Baseball
NCAA muffles metal bats
In the wake of alarmingly high scoring contests that endangered pitchers and dragged ballgames on for hours, the NCAA instituted a new line of baseball bats this season, affecting strategy and recruiting.
A Giant return for DeRosa
Though Mark DeRosa is back in California preparing for tonight’s Game 1 of the World Series with the San Francisco Giants — albeit as a member of the disabled list — he spent last Saturday purveying a much different championship showdown: Penn’s annual intersquad Red and Blue World Series.
Hitters connect with average on the line
Wharton professor's study determines that baseball players boost their performances with the chance to achieve a round number.
Baseball, summer league style
After tying a school record with 12 home runs this past season, rising senior catcher Will Davis is taking a different approach at the plate this summer.
Ivies face challenges in getting players drafted
Recent Major League Baseball draft pick from Dartmouth Robert Young compared draft day to a wedding proposal.
Quakers' perfect memories
As recently graduated Penn pitcher Todd Roth watched Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay finish off the 20th perfect game in Major League Baseball history Saturday, he had a thought that few people who’ve ever played baseball could have had.
Lions and Quakers slug it out for Ivy League title
Penn must win three of four against Columbia in order to close its two-game gap for first place.
On mound, Penn makes up ground
Entering the final game of a four game stand with Princeton, freshman pitcher John Beasley had a no-hitter after five innings and gave up only one hit through seven before being pulled in the eighth.
Take me out to the ballpark
Each ballpark has distinct dimensions, personality, structure and setting that have a major effect on how the game is played. Ivy parks are no exception.
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Cole mixes it up at Meiklejohn
As he does with most weekday games, head coach John Cole was forced to patch together a pitching staff and lineup to fit between two busy weekends, each with four conference games.