150th anniversary of college baseball

I usually stick to MLB news, but I’d like to share this anecdote about college ball. Williams College and Amherst College – both Division III schools located in Massachusetts – played each other in the 150th anniversary of college baseball this past weekend. The very first college baseball game took place on July 1, 1859, and was played between the same two schools. Among those in attendance – in addition to yours truly – were Pittsburgh Pirates owner Robert Nutting (Williams ‘84) and former Red Sox (and Expos) GM Dan Duquette (Amherst ’80). Williams won 8-5. How ‘bout that? How about Yovani Gallardo? On April 29th, the Mexican-born right-hander threw eight shutout innings while striking out 11, surrendering just two hits and one walk, and hitting a homerun in the bottom of the 7th inning to account for all the scoring in the Brewers 1-0 victory over the Pirates.Continue reading "150th anniversary of college baseb...