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Maroons hang on for late inning win
13 May 2008
When fourth-year designated hitter Dominik Meyer dug into the batter’s box in the eighth inning of Friday’s game against Illinois Tech, the odds were stacked against him. ...
Hitting gives baseball much needed win
09 May 2008
With chances for a .500 season long gone, baseball’s top priority of late has been finding a way to supplement solid hitting with crisper fieldwork and more consistent pitching. ...
Inconsistency mars baseball's home stretch
05 May 2008
Following a jam-packed weekend that included five games in three days, baseball is fast approaching the end of its season...
Baseball powers its way past Wheaton
02 May 2008
With the baseball season nearing its end, Chicago’s struggle to build up some momentum and find consistency on the field continued into this week. ...
Baseball gets taste of UAA competition
29 Apr 2008
With the Maroons traveling to Ohio to play back-to-back doubleheaders against Case and Wash U, the weekend showcased Maroon complaints about the frequency of game cancellations and absence from t...
Home not so sweet for slumping baseball
25 Apr 2008
The baseball team’s strong start in Arizona seems farther away than Phoenix after a string of three losses to sub-.5...
Despite early lead, baseball's offense can't keep up in loss
22 Apr 2008
Stepping up to the plate with hopes high, baseball took an early lead against Dominican University last Wednesday...
Baseball toughs out sloppy win
18 Apr 2008
The weather was almost perfect, but the game was far from it. Even so, baseball showed it could tough out a W when things on the diamond don’t go according to plan. ...
Canceled matchups leave baseball in slump
15 Apr 2008
The baseball team will have to wait another day to break out of their recent slump. Sunday’s matchup with Kalamazoo (6–8) was postponed due to a shift in Kalamazoo’s weekend schedule. ...
Split results for baseball at Benedictine
11 Apr 2008
Heading home from Lisle, IL, after Wednesday’s doubleheader, the baseball team had a bittersweet taste in its mouth. ...
Baseball goes winless in home doubleheader
08 Apr 2008
After a trip halfway around the world to play in Japan, a six-game stint in Arizona, and a change in the Midwest schedule, baseball finally had its home opener Saturday...
Baseball leads off season in Japan
04 Apr 2008
More than seven decades sonce their last meeting, the University of Chicago and Waseda University of Japan have renewed the international rivalry that began in 1910...
Baseball slated to kick off 2008 season in Japan
11 Mar 2008
When the baseball squad arrives in Japan in two weeks, they will play three games that will never count in the standings but that the 28 players will never forget...
Baseball at a glance
11 Mar 2008
The Recap: 2007 was an up-and-down season for baseball. While the Maroons put together a couple of winning streaks, they also had some losing skids and finished the spring at an even 17–17. ...
Last day had it all for baseball, seniors
11 May 2007
After an up-and-down spring of trials and tribulations, baseball finished just short of a winning season...
Finding peace for all baseball, history buffs
11 May 2007
Christina Kahrl (A.B. ’90) is not the kind of sportswriter who uses a lot of sports analogies. ...
Baseball slips below .500 as season nears finish line
08 May 2007
With the season wrapping up, baseball looked to finish out the year with 20 wins by leaning on its reliable pitching and newly energized bats. In a busy weekend at J...
Baseball walking off in style with sweep
04 May 2007
With the season’s work almost at an end, it was time for baseball to step up as a whole and come through with all-around effort. ...
Weekend of milestones for baseball
01 May 2007
Breathing life into a slow-going season, Chicago bested a nationally-ranked team for the first time this year and scored a season-leading run total during a quartet of games in St. Louis...
Get paid to watch baseball? Oh, it’s the Cubs.
27 Apr 2007
One day in middle school, it dawned on me. The dream job actually exists; people really do get paid to watch baseball...
Consistency still out of baseball’s reach
24 Apr 2007
There were all the elements necessary for a great weekend for baseball: freshly grilled bratwursts and hot dogs in the stands, 70-degree weather with no clouds in sight, strong starting pitching,...
