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BAILEY'S TAKE
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From the Anchor Desk
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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By Brian Bailey |
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Signing Day Eve
By
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Wednesday is the day that many hard core football fans live for. It�s
the national signing day for college football programs. East Carolina is
expected to sign between 17-20 student-athletes.
Pirate Coach Skip Holtz will once again host a signing party. That event
is set for 5 p.m. at Harvey Hall on campus. Tickets are $10 and are only
available in advance. Tickets are available at the ECU ticket office, or
at the Pirate Club.
Organizers stress that there are NO walk-up tickets
available, so if you�re going to the party you must get that
ticket.
Earlier on signing day, Holtz will meet with the media at 3 p.m. Oddly, NCAA
rules stipulate that the media isn�t allowed to cover the 5 p.m. event.
The
�Signing Day Celebration� is expected to feature a video highlight reel
of all of the future Pirates.
Also, our good friend Allan Powell, better known as �Pirate Al,� will be
hosting his annual pig-picking just outside the stadium. He says that
everyone is invited. Many of the Pirate coaches usually come by for a
bit and it is always a good time. We are planning to go live at noon on
Channel 9 from the festivities.
According to most of the recruiting �experts�, the Pirates will once
again sign a very solid class, which will serve several needs,
especially on the offensive line.
View Bonesville's recruiting thumbnails.
Baseball shifts into
gear
East Carolina opened baseball practice this past weekend with a three
game intra-squad scrimmage.
Friday was the first day of practice. Rain moved the workout to late in
the afternoon. The Pirates finally hit the field at 5:30 p.m.
I had a chance to see some of that first scrimmage. I came away most
impressed with T.J. Hose. I arrived in the fourth inning, and Hose had
gone the distance at that time, throwing just 43 pitches in the four
frames. He was in midseason form.
�I thought T.J. Hose was stellar,� said Pirate coach Billy Godwin. �He
ended up going six shutout innings and throwing only 63 pitches. I think
we can ball him up and ship him on to Columbia right now.�
The Pirates
open their season at second-ranked South Carolina on February 22.
Godwin said he thought the first weekend of scrimmages was very solid.
He�ll continue to utilize the weekend for three-game scrimmage sets
until the Pirates open the regular season.
�I think for the first weekend it was very solid,� continued Godwin. �I
thought freshman pitcher Seth Manus was really good on Saturday with his
six scoreless innings.�
Godwin says he wants his club on the field for repetitions this week. He
wants this club to get into a nice rhythm with practices and then games
on the weekend.
�We just need to get out on the field every day,"
he said. "We need to swing the
bat. We need to field ground balls. It�s all about repetition and that�s
what we are going to concentrate on this week before the next set of
scrimmages.�
Those scrimmages are fun to watch. Godwin says they will continue to be
open to anyone at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
If you love the game of baseball, you�ll enjoy watching the coaching and
teaching that goes on during the intra-squad scrimmages.
Opening day is just 17 days away!
BB
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