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Articles Written by: JACK MAGRUDER
Tempe, Ariz. - Dennis Erickson still wears that chichi 1989 national championship ring he won in his first season at the University of Miami. ...
PHOENIX -- First baseman Josh Whitesell appears to be regaining the rhythm that made him a productive offensive threat and the D-backs' Minor League player of the year in 2008.
Whitesell has a four-game hitting streak and seven hits in his last 18 ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
MLB.com,
11 Jun 2009
PHOENIX -- First baseman Tony Clark is to begin a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Reno on Wednesday as the D-backs begin to see some progress from some of their injured players.
Clark, on the disabled list since May 6 with a right hand ligament ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
MLB.com,
11 Jun 2009
PHOENIX -- Max Scherzer was at his best and most exasperating in his last outing Saturday in San Diego.
Scherzer gave up only three hits, a double and two singles, while striking out six. But by walking five and hitting a batter, Scherzer was able to ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
MLB.com,
11 Jun 2009
PHOENIX -- These days, the D-backs' "D" is not for defense.
The D-backs committed three errors for the second game in a row in a 6-4 loss Wednesday to San Francisco, and none was more damaging than a three-base error charged to center fielder Chris ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
MLB.com,
11 Jun 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY - It was not supposed to end this way, with Pac-10 Player of the Year Katie Cochran sniffling back tears at a final interview session and ASU coach Clint Myers thanking his hosts because he knew he would not have another opportunity.
The ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
AZ Central.com,
31 May 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY - For five pitches, it looked like madness. On the sixth, Alabama coach Patrick Murphy looked like a genius.
Pinch-hitter Jazlyn Lunceford hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, and Alabama defeated Arizona State 6-2 in the Women's ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
AZ Central.com,
31 May 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY - Arizona State might have been the one team that legitimately could have looked forward to meeting softball superwoman Danielle Lawrie, Washington's pitcher and cleanup hitter and the national Player of the Year.
But Lawrie pitched a two- ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
AZ Central.com,
29 May 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Arizona had a particularly harrowing softball road trip in the 2008 NCAA tournament - a turbo-prop plane, two stops for fuel, a time-zone snafu, a circa-1957 school bus for ground transportation.
Hey, that was nothing.
The ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
AZ Central.com,
29 May 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY - Arizona's record-setting offense could not find a way through the best pitcher in Florida history Thursday, and the evidence was supplied early.
Wildcats Brittany Lastrapes and K'Lee Arredondo opened the game with singles, but those ...
From JACK MAGRUDER,
AZ Central.com,
29 May 2009