Baseball

Opinion: Youth, college baseball ranks need more knucklers

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 ...

Opinion: Light fuse, get away: Ten KU athletes who will pack wallop

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. ...

KU closer Piché named All-Region

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 ...

Ritch, Ritchie Price savor second father-son stint with KU baseball

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 ...

Jayhawks popular in MLB draft

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 ...

KU baseball left out of NCAA Tournament field

What started out as a hopeful and nervous locker room quickly turned into a ghost town, as members of the Kansas University baseball team began the painful process of closing up shop for the season after learning Monday morning that they had not made this year’s NCAA Tournament field.Fresh ...

KU baseball falls in Big 12 title game to Oklahoma, 7-2

Oklahoma City ? The Oklahoma baseball team scored three first-inning runs and never trailed after that, defeating Kansas, 7-2, in the Big 12 championship game on Sunday afternoon at Bricktown BallparkSixth-seeded KU (34-25) had won three straight games in pool play to advance to the title game. ...

Kansas baseball awaits NCAA fate

The Kansas University baseball team’s charge toward the Big 12 tournament title came up one victory short Sunday in Oklahoma City, as the sixth-seeded Jayhawks fell to No. 4 seed Oklahoma, 7-2, in the championship game.Despite the loss, KU coach Ritch Price believes his team made enough of a ...