Walk-up songs can be traced back to 1972 with New York Yankees reliever Sparky Lyle, who took the mound to “Pomp and Circumstance” (aka the graduation song). These songs took off in the 1990s when players began requesting their own music. Most are bravado-heavy genres like rap and rock, like “Enter Sandman” by Metallica for Mariano Riviera and “Wild Thing”…
Saturday the Dons hosted a doubleheader against the Falcons of College Park and many runs were scored with the Dons winning both games. Game 1 with a big win and Game 2 a walk-off hit in the eighth inning. It’s a good day to be a Don! Read on for details… Smith. Michlitsch, Martin, Beers and Terhar rule the hill for…
The Dons JV baseball game against the Knights was rescheduled three times as it was raining cats and dogs for most of the week. When it finally happened on Saturday, the Dons won yet another cat and mouse type thriller, pulling off a victory in the bottom of the 12th inning. Although they managed to win, it was a bittersweet victory…
Once again the Varsity baseball team faced a committed Division 1 college recruit on the mound, onFriday. He looked great, threw 90 miles per hour and struck out 11 Dons, but it wasn’t enough to get awin. He faced a determined Acalanes squad that was up to the task!! Mason Zirkel took the hill for the Dons and posted an…
The Dons have run into a little rough patch as the league schedule is about to begin. Henry Souza got the start on Thursday against another large D1 school, Antioch High School. Henry went 3 innings, giving up 2 hits, a walk, and a run as he posted 2 strikeouts for Acalanes. Peter Thorn relieved him in the 4th and…
Heading down the home stretch of their non-league contests, the Dons have had a couple of back-to-back tough games. Berkeley High School Yellow Jackets arrived in Dons territory with some hot bats and a commanding full-game pitcher this past Saturday and most of the game went their way. Berkeley racked up 13 hits to our 4 on route to a…
I was hoping to avoid airing my dirty laundry in public, but want to be transparent about the difficult situation I faced writing this article. Normally I save the “Get to Know Coaches” segment until the end, but I put it up front this time. Why? When I interviewed Jim and Dan at the start of the season, I didn’t…
The events of the last few days hopefully reminded us all why baseball is the greatest sport. It began with the World Baseball Classic championship game on Tuesday. Japan was ahead of Team USA 3-2 with 2 outs in the top of the 9th inning. The best hitter of his generation, Mike Trout, faced his teammate and best 2-way player…
The Dons took their 6-game winning streak to Pittsburg on Wednesday and ran into a tough PittsburgHigh School Pirates team. The field conditions couldn’t have been more different from their previous road trip game down to Carmel. A big outfield with 375-foot center fence distance and Pittsburg plays on turf so even a 2:30 pm downpour didn’t stand in the…