 The President's budget proposal eliminates public media funding. Learn how you can help at lptv.org slash action. It hasn't been a great decade for the BSU baseball team. The Beavers are a combined 173 and 308 with only one winning season in the past 10 years. But the Beavers are determined to make this year different. And with a roster full of experience, they believe anything is possible. For the past three seasons, the BSU baseball team has been on the outside looking in on the NSIC playoff picture. And while a month still remains before playoffs begin, the Beavers seem primed to make a run. We're scrappy. We're going to fight you. And we can swing the bats a little bit. We can do some things, play defense, pitch. We know we're a solid team if we play the game the right way. I mean, I'm excited about our group and I think it'll be a disappointment if we're not in the playoffs. But the only people that seem to believe in the Beavers are the Beavers. They were picked to finish 13th in the NSIC this year, but they're out to prove people wrong. Heck, it's a little under some of our skins. You know, we expect to be a top 10 team anyway, but to get that pre-season rank, nobody's really trusting us and everybody's doubting us. So why not go and break some hearts? These kids, they want to win. I mean, they want to win. BSU is only nine and 17 and six and eight in conference play. They sit ninth in the NSIC standings just one spot outside of the playoff picture with 24 games left to go. All these conference games are very important to us. We can't give any away. We got to take everyone we can get. We're going to need to pitch in big spots like we did on Saturday and in Winona. And our hitters are just going to keep swinging it, you know, and play a solid defense and I think we'll be just fine. But winners of five of their last nine games, the Beavers feel like their best baseball is still ahead of them. We're definitely taking the right steps to where we want to be, but there's definitely a lot more, a lot more improvement we can make. And if that happens, they say watch out for BSU. Early on, you're expected some kinks. You know, you go down and play some teams that play year round and we're just coming off buses and first games. But now that we're starting to play that the way we are, we're just hitting cruise control and we're about to hit the gas pedal. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.