NAIA – The NAIA World Series Championship game went on until about 1am here on the east coast, so technically they get to be part of Championship Saturday, too. The Concordia (CA) Eagles led the Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals by a score of 4-3 going into the 9th inning. The Eagles added 5 more runs in the top of the 9th then shut out the Chaparrals in the bottom of the 9th to take the title.
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NAIA – The Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals smoked the Lee University Flames by a score of 10-2. The Chaparrals will now play the Concordia (CA) Eagles (who I still say should change their name to the Condors) for the NAIA World Series Championship. That game is scheduled for 10:10pm ET. 7:10pm local time.
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NCAA Division 2 – The University of West Florida Argonauts eliminated the Mt Olive College Trojans today by handing them their second loss of the Series by a score of 5-3. The night game in D2 will be between the Winona State Warriors and the Southern Connecticut State University Owls. ***UPDATE – The Warriors eliminated the Owls by a score of 7-5. The Argonauts and the Warriors will play for the D2 title Saturday at noon.
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Yesterday the D3 World Series champs, the Marietta Pioneers, were crowned. Three other divisions that Balladeer’s Blog covers are still playing their World Series, and I’ll have those scores here.
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The latest deity of the day here at Balladeer’s Blog will be Okuninushi. For my larger entry on Shinto gods and goddesses click here: http://www.makethelist.net/the-top-10-deities-in-shinto-mythology/
OKUNINUSHI – The Shinto god of medicine who eventually became the ruler of the Izumo area of Japan. Okuninushi lived in Izumo, which was under the control of the extended family of deities of the exiled storm god Susanowo. The turning point in the medicine god’s life came when he used his healing powers to cure a rabbit that his brothers had cruelly abused. The healed rabbit transformed into his true form as the Continue reading
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This was the final day of the NCAA Division 3 World Series and the Chapman Panthers, with one loss already in the series, did what they had to do,defeating the unbeaten Marietta Pioneers 15-4 to force a second game. The second game was all Pioneers as Marietta eased their way to an 18-5 win, taking the 2011 national championship for D3 baseball!
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Frontierado is fast approaching but before I switch over to looking at high-quality westerns I still have some oddities to examine. For this go-round it’s the movie Jewish Gauchos based on the 1910 novel by Alberto Gerchunoff. The film deals with the musical adventures of a group of Jewish immigrants from Russia working as gauchos (Argentine cowboys) in Argentina in the very early 1900s.
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Happy Memorial Day! Get your hamburgers, hot dogs and laptops ready for another day of College World Series games in four of the divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers. The Oklahoma City University Stars are among the teams taking the field as the NAIA resumes their World Series after having yesterday off. SCORES UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY
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EASTFIELD COLLEGE HARVESTERS
Location: Mesquite, TX
Division: JUCO
Conference Affiliation: Metro Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, tennis
Site: http://www.eastfieldcollege.edu/ce/Sports/index.asp
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