Cal catcher Andrew Knapp has been drafted in the second round of the MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday. Knapp, who recorded a .350 batting average, eight home runs and 41 RBI this past season, was the anchor of the Cal baseball team that slumped its way to 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…
The Cal baseball team will finish its season with seven straight matches at home — but don’t expect their luck to get much better. A week after being swept by No. 5 Oregon State, Cal now has to face No. 13 Arizona State in a weekend series beginning on Friday Read More…
From the moment Oregon State scored its first run against the Cal baseball team, the Bears couldn’t find an answer to get back into the game — let alone the entire series. Junior designated hitter Devon Rodriguez’s lead-off home run during the seventh inning in the first game of the Read More…
When the Cal baseball team made an improbable run at the College World Series two years ago, the young talent that unveiled itself seemed to promise success for years to come. Pitcher Justin Jones was just a sophomore, and freshman Kyle Porter posted a 6-0 record, emerging as one of Read More…
After delivering a hit that will go down in Cal baseball lore in 2011, Devon Rodriguez’s bright future has been tempered by injuries. A balky shoulder has kept the junior out of the field this year, but it hasn’t kept him out of the game. The pain of leaving the game completely would be too much to bear. 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…
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…
At some point, the Cal baseball team is going to have to cut its losses and move on. Cal coach David Esquer and his Bears are going to have to give up on what this season could have been and look forward to next year. The Bears soon must stop Read More…