baseball

jeter
November 15, 2023

Derek Jeter gifts $5M for alma mater baseball/softball field upgrades

Hall of Fame New York Yankee second baseman Derek Jeter returned to his Michigan roots to give his alma mater $5 million worth of renovations to its baseball and softball fields. Jeter worked with Kalamazoo Public Schools, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foun...


school
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...


tennessee
May 10, 2023

Tennessee high school coach reports pitch limit in no-hitter

A Tennessee high school pitcher threw a no-hitter, but his team eventually lost due to a pitching limit error made by the head coach. Ensworth High School's Connor Cobb, a Vanderbilt commit, was on the mound in a win-or-go-home playoff situation a...


georgetown
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...


school
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...


offensive
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,...


espn
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...


vitello
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 ...