Welcome to the CSU Rams Baseball Blog!

Hello everyone.

My name is Nick Childs, and I am a journalism and communications major and a pitcher on the CSU baseball team. I will be writing a weekly blog bringing you a summary of this weeks action for the team as well as a behind the scenes look at some of the athletes and coaches in the program. I will begin with myself to give you all an idea of where I came from!

My road to Colorado State began at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, CO.  I  played baseball for four years there, and due to lack of options as far as baseball is concerned, I began my collegiate studies at Phoenix College. It was there that I had absolutely no idea as to where my life was headed. I didn't know what I wanted to do when I graduated, what I was going to study, or where I would be in two years, let alone ten! 

Life in Arizona was glorious. School was easy, baseball was a blast, and I lived on the Arizona State University campus, but after getting my AA degree in Business Studies and ran out of Junior College eligibility for baseball, I enrolled at Colorado State University. This is my first year at CSU, and I can't say that I have any complaints. 

I originally intended to study business at CSU, but the classes generated no interest for me, so I took a journalism class to see if I enjoyed it. I was hooked. I am an opinionated person, and I have a passion for sports, so I now intend on sharing those opinions in return for a salary. Sounds nice, right? 

Back to baseball! This program has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in the last five years. Having won four out of the last five NCBA World Series Titles, CSU has become the team to beat year-in and and year-out in the NCBA, and we begin this season being ranked number one in the nation. As I learned in high school, however, preseason rankings are irrelevant, and we need to prove ourselves and show that we deserve that ranking. 

I have enjoyed some success on the diamond, but what I get out of it the most is being able to compete on a daily basis and getting to meet all kinds of people. My coach in Phoenix, Mike Rooney, always told me that, when you are done playing baseball, you are going to remember the people you played with, not the baseball, so enjoy your teammates and get to know them. I couldn't agree with him more. CSU Head Coach Mike Abernathy has a similar approach, describing our program at CSU as our "fraternity." This is our family. There are some great times and some very tough times, but there are MANY good times. This blog will give you a summary of games and introduce you to the CSU baseball family. 

The Rams began the season 7-3 and are off to the best start thus far under Coach Abernathy. The season began with a 3-1 start at Otero Junior College, a clean, three-game-sweep at Lamar Community College, and a tough 1-2 trip to Trinidad State Junior College. Everyone on the team played a large part in compiling these wins, and it looks to be the start to a great season!

The next post will give a summary to CSU's trip to Western Nebraska Community College, and the Rams' home-opener against University of Denver.