DOCSLIB.ORG

Villanova Baseball Game Notes

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 VILLANOVA SCHEDULE THE SERIES Date Opponent Result Friday, February 21 vs Maine 1:00 PM ET 2.14 @ Arizona State L, 1-4 Saturday, February 15 vs Campbell 4:00 PM ET 2.15 @ Arizona State W, 2-1 Sunday, February 16 vs Purdue 10:00 AM ET 2.16 @ Arizona State L, 4-6 Stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium 2.21 vs Maine (~) 1:00 PM Capacity 8,775 2.22 @ Campbell (~) 4:00 PM 2.23 vs Purdue (~) 10:00 AM Live Video pac-12.com/live/arizona-state-university 2.28 vs. Northeastern (!) 3:00 PM Live Stats Sidearm Stats (thesundevils.com) 2.29 vs. Eastern Michigan (!) 11:00 AM 3.1 vs. Saint Louis (!) 1:00 PM THE MATCHUP 3.3 vs. Western Michigan (!) 11:00 AM 3.6 vs. Bucknell (#) 1:00 PM VILLANOVA WILDCATS (1-2) 3.7 vs. Bucknell (#) 2:30 PM 3.8 vs. Bucknell (#) 11:00 AM Head Coach Kevin Mulvey, Fourth Season (37-112 at Villanova) 3.10 NJIT 3:00 PM 3.13 Coppin State 3:00 AM Projected Starting Rotation 3.14 Coppin State 1:00 PM Friday Jimmy Kingsbury (Jr., RHP, 2020: 0-1, 5.68 ERA) 3.15 Coppin State 12:00 PM Saturday Gordon Graceffo (So., RHP, 2020: 1-0, 1.69 ERA) 3.18 @ Saint Joespeh’s 3:00 PM 3.20 @ NC A&T 7:00 PM Sunday TBD 3.21 @ NC A&T 3:00 PM 3.22 @ NC A&T 1:00 PM MAINE BLACK BEARS (0-3) 3.24 Lafayette (LB-1) 3:00 PM Head Coach Nick Derba, 4th Season ( 60-97 at Maine) 3.27 @ Georgetown* 3:00 PM Projected Starter against Villanova 3.28 @ Georgetown* 2:00 PM 3.29 @ Georgetown* 1:00 PM Friday Johnny Baseball (Sr., RHP, 2020: 0-1, 5.00 ERA) 3.31 Manhattan 3:30 PM 4.3 St. John’s* 3:00 PM 4.4 St. John’s* 1:00 PM 4.5 St. John’s* 12:00 PM 4.7 @ La Salle/Penn (LB-2) 3:00 PM CAMPBELL CAMELS (1-2) 4.9 @ Seton Hall* 1:00 PM 4.9 @ Seton Hall* 5:00 PM Head Coach - Justin Haire, 6th Season (159-131 at Campbell) 4.11 @ Seton Hall* TBD Projected Starter against Villanova 4.14 La Salle 3:00 PM Saturday Kevin Westlake (Sr., LHP, 2020: ) 4.17 Butler* 3:00 PM 4.18 Butler* 1:00 PM 4.19 Butler* 12:00 PM 4.21 Farleigh Dickinson 3:00 PM 4.24 Creighton* 3:00 PM PURDUE BOILERMAKERS (3-1) 4.25 Creighton* 1:00 PM Head Coach - Greg Goff, First Season (0-0 at Purdue) 4.26 Creighton* 12:00 PM Projected Starter Against Villanova 4.28 @ Navy 3:00 PM Sunday Johnny Baseball (Sr. RHP, 2020: ) 5.1 @ Michigan State 6:35 PM 5.2 @ Michigan State 4:05 PM 5.3 @ Michigan State 1:05 PM 5.6 Army 3:00 PM ALL-TIME SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 5.8 @ Rutgers 2:00 PM 5.9 @ Rutgers 1:00 PM MAINE VILLANOVA BASEBALL HISTORY 5.10 Rutgers 11:00 AM All-Time Series 5-4 First Varsity Season 1866 5.12 Saint Joseph’s 3:00 PM First Villanova Win/First Meeting 1956 All-Time Record 1,914-1,519-29 (.557) 5.14 @ Xavier* 3:00 PM First Maine Win 1964 5.15 @ Xavier* 1:00 PM 5.16 @ Xavier* 11:00 PM Last Meeting 2007 2019 SEASON Overall Record 13-38 (~) Campbell Tournament (Buies Creek, NC) CAMPBELL BIG EAST 4-13 (!) Snowbird Baseball Classic (Port Charlotte, Fla.) Teams Have Never Met Non-Conference 9-25 (#) Sunshine State Games (Kissimmee, Fla.) Home 6-16 (LB-1) Liberty Bell Classic (Quarterfinal Game) PURDUE (*) BIG EAST Conference Game Road 4-14 All-Time Series 1-0 Neutral 3-8 Neutral Sites (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1-0 Current Streak L6 Only Meeting 2/26/2010 Last Five Games 0-5 FEBRUARY 21-23, 2020 | CAMPBELL TOURNAMENT | BUIES CREEK, NC 1 VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTE FIRST PITCHES Schedule Notes • This year marks the 155th season of Villanova varsity baseball; pro- • ASU was the second PAC-12 school Villanova has ever played. The first gram began in 1866 was USC in 2018. • No. 3 ASU is Villanova’s highest ranked opponent since openening up • Purdue is the first of three BIG-10 teams on Villanova’s schedule. Vil- against No. 1 LSU in 2009 lanova also has a pair of three-game series at Michigan State (5/1 - 5/3) • Only other meeting with a PAC-12 school was at USC in 2018. and with Rutgers (5/8 - 5/10) • Villanova is 74-65 (.532) in known season openers (not all seasons have • Villanova’s last trip to North Carolina was two games to open the 2015 complete records) season. Villanova opened at NC State, and played game two against • Villanova returns 20 players from last season, including eight position App State in Raleigh as well. Villanova lost 5-14, and 2-5, respectively. player starters • Villanova dropped last season’s season opener to Pitt, 7-2, in