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Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
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The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team is an American National Collegiate Athletic Association college baseball team, and a former Division I national champion. From Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, the team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores are coached by two-time SEC Coach of the Year, Tim Corbin. Vanderbilt first fielded a team in 1886, though it would be 1968 before it became a scholarship sport. The Commodores secured only three NCAA appearances in the 20th century—in 1973,1974, and 1980 and they would have only three other winning seasons in SEC play in the first 35 years of the scholarship era. However, they have been to every NCAA Tournament but one since 2004, the Commodores were ranked first in most polls for a majority of the 2007 season and earned the #1 national seed for the 2007 NCAA tournament. The original venue for the Commodores ball club was Dudley Field, currently, the Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field, which is an on-campus facility with a 3,700 seat capacity. Temporary outfield bleachers were installed for the 2007 Regionals and all of the 2008 season and these additions increased the size of Hawkins Field to its current capacity of 3,700 seats. It is adjacent to both Vanderbilt Stadium and Memorial Gymnasium and is across the street from the McGugin Center, Hawkins Field opened in 2002 and is named after a donor who gave $2 million to help finance construction. The stadium was also the site of the first NCAA Baseball Tournament Regional that Vanderbilt ever hosted when it was the site of the Nashville Regional in 2007. Vanderbilt and Hawkins Field again hosted Regionals in 2011,2013,2014, and 2015, and hosted Super Regionals in 2011,2013, Records are through the end of the 2011 Season Records taken from the 2011 Vanderbilt baseball media guide. The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947, the format of the tournament has changed through the years
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Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, the SIAA was founded on December 21,1894, by Dr. William Dudley, a chemistry professor at Vanderbilt, at the Kimball House in Atlanta. Dudley was a member of the Vanderbilt Athletic Association, formed in 1886 with Dr. W. M. Baskerville as president, most students at Vanderbilt were members. The early sports played on the Vanderbilt campus were baseball, bicycling, Dudley was primarily responsible for the formation of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Sewanees opposition stopped it from occurring, the original members were Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, and Virginia. Virginia and North Carolina soon dropped before the inaugural 1895 season, the conference was originally formed for the development and purification of college athletics throughout the South. In 1903, a single-game football playoff occurred, but it seems to have been coordinated more so by the two competing schools than the conference itself, several other efforts over the years by individual schools to hold a conference title game fell through. Most SIAA titles claimed by schools in sports were actually more mythical in nature than officially sanctioned by the league. In 1915, a disagreement arose within the conference regarding the eligibility of freshman athletes, generally, the larger universities opposed the eligibility of freshman players, while the smaller schools favored it. As a result, some of the universities formed the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. At the conferences annual meeting on December 10,1920, the SIAA rejected proposals to ban freshman athletes, in protest, some schools that had voted in favor of the propositions immediately announced they would seek to form a new conference. In 1922, the Southern Conference underwent an expansion and added six more members, all at the expense of the SIAA, Florida, Louisiana State, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt. With the departure of most of the colleges, the SIAA became a de facto small college conference in 1923. In the 1920s and 1930s, the SIAA increased its membership with the addition of additional small universities. The conference eventually disbanded in 1942 with the onset of American involvement in World War II, original charter members are denoted in boldface. Invited charter members are denoted with an asterisk, in the era in which the SIAA operated, teams tended to join in December, therefore, the first year of conference play in a given sport was often the following calendar year. Conference affiliations reflect those for the 2016–17 school year
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Vanderbilt Stadium
