Daniel Johnson Sports Editor MLB Player’s Data reported at the beginning of the 2017 baseball season that about one-third of the players in the Major Leagues were from Latin America (31.9 percent). Forty two and a half percent of the… Read More ›
Baseball
The Negro League After Jackie Robinson
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Prior to the 1995 MLB season, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed 27 year old Japanese pitching superstar Hideo Nomo. Though Nomo was not the first Japanese player to play in the pros, (he was second, Masanori… Read More ›
Baseball Season Preview
Chelsea McBay Staff Writer Baseball season is right around the corner, folks. After a very successful season last year, the baseball team is looking to improve and perform even better this year. With a lot of new freshman, solid returning… Read More ›
The “Chief” Concern in Cleveland
Brayden Stamps Staff Writer In this past week, the Cleveland Indians officially announced that the iconic and controversial “Chief Wahoo” logo will be phased out of the teams visual identity entirely by the year 2019. This decision, that is being… Read More ›
Minor League Racism: Racial Abuse at Teens trying to make the Majors
Daniel Johnson Sports Editor Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of Jackie Robinson in the 2013 biopic, “42,” illustrated the realities of being an African American ballplayer when the color barrier was first broken. Pitchers threw at Robinson in an attempt to seriously… Read More ›
MLB First Half: Looking Back and Forward
Daniel Johnson Staff Writer The All-Star Game has come and past in Major League Baseball, marking the end of the end of first half of the MLB season and the beginning of the postseason push for many teams over the… Read More ›
Successful sweep for UNCG Baseball
Michael Fields Staff Writer The men’s baseball team had a big home series against conference foe East Tennessee State University. UNCG was trying to stay atop of the SoCon standings and continue to excel in conference play. With… Read More ›
MLB Preview
Andrew James Staff Writer It’s finally April—that time of the year again. The sunlit grass in the outfield is ready to burn under spiked cleats; the sound of a baseball crashing into the padded leather catcher’s mitt is… Read More ›
Spartans Sweep VMI at Home
Will McGarty Staff Writer This past weekend, the Spartans hosted the Keydets for a three game series that lasted from Friday through Sunday. This was the team’s first meeting of the year and also the first time Virginia Military… Read More ›
Spartan Baseball Sweeps through Binghamton
Patrick O’Grady Staff Writer If you were in the mood to see fantastic performances by your UNCG Spartans this past weekend, then the baseball team certainly provided some thrills. Entering this weekend series, the Spartans were coming off… Read More ›
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