Kissim- mee, FL • Nick Lorusso and Gordon Graceffo were named to the preseason all- BIG EAST team . Strong Starts • Villanova opened the season with two veterans and one freshman starting on the hill, Jr. Jimmy Kingsbury, So. Gordon Graceffo, and Fr. Brandon Siegenthaler • Kingsbury, last season’s top starter, held ASU to just two hits through his first five innings of work. Even in the sixth when he was tagged for three runs, only one ball left the infield. • Gordon Graceffo held ASU to one run on one hit through 5.1 IP to help give Villanova a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish. • Overall, the starters worked 13.2 IP while allowing only 10 hits and two runs on opening weekend to then-No. 3 ASU. Early Impacts From Freshman • Three freshman took the mound for the first time on opening weekend and were all impressive. • Danny Wilkinson took over in the sixth with a 2-1 lead and a runner on third in game two. He got two strikeouts to escape the jam. He then went 3.2 IP allowing one hit and zero runs while striking out five to earn the save and secure the upset. • Brandon Siegenthaler got the start in game two and went 2.0 allowing three hits and three runs. • Cole Vanderslice pitched four hitless innings in game three while strik- ing out four. He did surrendur and earned run during the outing. • Wilkinson and Vanderslice, two freshman releivers, combined to go 7.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 9 Ks against then-No. 3 ASU. BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week • Danny Wilkinson earned BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors for his performance at ASU. • Wilkinson is the first Wildcat to win the award since Pat Young on March 18, 2013 • Wilkinson is the first Villanova freshman to win the award since Drew Baylor on April 29, 1996. • Wilkinson is the first freshman in the conference since St. John’s Sean Mooney won it twice during the 2017 season. Upset Alert • Villanova knocked off then-No. 3 Arizona State 2-1 on on Saturday Feb. 15 • The win represents the highest ranked win in program history, topping the previous best of an 11-1 win over No. 8 Florida on 3/4/05. • The win was the first win over a ranked team since beating No. 20 St. John’s on 5/20/17. FEBRUARY 21-23, 2020 | CAMPBELL TOURNAMENT | BUIES CREEK, NC 2 VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 VILLANOVA BASEBALL ROSTER PITCHERS (12) No. Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Previous School 6 Jack Povey FR R/R P 6-2/182 Redbank, NJ/Red Bank Regional 10 Cam Kovachik GR R/R P 6-6/254 Monroe, Conn./Masuk/Duke 14 Jimmy Franchetti SO R/R P 5-10/181 Marlton, NJ/Cherokee 16 Cameron Mathes JR R/R P 6-0/200 Broomall, Pa./Marple Newton 24 Gordon Graceffo SO R/R P 6-4/210 Cranford, NJ/Cranford 25 Cole Vanderslice FR R/R P 6-1/179 Ocean City, NJ/St. Augustine Prep 26 Mike Schwartz SR S/L P 6-1/204 Merrick, NY/John F. Kennedy 30 Jimmy Kingsbury JR R/R P 6-1/187 Phoenixville, Pa./Malvern Prep 31 Tyler Arella SR R/L P 6-1/203 East Northport, NY/John Glenn 32 Chic DeGaetano FR R/R P 6-2/221 Sugarloaf, Pa./Hazelton Area 33 Brandon Siegenthaler FR R/R P 6-0/204 Montvale, NJ/Pasack Hills 48 Danny Wilkinson FR L/L P 6-0/192 Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains Fanwood CATCHERS (4) No. Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Previous School 4 Will Reiner SO L/R C 5-8/195 Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand 7 Lucas Latrenta FR R/R C 6-3/206 Greenwich, Conn./Avon Old Farms 11 John Whooley FR R/R C 5-11/209 Wycoff, NJ/Ramapo 18 Colin Bergh SR R/R C 5-11/186 Seaford, Del./Sussex Tech INFIELDERS (9) No. Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Previous School 1 AJ Hansen FR R/R INF 5-9, 173 Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley 2 Pat O’Neill JR S/R INF 5-11/175 Eagleville Pa./Methacton 9 Jeff Manto JR L/R INF 6-1/200 Bristol, Pa./St. Joseph’s Prep 13 Dylan McNary SO R/R INF 5-11/177 Jefferson, Mass./Noble and Greenough School 15 Matt Pinone SO R/L 1B 6-3/201 Royersford, Pa./Pope John Paul II 21 Ryan Toohers SR L/R 1B 6-4/211 Florham Park, NJ/Seton Hall Prep 22 Tim Lilly SR R/R INF 6-2/192 Glen Ellyn, Ill./St Francis College Prep 28 Dom Sarro SR R/R INF 5-11/173 North Riverside, Ill./St.
Recommended publications
  • Roy Sievers “A Hero May Die, but His Memory Lives On” ©Diamondsinthedusk.Com by BILL HASS I Had Missed It in the Sports Section and on the Internet

