I discreetly listened as the two men behind me hatched their plan. They spoke only in short, choppy sentences. One rummaged through a dossier of sorts, until locating his target and commenting, "Yep, Pat Bailey, it says. He was having a real nice day until we showed up."
Though they spoke in fragments only because they were shoveling fries and dumping beer down their throat, and their dossier was a roster printed off the internet, not the files of a secret agent, they still heckled that first-base coach like trained mercenaries. Assassins in line with the many that came before them at Les Murakami Stadium. Yep, Opening Day for 'Bows Baseball. Spring is in the air... and so are the batted balls of our opponents. Oregon State won 10-6, smashing a couple homers along the way.
But there were bright spots (in addition to the professional heckling you can expect from the first base lower level) from the team. They did put up 6 runs, four of which came on a Kevin "Big Mac" McDonald grand-slam with two outs in the fourth. Even the pitching staff, a real source of worry, had flashes of greatness. Nate "The Great" Klein wore out the umpires right arm early on, hurling strike after strike past Beaver batters. But eventually he wore down, which is actually the good news. The bad news is, none of the 4 pitchers to follow would last long enough to wear down.
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