Will Venable had two hits and a walk on Sunday as the Padres fell 8-6 to San Francisco in 10 innings.
Last night Venable went 1-5 at the plate in a 11-5 Padres win over Colorado. Venable is batting .311 through 17 major league games.
Lindy's has released their 2008-09 Ivy League preview, written by Craig Haley of the Trenton Times. Princeton's write-up can be found here.
C. Young (5-6) - 7.0 IP 3 H 3 ER 1 BB 9 K 4.43 ERA. 109 pitches, 82 strikes.
Chris Young pitched well, but San Diego could not solve Tim Lincecum, who threw his first career complete game shutout. Will Venable went 0-4 at the plate, but did make a great diving catch you can watch by following the above link.
Venable was interviewed before the game by SF Gate.
Athlon Sports has released their 2008-09 Ivy League preview.
Chris Young starts for San Diego against Tim Lincecum in San Francisco tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
Matt Steinmetz from Golden State Warriors Examiner interviews Geoff Petrie about Pete Carril.
Will Venable continues to thrive as a Padre.
Richmond head coach Chris Mooney is not a cheater, writes Ed Kracz of the Bucks County Intelligencer.
Craig Robinson has landed a "program-changing recruit" at Oregon State.
A 6'4 guard has picked Northwestern over Wake Forest, Oklahoma State and Loyola.
Will Venable had his fifth two hit game in his last six starts, as San Diego beat the Dodgers 4-0. Venable is now batting .353 as a Padre.
They're still talking about how Chris Young pitched on Sunday.
Richmond has revealed violations by its men's and women's basketball programs to the NCAA.
Two names for the recruiting radar: a 6'8" Bucks County forward who has Princeton on his list of five finalists and a 6'8" guard/forward who says Princeton is among the schools that his father says have committed to come see him work out.
Georgetown recruit Hollis Thompson will spend his senior season at De La Salle.
Cornell guard Adam Gore has torn the ACL in his left knee.
C. Young (5-5) - 9.0 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 5 K 4.48 ERA. 96 pitches, 67 strikes.
Chris Young came within four outs of professional baseball's 18th perfect game, his flirtation with immortality broken up by a long Gabe Kapler home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Young settled for the first complete game of his career, a 10-1 San Diego victory over Milwaukee. Will Venable added two hits and was driven in by Young on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Bill Bradley will be speaking at NC State's Millennium Seminar this evening.
Craig Robinson, Chili Cook Off celebrity judge.
Chris Young gets the start today in Milwaukee at 2:05 pm ET.
Will Venable was the final out of San Diego's 1-0 loss to Milwaukee, grounding to second after a "great eight-pitch battle" with Ben Sheets.
The San Diego Union Tribune points out an overlooked first for Venable.
TigerBlog offers some orange and black-tinted memories of Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Dick Vitale.
AP Photo/Morry Gash
Will Venable hit his first major league home run, a 420 foot blast to deep center field, as San Diego won 5-2 at Milwaukee. Watch video of Venable's drive here. The 6'3" 225 lb Venable is hitting .348 after six professional starts.
Georgetown now knows dates and opponents for its 2008-09 Big East schedule.
The Town Topics is the latest to talk to new MCCC coach Howie Levy.
Will Venable picked up two more hits and scored two runs in San Diego's 6-4 loss to Los Angeles. Venable's prospects are analyzed by Baseball Prospectus in their list of call-ups to keep your eye on.
Chris Young is a fan of the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw.
Northwestern has released its 2008-09 basketball schedule.
The Ivy League has concluded its investigation of the Harvard men's basketball program.
C. Young (4-5) - 5.0 IP 6 H 4 ER 3 BB 3 K 4.91 ERA. 80 pitches, 50 strikes.
Chris Young returned from the disabled list in a 5-2 San Diego loss to Los Angeles. Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate in his fourth straight start for the Padres.
Will Venable had two hits and scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth as San Diego defeated Colorado 2-1.
Chris Young will join Venable in the Padres' starting lineup in Los Angeles at 8:10 pm ET.
AP Photo/Chris Park
Will Venable drove in two runs as San Diego defeated Colorado 9-4. The North County Times says Venable is already "playing like a veteran."
Chris Young will come off the disabled list tomorrow at Los Angeles, not today versus the Rockies.
AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi
Will Venable became just the second player in San Diego Padres history and the first in 39 years to hit a triple in his first career at-bat.
Starting in center field and batting sixth in the lineup, Venable was 1-4 at the plate in his major league debut, the first Princeton alum to make the pros as a position player since John Easton in 1959.
The Marin Independent Journal tracked down Venable at the Portland airport on his way to San Diego. Venable also spoke to mlb.com before yesterday's action.
From the "I couldn't make this up if I tried" file: The Knicks traded the rights to 1999 bust Frederic Weis for Georgetown grad Patrick Ewing Jr.