Sports shorts 4/20/07: Baseball gets knicked late in pitchers' duel
20 Apr 2007
Playing back-to-back days, baseball got a double dose of late-inning blues as the team struggled to follow up two strong starts and continued its four-game losing streak...
Power struggle: baseball splits Regents
17 Apr 2007
Though winning is a challenge for any baseball team that struggles offensively, reliable pitching staffs have proven that where there’s a will, there’s a way. ...
Cozzi gem sends baseball past Wheaton
13 Apr 2007
Getting a win streak started is a respectable task for any baseball team with a tough schedule...
Pitching keeps baseball safe at home
10 Apr 2007
For any baseball team working on the fundamentals of the game, it’s hard to get past solid pitching and defense as the foundation for a successful baseball squad. ...
Return to basics key for baseball
06 Apr 2007
For baseball, today’s home opener comes at a pivotal time in the squad’s spring campaign. After struggling out of the gate in Arizona, the Maroons have found success by returning to the basics. T...
Sports Shorts 4/7/06: Baseball's Zitek snares UAA honors
06 Apr 2007
His team’s brightest star in an up-and -down week, fourth-year second baseman Tony Zitek earned some much-deserved recognition for his hot bat and slick fielding. After racking up a .7...
Weekend to forget for baseball at MSOE
03 Apr 2007
Looking to continue their hot hitting, baseball ran into turbulence from an unexpected source and then saw its home opener washed out in a weekend to forget...
Ice cold in Arizona, baseball finds bats in Midwest
30 Mar 2007
Starting out their season by going 3–7 in the Arizona heat, baseball came home knowing they were not living up to their own standards. ...
Baseball is back in season
12 Apr 2002
Spring is here. I'd like to point out that when I say spring is here I don't mean that it's past March 21...
Start of Baseball Season Calls for Some Baseless Predictions
02 Apr 2002
The 2002 baseball season is here in all its glory and with it comes the requisite inundation of previews and predictions...
It's time for baseball's end of year awards
12 Oct 2001
All right: the season has finally come to a close, with what looks to be a bang...
A good time to tune in to baseball
05 Oct 2001
HELLO. This column is designed to attract the attention of all those people who might watch sports but reallydon't...
Baseball ends historic season with sweep
22 May 2001
One of the great things about sports is that the outcomes are decided on the field. A win is a win and a loss is a call for improvement...
Baseball's sinking ship is taking the kids down with it
16 Aug 2002
Do you know the feeling that comes with the purchase of a brand-new pair of tennis shoes? The one where you feel great about owning some nice shoes, but deep inside, you have a nagging suspicion ...
Milwaukee or bust? Baseball's 2002 All-Star Game is a flop
08 Jul 2002
I spent all afternoon poring over statistics and team rosters and on-the-field permutations of players from each league in the hopes of making a sterling case for some overlooked All-Star snub...
Baseball and nation shocked by tragic loss of Darryl Kile
28 Jun 2002
The mood at Wrigley Field, generally speaking, is festive and easy-going...
Schade, Bauman formed dynamic duo on the baseball diamond
06 Jun 2003
Having just finished one of the most successful campaigns in Chicago baseball history, the Maroons have plenty to look forward to in the coming years...
Purist fans nostalgic for old-time baseball need look no further
23 May 2003
Is it fading? By the time you get to reading this, the first Red Sox-Yankees games of the season will have been played...
Playoff selection committee snubs baseball team
16 May 2003
After their final two games were rained out on Saturday, the Chicago baseball team's postseason hopes were washed away Monday when the NCAA selection committee denied them a play-off berth...
Fantasy baseball: a layman's guide
09 May 2003
The rumblings begin in early March, right around the same time the first spring training games are getting underway in Florida and Arizona...
Wins keep baseball playoff hopes alive
09 May 2003
By Ezra Teitelbaum Maroon Sports Contributor With their season nearing its end, the Maroons continued their steady play this week...
Soaring Baseball squad fights for playoff berth
02 May 2003
When asked last Monday how his team would respond to a tough loss against the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on April 18, head coach Brian Baldea responded, ?We?ll see today...