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Vanderbilt Stadium is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee. Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, Vanderbilt Stadium hosted the Tennessee Oilers and the first Music City Bowl in 1998 and also hosted the Tennessee state high school football championships for many years. Vanderbilt Stadium is the smallest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference, the first facility was named for William Dudley, Dean of the Vanderbilt University Medical School from 1885 until his death in 1914. Dudley was responsible for the formation of the SIAA, the predecessor of the Southern Conference and Southeastern Conference, in 1895, in 1922, after a 74.2 winning percentage during the 18-year tenure of Coach McGugin, the Commodores had outgrown old Dudley Field. The football team played two games on the renamed Curry Field before moving to New Dudley Field in 1922, the new stadium, the first in the South built solely for football, was christened Dudley Field, and its capacity was 20,000. As evidence of Vanderbilts stature at the time, it dwarfed rival Tennessees Shields-Watkins Field, the first game played at Dudley Field was between the home-standing Commodores and the powerful Michigan Wolverines. A goal-line stand by the Commodores preserved a 0-0 tie, the following Friday, nearby Hume-Fogg High School played a game at Dudley. Senior Jimmy Armistead returned the kick for a touchdown, providing the first touchdown ever recorded in the stadium. Armistead would go on to a career at Vanderbilt and was the captain. In 1949, Vanderbilt officials built a press box at Dudley Field. Additional seating was added to the western side of stadium. On September 25,1954, Vanderbilt hosted the No, 10-ranked Baylor Bears in the first night game ever played on the Dudley Field surface. The lights had been installed so that Dudley Field would be able to host the Billy Graham Crusade on campus, in 1960, nearly 7,000 more seats are added to the stadium, with an expansion on the east side of the stadium near Memorial Gym. At a price of $250,000, officials installed what was then a state-of-the-art Astroturf synthetic surface in 1970, over the winter and spring of 1980–81, most of the Dudley Field grandstand was demolished. The 12,088 seats on each sideline—the only vestige of the old stadium—were raised ten feet through the use of 22 hydraulic jacks on each side of the stadium, the new venue was rechristened Vanderbilt Stadium. However, the surface itself is still called Dudley Field. The rebuilt stadium and its Fred Russell Press Box were designed to resemble a United States naval vessel slicing through the water—a nod to Vanderbilts naval themed-mascot, accordingly, the color scheme picked for the exterior of the stadium was battleship gray. The stadiums maximum capacity after the 1980–81 renovation was 41,000, the project cost $10.1 million, and the Commodores celebrated a sold-out dedication by taking a 23–17 comeback win over Maryland on September 12,1981
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Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university founded in 1873 and located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War. Today, Vanderbilt enrolls approximately 12,000 students from all 50 U. S. states and over 90 foreign countries in four undergraduate and six graduate, despite its urban surroundings, the campus itself is a national arboretum and features over 300 different species of trees and shrubs. Vanderbilt is ranked as one of the top universities for its teaching, research opportunities. It is ranked 15th on the list of best national universities generated by U. S. News & World Report, however, lack of funds and the ravaged state of the Reconstruction Era South delayed the opening of the college. Indeed, the McTyeires had met at St. Francis Street Methodist Church in Mobile, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was the wealthiest man in the United States at the time, was considering philanthropy as he was at an advanced age. He had been planning to establish a university on Staten Island, New York, however, McTyeire convinced him to donate $500,000 to endow Central University in order to contribute to strengthening the ties which should exist between all sections of our common country. The endowment was increased to $1 million and would be only one of two philanthropic causes financially supported by Vanderbilt. Though he never expressed any desire that the university be named after himself, McTyeire, Vanderbilt died in 1877 without seeing the school named after him. One of the trustees, Hezekiah William Foote, was a Confederate veteran. The Treasurer of the Board of Trust from 1872 to 1875, Alexander Little Page Green, whose portrait hangs in Kirkland Hall, was a Methodist preacher and a former slave owner. His son-in-law, Robert A. Young, was a Methodist minister who served as the Financial Secretary on the Board of Trust from 1874 to 1882, retiring from the board in 1902. The first building, Main Building, later known as Kirkland Hall, was designed by William Crawford Smith, in the fall of 1875, about 200 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, and in October the university was dedicated. Bishop McTyeire was named Chairman of the Board of Trust for life by Vanderbilt as a stipulation of his endowment, McTyeire named Landon Garland, his mentor from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and then-Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, as chancellor. Garland shaped the structure and hired the schools faculty, many of whom were renowned scholars in their respective fields. However, most of this faculty left after disputes with Bishop McTyeire, when the first fraternity chapter, Phi Delta Theta, was established on campus in 1876, it was shut down by the faculty, only to be reestablished as a secret society in 1877. Meanwhile, Old Gym, designed by Dutch-born architect Peter J. Williamson, was built in 1879–1880, by 1883, the Board of Trust passed a resolution allowing fraternities on campus, and more chapters were established in 1884. During the first 40 years, the Board of Trust, and therefore the university, was under the control of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, conflicts escalated after James H. Kirkland was appointed chancellor in 1893
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Princeton Tigers
