I figured someone would get to it before I had a chance to. I think this baseball team is extremely overlooked by the K-State fanbase. Granted, it’s not a big revenue sport at a school where football was once king and basketball is re-taking the throne.

However, Brad Hill has been building this program into a Big 12 contender for the past 5 years. Last year’s trip to the Big 12 championship game must have been a wake up call. These guys are on fire so far this year. For example:

A.J. Morris: 4-0 on the season so far in only 4 starts. He may be a first-team All-Conference selection and most likely will be drafted after this season.
Justin Bloxom: Kid can rake. Another one that will probably be All-Conference.
Justin King: Only a sophomore, and already has 5 HR’s in only 13 games. He’s a kid that will be looked at as the future leader of this team.

As a team, these guys are batting .351 on the season. That’s solid. And for those like me who don’t really consider batting average an accurate stat anymore, the team on-base percentage is .447. That means our guys reach base 45% of the time. Pretty good, even by college baseball standards.

This should be an exciting year for the Bat Cats. Oh, I also wanted to point out the great marketing idea to play this series at the Royals’ spring training facility. I wish I had the time and money to make a trip down there this week and catch a Royals game AND a K-State game all in one day.