Club baseball makes regional tournament

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Many teams have a team slogan or motto. You’ve probably seen them on the backs of T-shirts on campus: Play Together, Expect To Win, Never Give Up.

The Kansas club baseball team (17-4, 10-2) has one for you — Get Weird.

“It’s just doing your thing,” senior infielder Clinton Brown said. “We play our best when we’re all laid back and having fun.”

The approach seems to have been working, as the Jayhawks have earned a berth as a wildcard in this weekend’s NCBA Mid-America Regional Tournament in Topeka. The National Club Baseball Association has eight regional tournaments, all of which will send a winner to the NCBA World Series in Fort Myers, Fla.

“If we win three games this weekend we advance to Florida,” said Mark Hays, senior utility player and team president.

The Jayhawks have to beat some solid competition to get there, though, as they face Colorado State (39-6, 15-0) in their first-round game. The Rams, four-time NCBA national champions, enter the tournament as the consensus No. 1 in the country.

“They’re a great team, but we’ve been anticipating this game all season long,” Hays said. “We want to show them what Kansas baseball is all about.”

The Jayhawks will have their opportunity on Friday in a 7 p.m. contest at Lake Shawnee baseball complex in Topeka. Admission is free.

“I can’t imagine a better thing to do on Stop Day than come out and watch two of the best teams in the country ‘Get Weird,’” Brown said.

— — Edited by Liz Schubauer

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