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The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams of Princeton University. The school sponsors 31 varsity sports, the school has won several NCAA national championships, including one in mens fencing, six in mens lacrosse, three in womens lacrosse, and eight in mens golf. Princetons mens and womens crews have won numerous national rowing championships. The field hockey team made history in 2012 as the first Ivy League team to win the Division I NCAA Championship in field hockey and it is nicknamed the perennial giant killer, a nickname that it acquired during Pete Carrils coaching career from 1967–1996. Its most notable upset was the 1996 defeat of defending NCAA champion UCLA in the opening round. In 1989, the team almost became the only #16 seed to win, losing to Georgetown 50-49, during that 29-year span, Pete Carril won thirteen Ivy League championships and received eleven NCAA berths and two NIT bids. Princeton placed third in the 1965 NCAA Tournament and won the NIT championship in 1975, the deliberate Princeton offense is a legacy of his coaching career. It is employed by a number of collegiate basketball teams. From 1992–2001, a span, the mens basketball team entered the NCAA tournament four times. Notably, the Ivy League has never had an entry in the NCAA tournament. Princeton tied the record for fewest points in a Division I game since the 3-point line started in 1986–87 when they scored 21 points in a loss against Monmouth University on December 14,2005. The 1924–25 team was named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Princetons Varsity Womens basketball program is the strongest in the Ivy League, courtney Banghart, a Dartmouth graduate, is entering her tenth season as the Tigers highly esteemed head coach. The football team has competed since 1869 and played in the first game against Rutgers University and they have won 24 national championships when the school competed in what is now known as the FBS. Twenty-one former players have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the game, between Rutgers College and the College of New Jersey, took place on November 6,1869 at College Field in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers won by a score of six runs to Princetons four, the 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton is notable because it is the first documented game of any sport called football between two American colleges. It is also noteworthy because it occurred two years before a codified rugby game would be played in England, the Princeton/Rutgers game was significantly different from American rules football today but, nonetheless, it was the first inter-collegiate football contest in the United States. Another similar game took place between Rutgers and Columbia University in 1870 and a notable game took place between Tufts University and Harvard University in 1875
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1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
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The 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team representing Vanderbilt University during the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was Dan McGugins 17th season as coach, and Wallace Wades first season as assistant coach. Vanderbilt outscored its opponents 161–21 for a record of 7–0–1 and a share of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship, the teams leading scorer was halfback Rupert Smith and its captain was Pink Wade, father of future Vanderbilt star Bill Wade. The Commodores played their games at Dudley Field. The season included the first of a series with the Texas Longhorns at the Texas State Fair. It also featured the first time the Kentucky Wildcats were able to score on the Commodores, Vanderbilt tied the Georgia Bulldogs on an onside kick to win a share of the conference title. Vanderbilt was the undefeated contender, and selector Clyde Berryman retroactively awarded the Commodores a national championship. 1921 was Wallace Wades first year as a assistant coach for the Commodores. Wade had played guard on a Brown Bruins football team represented the East in the 1916 Rose Bowl. Before coming to Vanderbilt Wade coached at the Fitzgerald & Clarke School in Tullahoma, Tennessee, also moving from Fitzgerald & Clarke were Lynn Bomar, Hek Wakefield, Pos Elam, and Red Williams. Other Commodore players debuting on the team included Putty Overall and Rupe Smith, returning veterans included Neely, Frank Godchaux, Doc Kuhn, Tot McCullough, Pink Wade, Alvin Bell, Alf Sharpe, and Percy Conyers. Godchaux was the first player to follow in his fathers footsteps as a Vanderbilt football player, captain Pink Wade, father of future Vanderbilt quarterback Bill Wade, moved from fullback to guard. Tackle Tex Bradford had played for Texas Christian University for two years, after sitting out a year at Vanderbilt, he was eligible to play for the Commodores. According to sportswriter Ferguson Fuzzy Woodruff, While prospects seem fair to middling in most of the big southern colleges, Dan McGugin expects nothing of Vanderbilt this year. Dan has lost Berryhill, his only reliable backfield man, through the matrimonial route, coach Dan McGugin was elected to the Tennessee state senate, beginning his term in 1921. Vanderbilt opened the season at Old Dudley Field against the Middle Tennessee State Normal School of Murfreesboro, Normal was coached by Alfred B. Commodore touchdowns were scored by Tot McCullough, Thomas Ryan, Rupert Smith, Percy Conyers, two extra points were scored by Smith, and one by Bell. During the game, Vanderbilt began using substitutes, the Commodore, Vanderbilts yearbook, reported on the passing game, Practically the only thing of note was the aerial efficiency—Kuhn to Ryan and Kuhn to McCullough
