Summer survival guide
A few weeks ago, I partook in one of my annual summer rituals when I signed on to ESPN.com to try my hand at a fantasy football mock draft. Read More…
Thoughts from an Oakland ballgame
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…
Brett Jackson makes major league debut for Cubs
Former Cal baseball player Brett Jackson made his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, going 2-4 with two singles, a walk and a run in the Cubs’ 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The fourth-highest draft pick in Cal baseball history, Cubs fans have been awaiting Read More…
Potential without prior precedent
There’s been a lot of talk lately about how football has replaced baseball as America’s sport. Football dominates television ratings as baseball’s pace lumbers in today’s overstimulated society and a younger audience of fans dies off. In spite of all of the backlash, baseball may have found its saviors. Read More…
False hope of a visiting baseball fan in the Bay
One block from the main entrance to AT&T Park, a red-faced man in an untucked Giants jersey stares me down, ponders my royal blue hat with a red “C” in the middle, and bellows two words I’ve grown accustomed to hearing when I unabashedly wander into enemy territory. “CUBS SUCK!” Read More…
The joy of statistical nostalgia
Now that summer has started, I’ve been spending a large majority of time surfing over old baseball statistics on Baseball-Reference.com, admittedly one of the lamest ways to pass time. When I visit Baseball Reference, I generally surf individual league leaders from years past and spend time researching old Seattle Mariners Read More…
Video: Feature on baseball player Danny Oh
Watch an interview with Cal men’s baseball player Danny Oh as well as behind the scenes shots of feature photo shoot. Read the full story here. Tianzong Jiang produced this video.
Press Room Banter: The Mariners lose, eight-year-olds win
I am lost without baseball. Of course, the frivolous temptations of football season are a welcome distraction. Every Sunday, all I have to do is tune in to CBS, watch a couple games, spend five minutes checking out box scores on Yahoo, and I can consider myself a fairly committed Read More…
Tom Morello covers MLB Baseball Tonight theme
Get ready sports fans for a wild, octave-jumping take on the theme song to Baseball Tonight. Guitarist Tom Morello has done a cover of the MLB recap show. The Rage Against the Machine and Street Sweeper Social Club guitarist, a long time Chicago Cubs fan, can be seen here in Read More…