Baseball continues winning ways as Baldea earns 200th victory
22 Apr 2003
The Maroons split last week's games, blowing out North Park University 15-3 on Wednesday and losing 9-8 to the Illinois Institute of Technology on Friday...
Baseball rolls over Case Western with sweep
15 Apr 2003
After a week off due to rainouts, the Maroons roared back into action this weekend, beating Case Western Reserve University four times in double-headers on Saturday and Sunday...
Baseball flying high after solid 9-3 start
04 Apr 2003
The team has been practicing officially since January 13 under the direction of their two captains, fourth-year pitcher George Schade and fourth-year catcher J.P. Bauman...
Baseball perfects the art of stealing the show
13 Jan 2004
This winter baseball teams and players alike are, week after week, refusing to go quietly and wait until after the Super Bowl for their inevitable return to the front page...
Carthage snaps baseball's eight game win streak
30 Apr 2004
Third-year catcher T. J. Rajcevich had the confidence and resolve to come through in the clutch for the Maroon baseball squad on Tuesday at home against North Central...
Baseball needs more players like Bonds
23 Apr 2004
Babe Ruth. Willie Mays. Barry Bonds. In any order, these are no doubt the three greatest baseball players ever...
Baseball outsluggs opponents at home
20 Apr 2004
Despite scores that may suggest otherwise, the Chicago football team was not in action this weekend...
Defensive struggles hurt baseball
13 Apr 2004
The holiday weekend came and went for the Maroons, and not a day too soon...
Baseball crushes MSOE
06 Apr 2004
The baseball team turned in its best effort of the season in a home doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, adding great pitching and defense to an already prolific offense...
Late innings bring mixed results to baseball team
02 Apr 2004
The University of Chicago baseball team returned from a spring break trip to Florida this week, jumping right into the meat of the schedule with a game against an improved Dominican University te...
Baseball splits four in opening weekend
12 Mar 2004
The baseball team hit the ground running over the weekend, scoring 53 runs in their first four games. Unfortunately, a late-inning collapse Saturday left the team with a record of ...
Cleveland baseball player misses chance to break sexuality barrier
24 Feb 2004
Spring training is now under way. Those of you who didn't follow basball's offseason missed a historic time, in which some of the game's greats changed uniforms...
Baseball makes its mark in the record books
15 May 2004
Despite thirteen losses and many injuries, the Chicago Maroons baseball team managed to put together a successful season marked by impressive offensive and defensive performances...
Hack-a-Bonds threatens to change game of baseball
15 May 2004
In the April 30 issue of the Maroon, I wrote about how great of a player Barry Bonds is and how important he is to the sport of baseball...
Baseball rides highs and lows as season comes to a close
07 May 2004
It has been an up-and-down year for the baseball team. The difference between Tuesday's and Wednesday's games was an example of the team's recent struggles to keep its momentum going...
Heartstoppers: comeback, no-hitter; Yeksigian enters record books as baseball sweeps RHIT
17 May 2005
With the loss of a remarkable class of fourth-years imminent, the younger Maroons were not going to let them leave on a down note...
NC's 11 unanswered runs drop baseball
13 May 2005
Some days, it just doesn't pay to pitch in relief...
Baseball shoots down soaring Eagles
10 May 2005
Edgewood won their first-ever conference title by living on the run. It took a doubleheader against the Maroons to teach them that speed can also kill...
Baseball win streak snapped in deflating fashion
06 May 2005
All good things must come to an end. The Maroons learned this lesson in spectacular fashion...
Between the Lines: Upset was lesson in good baseball
29 Apr 2005
Wednesday's baseball upset over eighth-ranked Carthage was big...
Home run flurry powers baseball to big sweep
26 Apr 2005
On a blustery day in New Berlin, WI, the Maroons had the wind at their backs. That may have been all they needed to shake off the monkey that had been hanging there all season...
Baseball relieved to get back to winning ways
22 Apr 2005
For the second time in five days, Dan Yeksigian stopped a losing streak dead in its tracks...