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Frank Godchaux
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Frank Area Godchaux Jr. was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. Frank Area Godchaux Jr. was born on December 27,1901 in Abbeville, Louisiana to Frank Godchaux Sr. His father was a letterman and quarterback for the Commodores on the 1899 team, transferring from LSU in 1897, and once President of the Louisiana Rice Milling Company, Godchaux Hall at Vanderbilt University was named for his wife, Mary Ragland Godchaux. A Gothic building constructed in 1925 as a home for the School of Nursing, it now houses faculty and administrative offices, the Center for Nursing Research, and it was named for Mary Ragland in 1971. He was a member of the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion football and baseball teams, Godchaux was a prominent running back for Dan McGugins Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. On the 1921 football team Godchaux was its leading scorer behind Rupert Smith. Godchaux was the first son to follow in his fathers footsteps as a Vanderbilt football player, on the 1921 baseball team, Frank Jr. was a catcher. Detailed and extensive document of the farms of Frank A. Godchaux Jr
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Oliver Kuhn
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Oliver Wall Kuhn, nicknamed Doc Kuhn, was an American football, baseball and basketball player for the Vanderbilt University Commodores and later a prominent businessman of Tampa, Florida. As a college quarterback, Kuhn led Vanderbilt to three consecutive Southern titles in 1921,1922, and 1923 – the most-recent conference titles for Vanderbilt football. In 1922, Vanderbilt tied Michigan at the dedication of Dudley Field, during his senior year, Kuhn was the captain of Vanderbilts football and basketball teams and received the Porter Cup, awarded to Vanderbilts best all-around athlete. Kuhn played guard on the team and was a shortstop on the baseball team which won a 1921 conference championship. He was known as a hitter but a star defensive player and was selected All-Southern in 1921 and 1922. Kuhn moved to Tampa after graduation, where he helped start the program at the University of Tampa. Doc, who played old cat as a child, attended school at Cathedral High School. At MBA, he won two football titles, first in 1915 as a sub and then in 1917 as a starter. Kuhn lost just a game as MBAs starting quarterback. According to Kuhns draft registration, he worked for DuPont as an engineer in Jacksonville. He also spent time at Camp Taylor and he was also a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and chaired the Vanderbilt University dances. In a close game, and Alabamas first victory over the Commodores, Kuhn substituted for now-injured quarterback Latham and he also had a 60-yard kick return, and accumulated 94 yards in all. According to The Atlanta Constitution, Doc Kuhn, subbing for the injured Latham, was the brilliant star of the day, Kuhn was practically unstoppable by the Alabamians and, time after time, threatened to lead the team to victory. In a 7–7 tie game against Virginia the following week, starting quarterback Kuhn was cited as an offensive standout, the Commodores tied for the 1921 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football championship with an overall record of 7–0–1, Kuhn and Frank Godchaux took turns starting at quarterback. The season opened with a 34–0 victory against the Middle Tennessee State Normal School of Murfreesboro, the Commodore, Vanderbilts yearbook, described the lopsided win, Practically the only thing of note was the aerial efficiency—Kuhn to Ryan and Kuhn to McCullough. The 1921 Texas team was considered possibly the best in Longhorns history, dan McGugin invoked the late former Vanderbilt quarterback Irby Curry, who was killed in the war, before the game. According to Edwin Popes book, Footballs Greatest Coaches, The Texas game, sparked by McGugins unforgettable oratory, was the big one, and Vandy got out of the year without a loss. In the last scoring drive, Kuhn completed a pass to end Tot McCullough at the 8-yard line to put the ball in scoring position for Godchaux after an offside penalty, the next week Vanderbilt played the Tennessee Volunteers on a wet Old Dudley Field
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Tot McCullough
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Claude Royal Tot McCullough was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, McCullough was noted for his size, given epithets such as gigantic and Huge Tot McCullough. Tot was an end and tackle on Dan McGugins Vanderbilt Commodores football teams won two conferences titles in 1921 and 1922. He was selected All-Southern by Fuzzy Woodruff, McCullough was a starter for the scoreless tie with the Michigan Wolverines at the dedication of Dudley Field. Harry Kipke in recalling that game said I picked myself up very, very painfully from every blade of grass in the place. It seems to me I spent most of the flat of my back and if I saw McCullough, their big end, on the street tomorrow. He may have been the player to stop Kipke on the line by bracing against the goal post during the game. Walter Camp praised Tots run defense, McCullough was also on the receiving end of Vanderbilts only offensive play of note that day, a 20-odd yard pass from captain Jess Neely. McCullough was ruled ineligible for the 1923 football season and those who played for baseball in the South Georgia league, or any other unrecognized one, were disallowed from participating in varsity athletics in the Southern Conference. Tot had played with the Albany club, McCullough was a first baseman and outfielder for the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, including a 1921 SIAA championship. Vanderbilts yearbook The Commodore states that in a 1921 game against Southwestern Presbyterian University, the Tennessean recalls the event, Neely singled as did Kuhn, Neil fanned but Thomas got his third straight hit and both tallied. Big Tot got hit by a ball and Smith was safe on a fielders choice with one out. Tyner slammed one to center which Jetty juggled and everybody advanced a pair of sacks, ryan was safe on another error and two runs came over. Neely beat out his second hit of the inning and Kuhn walked, Thomas was safe on an error and Big Tot McCullough picked one over the right field fence, clearing the sacks--but oh, whats the use