    Roy Sievers “A Hero May Die, but His Memory Lives On” ©Diamondsinthedusk.Com by BILL HASS I Had Missed It in the Sports Section and on the Internet

    Roy Sievers “A Hero may die, but his memory lives on” ©DiamondsintheDusk.com By BILL HASS I had missed it in the sports section and on the internet. A friend of my mentioned it to me and sent me a link to the story. On April 3 – ironically, right at the start of the 2017 baseball season – Roy Sievers died at age 90. I felt a pang of deep sadness. After all, no matter how old you get, the little kid in you expects your heroes to live for- ever. As the years passed and I didn’t see any kind of obitu- ary on Sievers, I thought perhaps he might actually do that. I knew better, of course. Sometimes reality has a way of intruding on your impossible dreams, and maybe it’s just as well. I have never been much for having heroes. Oh, there are plenty of people I have admired and some of them have done heroic things. But a hero is someone who stays constant, someone you root for no matter what, and people in sports lend themselves to that. Roy Sievers was a genuine hero for me, and, really, the only athlete I ever put in that category. Let me explain why. In the early 1950s, when I first became aware of baseball, my family lived in the northern Virginia suburbs of Wash- ington, D.C. I rooted for the Washington Senators (known to their fans as the “Nats”), to whom the adjective “downtrod- den” was constantly applied, if not invented. Prior to the 1954 season, the Nats obtained Sievers in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles, formerly the St.
  • NCAA Division I Baseball Records

    NCAA Division I Baseball Records

    Division I Baseball Records Individual Records .................................................................. 2 Individual Leaders .................................................................. 4 Annual Individual Champions .......................................... 14 Team Records ........................................................................... 22 Team Leaders ............................................................................ 24 Annual Team Champions .................................................... 32 All-Time Winningest Teams ................................................ 38 Collegiate Baseball Division I Final Polls ....................... 42 Baseball America Division I Final Polls ........................... 45 USA Today Baseball Weekly/ESPN/ American Baseball Coaches Association Division I Final Polls ............................................................ 46 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division I Final Polls ............................................................ 48 Statistical Trends ...................................................................... 49 No-Hitters and Perfect Games by Year .......................... 50 2 NCAA BASEBALL DIVISION I RECORDS THROUGH 2011 Official NCAA Division I baseball records began Season Career with the 1957 season and are based on informa- 39—Jason Krizan, Dallas Baptist, 2011 (62 games) 346—Jeff Ledbetter, Florida St., 1979-82 (262 games) tion submitted to the NCAA statistics service by Career RUNS BATTED IN PER GAME institutions
  • Gjiagga Previous Games

