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ASU Baseball Starts Off STRONG
Hey, everybody - ASUBoyd here. Sorry for my lengthy hiatus, but I am back from the depths of 1Ldom to drop some knowledge on your heads about our 2010 Arizona State Sun Devil baseball team. The weather is warming up and it is a perfect time to get out to Packard and see the boys who are off to a...
Developing: Padres bring on former ASU coach Pat Murphy as a special assistant
Dan Hayes from the NC Times is reporting via Twitter that the Padres have brought on former ASU head coach, Pat Murphy as a Special Assistant. Things I know about Pat Murphy: He once told an ASU player's mother that her son was a poster child for birth control. He coached Craig Counsell at Notre...
Sun Devils Take Care Of Business, Beat UNC 5-2 in College World Series
The entire week, Pat Murphy was very secretive regarding his choice of starting pitcher for ASU's first game in Omaha against North Carolina. It turned out that going against the grain and starting his #2 pitcher paid dividends for the Sun Devil skipper. Josh Spence went seven strong innings,...
ASU To Host Super Regional (Again)
After going undefeated in the Tempe Regional this past weekend, ASU has earned the right to play Clemson on Saturday night in the Tempe Super Regional. It's a best of three series, with the winner earning the right to travel to Omaha to play in the 2009 College World Series. Saturday's game is...
Baseball Preview: Missouri Tigers @ ASU Sun Devils, Tuesday 7:30 PM MST
Missouri comes to Tempe tomorrow night in a battle of opponents bestowed with preseason rankings. Ranked #10 by Baseball America, Missouri will face a stiff test in the #7 Sun Devils. via arizonastatesundevilsfans.com- we would love to see more of this scene in 2009. Checking in the "The...
Games 2, 3 and 4 of ASU Baseball - All wins
ASU opens up the season with a sweep of UW-Milwaukee. 15-3, 13-5, 14-1, and 11-0. Not bad for a young team to start off the season by outscoring their opponent 53-9.So we covered game one already but not the rest, so here we go.Game #2 13-5 ASU over MilwaukeeFirst game of a double header, ASU had...
#7 ASU Baseball dominates UW-Milwaukee 15-3
Nice way to start boys. Some highlights: Josh Spence - 6 shutout innings. Kyle Brule pitched the 3 remaining innings and let up 3 unearned run (Leake dropped a fly ball playing the field) Matt Newman went 3-4 with a HR and 5 RBI Jason Kipnis (preseason second team All-American) went 4-4 with...
ASU Baseball Quick Hits
Everyone loves baseball, right? Spring is in the air, and the national pastime is upon us once more. Nick Ruland over at The State Press did a feature on Josh Spence, the left-handed pitcher from Australia who figures to shoulder a big load this season. The Arizona Republic did an article about...






