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May 30, 2023
High school baseball team loses state title on dropped third strike gaffe
A New York high school baseball team committed a mental gaffe during a state championship game that resulted in the opposing team winning in walk-off fashion. Hornell High School was a strike away from winning the Section V Class B1 state title ag...
April 10, 2023
Georgetown baseball campaign receives $4.8M gift
The Georgetown Baseball Campaign received a program-defining challenge gift of $4.8 million to support and enhance scholarship and coaching endowments. This gift will make significant progress towards the overall campaign goal to support three are...
April 5, 2023
Kentucky baseball coach suspended after player injury
A Kentucky baseball coach has been suspended following an incident during a game over the weekend. During a game between Graves County and Lyon County, EMT services needed to be dispatched to the field to help an injured 14-year-old. The Lyons Cou...
November 16, 2022
Baseball: Offensive Situational Execution Drills
This offensive drill series will allow all of our players an opportunity to practice many areas of the game that are vital to our offensive success. The following situations will be covered during this time period: the sacrifice bunt, safety squeeze,...
June 6, 2022
ESPN Announcer Incorrectly Reports Tennessee Player Used PEDs
An ESPN announcer apologized over the weekend after falsely broadcasting that a Tennessee baseball player was suspended from the NCAA tournament for using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Troy Eklund, a former Arkansas baseball player turned ES...
April 22, 2022
Vitello Takes Part in ‘Chest Bumps for Charity’ Event
A University of Tennessee fraternity used the suspension of baseball coach Tony Vitello for chest-bumping an umpire as a chance to raise money last week for an organization serving active military members and veterans. Vitello offered a chest bump ...
April 19, 2022
Tennessee Baseball Coach Suspended 4 Games for Bumping Umpire
University of Tennessee head baseball coach Tony Vitello has been suspended for four games. Vitello, who was ejected in the Volunteers’ 9-2 win over Alabama Saturday night, was given a four-game suspension by the NCAA after being thrown out by t...
April 12, 2022
Rachel Balkovec Wins First Professional Game as Manager
Rachel Balkovec, the first woman to manage an MLB-affiliated minor league team, took home her first professional victory over the weekend. Balkovec, 34, is no stranger to breaking down barriers. She became the first woman to be a full-time minor l...
March 15, 2022
USF Baseball Coach Fired Following Alleged Sexual Misconduct
The University of San Francisco has fired its longtime head baseball coach, Nino Giarratano, following allegations that he and an assistant coach used bullying, harassment, and "sexualized behavior" as intimidation tactics on the field, according to ...
February 21, 2022
Vanderbilt Baseball Debuts ‘Pitch-Signaling’ Wearable Devices
The Vanderbilt baseball team debuted a new wearable pitch-signal device this season. According to a recent report from CBS Sports, Commodore players wear the watch-like device on their glove hand to receive pitch selection information from the coa...
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