April 20, 2007 at 11:46 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News
Around the newswire today...
Chris Young pitches for the Padres tonight at Colorado. 9:05 pm ET first pitch.
The Associated Press and The Hoya have both picked up the Daily Princetonian's report about Sydney Johnson. Update: ESPN now has the AP story up on the front page of their web site, but provides no additional information.
The Princeton Packet writes about the lack of information as of 5:00 pm ET on Thursday, but knows that this selection will set a tone for the future of the Tigers.
The Star Ledger's M.A. Mehta builds off yesterday's blog posts with this morning's article about the Princeton coaching search.
San Antonio is back in action, with the Missions falling 10-4 at Midland. Will Venable was 0-3.
Check this post's timestamp to see if there are news updates throughout the day.
April 16, 2007 at 9:52 am
Filed under Chris Young, Denver, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Around the newswire today...
Chris Young was surprisingly wild against the Dodgers last night and lasted just two innings. Young faced five batters in the third but retired none of them. The Padres lost 9-3.
C. Young (1-1) - 2.0 IP 7 H 5 ER 5 BB 2 K 4.30 ERA. 84 pitches, 47 strikes.
"I was terrible," Young said, flatly. "I never found my rhythm, never found my groove. Sometimes you can figure it out and find it. I couldn't make the adjustment. I dug us in too deep."
The Trenton Times grasps for new details trying to get information on the Princeton coaching search. While I'm not at liberty to share what I know, lets just say that some of the people they mentioned have already interviewed for the job, but there are a number of people that they haven't unconvered yet who have been seen around Jadwin in the last couple of days. Sorry for the tease.
A couple articles from out in Colorado about Joe Scott, the first looking at the challenges he faces at Denver and the second discussing some possible Pioneer recruits.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox will be playing for the West team in The Battle of the Valley at Cal State Fullerton on April 21st at 7:00 pm PT.
Will Venable is 2-5 at the plate in another Missions victory.
April 15, 2007 at 10:10 am
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young, Will Venable
Around the newswire today...
Tune to ESPN tonight at 8:05 pm ET as Chris Young takes the mound in Los Angeles for the San Diego Padres. In this evening's game versus the Dodgers Young will be attempting to become the first pitcher to make 26 road starts in a row without a loss.
"Had I lost one of those starts between now and then, we wouldn't be talking about it," Young said. "I really attribute a lot of it to luck. I've had a lot of games where I pitched poorly and came [out] with a no-decision or even a win."
In Texas, Will Venable went 2-3 in a 10-3 Missions victory to raise his average to .360 on the season.
April 14, 2007 at 9:59 am
Filed under Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News
Around the newswire today...
Georgetown juniors Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert have declared for the NBA draft, but neither has signed with an agent. The Washington Post and the Washington Times have more on this story.
Meet John Thompson III at the Wegmans in Fairfax, VA on Wednesday.
SportsProf writes about the lack of public news in the Princeton coaching search.
Baseball Prospectus has a piece by Joe Sheehan on Chris Young. Some interesting numbers here.
Tommy Amaker was introduced at a press conference as the new head coach of Harvard on Friday.
April 12, 2007 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News
Around the newswire today...
Joseph White from AP has the first interview with John Thompson III since the Final Four.
ESPN The Magazine writes about Chris Young and his thesis on Jackie Robinson. Young will pitch Sunday night on ESPN as Major League Baseball honors the 60th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox writes a lengthy testimonial for Baseline To Baseline, a service that helps high school players improve their skills.
Chris Mooney announces that Richmond has signed five players to play basketball for the Spiders.
Finally, Tommy Amaker was officially named the men's basketball coach at Harvard. This leaves 12 open head coaching positions in Division I, including Princeton.
April 11, 2007 at 9:17 am
Filed under Chris Young, Gabe Lewullis, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
Around the newswire today...
As part of the Ivy League's 50th anniversary celebration, this week's feature checks in with former Princeton standout Gabe Lewullis.
The win turned out to be bittersweet, as Carril announced his retirement in the locker room.
"It was kind of chaotic," remembers Lewullis. "We get back to the locker room and everyone is high on life. Carril comes in, doesn't say a word, just goes to the chalkboard and writes down: 'I'm retiring.' It was dead silent. We didn't know what to do so we just started clapping for him."
The San Diego Padres have rewarded Chris Young with a new contract.
On Tuesday, less than a day after Young tossed seven scoreless innings in a victory over San Francisco and less than a month since Towers and Babby met, the 27-year-old had agreed to a four-year contract worth $14.5 million, including a includes a $500,000 signing bonus and a $8.5 million club option for 2011.
He'll receive $750,000 this season, $2.5 million in 2008, $4.5 million in 2009 and $6.25 million in 2010. The deal covers his arbitration-eligible years as well as his first year of free agency.
In recruiting news, there's a tiny update on the Jeff Peterson saga and news that Bobby Foley will be playing on the North squad in this Saturday's North/South All-Star game.
