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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The journey of a 'Midwest guy': Alec Rash's path to Missouri

The journey of a ‘Midwest guy’: Alec Rash’s path to Missouri

Ian Frazer November 27, 2012

Four hundred and fifteen feet is a long, long way to throw a baseball. If you were to stand at the south end zone of Faurot Field and chuck it that far, it would sail through the goal post and land at...

Tigers form identity with thrilling Big 12 title run

Tigers form identity with thrilling Big 12 title run

Ian Frazer June 5, 2012

The Missouri baseball’s championship at the Big 12 Conference Tournament gave the team a clean slate. When the Tigers traveled to Tucson, Ariz., for their NCAA Regional a week later, the Tigers saw...

Postseason thrills end with Missouri’s season in 11-3 loss to Louisville

Brandon Grammer June 4, 2012

A season with plenty of ups and downs has drawn to a close for Missouri baseball. Faced with an NCAA tournament elimination game Sunday against third-seeded Louisville at the Tucson Regional in Tucson,...

Tigers close door on Big 12 era with first-ever league crown

Tigers close door on Big 12 era with first-ever league crown

Ian Frazer May 27, 2012

The Missouri baseball team’s unlikely run to its first-ever Big 12 Conference championship in its final time competing in the league's tournament had an equally improbable ending: a single by the opposing...

Munson lifts Missouri over Texas for final Big 12 home series win

Munson lifts Missouri over Texas for final Big 12 home series win

Brandon Grammer May 6, 2012

Locked in a back-and-forth battle Sunday afternoon with the No. 25 Texas Longhorns, the Missouri baseball team found itself approaching extra innings in what would be the final league series Taylor Stadium...

Missouri keeps hopes alive with victory over Texas

Ian Frazer May 5, 2012

Judging by the first three innings, it looked like the 5-4 win the Missouri baseball team (24-22, 8-12 Big 12 Conference) claimed against Texas on Saturday afternoon at Taylor Stadium was going to devolve...

SEC culture prompts rise of student fan section

SEC culture prompts rise of student fan section

Brandon Grammer May 4, 2012

Flashback to Feb. 17, 2012. It’s opening day for the Missouri baseball team, and it finds itself inside Samford Stadium in Auburn, Ala., facing its Southeastern Conference foe, Auburn. The teams played...

Champagne delivers consistency on base paths

Champagne delivers consistency on base paths

Brandon Grammer April 24, 2012

In baseball and every other sport, an obvious, fundamental concept rules the game and reeks with John Madden-like undertones: the team that scores the most wins the game.
 In order to score, one has...

Missouri completes sweep of Kansas State with 7-0 shutout

Ian Frazer April 24, 2012

The Missouri baseball team has made a habit of playing games down to the wire, often while behind. The team’s 4-3 walk-off win Saturday and its string of tight losses against Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas...

Missouri completes sweep of Kansas State with 7-0 shutout

Missouri completes sweep of Kansas State with 7-0 shutout

Ian Frazer April 22, 2012

In their 7-0 win over Kansas State on Sunday, the Missouri baseball team took control of the game immediately and, through strong pitching and situational hitting, kept it out of fully out of reach. And...

Tigers walk off in 4-3 victory over Kansas State

Brandon Grammer April 21, 2012

The story seemed to be repeating itself once more. Yet again, MU baseball found itself trailing by a small margin heading into the bottom of the ninth, just as it had to Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Baylor. But...

Missouri ends losing streak with 13-4 win over Kansas State

Ian Frazer April 20, 2012

The Missouri baseball team reversed its recent losing ways Friday at Taylor Stadium, cruising past Kansas State 13-4. Entering Friday's series-opening matchup, Missouri (19-17, 409 Big 12 Conference)...