Baseball posts 1-2 record after opening weekend in Florida
Not too long ago, beating a top-25 team on opening day before losing the next two games of the weekend by a combined two runs might have been OK with MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr.
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Not too long ago, beating a top-25 team on opening day before losing the next two games of the weekend by a combined two runs might have been OK with MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr.
Although junior Torsten Boss is a key returner for the MSU baseball team, he will be doing some adjusting early in the season.
More than ever before, junior center fielder Torsten Boss and the MSU baseball team know how important every game can be.
This Friday, Jimmy Pickens will make his debut for the MSU baseball team when the Spartans open up their season against St. John’s in Dunedin, Fla. Head coach Jake Boss Jr. said Pickens will get the start in right field against the Red Storm, and he expects the freshman to contribute early and often this season.
After winning its first Big Ten Championship last season since 1979, the conference named the MSU baseball team the preseason favorite to win the 2012 Big Ten Championship, the conference announced Tuesday.
Entering his fourth season as MSU baseball’s head coach, Jake Boss Jr. can’t remember ever relying on so many freshmen.
This weekend, the MSU baseball program honored two of its all-time greats in Kirk Gibson and Earl Morrall at the 2012 MSU Baseball First Pitch Dinner.
The Spartan baseball program will honor Earl Morrall as its Alumnus of the Year at the annual First Pitch Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Kellogg Center. In addition, former Spartan All-American and current Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson will be on hand for a jersey recognition.
A new entrance plaza will be built at Old College Field starting in February through a $2 million donation accepted by the Board of Trustees at its December meeting.
Only a day after Tom Izzo announced his strongest recruiting class in years, MSU baseball coach Jake Boss Jr. made a significant splash on the recruiting trail as well.
After one of the most successful seasons in MSU baseball history, Jake Boss Jr. is hungry for more.
With the MLB regular season coming to a close and the Detroit Tigers heading to the postseason for the first time since 2006, there are critical roster decisions to be made.
Because of its headline, many of you reading this article probably are big baseball nuts like me. Or some of you could just be reading this story because it has the word money in its title. You might have seen the trailer for the movie I’m about to discuss — “Moneyball” — and been intrigued because it stars who you consider to be one sexy man — Brad Pitt — or because Jonah Hill is in a movie that’s not a comedy.
Fresh off of its 2011 Big Ten championship, the MSU baseball team began fall practice this week in preparation for its first exhibition game Saturday.
There are few names bigger in MSU folklore than Kirk Gibson. In his time as a Spartan — from 1975-78 — Gibson played both as a receiver on the football team and was a member of the baseball team. After being drafted in the first round by the Detroit Tigers, Gibson went on to win two World Series championships (1984 Tigers and 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers) and took home the NL Most Valuable Player crown in 1988. Today, Gibson is the manager of the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks and is fighting to get back to the World Series.
Wisdom dictates that the 162-game baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint.
As MSU baseball players Ryan Jones and Tony Bucciferro stepped on the field at Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Way, in Boston, on Friday, they found themselves on hallowed ground.
After winning a share of the Big Ten championship earlier this year, several players tearing up summer leagues are giving MSU baseball fans a reason to believe they can repeat.
Former MSU pitcher A.J. Achter returned to Lansing Saturday night when he pitched for the Beloit Snappers against the Lansing Lugnuts at Cooley Law School Stadium. Achter took the loss as the Lugnuts defeated Beloit, 3-1.
Jimmy Pickens is the type of baseball player who is willing to do anything for his team to win.