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First, a message from our Benevolent Despot:
One of the great things about the Bring on the Cats community has always been the daily filtering of fresh news articles, cool videos and GIFs, and other things of that nature through you folks posting comments in the Slate. That's always great, and it's always appreciated. There's only one teeny-tiny problem with this: it's really insular. That link doesn't reach anyone who's not already reading the Slate. So we're going to ask you all to help us out. It'll be fun!
When you find something -- an article, a GIF, a video, a picture, whatever -- and your first reaction is "I gotta post this link in the Slate!", hit the pause button. Instead, go create a Fanshot! If you're nervous about it, don't be! It's pretty easy. Then you can link the Fanshot in the Slate (with one exception we'll get to in a minute), and we can promote the Fanshot via Twitter and Facebook to get more people to see it. That helps us attract new community members, and we won't beat around the bush: it also helps increase our traffic, and the faster we grow the more we can do for you.
The exception: if the Fanshot you're posting is just a link to a story, when you post to the Slate just link to the story itself rather than the Fanshot you just posted. There's no need to add a step to the process of reading the story you're linking to for those who are already reading the Slate, after all.
We know this won't happen all the time, and nobody's going to get annoyed with you for not doing it. But the more often we can make it happen, the better, and it's a great way to help the community.
And now on to your regularly scheduled programming:
Basketball
The whole fracas over court-storming was a bit silly, and now Kansas State president Kirk Schulz essentially confirms it was all much ado about nothing. He's fine with it, at any rate.
Tennis
The Wildcats are getting ready to take on in-state rival Kansas this weekend in the tennis edition of the Sunflower Showdown.
Meanwhile, there was some confusion over the status of current head coach, Danielle Steinberg. Kansas State currently has a job posting for a tennis head coach, but there had been no other indication that Steinberg had left or was being replaced. Cue confusion and speculation.
Fortunately, all's well that ends well. The position was apparently posted to meet certain procedural requirements of US immigration law as Coach Steinberg, an Israeli national, proceeds to become a permanent resident. For more, here's Jon Morse's post on the issue.
Baseball
Kansas State took the series opener 8-2 against West Virginia at Tointon Family Stadium last night. The Wildcats used five two-out RBIs, including two from Carter Yagi and Steve Serratore, along with an excellent pitching effort from starter Colton Kalmus, who held the Mountaineers to just two hits and no runs through the first four innings. He subsequently let in a lead-off walk and a double, but strong pitching from relievers Jackson Douglas and Corey Fischer preserved the win.The series continues tonight with first pitch at 6:30 PM. Right-hander Brandon Courville gets the nod, only his second start this season.
Miscellany
The soap opera tontinues. Former Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman has signed a one-year deal with the Miami Dolphins after missing the 2014 season altogether and being written off by most in the NFL. (Eric Edholm, Yahoo!Sports)