    Gjiagga Previous Games

    C-4 THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C. KALINE, SMITH ON YOGI'S HEELS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 19ft.ft Major Meetings i THE BASEBALL yflk Berra Most Valuable BEAT To Study Bonus | By Despite .272 Average BURTON HAWKINS ftSSpft CHICAGO. Dec. 3 </P).—Yogi] have one of his better years. Hls! Cal Griffith admits the Sena- wasn't disappointed when they Berra last season hit the big- .272 average was well below hta[ Rule Tomorrow tors are attempting to arrange sent me to Jersey City, then in gest lifetime .293 figure. But hU agreement .273 in American League; nits (/P).—Base- a working with Louis- the triple-A International Lea- history. drove In 108 runs, and many of ' CHICAGO. Dec. 3 ivflle, due to be abandoned by gue, the following year. Ineeded That was decided today by the them won important ball games. ball's ever-controversial bonus' the Red Sox as the result of that experience and Iwas ready Baseball Writers' Association The most vital, perhaps, was the rule, the perennial radio-TV Boston's recent purchase of the! for the big leagues when t'hey catcher run with in the which voted the Yankee home two out problem of the minors and the San Francisco franchise. "We brought me up again in 1941.” league’s most valuable player ninth Inning that broke a 4-4 want a Triple-A Vernon, recently the the players' keep connection so 1 traded to award for 1955—even though 34 tie with Boston last September demands will /he we can do a better job of de- Red Sox, said too many players other regulars had higher bat- and put the Yankees in first major league owners busy early veloping players.” Cal said, “and obviously unprepared to cope ting averages.
  • Seattle Mariners Opening Day Record Book

    Seattle Mariners Opening Day Record Book

    SEATTLE MARINERS OPENING DAY RECORD BOOK 1977-2012 All-Time Openers Year Date Day Opponent Att. Time Score D/N 1977 4/6 Wed. CAL 57,762 2:40 L, 0-1 N 1978 4/5 Wed. MIN 45,235 2:15 W, 3-2 N 1979 4/4 Wed. CAL 37,748 2:23 W, 5-4 N 1980 4/9 Wed. TOR 22,588 2:34 W, 8-6 N 1981 4/9 Thurs. CAL 33,317 2:14 L, 2-6 N 1982 4/6 Tue. at MIN 52,279 2:32 W, 11-7 N 1983 4/5 Tue. NYY 37,015 2:53 W, 5-4 N 1984 4/4 Wed. TOR 43,200 2:50 W, 3-2 (10) N 1985 4/9 Tue. OAK 37,161 2:56 W, 6-3 N 1986 4/8 Tue. CAL 42,121 3:22 W, 8-4 (10) N 1987 4/7 Tue. at CAL 37,097 2:42 L, 1-7 D 1988 4/4 Mon. at OAK 45,333 2:24 L, 1-4 N 1989 4/3 Mon. at OAK 46,163 2:19 L, 2-3 N 1990 4/9 Mon. at CAL 38,406 2:56 W, 7-4 N 1991 4/9 Tue. CAL 53,671 2:40 L, 2-3 N 1992 4/6 Mon. TEX 55,918 3:52 L, 10-12 N 1993 4/6 Tue. TOR 56,120 2:41 W, 8-1 N 1994 4/4 Mon. at CLE 41,459 3:29 L, 3-4 (11) D 1995 4/27 Thurs.
  • Al Brancato This Article Was Written by David E

