Yes, We are Alive and Well...

Senior Greg Blohowiak and redshirt freshman Michael Porcaro, members of the Milwaukee baseball team, will be blogging all season long on the UWM website.

Blohowiak is back for his third season of blogging, while Porcaro gets his first go at it. Today is their 10th entry for the 2012 season.

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What up Panther Nation? Sorry we’ve been away for so long! School is winding down and with that comes a lot of papers, projects, exams, etc. But, we are back now!!

This past week went really well. It started with a nice win over Northwestern at Miller Park. What a sweet experience that was! It doesn’t matter how old you are, playing in a major league stadium is awesome. It’s even cooler being a Brewer fan. A lot of us found ourselves imitating Brewers on the field and in the dugout. Just clowning around, having some fun, because that’s what it’s all about. We felt like big leaguers for a day, which is pretty cool!

If you’re reading this, I’m assuming you followed along this weekend and know we swept Butler in a three-game series. The bats were on fire. 20-plus hits in the last two games of the series. Unreeeeebz (Cale Tassi voice). The come-from-behind win on Sunday was the most impressive in my opinion. We couldn’t get much going for the first five or six innings or so and we dug ourselves into a 5-0 hole early. But, Eric King did a phenomenal job coming in out of the bullpen and putting up zeroes for us. He allowed us to chip away at the lead before we busted it open.

It was just a great weekend all in all. Guys were having a lot of fun, pranks were being made all weekend, the bus was upbeat and happy. Obviously, winning helped but I really feel we are gelling right now and hitting our stride. It’s just an exciting time to be apart of Panther baseball. Strap on your seatbelts and enjoy these next two weeks with us!

It is now time to wrap up the player introductions. The two guys left are both catchers and both newcomers to the team this year.

This is junior Will Fadness. Sick flow bro. Willy is a JUCO transfer and is enjoying his first year at UWM. In case you guys were wondering, March isn’t called March Madness, it’s actually March FADness. Willy is a pretty laid back dude. He attended Eau Claire Memorial High School and went down to Arizona for junior college. He wound up back in the cold state of Wisconsin two years later. I’m sure he misses that 70-degree weather during the winter. Will came up in a baseball family. He has three brothers, and all four of them were named after baseball players. See, you learn something new every day. Oh, and last but not least, Will’s favorite movie is Bull Durham.

This is freshman Mitch Ghelfi, AKA Mac Miller (left photo), AKA John Mayer (right photo). Follow him on Twitter @Mitchyslick_. Mitch had to have hip surgery his senior year, so that earned him the nickname “hips.” When one of the catchers is needed to catch a bullpen, Mitch is known for pulling the “ah my hips are sore” card on the other catchers. I recently found out Mitch likes to dump food in the sink at his dorm, thinking it will just go down the drain. Most recently, he tried putting vegetable soup down the drain and all the veggies ended up in the sink. Maybe next time Mitch. I own Mitch in video games. I think one of our matchups in NHL ended up being 10-3 in favor of yours truly. Every once in a while, I keep the games close just so he doesn’t lose all of his confidence. Mitchy slick is a good dude though and a fun guy to have around.

Paco thoughts… I didn’t think I would like it, but Hunger Games was really good and I can’t wait to get the books now… 'Days Like These' by Jason Aldean is that jam… I think NHL hockey is underrated and NHL playoff hockey is even more underrated. If you haven’t been watching this years playoffs, I suggest you start.

That’s all I have, I’m tired…