Losing in their conference tournaments was a major downer for the NC State and East Carolina baseball teams. Those defeats, however, may have served as the springboard that lifted both teams to even more meaningful […]
The NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers have helped turn the phrase “trust the process” into an overused sports cliche. But there’s some substance to it in the case of the East Carolina baseball team. The Pirates have […]
Roy Williams has been known to admonish North Carolina basketball fans when they don’t show up for games in numbers to his liking. Saturday, though, the Hall of Fame coach was overjoyed by the sight […]
East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin has reason to be excited when he looks at his team’s roster, fully stocked with returning starters and bolstered by a talented group of incoming recruits. It’s an excitement, […]
The cancellation of this year’s minor league baseball season was a disappointing blow to many young prospects whose advance up the ranks toward a possible major league career has been put on hold for an […]
The day most college baseball players dream about is almost here. It just doesn’t look or, in many cases, feel the way they dreamed it would. Instead of the usual 40 rounds with a large […]
In keeping with the groundhog’s recent prediction of an early spring, baseball season is already upon us. Pitchers and catchers might just be reporting to spring training camps across Florida and Arizona, but here in […]
East Carolina fell short of is first ever trip to baseball’s College World Series when it was swept by Louisville in an NCAA Super Regional last month. But that doesn’t mean the Pirates weren’t represented […]
It was three strikes and you’re out for the state’s hopes of sending a team to baseball’s College World Series this year. North Carolina, East Carolina and Duke came up short on the road to […]
College basketball has its one-and-dones. In baseball, many of the top prospects don’t even make it onto campus before leaving to cash their first professional paycheck. It’s a none-and-done system that has been in place […]
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