Farmer John will donate $500 to the UCLA Children’s Hospital Cancer Research Foundation for every save Los Angeles Dodger closer Eric Gagné earns this season. “We’re grateful and pleased with the donations from Farmer John and Mr. Gagné,” said Dr. Kathleen Sakamoto, UCLA associate professor of pediatrics. Gagné has seven saves thus far this season. […]
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Bruin softball won’t host regionals
The hosts of the eight NCAA softball regionals were selected Monday by the NCAA softball committee. UCLA was not on the list. The No. 2 Bruins were the highest ranked team not to host a regional. As a result of Sept. 11, 2001, the NCAA wanted to minimize travel, so the top eight teams were […]
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Even though it seemed the Bruins used up all of their hits on Friday, they still managed to win all three weekend games, the latter two with late-inning heroics. Friday, the No. 2 UCLA softball team (39-5, 11-3 Pac-10) crushed No. 7 Cal (39-13, 8-6) 10-0 (run-rule, five innings). Saturday, they were outhit by No. […]
Don’t fire Adams: he wins, cares for players
With Steve Lavin and Bob Toledo gone, many Bruin “fans” want Dan Guerrero to get rid of another UCLA coach ““ Gary Adams. But to fire Adams would be wrong. You can’t fire a guy who has been the head baseball coach at UCLA since 1975. You can’t fire a guy who has 1,129 career […]
UCLA isn’t taking Cal, Stanford lightly
The defending College World Series champions come to Easton Stadium today. But Cal is ranked lower nationally than UCLA and was last year also. Exactly how scary are the Bears? “We respect them just like any other team: we know they are up there. We know what they can and cannot do,” UCLA designated player […]
Luck, skill key in softball victories
First the UCLA softball team was lucky. Then it was good. On Friday, luck was on its side in a 5-2 victory over No. 3 Washington. The next day, the No. 2 Bruins (36-5, 8-3 Pac-10) played perhaps the best softball they’ve played all season, beating the Huskies 10-0 in six innings. “After (Friday), I […]
UCLA baseball burns Sun Devils in 9-8 upset
A controversial play in the eighth inning and two runs in the ninth helped the UCLA baseball team pull an upset over No. 4 Arizona State, 9-8. The score was tied 7-7 going to the bottom of the eighth, and the Sun Devils had the bases loaded with one out. ASU’s Travis Buck hit a […]