BASEBALL
MSU ready to take the field after weather difficulties
As much as MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. would like to talk baseball, the questions of playing conditions and weather persist.
BASEBALL
Spartan baseball sweeps Oakland in four-game series
The Spartan baseball team had an outstanding weekend as they swept Oakland in a four-game series at Eastern Michigan’sOestrike Stadium in Ypsilanti, Mich.
BASEBALL
Baseball team sweeps Santa Clara on road trip
A trip to the Golden State last weekend ended with a sweep of Santa Clara for the MSU baseball team.
BASEBALL
MSU baseball struggles in colder weather, Martinez out for the season
With winter conditions lingering into mid-March in East Lansing, the early-season southern tour was supposed to be a reprieve from the cold weather for the MSU baseball team.
SOFTBALL
Spring break round-up: A recap of MSU athletic results from last week
The early part of the week treated the Spartans well, as they won five of their first six games before tailing off later in the week and finishing 6-5 overall.
BASEBALL
Baseball splits in second weekend of action in South Carolina
The MSU baseball team split four games this weekend at the First Pitch Invitational in Greenville, S.C., putting the Spartans at 3-3 overall less than two weeks into the season.
BASEBALL
Baseball team to return to South Carolina for four-game stint
The opening weekend of game action yielded a few lessons for the MSU baseball team. After several weeks of indoor practice, the Spartans (1-1 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) split a pair of games in the first weekend of play in Greenville, S.C., losing 3-2 to Furman on Friday before defeating Northwestern 7-4 on Sunday.
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Baseball team splits in first weekend of action in S.C.
After spending several weeks practicing indoors, a trip to South Carolina was supposed to mean warm weather and sunny skies for the MSU baseball team.
BASEBALL
Baseball players, coaches look forward to return to outdoor play
With each swing of Jimmy Pickens’ bat at MSU’s indoor hitting facility, you can tell he’s ready.
BASEBALL
Baseball team to kick off season Friday
With the start of another collegiate baseball season less than a week away, many teams are getting reacquainted to the familiar sights and smells of a new year.
BASEBALL
Yewcic honored at baseball’s First Pitch Dinner, Smoltz appears as keynote speaker
With the start of the MSU baseball season less than two weeks away, the program kicked off another campaign Sunday with its eighth-annual First Pitch Dinner.
BASEBALL
Crosstown Showdown renewed for next three seasons
The Crosstown Showdown, a baseball game between the MSU baseball team and the minor league Lansing Lugnuts, officially has been extended for the next three years, according to a release by the MSU athletics department.
BASEBALL
Spartans thrive during summer months
Although the majority of his roster is dispersed across the nation playing in various summer leagues from Florida to Alaska, Boss and his staff are hitting the pavement during a crucial time for recruiting high school prospects.
BASEBALL
Face Time with Brandon Eckerle
Although his name is firmly engraved in MSU baseball lore, former center fielder Brandon Eckerle opted to return to the classroom rather than fight his way through the ranks of a sport he lost a little bit of passion.
BASEBALL
Face Time with Tony Bucciferro
Tony Bucciferro has seen his life go through a whirlwind of changes in the last month.
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Major league ballers
The MSU baseball team will have a new look in the infield in 2013, as it is tasked with replacing three players who started all 60 games this season.
BASEBALL
Four Spartans selected in 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft
Less than a week after MSU’s baseball season concluded in the NCAA Tournament, four Spartans earned the opportunity to play at the highest level by being selected in this week’s 2012 Major League Baseball, or MLB, First-Year Player Draft.
BASEBALL
Boss talks about NCAA Tournament, MLB Draft in meeting with media
As the MSU baseball team returns home after a quick exit from the NCAA Tournament, head coach Jake Boss Jr. is forced to look ahead. The Spartans were ousted from the Palo Alto Regional in Palo Alto, Calif. after a pair of weekend losses to Pepperdine and Fresno State, respectively. The NCAA Tournament berth was the first for the program since 1979, where the Spartans were eliminated on their home field in the Mideast Regional by Pepperdine and San Diego State.
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Column: Another year signals growth for program
The MSU baseball team returned to East Lansing on Sunday following a pair of weekend losses in the NCAA Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif. Crushed and empty-handed, the Spartans enter the offseason with more questions than answers and have plenty to think about during the next eight months until they resume play.
BASEBALL
Spartans downed 8-2 by Fresno State, eliminated from NCAA Tournament
Despite a strong effort by junior pitcher Andrew Waszak, the Spartans couldn’t overcome a late surge by Fresno State in addition to their own offensive inadequacies — leaving six runners on base on the day — and fell to the Bulldogs, 8-2, in the Palo Alto Regional of the NCAA Tournament. season.