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The Cal men’s baseball team knew exactly what it was getting itself into as soon as now-graduated Jordan Talbot recorded the last out of the 2016 season against Washington State. With their terrible second half — they went 14-15 while missing the postseason — in the books, the Bears’ next
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The Cal baseball team’s 2017 roster will look very different next year, after seven players — including four juniors and one sophomore — were chosen during the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. The anticipation of the selection of pitcher Daulton Jefferies finally came to an end when the Oakland Athletics
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Pitcher Daulton Jefferies has been selected with the 37th overall pick of the 2016 MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics. Jefferies compiled a 7-0 record with a 1.08 ERA during his last year at Cal. The Atwater, California, native also recorded a career best in strikeouts per nine innings (9.54
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On June 9, Major League Baseball will be holding its 2016 draft. Spanning 40 rounds over three days, multiple Bears will be vying for a shot to take their game to the next level. Three Bears in particular, however, hope to turn some heads. Daulton Jefferies (RHP) Junior Daulton
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The Cal baseball team will spend the rest of the summer in the way it hoped it wouldn’t have to: watching the postseason unfold from a fan’s perspective. Despite capping off the regular season with a weekend series triumph on the road against Washington State, the Bears knew there would
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The Cal baseball team (32-21, 14-16 Pac-12) ran away with its last series win of the regular season Sunday, defeating Washington State (19-35, 11-19), 11-5, to take two of three games against the Cougars. But unfortunately for the Bears, the series win was not enough to qualify for the 2016
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What can possibly be said about the Cal baseball team (30-20, 12-15 Pac-12) that hasn’t been already said during its almost two-month long skid? We can talk about the team’s obvious struggles, dating back to pitcher Daulton Jefferies’ shoulder injury April 1. We can look at the overused bullpen and
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With runners on first and second in the top of the ninth, the Cal baseball team (30-20, 12-15 Pac-12) eagerly waited for senior pitcher Ryan Mason, a starter who made a relief appearance, to strike out Utah’s Kody Davis and end the game 5-4. Having already struck out two hitters,
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Head coach David Esquer is usually the epitome of optimism on the field. But after Friday’s 4-2 loss against Washington, the emotion of a man whose team has dropped eight of its last 11 games against division opponents finally erupted. In a barrage of curse words, shouting and hand gestures,
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Throughout the season, the No. 24 Cal baseball team (23-14, 9-9 Pac-12) has had an identity crisis similar to that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. At home, the Bears put on convincing performances of a powerhouse that rarely lets its adversaries mount a noteworthy offense. But on the road,
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