http://www.wacotrib.com The latest headlines from wacotrib en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., wacotrib Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:18:16 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/05/98/58/image_1358985.jpg http://www.wacotrib.com 5 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/29/10292009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/29/10292009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor baseball team won’t have to stray far from Baylor Ballpark during the 2010 season. The Bears will play their first 18 games at home, and play only two nonconference games away from Waco in all — at Texas State April 21 and at TCU April 27. Baylor plays 35 of its 52 games against teams that reached the NCAA tournament last year. The Bears open their season Feb. 19-21 with a double round-robin event against Duke and Georgia. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/27/10272009wacbubaseball.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/27/10272009wacbubaseball.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor baseball team’s home scrimmage against Temple College scheduled for today has been moved to 4 p.m. Wednesday due to the weather. On Sunday, Baylor dropped a 14-inning scrimmage at Texas, 10-8, when UT’s Jonathan Walsh blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the 13th. Neither scrimmage will count toward Baylor’s 2010 record. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/26/10262009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/26/10262009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Longhorn Jonathan Walsh hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 13th inning to push Texas past Baylor in the two schools’ annual 14-inning fall scrimmage at Disch-Falk Field in Austin. Baylor took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on Max Muncy’s RBI single and a Texas error. Baylor would mount a 5-2 lead in the fourth, but the Longhorns would tie the game with three runs on two hits that inning. Baylor’s Cal Towey gave the Bears their final lead in the 10th with a two-run home run. He would finish the day with three hits, two RBI and a double. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/13/10132009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/13/10132009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Baylor baseball team has postponed its fall scrimmage against Temple College originally scheduled for today. The Bears and Leopards will meet at a date to be determined, likely next week. The Bears also play Texas in a 14-inning scrimmage Oct. 25 in Austin. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/10/10102009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/10/10102009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor baseball team’s scrimmage with Texas that was rained out last Sunday has been rescheduled for Oct. 25 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin. The teams will play a 14-inning affair starting at 1 p.m. While the game will not count toward the teams’ 2010 win-loss record, it does count against the 56-game limit for the 2010 schedule. As a result, the Bears, who will also play Temple College in a fall scrimmage Tuesday, will play 54 games next season. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/04/10042009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/04/10042009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor baseball team will play the first of its two fall scrimmages today at 1 p.m. when it takes on Big 12 rival Texas at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin. The scrimmage will be a pre-set 14-inning contest, and admission is free. This marks the third straight year the Bears and Longhorns have met in the fall. Baylor will also play Temple College Oct. 13 at the Baylor Ballpark. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/18/09182009wacbubaseball.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/18/09182009wacbubaseball.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor baseball team’s annual Burgers on the Berm event, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed until Oct. 2. Festivities will begin at 6 p.m. Admission is free, though donations will be taken to support the Baylor Diamond Girls. The postponement was a result of the rainy weather that has hit Central Texas over the past week, which delayed the start of fall practice. Burgers on the Berm will feature an intrasquad scrimmage and allow fans to meet the players. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/01/09012009wacbuhall.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/09/01/09012009wacbuhall.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT The quarterback on Baylor’s 1980 Southwest Championship football team and one of the baseball program’s most heralded stars highlight the newest class of inductees to the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame, which was announced Monday. Jay Jeffrey, who was the SWC’s Newcomer of the Year as a junior in 1980, and Jason Jennings, the first consensus national player of the year in Division I baseball history, lead a class that also includes Charles Benson and Frank Ditta (football), Billy Hollis (men’s track and field) and Stacey Smith (women’s track and field). In addition, former Baylor basketball star Dr. Gerald D. Cobb will join the Hall of Fame’s Wall of Honor. A teammate of Benson and Ditta, Jeffrey earned a pair of letters in football and two more in baseball. In 1981, he became only the fifth BU quarterback to throw for more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, finishing with 1,643 yards and nine touchdown passes that year. He still holds the Baylor school record for longest run from scrimmage, on an 83-yard TD scamper versus Lamar in 1980. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/18/08182009wacvolz.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/08/18/08182009wacvolz.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Kendal Volz has endured nervous baseball-related moments before. As recently as May, the NCAA tournament selection committee waited until the final bracket to reveal the inclusion of Volz and his Baylor teammates. So coming down to deadline day to sign a pro contract? That was no sweat. Volz signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox Monday, just hours before the deadline for Major League clubs to sign their June draft picks. