Owen Lovell quit today.

[Steakonastick]

Said he was tired of baseball. Another one bites the dust.

[HoopsDawg]

Said he was tired of baseball. Another one bites the dust.

Man that's tough. Kid has probably been working his whole life. He was struggling at the plate this spring though.

[Coach34]

did we even think he would contribute?

[HoopsDawg]

did we even think he would contribute?

no, not this year. But kid's a true freshman, you gotta push thru.

[Coach34]

exactly. Hadnt heard his name mentioned as someone that would do anything this Spring. Every school has those guys

[Todd4State]

Man that's tough. Kid has probably been working his whole life. He was struggling at the plate this spring though.

Things and priorities change as we get older sometimes.

[Ari Gold]

So a True Freshman quits a week before opening day.??
You go thru 5am workouts, conditioning, practice Ect. And quit a week before opening day?
Looks like he may have a case of *****s

[ZedFedder]

Dude was a beast in high school and very highly rated. It was said, though, that his swing needed a ton of work for the college game. Very athletic and powerful but he had a lot of moving parts to his swing. I believe time with Cann could have made him a Renfroe, Rooker type. But if he is ready to bow out this early, he needs to. Who knows, he may have been encouraged to do so.

[ZedFedder]

And not that I do not believe you, but where did you see this?

[Dawg61]

Owen Lovell

[msstate7]

And not that I do not believe you, but where did you see this?

Steak is obviously tied in big time with the baseball program. He got good connections

[The Federalist Engineer]

Co’mon Owen, Brent Rooker red shirted and kept getting better

Hopefully he thinks about it and comes back to the team. I think it was mentioned on this board that he had a family member die in a tragic manner over the summer.

This is not good at all

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Alabama mr baseball ... committed to BAMA in 9th grade then flipped to us Senior year...

[Cooterpoot]

P5 ball is a 40 hr job while trying to get a degree. It’s tough. A lot find out they don’t love ball as much as they thought once they’re at school.

[HoopsDawg]

P5 ball is a 40 hr job while trying to get a degree. It’s tough. A lot find out they don’t love ball as much as they thought once they’re at school.

Man, this is so true. It’s such a grind. You have to love it.

[Irondawg]

Plus they?ve grinded for probably 8 years with travel ball. Sometimes they just burn out, especially when you get to college, see all the fun others are having and are in full control of your decisions.

I tell people all the time that I don?t see how college athletes balance everything these days

[Tbonewannabe]

Man, this is so true. It’s such a grind. You have to love it.

Not to mention with travel ball, a lot of these guys have been grinding for 10 years or so. It is one of those things where it might be better to play different sports throughout the year to keep from getting burnout.

[bulldogcountry1]

And in Renfore's case, you sometimes have to leave it to realize how much you love it.

[msbulldog]

Co’mon Owen, Brent Rooker red shirted and kept getting better

Hopefully he thinks about it and comes back to the team. I think it was mentioned on this board that he had a family member die in a tragic manner over the summer.

This is not good at all

I agree with you, Federalist, sometimes a break gives you a new perspective.