    Al Brancato This Article Was Written by David E

    Al Brancato This article was written by David E. Skelton The fractured skull Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Skeeter Newsome suffered on April 9, 1938 left a gaping hole in the club’s defense. Ten players, including Newsome after he recovered, attempted to fill the void through the 1939 season. One was Al Brancato, a 20- year-old September call-up from Class-A ball who had never played shortstop professionally. Enticed by the youngster’s cannon right arm, Athletics manager Connie Mack moved him from third base to short in 1940. On June 21, after watching Brancato retire Chicago White Sox great Luke Appling on a hard-hit grounder, Mack exclaimed, “There’s no telling how good that boy is going to be.”1 Though no one in the organization expected the diminutive (5-feet-nine and 188 pounds) Philadelphia native’s offense to cause fans to forget former Athletics infield greats Home Run Baker or Eddie Collins, the club was satisfied that Brancato could fill in defensively. “You keep on fielding the way you are and I’ll do the worrying about your hitting,” Mack told Brancato in May 1941.2 Ironically, the youngster’s defensive skills would fail him before the season ended. In September, as the club spiraled to its eighth straight losing season, “baseball’s grand old gentleman” lashed out. “The infielders—[Benny] McCoy, Brancato and [Pete] Suder—are terrible,” Mack grumbled. “They have hit bottom. Suder is so slow it is painful to watch him; Brancato is erratic and McCoy is—oh, he’s just McCoy, that’s all.” 3 After the season ended Brancato enlisted in the US Navy following the country’s entry into the Second World War.
  • Mcateer Touts Rademacher the Appearance of the Encourag- Tossed Into the Ring

    Mcateer Touts Rademacher the Appearance of the Encourag- Tossed Into the Ring

    Wildcats Open Season Saturday At Quantico by Bob Lorkin Villanova's Wildcat thin dads Penn State and Manhattan will open their outdoor season at will both be at full strength for the Quantico Relays on Satur- the meet. Powerful Michigan State along with Ohio State will day April 15. In their annual de- lead the Big Ten entries, while but of the spring season, the El- Morgan State, Duke and Mary- mm liott will test their men team land will lead the Southern dele- VOL. 36 No. 19 VILLANOVA UNIVI lANOVA, PA. APRIL 19. 1961 strength against the foremost gation. NY Trip college and athletic teams in the ^'Operation Abolition'' East. The following week, Villanova will travel to Randall's Island Testing its muscles for the for the Queens-Iona Relays and Attracts Record Cro\vd first time outdoors Villanova on April 29, the 'Cats will de- will limit its individual efforts fend their long held mile relay "Operation Abolition," the Conservative point of view, but brief the while concentrating on the relay crown at the Penn Relays in highly controversial anti-Com- Lewis' address and im- pact of the film itself succeeded events. Perennial rivals, Morgan Philadelphia. May 12 the tables munist film presented as the will be reversed as the Mainlin- in arousing most of the latent State and Manhattan will pro- year's first Student Council ers will get a chance to revenge anti-Communist sympathy of vide the competition in the mile Forum, scored a significant suc- last year's loss, hosting the Ma- the audience.
  • Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1966-08-11

    Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1966-08-11

    -More Men Only In Worrel Wars-' U.S. Commitment To Viet Nam May Surpass Korean War WASHINGTON ~ - Viet reporter Wednesday. AJread)' U.S. foreea U80ciated tiled direeUy and in IIIpport of operations In 1965. Communllt Viet Ham the fIrIt IIx DIOII1hJ cl Inereued IheI.r foree In South fldaIJ believe that air a!taw Nam appears well on the w.y 10 stenniJ, who predicted in Jan­ with the Viet Ham war amount the Korean War .t ita peak in actions led to a change In U.S. this year totalled about 2"soo, an VIet NIDI by 35,000 to 40,.000 can limit to lOme extent the becoming lhe biggest foreign uary tbal lhe U.S. commitment 10 111 eltimated 375,000. 'fbll in· 1953. planning. average of over 400 a month. ~ Iut December. The latllt 110w cl supplies and equi pment war in American history outside in Viet Nam could reach 400,000 cludes 290,000 on the cround, The Spanish·American War of U.S. planea DOW are bombing 'l'his compares with over 53,000 estimate of etIetn)' II:reftith Deeded to supply those forces III the two world wars. men by the close of 1966. Aid an 60,000 offlbore in Navy vessels L898 involVed aboul 305,000 U.S. tarreta in Nortb and South Viet IdIled ill Korea or about IlOO a available In Wubington Itands ill battle. There is a general expectation eventual 500,000 10 600,000 might and at least 25,000 in aupporting military men. The peak level in Ham at three times the rate of month.
  • Chicago White Sox Game Notes

