Stingers stars, past and present, were in attendance last Friday afternoon as football coach Gerry McGrath introduced a group of young men he hopes will lead Concordia in the future.
The situation on Saturday afternoon was simple for the Concordia Stingers: win and you're in. Unfortunately for the Stingers, they squandered the opportunity to clinch the final RSEQ playoff berth, losing to the Université de Montréal Carabins 36-1.
It would be unfair to call the Concordia Stingers baseball team's 2011 season a disappointment. Rather, it was a very successful season that happened to come to a disappointing end.
The Concordia Stingers baseball team hopes to put Sunday's long, cold, damp and disappointing day behind them before the CIBA National Championship begins this weekend.
The Concordia Stingers will be returning to the CIBA National Championship this season, after defeating the defending champion McGill Redbirds two games to one on Sunday and Monday.
You will not find many baseball fans in Montreal who recall the mid-90s with anything but anger, despair or resentment. This period of time is often associated with the beginning of the end for Quebec's only Major League Baseball team, the Montreal Expos.
The old baseball saying "the third out is always the hardest" was proven true once again in the Concordia Stingers' first game of the season Sunday afternoon.
Coming up just short is heartbreaking for any team in any sport, but the heartbreak is even worse when your archrivals drink in the sweet taste of victory.