Goodman: A team without a school plays for pride and their fans

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Birmingham-Southern College is gone, but the baseball team remains.

Fans of Birmingham-Southern tailgate on Friday before the Panthers' baseball team plays its first game of the Division III Baseball World Series.The sufficiently hydrated Sigma Chi fraternity brothers who made the trip to Eastlake, Ohio, for the Division III Baseball World Series wanted me to pass along a couple messages to everyone back home.

Birmingham-Southern takes on Randolph-Macon at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday at Classic Park. It’s a win-or-go-home scenario after Birmingham-Southern began the tournament on Friday with a 7-5 to loss to Salve Regina University. Friday was the last official day for Birmingham-Southern College, which means the Panthers’ baseball team technically will be playing without a school on Saturday.Through it all, the Panthers have represented the memory of Birmingham-Southern with pride and grace.

This unexpected run by Birmingham-Southern is capturing hearts across the country and fans at the tournament have made it their mission to send off Birmingham-Southern in style. Without question, the fans of Birmingham-Southern were the highlight of Day 1 at the D-III Baseball World Series. They showed up in numbers and let their voices be heard.

The 14 guys from Sigma Chi flew from Birmingham to Ohio on two private jets provided by Birmingham-Southern supporter Dick Shea.

 

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