It didn’t go unnoticed in the Kansas University baseball locker room when the Big 12 coaches picked the Jayhawks ninth — dead last — in the conference’s 2014 preseason poll.“I can tell you the players have already posted it and put it on a wall,” KU coach Ritch Price said Tuesday at ...
Former Kansas University left-hander Les Walrond has been hired to work for the Boston Red Sox in the organization’s professional scouting department.Walrond went 1-4 with a 7.07 ERA in 23 appearances in the major leagues with the Kansas City Royals (2003), Chicago Cubs (2006) and ...
Kansas University signed 10 student-athletes to baseball letters of intent during the early signing period, coach Ritch Price announced Tuesday.KU signed eight high school seniors and two junior-college transfers, with an emphasis on pitching: Six of the 10 signees are pitchers.“We are ...
Hitting guru Charlie Lau devoted his professional life to teaching a baseball swing that could work against just about any style, particularly if the one holding the bat happened to be prize pupil George Brett. But even Lau didn’t claim to have the answer to how to master the strangest, most ...
Fireworks, banned in Lawrence. Human fireworks shows, more than welcome. A particularly interesting crop of explosive newcomers will light things up in Kansas University athletic contests this coming school year. A look at some of the must-see shows debuting during the 2013-14 school year:1. ...
Kansas University closer Jordan Piché earned a spot on the American Baseball Coaches Association’s All-Midwest Region second team, the organization announced Tuesday.Piché, an All-Big 12 first-teamer who also earned the conference’s Newcomer of the Year award, led the Big 12 with 12 saves ...
When former Kansas University baseball player Robby Price graduated in 2010, it marked the end of an eight-year stretch in which KU coach Ritch Price could pencil at least one son into the Jayhawks’ lineup night in and night out.Ritch, now in his 11th year at KU and 37th year in the coaching ...
Five current and former Kansas University baseball players and one future Jayhawk were selected during the third day of the 2013 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft on Saturday.Kansas seniors Alex DeLeon (23rd round, St. Louis Cardinals), Thomas Taylor (26th, Los Angeles Dodgers), Kevin Kuntz ...
