Meet Peter, the Anteater…  And why, you ask, am I featuring Peter?  For some crazy reason, back in 1965, the students of UC Irvine elected him the school mascot, and the rest is history!

Oh – and UC Irvine is where Matt is playing baseball this year.  After leaving Tennessee, he had a strong season at Cypress College last spring where UCI saw him and signed him on.  UCI went to the College World Series last year and finished 6th in the nation.  Also, Matt now gets to live in Newport Beach while he goes to school.  Tough life!  (This coming from his mother who is going to school in a place that has had well over 8 feet of snow this winter — hmmmmmm, at least I raised a kid who is smarter than I am!)

The ‘Eaters have started out a bit rough at 3-8 so far, but had a strong outing this last weekend against…. you guessed it, the University of Tennessee!  Matt pitched a complete game win against his former buddies and looked great — gave up only 4 hits and 1 run.  For the baseball fans and Matt fans, you can check out more in this article that includes a post-game video interview with Matt.

I’m still not sure about this whole mascot thing, but I’m going with it for now.  Rip’em ‘Eaters!