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Post by PantherU on May 20, 2013 14:26:36 GMT -6
Jimmy So what you are saying is this was a program available from MLB on a one time basis that various cities had to compete for? A one and done? While a worthy endeavor and it is great and all that , boy MLB with all the money it takes in and even more now with the tv revenue hopefully isn't restricting this program to one city? Steve As of right now the RBI program is given regionally. I think there's 5 or 6 of them right now, and Chicago is the first Midwest one.
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Post by kingsteve on May 20, 2013 14:32:58 GMT -6
Ouch...thanks Jimmy...well...as Bob Dylan sang, don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall, for he that gets hurt will be he who that stalls....the Times They are a Changin....being out front has certainly not been a hallmark of our alma mater as much as we love it!!!! Steve
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Post by Pantherholic on May 20, 2013 20:05:26 GMT -6
As of right now the RBI program is given regionally. I think there's 5 or 6 of them right now, and Chicago is the first Midwest one. What is exactly "given" because anything I've found related to RBI/UIC is what they'll do in conjunction with the Grandy Man's donation to renovate UIC's field. Without Curtis' donation, it doesn't seem like anything would've happened.
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Post by DunneDeal on May 21, 2013 7:02:55 GMT -6
I think Granderson is giving the money for the field improvements ect. Then MLB is going to step in, and fund the RBI program which UIC will run?
At least thats what it sounds like.
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Post by kingsteve on May 21, 2013 7:27:42 GMT -6
Well we should be good to go then. Geiger has his mystery million dollar donor just waiting so lets contact MLB and get going...yeah right
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Post by PantherU on May 21, 2013 12:21:09 GMT -6
Well we should be good to go then. Geiger has his mystery million dollar donor just waiting so lets contact MLB and get going...yeah right The donor does exist. He wasn't cultivated by Andy Geiger, but Steve Sanfelippo - that's what I was told by others. The RBI program in Milwaukee would have been funded almost entirely by MLB. I'm sure the project would be around $2-3 million, the cost of the UIC project if you take away Granderson's donation.
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Post by kingsteve on May 21, 2013 13:22:26 GMT -6
Jimmy, thanks for clarification. So the RBI potential is basically gone? But...something else is in in the works maybe with Geiger's secret donor if actually existed or still exists?
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Post by PantherU on May 21, 2013 17:55:17 GMT -6
Geiger's secret donor, as I said, is actually Steve Sanfelippo's donor. He's the one who has cultivated that relationship, so I give him the credit. I have met the donor and it is most definitely real. The donor wishes to remain anonymous at this time; whether or not they remain anonymous is up to them.
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Post by Pantherholic on May 21, 2013 20:23:03 GMT -6
I could've sworn Braun had said at some point she was aware of our previous discussions with MLB and would like to bring them back to the table.
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Post by Lutzow10 on May 21, 2013 21:31:54 GMT -6
I could've sworn Braun had said at some point she was aware of our previous discussions with MLB and would like to bring them back to the table. I am fairly certain she did too.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 22, 2013 8:57:43 GMT -6
"Everybody else, I don't know if they like coming here or not," senior pitcher Jake Long said. "But we love this field — well, we actually don't love it — but we'll take it and protect it because it's our home."
-- co-signed Fred Sanford
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Post by kingsteve on May 22, 2013 13:43:13 GMT -6
Jimmy
I think I finally got it through my skull the donor for baseball is not Geiger. Have to get over my Geiger obsession now that he is thankfully no longer AD. His KC knee jerk move just put the department further in the hole and damaged the mens basketball program, penny wise/dollar foolish. On the other hand now that the mystery donor is not due to Geiger either one less thing which he accomplished here. Then again what did he accomplish other than negative? Well, we paid him $200,000 for that priviledge of sinking a million more into the KC only to move back to the Cell which was predictable as KC no way was sustainable in this day and age as a decent D 1 facility. Better days ahead with Amanda Braun if there is a decent coherent master plan and it is supported by Administration (Lovell).
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 24, 2013 16:59:48 GMT -6
Like the men's basketball team, nothing this program does surprises me anymore.
Well, kind of like the men's basketball team.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on May 25, 2013 13:53:24 GMT -6
Valparaiso University took advantage of a shaky first inning in handing the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball team a 6-4 loss in the Horizon League Tournament Saturday at Eastwood Field.
The Panthers (29-20) tried to claw back, but left too many runners on base over the first three innings. The Crusaders (30-26) snapped UWM's eight-game winning streak in the process.
"We just beat ourselves in that first inning," UWM head coach Scott Doffek said. "We beat ourselves on the mound, we beat ourselves on defense and when you put up a big number like that it's a tough deficit to come back from. Especially in these conditions, where it's tough to hit - the ball is just not going anywhere in that wind."
Milwaukee attempted a late comeback and did score three times in the eighth inning and had the winning run at the plate in the ninth, but it was not enough to keep them out of the loser's bracket.
"The positive is that we did a really good job of fighting the whole game and Tyler Thicke was phenomenal ... just outstanding," Doffek said. "He did a great job of keeping us in that game and then we chipped away. We were just one hit away there at the end. We will have to start the next game with a little bit of that momentum and get back in the win column."
The first inning went from bad to ugly, as Valparaiso plated five runs despite hitting the ball out of the infield just twice. A couple of errors played a crucial role, as only two of the runs came across of the earned variety. A wild pitch scored a run and a pair of walks and a hit batter also added to the early hole.
That chased senior Cale Tassi (5-6) before the inning was even over, ending his day with five runs allowed - again, just two earned - on three hits after getting just two outs.
Junior Tyler Thicke was phenomenal in relief. He got the final out in the first inning and retired 16 of the first 17 batters he faced - including the first 12 - ending with 6.2 innings of work, allowing one run while striking out three.
Chris DeBoo (5-7) was solid for the Crusaders, allowing one run in 7.0 innings, walking one and striking out five to record the win.
The UWM offense was led by three players with two hits apiece: senior Jonathan Capasso, freshman Mitch Ghelfi and senior Alex Erdmann.
With the loss, the Panthers will have to stick around and play this afternoon, taking on Wright State University at 2 p.m. CST.
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Post by parkerj on May 25, 2013 20:01:34 GMT -6
Well, crap
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