As the pros roll into their season, the NCAC is busily winding theirs down. Grab some peanuts and vegan crackerjacks and head out to the field Saturday.

What follows is the fruit of his labors...

Review: Mr. Garciaparra, can I have a moment of your time?
Nomar: Not right now.

This Week's Events

Women's Lacrosse

Saturday and Sunday at NCAC Championships TBA

Men's Lacrosse

Saturday: Alumni Game 1:30 p.m.

Baseball

Saturday vs. Kenyon

(two games) 1 p.m.

Sunday vs. Kenyon 1 p.m.

Tuesday, May 9 at Baldwin-Wallace 3:30 p.m.

Men's Tennis

Saturday at NCAC Tournament (Denison) TBA

Outdoor Track and Field

Friday and Saturday at NCAC Championships (OWU) TBA

What are they talking about?

This week...

E.R.A.

Sport: Baseball and softball

What it means: Not the un-ratified amendment, this E.R.A. stands for 'earned-run average', one of the primary statistics for pitchers. It measures how many earned runs a pitcher gives up, projected over all nine innings of a game. Therefore, a lower E.R.A is more desirable.

For example, if a pitcher gave up three earned runs (i.e. not scored as the result of errors or scored by runners inherited from the last pitcher) over six full innings (18 outs), then his E.R.A. for that game would be 4.50.