�[Peterson] wants to meet with coach Lickliter before making his decision, but Iowa�s definitely still in the picture,� Jones said. �He likes the Iowa campus, players and the AD. He likes Saint Louis because he�s from, Springfield (Mo.), and he�s got the academic thing going for him at Princeton, so he can�t go wrong whichever school he chooses.�
November 5, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young, Princeton
Chris Young is keeping a daily blog about his trip to the Pacific Rim for the Japan All-Star Series. You can follow his adventures here. Young will most likely start for the Major League Baseball All-Stars on either 11/7 in Osaka or 11/8 in Fukuoka. Both games start at 4:00 am ET.
The second half of 2006 has been a period of strong Japan/Princeton basketball synergy, with Mason Rocca's visit for the FIBA World Basketball Championships, Coach Thompson's trip as part of "Operation Hardwood III," Chris Young's journey and my parents' vacation all happening in the last three months.
October 7, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young, Princeton
Congratulations to former Princeton center Chris Young for shutting out the St. Louis Cardinals in game three of the 2006 NLDS this afternoon and keeping the Padres' postseason alive. Young becomes the first Princeton graduate to ever win a postseason baseball game.
C. Young (1-0) - 6.2 IP 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 9 K 0.00 ERA. 102 pitches, 63 strikes.
Padres 3 Cardinals 1 - F.
From Elias Sports Bureau:
• Chris Young was 6-0 in road games during the regular season and he earned a win at St. Louis on Saturday. Young is one of 49 pitchers since 1903 to go 5-0 or better on the road during a regular season, but he's the first of those 49 to follow that up with a road victory in the postseason. (1903 was the first year of postseason play in Major League Baseball.)
July 2, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young, Princeton
Former Princeton basketball player (and current San Diego Padres pitcher) Chris Young needs your vote to make this year's Major League Baseball All-Star team. While Chris Young was not named by manager Phil Garner as one of the first 31 members of the 2006 National League All-Star Team (despite better numbers across the board than some of the other pitchers selected), he was named one of five finalists for the 2006 NL Final Vote.
Since 2002 fans at mlb.com have decided the final member of each league's roster through Final Vote. Young is up against four other players (Billy Wagner, Nomar Garciaparra, Chris Capuano and Bobby Abreu) for the 32nd slot on the senior circuit roster.
You can vote for Chris Young via text message or Internet. You can vote from right now until 6:00 pm ET on Thursday.
There appears to be no limit on how many times you can vote. Why vote just once?
Here is all you have to do...
1. Go here.
2. Click on "Cast Your Final Vote."
3. Select Chris Young.
4. Repeat as often as you can between now and Thursday at 6:00 pm ET.
5. Tell other people who might vote for Chris Young.
June 9, 2005 at 10:02 am
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young, Princeton
Brian Howard gets the credit for this headline, plus he filled in for me on the radio so I could go cover this game. Thanks, Brian!
Chris Young: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K - 3.06 ERA. Rangers lose 2-0.
Statue of Michael Jack Schmidt.
Oooooh.
Down below, a man with an acoustic guitar plays one of the worst versions of "Patience" imaginable.
Small picture of large man at the plate.
Night falls on South Philly.
Hard to make out on the Jumbotron, but that is indeed the Phillie Phanatic dressed as a light Jedi Knight vanquishing the Texas Rangers mascot (some sort of giant horse) dressed as a dark Jedi with the help of a kid from the stands (unaffiliated).
A painting of Steve Carlton from the Leroy Neiman school of fine sports art.
Seen in the press box, both wearing Hawaiian shirts: Dallas Green, Harvey Yavner.
May 6, 2005 at 11:35 am
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young, Princeton
Former Princeton basketball standout Chris Young pitched at Yankee Stadium on Friday, April 22nd and princetonbasketball.com was there. As a boyhood Yankees fan, it was strange to take the subway to the Bronx and root for the visiting team, but by the end of the night I was used to it.
Because there was no clear policy posted on if you could take photographs while the game was taking place, most of these snapshots are pretty covert.
Things I wish I had been able to take pictures of:
-Bob Shepard's plaid pants.
-The visiting locker room's collection of VHS tapes.
-The secret "media only" concession stand with $1.00 hotdogs and $0.75 pretzels.
The view from the pressbox.
49 degrees at first pitch. Heat lamp kept me warm.
The office behind my seat.
Tribute to Bob Shepard.
Entrance to the Rangers' dugout.
RIP Eddie Layton.
The Hammond organ.
Follow this stripe to the visiting locker room.
While $200,000,000 sounds like a lot for salary, think of all the money the Yankees
have saved the past four seasons by not having to update their signage.
April 22, 2005 at 11:03 pm
Filed under Audio, Baseball, Chris Young, Princeton
Former Princeton basketball standout Chris Young defeated the New York Yankees on April 22nd, 2005 in his first appearance at Yankee Stadium. princetonbasketball.com was there and we're the only place you can listen to the entire postgame interview.
princetonbasketball.com also talked to former Princeton center and current Texas Rangers pitcher Chris Young right after his first major league win against the Boston Red Sox.
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