"So You Wanna..." is the ongoing educational series of Rock M Nation, whose main goal is to inform readers to make them not only better community members, and not only better Missouri fans, but better humans. Topics will range from Missouri sports history to site management to cooking. OK, at least Missouri sports history and site management.

Photo from The Trib's Parker Eshelman

No, no, no, I get it. You’re only a fan of Mizzou’s moneymaking teams. The football team, and the men’s basketball team. Yeah, that’s right. Live in your little shell of elitism where you only have time for things that come on ESPN on a weekly basis. You sicken me.

Maybe, just maybe, you could take some time out of your oh-so-busy day of doing whippets and watching Maury Povich to learn a little bit about the Mizzou baseball team. After all, you call yourself a fan: prove it, jerkwad.

Getting to know the 2009 Mizzou baseball team basically comes down to five questions, which I will answer……………….now.

1) Why should I care about the MU baseball squad?

Well, because you cheer for everything black and gold, that’s why. But beyond that, this is a team that has shown immense resilience all year long. This is a team that started off 1-7. One and freakin’ seven! That’s bad. That’s Rocky V bad. That’s Bob Stoops’ logic bad. That’s Buzz Williams’ face bad.

Yet now, they find themselves as the No. 3 seed in the Big XII Tournament, which begins Wednesday. They've battled adversity all year, and come out better for it. Give oodles of credit to head coach Tim Jamieson, who has rallied his troops to be a really solid contender after being on the brink of non-factordom.

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"So You Wanna..." is the ongoing educational series of Rock M Nation, whose main goal is to inform readers to make them not only better community members, and not only better Missouri fans, but better humans. Topics will range from Missouri sports history to site management to cooking. OK, at least Missouri sports history and site management.

Today's Lesson: Posting pictures on the site

Let's face it: you're clever. In fact, you're damn clever. Your wit and wisdom knows no bounds. That's why you're on this site: to spread just how funny you are.

(Sure, there are other reasons to post a picture, but just go with it.)

But with great picture-posting power comes great picture-posting responsibility. After all, there are several ways to fail at this.

So follow me, won't you, on a journey to learn how to properly post a photo on Rock M Nation (or any other SB Nation site)!

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