MLB.com says it is likely Chris Young will appeal his five game suspension.
The Washington Post has more on Jeff Green's decision to stay in the NBA draft, including quotes from his college coach.
"It was a difficult decision on many levels," Georgetown Coach John Thompson III said. "He likes Georgetown, he likes his friends at Georgetown, and I don't want to speak for him, but I think he likes everything about Georgetown. To that end, it was a difficult decision."
Will Venable was 0-2 with two walks for San Antonio, as the Missions found their winning ways again, 5-4 over Corpus Christi.
Chris Young and Derrek Lee were both suspended five games for their roles in Saturday's fight. These suspensions are scheduled to begin Tuesday. Young's next start was slated for Friday against Boston.
C. Young (6-3) - 3.0 IP 0 H 0 ER 2 BB 2 K 2.26 ERA. 56 pitches, 36 strikes.
A wild afternoon at Wrigley Field, as Chris Young was one of four players ejected in the top of the fourth inning following a bench-clearing altercation. Young had not allowed a base hit before being tossed. A 1-2 pitch from Young came inside on Chicago's Derrek Lee, hitting him on the wrist. Lee had words for Young on his way to first base. Young pointed at first as he responded verbally and Lee stepped out of the baseline towards Young, throwing a punch that did not connect. Young responded with a right hand that also missed and the dugouts emptied.
The Padres would grab victory on a home run in the top of the eighth inning, a 1-0 decision in a game where both teams had just two hits.
"I'm not going to talk about it, but I didn't try to hit him and it doesn't have anything to do with anything that happened in the past," Young said. "I wish I could have stayed in the game. I would have liked to have been out there to contribute to the win more."
San Antonio's modest two game winning streak ended on Saturday with a 4-2 loss to Midland. Will Venable was 1-3 for the Missions. The game was called because of rain in the bottom of the seventh with the bases loaded and nobody out.
Chris Young and the Padres are in Chicago this afternoon to take on the Cubs. First pitch is 1:05 pm ET.
Two straight wins for San Antonio with Will Venable at the top of the lineup. Yesterday Venable was 3-5 with two doubles as the Missions took out Midland 8-3.
Will Venable was named to the 2007 Texas League South Division All-Star Team. The game will be played on June 26th at Corpus Christi.
On the field, Venable was 1-4 last night as San Antonio lost their sixth straight by a score of 4-2 to Corpus Christi. Monday night saw Venable go 0-4 in a 2-1 loss to the Hooks.
ESPN has introduced a new MLB Player Rankings system. According to this formula, Chris Young is one of the top four pitchers in the National League.
Mike Maker, who interviewed for the Princeton head coaching position, has landed as an assistant coach at Creighton.
C. Young (6-3) - 6.2 IP 7 H 3 ER 1 BB 3 K 2.34 ERA. 109 pitches, 75 strikes.
Chris Young nearly made it through seven innings against Seattle. With the Padres holding a two run lead in the top of the seventh, two on and two out, Young hit Ben Broussard with a pitch that loaded the bases and brought the always dangerous Ichiro Suzuki to the plate. Suzuki tied the game with a single to center, the second run scoring on a extremely close play at the plate. Young's day was done and the Padres would go down 4-3 on an unearned run in the ninth.
Will Venable was 1-4 with two runs scored on Friday in a 6-3 loss to Frisco. On Saturday Venable's ten game hitting streak came to an end and Venable made his first error of the season in a 5-0 loss at home to Corpus Christi. Venable's weekend concluded with a 0-3 performance at the plate and a run scored as San Antonio fell to the visiting Hooks 4-2.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox was named Ventura County Boys Athlete of the Year.
The Tigers will have a new play-by-play man for men's basketball this season. Dan Loney has been replaced by John Sadak, who had been the voice of Princeton women's basketball.
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres host division rivals Los Angeles tonight at 10:05 pm ET. The Padres are a half game behind the Dodgers in the NL West standings.
Georgetown center Roy Hibbert has been invited to participate in the USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team Trials at Haverford College in July.
