the sport of baseball. I enjoy all levels of the game whether it be high school, college, or the pros. I take my friends out to the stadium with me we laugh, we talk, we dance in our seats to all the fun walk-up songs, and we watch the game. Another aspect that makes it a good time is watching my peers, and classmates play the sport they enjoy as well.
Over the years, I have picked up the ins and out of the game that I love just by watching it for so long and that makes me feel like I know what is going on and I am able to follow it a little bit better. Being able to help my friends out by being able to tell them what is going on is just another reward for me to be out on a sunny Grand Junction day.
“I started to go to baseball games because I love sports and I wanted to get into baseball,” CMU freshman Gracie Broe said. My roommates love baseball so I thought why not. I went to the baseball games and instantly knew I liked it,” I keep wanting to go back to watch the Mavericks play because it is exciting. This is a team that has a chance to go win a national championship and the RMAC for another consecutive year. Any game is more exciting when you win.
“The Mavs are so good!! This team is such a fun one to watch, so coming back is never hard to do. The atmosphere of each game is a great one, so I can always look forward to having a good time,” Kennedy Garrett said.
Watching the individual roles that go on in the game is fun as well. It is a team sport but everyone has their own role in the game. The players put hours of blood sweat and tears into the sport and to see them do what they love is such a fun thing.
There are so many players that make the game interesting to watch but when you see players like Colorado native Jordan Stubbings play, you can just tell how much fun and how much love the first baseman has for the game. Stubbings is exceptionally exciting to watch at the plate because you know he is a force to be reckoned with.
“Jordan is always so energetic and into the game,” Freshman Kennedy Garrett said. “He is really good at the game, but he is even better at showing his passion for it.”
Pitching is always something fun to watch. The Mavericks have a bullpen full of good arms and so many good starting pitchers to start them off and that can throw into late innings. Seniors Garrett Hutson and JR McDermott have been dominant starters all season long. Both have individual aspects of their game that make them fun to watch.
“Its always fun watching Garrett because you can see the love and the passion he has for game behind every pitch,” Freshman Kaila Maire said. “The excitement behind every strikeout makes it that much more fun.”
Do not count out the young talent on this team either. Pitcher Andrew Morris has been excellent and has been untouchable in his last couple starts. Ryan Overboe has been someone that you can count on in the bullpen.
Haydn McGeary has been one batter that opposing pitchers do not want to see coming. McGeary has four home runs in his first collegiate season.
All of the freshmen on this team have something new to offer to the team and I can’t wait to see them grow and develop into even better baseball players. As well as, contribute to this team over the next four years.
So grab your friends and take a study break because you do not want to miss out on your chance to watch the Mavericks play baseball this season.
Head on over to Suplizio field to catch the Mavericks play in their final regular-season series against Dixie State starting on May 2 before the host the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship on May 8.
