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Four Tigers selected in MLB Draft

Nate Atkins • July 6, 2011

Four Tigers will soon take their talents to the professional level. Missouri baseball players Matt Stites, Phil McCormick, Conner Mach and Zach Hardoin were recently selected in the Major League Baseball...

Four Tigers selected in MLB Draft

Nate Atkins • June 18, 2011

Four Tigers will now take their talents to the professional level, as Missouri baseball players Matt Stites, Phil McCormick, Conner Mach and Zach Hardoin were recently selected in the Major League Baseball...

Roller-coaster season ends in heartbreak for Missouri

Nate Atkins • June 1, 2011

All season long, Missouri Tigers baseball coach Tim Jamieson waited patiently for his young team to grow up, bond together and play to its potential. All season long, Jamieson was really waiting for the...

No love for the no-no

Mike Vorel • May 6, 2011

The no-no just isn’t what it once was. On Tuesday, Twins starter Francisco Liriano tossed a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, dispatching the cellar-dwelling South Siders in a career-high 123...

Softball freshman Ruggeberg embraces opportunity

Pat Iversen • May 6, 2011

There’s an old saying about how opportunity only knocks once. In Missouri softball freshman Maddison Ruggeberg’s case, she made sure opportunity made plenty of return visits. Given a pinch-hit appearance...

MU softball’s Thomas receives national team tryout

Pat Iversen • May 6, 2011

As far as Wednesdays go, it’s hard to imagine topping the one Chelsea Thomas had this week. The sophomore pitcher made history against Western Illinois, striking out her 287th batter to break the Missouri...

Missouri suffers déjà-vu in loss to in-state rivals

Nate Atkins • May 4, 2011

Exactly one week after in-state rival Missouri State blanked the Missouri baseball team, the Bears dealt the Tigers an eerily similar defeat Tuesday. Missouri lost by a score of 5-0 to bring its record...

Missouri baseball riding offense to improved play

Nate Atkins • May 3, 2011

The worst part of the past weekend for the Missouri baseball team came when Sunday’s game against Texas A&M -- which the Aggies led 3-2 when rain forced the tarps to cover the diamond -- was changed...

Sports share close bond with patriotism

Jake Kreinberg • May 3, 2011

The date was Oct. 30, 2001, and the New York Yankees were about to play the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third game of the World Series, the first Fall Classic game played in New York City following 9/11. Former...

Missouri baseball stuns Texas A&M in series opener

Mike Vorel • April 30, 2011

The Missouri baseball team hosted the No. 6 Texas A&M Aggies on Friday night in a battle between two teams at opposite ends of the Big 12 spectrum. The Aggies came into the game atop the conference standings...

Tigers fall to Missouri State

Nate Atkins • April 29, 2011

Equipped with all but its newfound sweet stroke, the Missouri Tigers baseball team was unable to capture victory in the battle for Missouri on Wednesday at Taylor Stadium. Missouri State took the annual...

New positions no problem for Mach

Mike Vorel • April 29, 2011

For many people, change can be a scary thing. Junior Conner Mach, on the other hand, embraces new opportunities. Last week, before Missouri’s road series against Baylor, Mach was informed that not only...