The Busch Challenge ('87, '88, '90)

Sadly, we don't have a lot of archival UNO baseball footage, but should-be national holiday, MLB Opening Day, seems like a good time to bust it out. Here are a few clips of the Privateers at the Superdome for the then-Busch Challenge (later Winn Dixie Showdown) knocking off Miami in 1987, losing to Oklahoma State in 1989, and beating Mississippi State in 1990.

UNO vs. McNeese videos; game winning double, rain delay hijinks

SATURDAY, March 9 -- Morgan Barger's two-out double in the ninth put UNO ahead to stay, 8-7. The video loses focus about halfway through, but still worth a look.

SUNDAY, March 10 -- The game was rained out, but not before the Privateers and Cowboys staged a rain delay hijinks war at Cowboy Diamond. Includes tarp baseball, tarp football, tarp bowling, tarp jousting, and more.

UNO comes unglued in 9th, falls 7-4

In the inaugural baseball game at the refurbished Wesley Barrow Stadium, the UNO Privateers led 4-3 and were three outs from a victory over Southeast Missouri State, but a combination of erratic pitching and shaky defense doomed them to a 7-4 defeat. Closer Garrett Manning took the loss for the Privateers.  UNO rallied to load the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but Morgan Barger struck out looking to end the threat.

Opening night crowd at Barrow Stadium

The game was delayed because of a roughly 20-minute power outage in the first inning. There has been no comment from Stephen A. Smith or Pat Forde on New Orleans' competence to host college baseball events.

Nostalgia video: Maes Interview (1982)

Here's an interview with then-baseball coach/AD Ron Maestri at halftime of the Tulane/UNO game in 1982 at Tulane Gym.  Check out the footage of the skeleton of Lakefront Arena, then under construction. He also discusses the upcoming '82 baseball season.