Today the sports world is mourning the loss of baseball icon Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron. He was a record breaking civil rights icon who will forever be remembered for the impact he had on the MLB and sports in general. Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record for the most home runs and shattered racial barriers […]
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Many people know the origin story of AstroTurf®, or at least they think that they do. The popular story is that it was developed specifically for the Houston Astrodome, but its roots go back just a little farther than that. Moses Brown […]
Continue ReadingTommy Parsons, who starred for the Adrian College baseball team on the mound from 2015-18 and is currently in his third season in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, has been named to the D3baseball All-Decade First Team for the 2010s. The website made the announcement on Wednesday. Parsons is the only representative out of the MIAA. […]
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The Presidents Council of the Ohio Athletic Conference has postponed all NCAA intercollegiate athletics competition through December 31st, 2020. This move comes amidst continued concerns about COVID-19. The Conference said in a press release that they are “committed to moving NCAA intercollegiate competition to the spring, with various models being currently discussed.” While competition will not […]
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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents has made the decision to play a conference-only schedule during the Fall 2020 sports season. The conference said in a press release that it will evaluate the feasibility of league competition on a sport-by-sport basis. Playing a conference-only schedule affords GLIAC members additional time to get […]
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NCAA President Mark Emmert has made a statement on the fall championships discussion. The decision is in regards to all 22 NCAA fall championships, which makes it more complicated. D-III has seen well more than half of schools elect not to play during the fall. Not nearly as many D-I schools have made that drastic of […]
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The NCAA Sport Science Institute has released the Resocialization of Collegiate Sport. The move and guidelines are intended to extend previous guidance and provide updated recommendations about the protection of athletes and prevention of community spread of COVID-19. The guidelines are designed to inform schools in responding appropriately based on their specific circumstances and in […]
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Major League Baseball will return today when the Washington Nationals host the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants. Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., will serve as the venue for the first game of the abbreviated season, which was reduced from 162 to 60 games because of the ongoing pandemic. […]
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Not having fans inside stadiums in 2020 could come to benefit a number of MLB players. There is a number of players in Major League Baseball that falter under pressure. Can you imagine what removing fans from the stands may do to benefit their game? You soon won’t have to imagine such a thing. On […]
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The Detroit Tigers may make an out of the norm pick with the first selection in the 2020 MLB draft: a first baseman. Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson is regarded not just as the top talent in the draft, but as the safest pick. Torkelson crushed 48 home runs his first two seasons at ASU. Prior […]
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The baseball program at Bowling Green State University has been eliminated, effectively immediately. The school made the announcement on Friday as part of their effort to shave $2 million off the department of athletics budget. The Toledo Blade indicated the cuts were at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university as a whole […]
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Ed Farmer, the radio voice for the Chicago White Sox, has died. He was 70-years-old. Farmer had been in poor health. He actually missed the end of the 2019 season due to medical problems. The Chicago native was the 5th round pick of the Cleveland Indians in the 1967 MLB draft and made his debut with […]
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