Since 1919
All season long, the UCLA baseball team has been hampered by its failure to live up to the 2010 team, which made the school’s first trip to the College World Series in more than 10 years.
But this weekend, the Bruins pulled off a feat that hasn’t happened in the program for quite some time.
At 6 feet 4 inches and 220 pounds, Gerrit Cole would undoubtedly be the “muscle” in any business setting.
The term “bullpen” has been around baseball since 1924.
A century after Major League Baseball’s “dead-ball era” featured exceptionally low run totals, the NCAA is experiencing a bit of revisionist history.
From about the turn of the 20th century to the 1920s ““ which saw the emergence of Babe Ruth and other sluggers ““ baseball was a pitcher’s game.
It took a bit longer than desired, but the brooms came out of the closet after all.
As the UCLA baseball team prepares to host its first Pac-10 series of the season, its new strikeout king has a message for everyone: It’s not time to hit the panic button yet.
FULLERTON “”mdash; More than half of the UCLA baseball team’s wins this season have come in shutouts.
With each run their opponent scores, the Bruins’ chances of winning one of their signature, low-scoring pitchers’ duels become less and less likely.
So when UCLA freshman pitcher Zack Weiss surrendered three runs to Cal State Fullerton in the top of the first inning in his first collegiate start, the Bruins were doomed.
Despite equaling the No.