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Jess Neely
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Jess Claiborne Neely was an American football player and a baseball and football coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971, Neely was also the head baseball coach at the University of Alabama, at Clemson and at Rice, tallying a career college baseball mark of 109–108–5. Neely was born on January 4,1898 in Smyrna, Tennessee to William Daniel Neely, Sr. and his father died of sunstroke in 1900. His brother, Bill Neely, Jr. was a captain, Jess attended Branham and Hughes Military Academy. Miles had done a good job in mentally preparing his team for the game. He climaxed the pre-game, locker-room exhortation with a call for courage. Neely was greatly affected by the words of his coach for he leaped to his feet and, roaring like an angry bull and he misjudged the extremely low entrance, and his head received the full impact of the strip of wall above the doorway. He was revived shortly before the kickoff, but he never knew where he was. That team included Preston Vaughn Overall and Rupert Smith, who rejoined Neely on the 1921 Vanderbilt team, Neely played football at Vanderbilt University from 1920 to 1922 under head coach Dan McGugin. He was captain and halfback of the undefeated 1922 team, Neely belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Although the Commodores expected a game against the university rivals. All three Commodore touchdowns came from passes by Neely to Gink Hendrick, Neelys long first-quarter pass hit Hendrick, who ran 25 yards for the touchdown. In the second quarter Hendrick ran to the 4-yard line on a pass from Neely, Hendrick caught another 30-yard touchdown pass from Neely in the fourth quarter. Two weeks later the Commodores lost 56–6 to one of Auburns greatest teams, the Commodores had only one first down, and never moved the ball beyond their 40-yard line. Neely was one of Vanderbilts few stars, blocking well and passing Vanderbilts only touchdown to Hendrick in the end zone, in a thriller from the start, the Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Vanderbilt for the first time on November 6,1920 by a score of 14–7. A forward pass from Doc Kuhn to Neely gave the Commodores their sole touchdown, early in the game, Vanderbilt mounted a swift offense, with Neely throwing Hendrick a touchdown pass. That season, Vanderbilt opponents gained less on punt returns than they did against any team in the South because of coverage by Percy Conyers. In the second week of the 1921 season the Commodores shut out the Mercer Baptists, Neely helped score one of four second-quarter touchdowns with a 55-yard pass to end Tot McCullough, and had a 25-yard punt return in the second half
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Thomas Ryan (American football)
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Thomas Francis Tom Ryan was a college football player. The Commodores upset the Texas Longhorns 20–0, wade returned the interception for 65 yards and the first touchdown of the game. In the effective Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship game, Vanderbilt tied the favored Georgia Bulldogs in the quarter using a trick onside punt kicked by Ryan. Rupert Smith sneaked in behind Ryan, and rushed to recover the 25-yard onside kick. Smith jumped up to get the ball off the bounce among a hoard of Bulldogs, after they had let it bounce, including the arms of the Bulldogs Hartley. Vanderbilt therefore tied for a conference title, Ryan was on Walter Camps list of all players worthy of mention. Ryan did not return for the 1922 season, preferring to stay an adjunct of the oil industry in Tampico, Mexico, the schools last football conference title to date came in 1923. In the 3–0 loss to national champion Michigan, Ryan had a fine game, Vanderbilt beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta for the first time since 1906 on a Hek Wakefield drop kick. The punting battle between Doug Wycoff and Ryan was one of the few noted features of the game, the first touchdown drive of the 16–0 win over Minnesota ended when Ryan broke through a hole created by Bob Rives, finishing a 63-yard march. Ryan was selected All-Southern by his teammates
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Southwestern Presbyterian University
