ECU Set To Host Old-Timer's Baseball Classic
October 03, 2007 | Baseball
Oct. 3, 2007
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina baseball team will hold its annual Pirate Old-Timer's Baseball Classic game this Saturday, Oct. 6 head coach Billy Godwin announced today.
The event, which is free to all Pirate fans, will take place before Saturday nights football game between ECU and UCF, which has been designated as Letterwinners, Hall of Fame and Military Appreciation Day.
Former Pirate letterwinners will take batting practice starting at 1 p.m., which will be followed by a Home Run Derby prior to the first pitch, which is set for 2 p.m.
Of the 29 former Pirates that are scheduled to participate, one has been inducted into ECU's Hall of Fame (Richard "Rooster" Narron), two have worn the Honorary "No. 23" Jersey (Brian Cavanaugh and Ben Sanderson), five have been named All-Americans (Ryan Jones, Darryl Lawhorn, Trevor Lawhorn, Richard "Rooster" Narron and Sam Narron) and 11 have signed professional contracts (Brian Cavanaugh, Pete Contay, Parker Davis, Brian Fields, Jason Howard, Ryan Jones, Darryl Laworn, Trevor Lawhorn, Mark Minicozzi, John Poppert, and Mike Whitten).
Any former ECU baseball players that wish to play in the Classic, should contact Jennifer Tripp in the baseball office at 252-737-1985.
