Chris Young's season came to an end late last night as the Padres lost a painful 9-8 game to Colorado in 13 innings. The Rockies advance to play Philadelphia.
In Italy, Mason Rocca's season began as Naples fell to Milan 69-60. Rocca had six points and eight rebounds.
C. Young - 6.0 IP 2 H 2 ER 4 BB 7 K 3.12 ERA. 103 pitches, 63 strikes.
Chris Young limited Milwaukee to two runs on just two hits in the penultimate matchup of San Diego's season. The Padres were one strike away from a trip to the playoffs before Tony Gwynn Jr. tripled off of Trevor Hoffman to tie a game that the Brewers would eventually win 4-3 in 11 innings. San Diego will try to lock up the NL Wild Card with a win today at 2:05 pm ET.
Chris Young can pitch the San Diego Padres into the playoffs today in Milwaukee. The Padres trail the Diamondbacks by a game for the NL West lead and are up two games with two to play on both the Mets and the Colorado Rockies in the wild card race. It is a 3:55 pm ET first pitch.
Judson Wallace had his first game for Capo d'Orlando, who lost to Bologna 88-84. Wallace scored 17 points before fouling out.
C. Young (9-8) - 5.0 IP 8 H 7 ER 4 BB 3 K 3.13 ERA. 105 pitches, 60 strikes.
Chris Young allowed a season-high seven earned runs in five innings pitched on Monday night as San Diego dropped into a tie with the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL Wild Card berth following a 9-4 loss to San Francisco.
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres visit San Francisco tonight at 10:15 pm ET. The Padres lead Philadelphia by half a game in the NL Wild Card race with seven games left to play.
Will Venable will roam center field in the Arizona Fall League.
It was ten years ago this week that Pete Carril was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Have plans the morning of November 10th? Princeton coach Sydney Johnson will lecture on "The Challenge of Adding to the Legacy of Princeton Basketball."
C. Young - 6.0 IP 5 H 3 ER 2 BB 5 K 2.83 ERA. 96 pitches, 68 strikes.
Chris Young pitched six steady innings and Scott Hairston's three run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Padres a thrilling 5-3 victory over Pittsburgh. San Diego now leads Philadelphia by 2.5 games in the National League Wild Card race.
Will Venable's father Max is profiled in the Marin Independent Journal.
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres host Pittsburgh tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
The Jerusalem Post and ESPN's Chris Sheridan both have more on David Blatt and the Russian victory in EuroBasket '07.
Greg Mangano, who was considering Princeton, has decided to attend Yale.
C. Young - 7.0 IP 6 H 3 ER 1 BB 5 K 2.77 ERA. 114 pitches, 70 strikes.
Chris Young had perhaps his best start since his oblique injury on Friday night in San Diego, throwing seven quality innings. The Padres rallied to win the game in ten. San Diego is two games behind Arizona for the NL West lead and 1.5 games in front of Philadelphia for the NL Wild Card berth.
Will Venable went 2-4 with double on Friday as San Antonio defeated Springfield 3-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five Texas League Championship. Saturday night the Missions won the title, building an 11-0 lead as Venable was 3-5 with two runs scored. San Antonio took the deciding game 11-7. Venable had a .387 batting average in the series.
David Blatt coached Russia to victory in the 2007 European Basketball Championship. Russia upset Lithuania before defeating Spain in the final 60-59. The title was Russia's first in 22 years.
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres cling to their 1.5 game NL Wild Card lead, facing the San Francisco Giants at home tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
The San Antonio Missions dropped a 6-2 decision to Springfield on Thursday, to even up the Texas League Championship at one game apiece. Will Venable was 1-5 in the game.
The Philadelphia Inquirer remembers Joseph Heiser, with quotes from Geoff Petrie and Gary Walters.
Ryan Fagan from The Sporting News profiles Chris Young.
ESPN's Andy Katz writes about Craig Robinson and his relationship with brother-in-law Barack Obama.
John Thompson III recently coached the Members of Congress basketball team in a game versus the American League of Lobbyists.
C. Young (9-7) - 5.0 IP 2 H 3 ER 5 BB 8 K 2.72 ERA. 99 pitches, 62 strikes.
Chris Young shook off a rough three run first inning before settling back closer to his pre-injury form. Young struck out the side in his fifth and final inning. The Padres pulled within 3-2 in the top of the eighth, but a double play left the tying run on third.
"I was better today than I've been," Young said. "There were a couple of times when I lost mechanics, but I felt like I threw the ball well. I don't evaluate on results. I threw the ball better today than my results [show]."
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres take on Colorado this afternoon at 3:05 pm ET in Denver. The Padres trail Arizona by two games in the NL West and lead Los Angeles by 2.5 games for the National League wild card playoff spot.
San Antonio scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally past Frisco 5-3 in the first game of their Texas League playoff series. Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate. The two teams meet again this evening. Venable is also the feature of a profile in this week's Town Topics.
Chris Young is "status quo" for Sunday's start in Colorado against the Rockies.
Georgetown has released its 2007-08 basketball schedule.
6-8 245 lb Mitty forward Enoch Andoh has accepted a scholarship offer to attend Bucknell. Princeton is listed as a school Andoh selected the Bison over.
