08/22/06BB

Baseball Sets 2006 Fall Ball Schedule

In preparation for another push for an Ohio Athletic Conference championship the Heidelberg College baseball team has scheduled a fall consisting of practices, workouts, lifting and inter-squad games. The fall season runs from Sept. 18-Oct. 15.

Practice is scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Fridays beginning at 3:30 p.m. The weekends through the fall will consist of inter-squad games. The Berg will play a single game every Friday followed by a doubleheader on Saturdays. Saturday games are slated to start at noon.

The fall season will conclude with Heidelberg's own World Series during the weekend of Oct. 13. The 2007 senior captains will draft teams and will play a three-game series. Following the conclusion of the World Series, Heidelberg will have a banquet to honor the 2006 team and to officially kick off the 2007 season.

"We are excited about the upcoming year," said eighth year head coach Matt Palm. "There is a great nucleus returning along with a good core of freshman that could contribute right away."

Heidelberg has made it to the OAC Tournament six out of the last seven years, including four consecutive seasons. Palm guided the Berg to its first regular season league championship in 2003 and its first tournament championship in 2004.