Keenan Allen now plays for the San Diego Chargers, leaving Cal as the holder of the school reception record. So how does the team replace the production of the best receiver in school history? By bringing in one of the most talented sets of receiving recruits in school history to Read More…
After scarfing down my usual breakfast of Reese’s Puffs and an English muffin, I headed to People’s Cafe to write this column. I flew down Milvia Street on my bike toward Downtown Berkeley, weighing different column ideas in my head. I parked my bike and strolled into the Cafe. I Read More…
Sometimes the stretch run of the baseball season stokes a passion so strong that the hearts of the faithful vacillate on the delivery of every pitch and the swing of every heavy hitter. This is not one of those seasons for the Cal baseball team. Mired in the dregs of Read More…
Finally, mercifully, a wild pitch helped put an end to one of the wildest games of the season for the Cal baseball team on Sunday afternoon. With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the 14th inning with the game tied 5-5, Cal pinch-hitter John Soteropolus stood Read More…
Devon Rodriguez should be counting down the days until the MLB draft in June. Instead, he’ll spend this summer in the batting cages, preparing for another season at Evans Diamond. Rodriguez, who missed all of 2012 due to a knee injury, wasted no time blistering opposing pitchers to start the Read More…
On a day when the cloudless sky and the simmering heat embodied the perfect ballgame scene, Cal’s hitting with runners in scoring position was anything but. Until the bottom of the ninth inning, that is, when an explosion of clutch-hitting, capped by a line-drive RBI single from shortstop Mike Reuvekamp, Read More…
There’s always next year. It’s a mantra repeated coast to coast by even the most pessimistic of baseball fans, consoling themselves for yet another lost season. Down on Evans Diamond, the phrase has lingered in the back of Cal baseball coach David Esquer’s mind since the first pitch of the Read More…
It took a chilly, introspective Tuesday evening in Oakland to learn that being alone is not synonymous with being lonely. I had purchased one ticket for the second game of the A’s-Mariners series just two days prior on a spring break whim. I’d never seen an M’s game by myself Read More…
Coach David Esquer probably feels like he’s playing whack-a-mole with all of the issues that keep popping up with his Cal baseball team. When the starting pitching struggled, Esquer yanked out his opening day rotation and stuck in underclassmen. The new starters pitched better, but the hitters began to slump. Read More…
Allen Crabbe, Cal’s leading scorer and the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year, declared his intentions to enter the NBA Draft on Wednesday. Crabbe possesses the ideal profile for an NBA shooting guard. He has the height, wingspan and athleticism to defend both guards and small forwards. His jump shot Read More…
