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I am liking Matt Campbell more with each passing day. He's done very well at Toledo and recruited very well too.

I wasn't planning on making the trip because I will be down in Springfield on Friday, but I feel obligated to attend now that so many people have become turncoats.

The parade incident was bad. He did not address a group of students that had been trying to get him to respond. A simple "Hey, I have to continue with the parade but let's meet on such and such street after the parade" would have nipped this thing in the bud. If he simply showed compassion and understanding. He did not do that.

I do not believe he is a bad man but he cannot effectively lead after this. The first step out of this mess has to be him resigning. That won't solve racism on our campus, but it is the only logical starting point. If this thing draws out, we are in a very bad spot. Very bad.

I am planning on upping my donation level actually. It makes me sick reading about all the people who are considering pulling their donations. The team is united and we need to embrace one another and pull together. That is the only way we get out of this mess, by showing compassion and supporting the school that we all love.

I am pretty sure Williams, Fairbanks, and Lester will all leave. Pete was quoted as saying if he went in the first 20 rounds he would likely be gone and it wouldn't make a ton of sense for Lester to return. Even if he moved up a few rounds next year he would lose any leverage he would have as a senior who has exhausted his college eligibility. Howard will almost definitely stay. He will just be a junior next year and has a legitimate chance to move up.

With respect to Alec Rash, I am pretty sure he got hurt in early April. I feel bad for the kid. He got hurt his freshman year also and was always in TJ's doghouse when he was healthy because of his erratic control. He will almost certainly sign.

I think it is tough for a guy on the job for a little over a month to make a move. Mizzou baseball has had three men coach the program basically since World War II. I think he did a good job recruiting even as a lame duck. Hopefully he can do even better with a legitimate contract.

With an open spot on the staff and my thought that TJ is close to retirement, I hold out a sliver of hope that we can throw some serious cash at Vitello and make him head coach in waiting or something. That would be the ideal situation.

Reggie McClain will almost certainly get enough money to leave and Breckin Williams definitely will. Also, both Ryan Howard and Josh Lester are draft eligible as well. Could lose one or both of them.

That being said, I love the freshman class. Credit to TJ for landing those guys and not going JUCO heavy the last couple of years when he has been coaching for an extension. If he is done here, you have to respect the man for continuing to recruit frosh and leaving the next guy with a solid core.

Missouri State and Mizzou both have at large chances obviously. SEMO and SLU will only make it to the postseason if they win the auto bids from the OVC and A10 respectively.

Again, with regard to Miles what better options are out there? Montes de Oca is wild, Rash is in the doghouse and is even more erratic, and the other real option Dabney threw two wild pitches in 2/3 of an inning last night (to allow the go ahead run to score) and committed an error. John is a veteran, competes well, and is the one guy outside of our weekend three that is conditioned to be a starter right now.

As a season ticket holder at Taylor Stadium/Simmons Field I am actually quite pleased with the renovations. The place looks much, much better than it did in say 2003. Still lower end of the conference, but there is absolutely no way they are going to be building a new stadium in the near future. It is sufficient for what we need, now and in the intermediate future.

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Hope all Mizzou fans aren't this likeable.

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We aren't. Astro is like our ambassador and I believe he wears a welcoming sash at the ballpark. NTTIAWWT.

We are a decent bunch. And we are glad to be in the SEC.