Category archives for: Baseball

Gaspard begins quest for better season

The baseball team practices on Thursday afternoon. / CW | Katie Bennett

The sound of metal bats striking baseballs again reverberated through Sewell-Thomas Stadium as the Crimson Tide baseball team continued fall training for the 2012 season. Last year’s team closed out the season with a 35-28 record and an appearance in the NCAA regional tournament. Although content with the team’s finish in the 2011 season, head [...]

Small market MLB success

This photo shows a rainbow over the bay in Wellington, New Zealand.

In the wake of two major lockouts in the NFL and now the NBA, I turn my attention to baseball, where the MLB has the best chance for small market teams to be successful, and unless you are a fan of the World Champion Green Bay Packers, it will grow increasingly difficult for your small [...]

Gators chomp Commodores at World Series

After a 16-hour delay due to storms Monday night, the Florida Gators defeated Vanderbilt 3-1 Tuesday, earning them a spot in the winners bracket and two days rest at the College World Series. Florida sophomore Steven Rodriguez, a left-hander from Miami, Fla., came in to pitch for starter Karsten Whitsen – 4 1/3 innings of [...]

Tide falls short of World Series

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As Kevin Costner said in the movie “Bull Durham”: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. It turns out not even rain could save the Alabama baseball team Monday as the Crimson Tide fell 11-1 to Florida State. The game was set to start on Sunday, but severe weather postponed the game with [...]

Tide travels to Tallahassee for regional

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There is a new champion in the world of Southeastern Conference baseball, as the Florida Gators took home the SEC tournament trophy on Sunday with a 5-0 victory over Vanderbilt. Widely considered the best two teams in the SEC, the top powerhouses met in a less than stellar matchup, as the No. 2 ranked Commandeers’ [...]

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