C. Young (6-3) - 7.0 IP 4 H 0 ER 1 BB 7 K 2.42 ERA. 86 pitches, 60 strikes.
Chris Young shut down the Pittsburgh Pirates for the third time in as many starts against the team that drafted him and drove in a run with a single to center field as part of a 9-0 Padres victory. Young was replaced at the start of the bottom of eighth inning after the Padres scored five runs in the top of the frame to expand their two run advantage.
"This is the third time since the beginning of last season that we have seen him and we've not been able to do much at all with him," Pittsburgh manager Jim Tracy said. "There is deception with him obviously, and there is something with him that we're not seeing.
Last night Will Venable became the first member of the San Antonio Missions since 2002 to hit for the cycle. Venable laced his first home run of the season in the seventh inning, a three run shot that put the Missions in front 4-3. A double in the top of the ninth completed this rare feat. After seeing his average drop to .262, Venable is 8-14 in his last three games.
"I've been trying to get out of my little funk here and haven't been getting the barrel of the bat on the ball. More than hitting for the cycle, it was great to have a game where I was seeing the ball well and getting some good swings," Venable said. "It's been frustrating. In the last week leading up to this, I've been feeling good. I think I needed one good swing to get me back to where I'm feeling good."
Princeton named Dartmouth assistant Courtney Banghart their new women's basketball coach yesterday. Princeton men's basketball coach Sydney Johnson served on the advisory search committee.
Game four of the first round BBL playoff series went to Koln, 73-71. Judson Wallace scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The deciding game of the Eisbaren's series versus RheinEnergie will be on Thursday.
Wallace isn't the only recent Princeton graduate competing in a playoff series overseas. Scott Greenman had 22 points and five assists to send Bnei Hasharon to an overtime win in the Israeli League quarterfinals. Hasharon lost on Tuesday to Hapoel Jerusalem in the semifinals, 96-83. Greenman scored three points in seven minutes of play.
Chris Young is in Pittsburgh tonight, starting for San Diego against the Padres. 7:05 pm ET first pitch. Both the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review try their best to get Young to say something about his last outing against the Bucs, where he took a no-hitter into the ninth inning.
Will Venable was back batting lead-off for the San Antonio Missions. Venable went 2-5 with two runs scored, but the Missions dropped a wild 12-10 game to Springfield.
C. Young (5-3) - 7.0 IP 3 H 1 ER 2 BB 10 K 2.70 ERA. 93 pitches, 62 strikes.
Chris Young retired the first 12 Cubs he faced on Thursday night. Young struck out 10 batters in seven innings of work, but San Diego could only manage one run before Young was lifted for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the seventh as the Padres tried to push a second runner home. Two late runs by Chicago sent the Padres to defeat by a 3-1 score. Young lowered his home ERA this season to 0.66.
Three articles about the forthcoming change to the NCAA three point line. The Trenton Times and northjersey.com both talk to Princeton coach Sydney Johnson, among others. Andy Glockner at espn.com gets his quotes from Denver coach Joe Scott.
Joe Scott is also quoted in an article from the Denver Post that talks to Colorado basketball coaches about the relationship between a new coach and the players he inherits.
Will Venable was 0-2 with two walks as San Antonio lost to Springfield 8-1.
Ivy@50 concludes its daily coverage with a feature on Bill Bradley.
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres go for the sweep tonight against the Chicago Cubs. First pitch is at 10:05 pm ET.
Rivals.com looks at the three college basketball teams that have made one three point shot in each game since this rule change went into play twenty years ago. Princeton's Bob Scabis is interviewed about the Tigers' place on this list.
"We didn't have much margin for error, especially when we were playing outside our league," said Bob Scrabis, a member of the 1987-88 Princeton team. Scrabis ranks fifth on the school's all-time 3-pointers list. "We didn't get many second shots. We may not have outrebounded anybody in my four years there. If we got open shots we had to make them."
Two press releases from Georgetown. The first covers yesterday's press conference where junior Roy Hibbert announced he would return for his senior season and junior Jeff Green officially declared for the NBA draft. The second announces the hiring of David Cox and Kenya Hunter as assistant coaches on John Thompson III's staff.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
