By: Chris Romano For the Yellow Jacket To say the least, this year Major League Baseball season has been different. The pandemic started during spring training for the 2020 season and eventually put all of baseball on halt. After months and months and months of waiting. The MLB returned to play with a modified schedule. … Continue reading
About two weeks ago, the Frontier League made a historic announcement. The Frontier League and the Washington Wild Things are partnering with Major League Baseball. What this lets the Frontier League and the Washington Wild Things do now is discuss plans with the MLB on how to expand the game of baseball to make the … Continue reading
No Waynesburg University fall sports are being played in 2020. That hasn’t stopped the men’s and women’s soccer teams from having training sessions. The Waynesburg baseball team doesn’t normally play until the spring. However, they are still proceeding with fall workouts like they would every year. The baseball team only got to play in Florida … Continue reading
This year has certainly been unique in the 151-year history of Major League Baseball. 60 games, no fans, adjusted extra innings rules, an expanded postseason field and a sprint to October. While the game might look different, it is time for October baseball once again. The postseason will be played in a modified bubble format. … Continue reading
Ty Kildow knew it was a problem, but he didn’t want any distractions. He’d just completed his first year at Waynesburg University and helped the baseball team to its first playoff appearance in four years as a utility infielder. When the season ended in May, he was ready to enjoy his first summer as a … Continue reading
Some didn’t believe it. None wanted to believe it. But it was inevitable. Between Monday, March 9, and Thursday, March 12, the coronavirus wiped out the sports world. The NBA, NHL and MLB shut down. All spring NCAA championships, including March Madness, evaporated as well. All of this took place before the Waynesburg University baseball … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University baseball team’s annual spring trip to Florida got off to a well enough start. Behind the golden arm of senior pitcher Mason Miller— who is said to have touched 96 MPH at one point Sunday afternoon— the Yellow Jackets won their season opener comfortably, 8-2. But the team dropped the second end … Continue reading
The 2019 season for the Waynesburg baseball team brought many bright spots. The team had a 15-9 conference record, and made the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs for the first time since 2015. Looking to have another winning season, Waynesburg will get it’s 2020 season underway in the early part of next week. The program will … Continue reading
For six innings, Waynesburg University’s return to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs was almost perfect. Entering the bottom of the seventh of their day one game, the third-seeded Yellow Jackets led Grove City, 9-2. No PAC team had come back from such a deficit in the postseason since 2008. If that wasn’t enough assurance for … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University baseball team continued conference play as it took on the Grove City College Wolverines in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference double header. The Yellow Jackets lost both games, 17-7 and 4-2 respectably. In game one, senior pitcher Brandon Lawless (1-2) started on the mound for the Yellow Jackets and got the loss. Lawless … Continue reading
