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Walking to the plate in the bottom of the eighth on Sunday, Cal left fielder Darrel Matthews knew his teammates needed him to pick them up. Batting after Pacific had tied the game in the top of the inning, the Bears had retaken a slim one-run lead. With Matthews on
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On Friday afternoon, the Cal baseball team dominated Pacific in a 9-1 win to start off the 2012 season. On a beautiful opening day in Berkeley, lefthander Justin Jones threw five innings to earn the win and the Bears’ bats woke up late to pound out 11 hits and take
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This time last year, the Cal baseball team didn’t know if there would be another season. Bleeding money, the campus decided to cut the team on Sept. 28, 2010. One of college baseball’s storied programs appeared destined to become a sad historical footnote. But the Cal baseball community banded together,
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2012 is already a good year for the Cal baseball team. Because, win or lose, they’ll be on the field, playing. Their happy existence aside, the standard of Omaha has been set. They’re no longer an underdog, and they won’t be skimming under the radar. With the spotlight on Berkeley,
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Since defeating Dallas Baptist to advance to the College World Series, the Cal baseball team has been joking that someone should make a movie out of their storybook season. If Hollywood ever does, they’ll probably write a different ending — one that doesn’t involve the Bears being sent home after
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The ball went off Kenny Swab’s bat and Cal center fielder Darrel Matthews, running forward to make the catch, lost it in the sun. As it bounced past him and rolled away, stopping 408 feet from where it started, so too went the Bears’ dream season. Virginia’s center fielder streaked
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OMAHA, Neb. — For a game unfurled quietly and quickly for the first four innings, Cal’s final 7-3 win to knock out Texas A&M Tuesday afternoon ended up becoming surprisingly lopsided. The Bears, as they were in the Houston Regional, were on the verge of elimination after losing their College
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OMAHA, Neb. — Chad Bunting tumbled onto the right field warning track Sunday afternoon, a soon-to-be triple sailing over his shoulder, a cloud of dust billowing up as he hit the dirt. The ball had tipped off the Cal outfielder’s glove and Virginia, with one out in the eighth, plated
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OMAHA — Tomorrow at 11 a.m. PT and 1 p.m. local time, the Cal baseball team will play Virginia in the College World Series. The Bears are the only team in the field of eight that has fewer than 40 wins on the season; the Cavaliers are the No. 1
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OMAHA — Tony Renda’s eyes flicked back and forth across the field as reporter after reporter asked him about the incredible journey the Cal baseball team has endured on the road to Omaha. He acknowledged their fight to save the program, their battle against elimination in Houston and every other
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