    Chicago White Sox Game Notes

    CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES Chicago White Sox Media Relations Department 333 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616 Phone: 312-674-5300 Director: Bob Beghtol, 312-674-5303 Manager:G RayAME Garcia, 312-674-5306 N Coordinators:OTES Leni Depoister, 312-674-5300; Joe Roti, 312-674-5319 © 2014 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com orgullosox.com whitesoxpressbox.com @whitesox WHITE SOX 2014 BREAKDOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX (35-39) at MINNESOTA TWINS (34-38) Sox After 74/75 in 2013 .............32-42/32-43 Current Streak .....................................Lost 2 RHP Andre Rienzo (4-4, 5.67) vs. RHP Kevin Correia (3-8, 5.29) Current Trip ..............................................0-2 Last Homestand .......................................4-4 Game #75/Road #36 Saturday, June 21, 2014 Last 10 Games .........................................4-6 Series Record .................................... 9-12-2 Series First Game ................................13-11 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE COUNTDOWN TO COOPERSTOWN First/Second Half........................... 35-39/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have lost six of their last eight games Frank Thomas will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Home/Road ............................... 21-18/14-21 as they continue an 11-game trip this afternoon in Minnesota … Fame on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. … joining Thomas in the Class Day/Night ...................................11-17/24-22 RHP Andre Rienzo starts for the White Sox, who have lost the of 2014 are pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and managers Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ........ 20-18/15-21 vs. RHS/LHS ...............................28-29/7-10 fi rst two games of this series. Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre.
  • BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING and GENERAL SPORTS Tills Registered in IT

    BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING and GENERAL SPORTS Tills Registered in IT

    DEVOTED TO BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS Tills Registered in IT. S. Patent OBce. Copyright. 1914, by the Sporting Life PnblisMue Company. Vol. 54-No. 21 Philadelphia, January 29, 1910 Price 5 Cents E PLAYING RULES! Are Being Given B. Johnson With a Complete Over a View to Sub hauling by Two mission to the Experts at the In Joint Rules Com stance of Ban. mittee Next Month BY I. E. SANBORN. former guides the rules stated a bstrauni TOP entitled to first base -without being pa* oui HIOAGO, ILL., January 24. By r«- in such a case, and the omission, accidental quest of President Johnson, of the in itself, has been overlooked. Saci. imper American League, his secretary, fections are not freqxtent, but their discovery Robert McRoy and Assistant Sec is possible only by careful^ inspection, for retary A. J. Flanner are engaged which the members of the joint rules com in a thorough revision of the code mittee will not have time at the coming meat- ing. Any suggestions of radical changes will, of playing rules, primarily with a of course, be left to the committees. riew to correcting mistakes that have crept into them and avoiding apparent conflicts and AS TO "BATTERY ERRORS." misinterpretations through imperfect wording. One of minor importance which probably Incidentally changes not of a radical nature will be suggested by the American League, will be suggested, and their work will be put however, affects the scoring rules in that wild pitches and passed balls should ba in definite form to be presented to the credited as errors in all cases.
  • At Villanova. the Program's First Year Of

    At Villanova. the Program's First Year Of

    ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION ~ QUICK FACTS COVERS ABOUT VILLANOVA 2008 Senior Class . Front and Back Covers Location . .Villanova, Pa. 2007 BIG EAST Tournament . Inside Front Cover Enrollment . .6,240 Glimpse of Villanova . Inside Back Cover Founded . .1842 2008 Schedule . Back Cover President . .Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. 2008 SEASON Nickname . .Wildcats Athletics Administration/Quick Facts. 1 Colors . .Blue (PMS 281) and White Roster . 2 Affiliation . .NCAA Division I Season Outlook . 3-4 Conference . .BIG EAST/National Division Head Coach Joe Godri . 5 Assistant Coaches Matt Kirby, Rod Johnson, Chris Madonna. 6 COACHING STAFF Meet the Wildcats . 7-16 Head Coach . .Joe Godri ‘96 VILLANOVA BASEBALL IS... Alma Mater . (New Mexico State ) Record at Villanova . .159-148-3, .518 (6 Years) Tradition . 17 Career Record . .Same Success . 18 Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator . .Matt Kirby (2nd Season) A Regional Power . 19 Third Base Coach/Infield Coach . .Rod Johnson (7th Season) PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Hitting Coach . .Chris Madonna (1st Season) Villanova Baseball in the Professional Ranks . 20 Baseball Office . .610-519-4529 Wildcats in the Major Leagues . 21 Head Coach E-Mail . [email protected] Villanova Baseball and the Major League Draft . 22 Assistant Coach E-Mail . [email protected] Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth . 23 BIG EAST Conference . 24 HOME GAMES 2007 YEAR IN REVIEW Stadium . .Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth Accomplishments/Overall Results . 25 Location . .Plymouth Meeting, Pa. (15 minutes from campus) Statistics . 26 Capacity . .750 TEAM HISTORY Surface . .Grass BIG EAST Championship History . 27 Dimensions . .330 LF, 370 LC, 405 CF, 370 RC, 330 RF Postseason History/Head Coaches/Year-by-Year Record.
  • Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever

    Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever

    1984 PFRA Annual No. 5 BLONDY WALLACE AND THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL SCANDAL EVER By Bob Braunwart and Bob Carroll In 1906, the fierce rivalry between the Canton and Massillon pro football teams took a nasty turn toward the unsavory. Most of the nastiness that sometimes showed through in 1905 came from fans goaded by newspaper hyperbole. Incendiary phases like "hated foe" and "bitter enemy" lit up sports pages and ignited fiery oaths on street corners, but managers George Williams of Canton and J.J. Wise of Massillon conducted their clubs with the ethics typical of American businesses at the time. There might be surprise signings of stars such as Michigan's Willie Heston and tricky contract negotiations like Canton's "exclusive" with Carlisle, but ultimately there were real limits to how far either side might go to humble and humiliate the other. It was all right to hit below the belt, but no brass knuckles please. But before the 1906 season ended, all restraints disappeared. Each side stood accused by the other of unfair and illegal practices. There were charges of darker, more dastardly deeds by individuals on both sides. Each club swore never to play the other again. And each was likely to follow through on the threat because both were out of the football business. For Ohio professional football in general and for Massillon and Canton in particular, 1906 was a season of unprecedented disaster. * * * To many Canton minds, the first shot fired in all- out war came a few days after the Massillon Tigers defeated the Canton team for the 1905 state championship.
  • Villanova Baseball Game Notes

    Villanova Baseball Game Notes

    VILLANOVA BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2020 VILLANOVA SCHEDULE THE SERIES Date Opponent Result Friday, March 6 vs Bucknell 3:00 PM ET 2.14 @ Arizona State L, 1-4 Saturday, March 7 vs Bucknell 11:00 AM ET 2.15 @ Arizona State W, 2-1 Sunday, March 8 vs Bucknell 1:00 PM ET 2.16 @ Arizona State L, 4-6 Location Winter Haven, FL 2.21 vs Maine (~) W, 7-2 Stadium Chain of Lakes Stadium 2.22 @ Campbell (~) W, 6-2 2.23 vs Purdue (~) L, 1-7 Live Stats Villanova StatBroadcast 2.28 vs. Northeastern (!) L, 4-7 2.29 vs. Eastern Michigan (!) W, 4-1 3.1 vs. Saint Louis (!) W, 16-1 THE MATCHUP 3.3 vs. Western Michigan (!) L, 3-8 3.6 vs. Bucknell (#) 1:00 PM VILLANOVA WILDCATS (5-5) 3.7 vs. Bucknell (#) 2:30 PM 3.8 vs. Bucknell (#) 11:00 AM Head Coach Kevin Mulvey, Fourth Season (41-115 at Villanova) 3.10 NJIT 3:00 PM 3.13 Coppin State 3:00 AM Projected Starting Rotation 3.14 Coppin State 1:00 PM Friday Jimmy Kingsbury (Jr., RHP, 2020: 1-1, 3.72 ERA) 3.15 Coppin State 12:00 PM Saturday Gordon Graceffo (So., RHP, 2020: 3-0, 1.42 ERA) 3.18 @ Saint Joespeh’s 3:00 PM 3.20 @ NC A&T 7:00 PM Sunday Brandon Siegenthaler (Fr., RHP, 2020: 1-1, 3.60 ERA) 3.21 @ NC A&T 3:00 PM 3.22 @ NC A&T 1:00 PM 3.24 Lafayette (LB-1) 3:00 PM 3.27 @ Georgetown* 3:00 PM BUCKNELL BISON (3-8) 3.28 @ Georgetown* 2:00 PM 3.29 @ Georgetown* 1:00 PM Head Coach Scott Heather, 5th Season ( 141-198-2) 3.31 Manhattan 3:30 PM 4.3 St.