baseball Stories - Arkansas Expats
Broken But Not Broke: Fixing College Sports
When Walter Byers took over the position of Executive Director of the NCAA in 1951, he did so adamantly against even awarding athletic scholarships. It was only the sheer perseverance by coaches and administrators that precipitated his eventual surrender. Nonetheless, when he told the Associated...
It's Late, It's Fuller, It's Great
It took until the last at bat of a very long day, but the UConn baseball team knocked off Clemson 7-6 and stayed alive for yet another day. The fact that the Huskies took until the last second should not surprise anyone, after all, this was UConn and Clemson in an NCAA game, we've seen this movie...
Utah and TCU set to battle for Mountain West baseball title
Utah baseball enters their three game set against TCU looking to win the program's first ever Mountain West Conference regular season title. The Utes are currently 1.5 games back of the 10th ranked Frogs, though have three more conference losses, so there certainly is little room for error heading...
Congratulations to Sedon
Pitt baseball isn't something that's discussed a lot (at least outside of baseball circles), but congratulations to Pitt 2B Chris Sedon, who was named as an NCAA All-American by Louisville Slugger.Sedon became the third player in school history to earn Louisville Slugger First Team All-America...
Odds and Ends
Real quick hitters as all of this is pretty minor stuff:The Pitt News calls for Tino Sunseri to start next year.Former Tight Ends Dorin Dickerson and Nate Byham both worked out for the Baltimore Ravens in preparation of the upcoming NFL Draft.A website picks Pitt basketball to win it all next year....
Ancillary Stuff
Not a lot going on. Sure there was a football scrimmage Saturday, but I can only take so much Spring stuff until it feels as if sticking sharpened pencils directly into my retinas might be more entertaining.That said, though, there are quite a few minor things out there or things indirectly related...
Another Ranked Program
Mention Pitt baseball and you're likely to start a discussion of Rutgers basketball coach Fred Hill's highly publicized outburst in the Pitt/Rutgers game. But the true story should be Pitt's play on the field.After a great start this year, has finally moved into the top 25 rankings. The team is...
Blasts from the Past
I didn't know Kevan Smith was no longer on the football team. Somewhere in all the talk about quarterbacks, I have to admit he hadn't crossed my mind lately.So when this story surfaced about him playing baseball, I was a little surprised: Kevan Smith was facing a big decision. Should he remain with...
Pitt Baseball Still on the Move
After going 2-1 last week, Pitt baseball is still on the move, climbing up to #20 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll just out yesterday. The team remains unranked in the ESPN/USA Today and Baseball America polls. The #20 ranking is the highest in school history.Also in baseball-related...
Leonard Breaks Hits Record
Pitt baseball standout, Joe Leonard, broke the school's single-season hit record - with plenty of games to spare by the way. Pitt still has 12 games left to play in its regular season.A home run, his 85th hit of the season, broke the record of 84 held by Ben Copeland, who is now in the San...
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