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Bats need to come around if Tigers hope to compete

Quinn Malloy • March 11, 2015

For years now, the Southeastern Conference has been the pinnacle of collegiate baseball. The conference has always produced some of Major League Baseball’s prize talents, including Frank Thomas, Rafael...

Missouri baseball riding high after topping Truman St. 10-2

Quinn Malloy • March 11, 2015

Beaten and bruised, Missouri baseball sorely needed a win. They’d had to bear the weight of being swept by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee over the weekend and were itching to get back on the field...

Tigers’ bats go cold in loss to Milwaukee

Jason Lowenthal • March 7, 2015

After a 7-4 loss in game one of Missouri baseball’s series against Milwaukee, Missouri coach Tim Jamieson mentioned timely hitting as the difference. Unfortunately for the Tigers, that message apparently...

Rule changes hurt baseball

Andrew McCulloch • March 4, 2015

There may still be snow on the ground, but spring is right around the corner, and baseball season is finally upon us. In sunnier locales, players and managers are, like the weather, warming up for the...

McClain, pitching staff lead the pack

Quinn Malloy • March 4, 2015

Junior Reggie McClain won’t overpower anybody with his fastball. When he needs to get a strikeout to pitch out of a jam, he won’t be dialing up the high heat. “If I’m going to strike somebody...

Bond making the most of early playing time

Jason Lowenthal • March 4, 2015

Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson knew he was getting a special recruit in Brett Bond. The 6-foot-1-inch, 210-pounder was a highly sought-after local recruit who also received some attention from fellow...

Tigers rule the diamond: Missouri off to unprecedented start

Jason Lowenthal • February 25, 2015

Missouri baseball is off to an unprecedented start. The team sits atop the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division with a 7-1 record, captured the Kleberg Bank College Classic title and has a plethora...

An invitation to Taylor Stadium: Why you should root for Mizzou baseball

Quinn Malloy • February 11, 2015

There are four major American sports: football, basketball, baseball and hockey. Of those four, three are widely played at colleges across the country: football, basketball and baseball. Of those three,...

Go crazy, Kansas City

Daniel Schmidt • September 30, 2014

Norm Stewart wearing a Kansas jersey. Roger Goodell retiring as commissioner of the NFL. Maroon 5 producing a bad song. Daniel Schmidt developing a base tan. These are just a few of the things I thought...

Varying possibilities exist for rise in Tommy John surgery

Brandon Kroos • May 7, 2014

Tommy John stopped playing Major League Baseball in 1989, but his name keeps coming up. Pitchers rupturing the Ulnar Collateral Ligament in their elbows has occurred more frequently through the season’s...

Missouri falls to Commodores, 5-1

Brandon Kroos • May 3, 2014

Missouri (20-26, 6-17 Southeastern Conference) lost its starter, the game and the series in a 5-1 defeat to Vanderbilt (35-12, 13-10 SEC). Junior righty John Miles pitched a perfect two innings, but...

Tigers drop first game of Vanderbilt series, 8-3

Brandon Kroos • May 2, 2014

Missouri (21-24, 6-16 Southeasten Conference) played a top-25 team close, but came up short of a win in an 8-3 loss to Vanderbilt (34-12, 12-10 SEC). That result has become a continuing theme for the...