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/15/07152009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/15/07152009wacbubase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor junior baseball players Dustin Dickerson and Shaver Hansen have signed pro contracts after being selected in the sixth round of the June 10 major league draft. Dickerson, a former Midway star, was picked by the Florida Marlins, and will report to the Jamestown (N.Y.) Jammers of the Class A New York-Penn League. The all-Big 12 first baseman led the Bears with a .377 batting average this year while collecting 10 homers and 47 RBIs. Hansen was picked by the Seattle Mariners, and will report to the Class A Clinton (Iowa) Lumberkings of the Midwest League. Hansen hit .330 for the Bears this year while setting a school record with 17 homers by a shortstop and collecting 59 RBIs. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/03/07032009wacbusutton.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/07/03/07032009wacbusutton.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Former Baylor infielder Drew Sutton has been promoted to the Cincinnati Reds after the team suffered several injuries in the infield. Sutton was called up from Triple-A Louisville, where he was hitting .254 with five homers and 19 RBIs in 38 games this season. In April, the Reds acquired Sutton from the Houston Astros organization, which drafted him in the 15th round out of Baylor in 2004. Sutton has hit .280 with 66 homers and 259 RBIs in six minor league seasons. In his only season at Baylor, he hit .304 with eight homers and 40 RBIs. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacmiller.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacmiller.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Aaron Miller’s professional baseball career is on its way. The Baylor junior signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night, some nine days after the Dodgers selected Miller with the 36th overall pick of the major league draft. Miller, a left-handed pitcher, will report to the club’s spring training facility in Glendale, Ariz., today. A two-way standout for the Bears this season, Miller went 3-3 with two saves and a 5.12 ERA and led the Big 12 with 11.47 strikeouts per nine innings. When he wasn’t pitching, Miller started in right field, hitting .310 with 12 home runs and 47 RBIs. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacsmith.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/26/06262009wacsmith.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor baseball coach Steve Smith will be the guest of honor at ESPN 1660 AM’s Fifth Annual Celebrity Roast, benefiting the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. July 9. Tickets are available at $35 each, or $300 for a table of 10. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/20/06202009wacnotebook.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/20/06202009wacnotebook.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT The hoopla of the major league draft may be over, but the show goes on for many of the ballplayers selected. And it’s a show called “Deal or No Deal.” For the Baylor players selected in last week’s draft, it’s still a case of “no deal,” as none of the seven BU draftees had signed as of Friday. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/19/06192009wacshowcase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/19/06192009wacshowcase.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT A pair of incoming baseball players for Baylor and McLennan Community College are among the players competing for Team Texas in the Sunbelt Classic, which starts Tuesday in Norman, Okla. Kerrville Tivy infielder/pitcher Logan Vick, a Baylor signee, and Austin Westlake pitcher James Ferguson, who’s bound for MCC, are both slated to compete in the five-day, eight-game event, which will pit Texas against squads from six other states, plus Canada. Also on the Texas roster are local high school standouts Kevin Locke of Temple and Garrett Vail of Belton. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/13/06132009WACWERNER.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/13/06132009WACWERNER.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT When March Madness rolls around, we all fill out our NCAA tournament brackets and try to outsmart everybody in our office by picking the biggest upsets. Most of the shockers are in the first two rounds. But once you get to the Elite Eight of the men’s basketball tournament, the big dogs usually rise to the top. Was anybody surprised North Carolina and Kansas won national titles the last two years? I’m glad nobody fills out an NCAA baseball tournament bracket. Trying to pick a winner would be pure foolishness. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/12/06122009wacsports2.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/12/06122009wacsports2.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor’s Raynor Campbell didn’t have to wait long to learn his fate on the third and final day of the Major League Baseball draft. The Cleveland Indians selected Campbell midway through the 31st round Thursday — the first round of the day — making the BU third baseman the seventh Baylor player taken in the three-day draft. A former high school star at Katy Taylor, Campbell hit .243 with eight home runs, eight doubles and 31 RBIs this season. A three-year starter for the Bears, Campbell owns career totals of 17 home runs, 86 RBIs and a .292 batting average. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/11/06142009wacdraft.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/11/06142009wacdraft.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Over the past decade, Baylor has been a steady producer of professional baseball players, with 57 players drafted from 1998 to 2008. That number is growing by the day. Five more Baylor players were selected on the second day of the Major League Draft on Wednesday, joining first-day draftee Aaron Miller, who was taken in the supplemental first round by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/10/06102009wacbaseballdraft.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/10/06102009wacbaseballdraft.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Like most Little Leaguers, Aaron Miller daydreamed about playing professional baseball as he was growing up. Unlike most of those kids, Miller’s dream is on the fast track to reality. The Los Angeles Dodgers, one of baseball’s most storied franchises, selected the Baylor junior pitcher/outfielder with the 36th overall pick of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball Draft. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/09/06092009wacmiller.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/06/09/06092009wacmiller.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Aaron Miller is a walking, talking, throwing conundrum. Is he a hitter or a pitcher? Where does his professional future lie? The answer to that question is still undetermined, but this much is clear: Miller, Baylor’s junior pitcher and rightfielder, has a lot going for him as the Major League Baseball draft gets under way today.