Despite offensive revival, baseball drops two of three
19 Apr 2005
The Maroons aren't out of the woods yet, but third-year starter Dan Yeksigian did his part to clear a path through the lumber...
Fandemonium: After disheartening offseason, thank gods for baseball
15 Apr 2005
Thank goodness that's over...
Hits, but miss as baseball drops two of three
12 Apr 2005
It took a total turnaround at the plate to finally stem the bleeding for the Maroons. Baseball (5-12) sandwiched a 16-9 win over Concordia in the middle of three weekend games...
Baseball drops two to late Trinity comebacks
05 Apr 2005
The hits still aren't coming for Maroons baseball. Chicago (4-9) plated just five runs over 15 innings in a Saturday doubleheader sweep by Trinity Christian (8-6) at J. Kyle Anderson Field...
Catch as catch can? Poor glove work hurts baseball on roadstand
03 Apr 2005
Try as they might, the Maroons just can't seem to shed the clouds following the team...
Mario and his crew comes up big in deep baseball throwback
06 Oct 2005
As videogame systems have grown more powerful, sports games have stumbled over adding limited-fun complexities. Mario and Co...
Baseball odyssey ends for Yeksigian
14 Sep 2006
Blown off course: Yeksigian’s pro baseball odyssey endsfor now
In the movie Field of Dreams, baseball-player-turned-doctor Archibald Moonlight Graham embodies the frailty of childh...
Weather brings baseball’s season to end: Sports Shorts 5/16/06
16 May 2006
After a season characterized more than anything by its ups and downs, baseballs year ended on a particularly anticlimactic note....
Cardinal sins sink baseball; Winning season on line after road loss
12 May 2006
After pulling out wins in game after game in recent weeks, a break-even season looked like a fait accompli for baseball. Instead, its going down to the wire for the second year in a row....
Baseball stays on course with squeakers at home
09 May 2006
As baseball tries to send its fourth-years out on the right note, one of the teams young guns provided a hint of just how bright the future is for this program....
Baseball rides Yeksigian gem, close shave to sweep
05 May 2006
One month ago none of this seemed possible. Riding a late-season surge, baseballs dreams of a winning season look like they might just become reality....
Sloppy play, weather can’t stop baseball at Invite
02 May 2006
Theres an old saying in baseball: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. For Chicago in the springtime, the third option is more than an occasional outcome....
Baseball eager to host old foes
28 Apr 2006
Defensive lapses and big innings have kept baseball from converting their potential into wins all season long...
Baseball’s winning streak comes to crashing halt: Sports Shorts 4/25/06
25 Apr 2006
Baseball entered the weekend playing its best ball of the season. After 13 errors and one walkoff free pass, the Maroons were left wondering how to recapture that magic...
Deja vu all over again as baseball rides hit parade
21 Apr 2006
With history on its side, baseball is firing on all cylinders as it speeds towards .500...
Fireworks launch baseball past Titans
18 Apr 2006
It was a simple gesture. But for the Maroons, it may have been the key to winning back the favor of the baseball gods...
Baseball busts out bats in home rats
14 Apr 2006
They say that a hitting slump is like the common cold: It will last two weeks no matter what a batter does. Against Wheaton, the Maroons showed signs of recovery way ahead of schedule...
Hands of stone yield baseball struggles in road doubleheader
11 Apr 2006
With patience at the plate and quality glovework in its first game of the weekend, baseball seemed like it was in for a strong road trip...
Pitching on par as baseball splits pair: Sports Shorts 4/7/06
07 Apr 2006
Baseball entered their mid-week doubleheader hoping to build their first win streak of the season on the shoulders of their ace. They got their wish, but not much more...
Outlook bright for baseball behind strong defense
31 Mar 2006
Offense wins games, defense wins championships...
Baseball falls again in agonizing battle: Sports Shorts 3/31/06
31 Mar 2006
In the first game back from the spring break trip, baseball (28) stumbled early and were unable to complete a comeback bid in an eight inning 1311 loss at Dominican (59) Wednesday. T...
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