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Zach Piatt is a senior journalism major and writes “Dugout Chatter” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.
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Zach Piatt is a senior journalism major and writes “Dugout Chatter” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.
Zach Piatt is a senior journalism major. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.
Ball State’s (4-1 MAC) second drive of the day was a sign of things to come during Saturday’s contest with Central Michigan (3-2 MAC).
Jacquelyn Buckrop had a choice to make in 1989: her friend’s wedding or the Indianapolis 500?
She’s there. All of the sights, sounds and smells of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) are right there in front of her.
“With the 61st pick of the 2020 MLB Draft, the Miami Marlins select Kyle Nicolas, a right-handed pitcher from Ball State University.”
Undrafted coming out of Ball State, Willie Snead has been the lone former Cardinal in the NFL since 2016. Throughout his career, which started in New Orleans and currently sits in Baltimore, he has amassed 242 catches for just fewer than 3,000 yards and 13 touchdowns. While not your perennial Pro Bowler, Snead has made a name for himself despite not hearing it called on draft day.
Danny Pinter's phone hasn't stopped going off in the last few hours.
Zach Piatt is a junior journalism major and is a columnist for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.
The Cardinals began their home schedule Tuesday with a bang. Redshirt sophomore second baseman Noah Navarro tripled to right-center field to lead off the bottom of the first inning, and senior catcher Chase Sebby subsequently brought him home with a sacrifice fly.
Senior catcher Chase Sebby and junior pitcher Kyle Nicolas did their best impressions of Jake Taylor and Ricky Vaughn from the movie “Major League” in Ball State’s (6-9, 0-0 MAC) second game Friday against Sacred Heart.
He left John Adams High School as the team’s Most Valuable Player and an Indiana Football Coaches Association all-state tight end.
In Ball State Baseball’s (3-7, 0-0 MAC) month-long trip down south in February, it took the Cardinals a couple series to find their groove. After the first two weekends, they stood at 2-5, but they picked it up in the second half of the trip, going 6-3 the rest of the way.
INDIANAPOLIS — The first 17 are like nothing, the bar almost bouncing back and forth from his chest to an arm’s length above.
In 14 seasons as Ball State’s head coach, Rich Maloney had never taken the Cardinals (2-4, 0-0 MAC) to Texas. He did this past weekend, and he left Sunday with a winning record in the Lone Star State after taking two of three from Houston Baptist (2-6, 0-0 SLC).
Ball State came into the new year ranked 39th on Collegiate Baseball’s 2020 Preseason NCAA Division I Baseball Poll. After three losses this past weekend, having been outscored 29-4 by Georgia Southern in their first game in nine months, the Cardinals may not rank quite as high when the next poll comes out.
“Playing .800 ball in your league — nine out of 10 years, you're winning the championship. 20-5? I mean — amazing. That's all I could say.”
Noah Powell, Ball State’s starting shortstop the last two years, was brought in from Saint Joseph’s College on the other side of Indiana.
Head coach Joel Walton said one of the issues his team runs into is multiple players wanting to be the voice of the team, but to Walton, there’s one who sticks out.
Freshman defensive specialist Maggie Huber set it up, freshman outside hitter Natalie Mitchem hit it home and Ball State head coach Kelli Miller Phillips said, “Alright, let’s go.”