College football is here in full swing and the National Football League is finally under way, but neither holds a candle to the best competition fall has to offer – Major League Baseball pennant...
It came out of nowhere. Home early from the Cape Cod Summer League in 2002 and contemplating a professional baseball contract after being drafted in the 21st round by the Oakland Athletics, all Wally Pontiff...
After five days of precarious speculation, Kevin Gausman made a decision both he and LSU head coach Paul Mainieri can be proud of. Dragging negotiations until the final minute, the Centennial, Colo. native...
Many college students spend their summers either hard at work or vacationing on the coast. For nine LSU baseball players, it's a little bit of both. Rising seniors Raph Rhymes, Mason Katz and Joey Bourgeois,...
The United States government spent $20 million producing The Mitchell Report, which catalogued steroid use in Major League Baseball. The report profiled 89 players, including Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte,...
Alan Dunn was at a crossroads. With Dave Trembley out and Buck Showalter in as manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Dunn had a sneaking suspicion that his job as bullpen coach was in jeopardy. "Usually when...
As the clinching game of the Baton Rouge super regional mercifully came to an end, and Stony Brook was dogpiling behind the mound, I knew what was coming. Having grown up watching the agony and ecstasy...
Following another disappointing early-summer exit, the old adage of "wait 'till next year" has become trite for LSU baseball fans. After falling one game short of a trip to the College World Series...
After receiving the reassuring news that Mason Katz and Raph Rhymes would return to the LSU baseball team for their senior seasons, Tuesday brought a more sobering reality of the MLB draft to the Tigers....
Tiger Woods won't be the only "Tiger" this weekend in the 112th U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. John Peterson, a former LSU standout and 2011 NCAA men's national champion, qualified for...
Stony Brook came into Baton Rouge and Alex Box Stadium largely unknown and mostly overlooked, but 29 innings and two wins completely changed that.
After Stony Brook dismantled LSU in the final game of...
The motto for Stony Brook baseball during this postseason has been "shock the world." Mission accomplished. Exploiting a putrid LSU offense using three starting pitchers - who surrendered nine hits over...
