Pictured is Carter Ades, a senior outfielder for Morningside’s baseball team. Carter eats a sub sandwich between games in a double-header against Adam State and Southwest Minnesota State University. One aspect of baseball that can be easily overlooked by a fan or observer is the nutrition needed by an athlete to perform at their best and have enough energy to get through a long day of games. Schools that do not have as much funding as a division 1 school have to resort to cheaper options that may not fulfull an athletes nutritional needs. This causes lots of stress on the body and makes an athlete extremely fatigued at the completion of their contests.

The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) is a professional baseball league centered in South Korea. Many players who do not make it in Major League Baseball take their talents to Korea, such as Anthony Alford. Alford was in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization however never panned out, so he took his talents to the KT Wiz in the KBO. Alford is an outfielder and designated hitter. He hit a home run in his at bat after this photo was taken.

The Morningside baseball team prepares for a double header in Tucson, Arizona against Dickinson State. This game was played at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium which was used by the Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks from 1998 to 2009 as a spring training facility. It is also the field where Randy Johnson infamously struck a pigeon with a pitch.

Wade Canaday is a senior right handed pitcher on the Morningside baseball team. Wade encouraged our team–and pitching staff specifically– to dye our mustaches black in an attempt to bring us together as a team and show our mustang pride. Wade decided to take this one step further by curling his mustache which he was praised for by opposing teams.

Caleb Eckstaine gets excited for an Eagles touchdown during Super Bowl LVII. The Eagles would go on to lose, and Caleb wound up losing lots of money in bets.

Simon Denny was in an extremely close game of Rocket League–an online game where you play soccer with cars– when he made an overtime goal to win 4-3. Simon has been playing rocket league for almost 6 years now. Simon’s skill has reached a point that he is considering joining the E-Sports team at Morningside.