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Rhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee. Formerly affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, Rhodes is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and enrolls approximately 2,000 students. Rhodes College was founded in 1848 in Clarksville, Tennessee as the Masonic University of Tennessee, under Stewarts leadership in 1855, control of the college passed to the Presbyterian Church. In 1875, the added an undergraduate School of Theology. The School of Theology operated until 1917, in 1925, president Charles Diehl led the move to the present campus in Memphis, Tennessee. The college shortened its name to Southwestern, in 1945, the college adopted the name Southwestern at Memphis, to distinguish itself from other colleges and universities containing the name Southwestern. Finally, in 1984, the name was changed to the current Rhodes College to honor former college president. Since 1984, Rhodes has grown from a recognized institution to a nationally ranked liberal arts college. As enrollment has increased over the past 20 years, so has the proportion of students from outside Tennessee, in 2016 the Princeton Review named Rhodes College the #1 most beautiful college campus in America. Dr. James Daughdrill served as president for over a quarter century and his successor is Dr. William E. Troutt, the 19th president of the college. The academic environment at Rhodes centers around small classes and an emphasis on student research, students are encouraged to participate in off-campus activities and service learning. They are also given the opportunity to participate in a variety of research-based programs, about one third of Rhodes students go on to graduate or professional school. The acceptance rates of Rhodes alumni to law and business schools are around 95%, Rhodes is featured in Loren Popes Colleges That Change Lives and on the cover of the 2008 Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges. U. S. News & World Report consistently ranks Rhodes among the nations liberal arts colleges. The campus covers a 100-acre tract in Midtown, Memphis across from Overton Park, often cited for its beauty, the campus design is notable for its stone Gothic architecture buildings, thirteen of which are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1981 a narrowly divided U. S, later buildings were designed by H. Clinton Parrent, a young associate of Hibbs who was present from the beginning. Parrents buildings include the Catherine Burrow Refectory, which was an expansion of Hibbs original dining hall, Parrent also added Halliburton Tower to Palmer Hall. The 140-foot bell tower was named in honor of explorer Richard Halliburton, library holds a collection of Halliburtons papers
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Run (baseball)
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A player may score by hitting a home run or by any combination of plays that puts him safely on base as a runner and subsequently brings him home. The object of the game is for a team to score more runs than its opponent. But if the out is not a force out, but a tag out, then if that other baserunner crosses home plate before that tag out is made. Example 1, With a runner on third and two outs, batter hits a ball to the second baseman. The runner on third races home, the second baseman fields the ball and throws on to the first baseman in time to get the batter on the force out at first for the third out of the inning. Even if the runner on third had touched home plate before that force out was made at first, example 2, With a runner on third and two outs, batter hits a fly ball over centerfielders head. It bounces several times as it rolls to the wall, the runner on third runs safely home and easily scores a run. Meanwhile, the batter reaches first, then tries to advance to second. The centerfielder, having retrieved the ball, throws the ball to the second baseman, since the runner stepped on home plate before the batter was tagged out at second for the third out of the inning, his run will count. In baseball statistics, a player who advances around all the bases to score is credited with a run, while runs scored is considered an important individual batting statistic, it is regarded as less significant than runs batted in. Both individual runs scored and runs batted in are heavily context-dependent, for a more sophisticated assessment of a contribution toward producing runs for his team. If the inning is reconstructed without the error, and if that third batter, instead of reaching on an error, registered an out, thus, the two runs that did score will be classified as unearned, and will not count in the pitchers personal statistics. Be advised though that unearned runs are a statistical animal only, all runs count the same in the score, whether they are earned or unearned. The career record for most runs scored by a player is 2,295. The season record for most runs scored is 198, set by Billy Hamilton of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894, the so-called modern-day record is 177, achieved by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in 1921. The record for most seasons leading one of the leagues in runs scored is 8. The record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored is 18, shared by the Yankees Red Rolfe and the Cleveland Indians Kenny Lofton. The record for most runs scored by a player in a game is 7
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Out (baseball)
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In baseball, an out occurs when the umpire rules a batter or baserunner out. When three outs are recorded in an inning, a half of the inning, or their turn at batting. To signal an out, an umpire makes a fist with one hand. Home plate umpires often use a motion to signal a called third strike. The most common ways batters or runners are put out are by strikeouts, fly outs, tag outs, the ball is dead and no runner may score, nor runners advance, except runners forced to advance. In baseball statistics, each out must be credited to exactly one defensive player, when referring to outs credited to a defensive player, the term putout is used. Example, a batter hits a ball which is fielded by the shortstop. The shortstop then throws the ball to the first baseman, the first baseman then steps on first base before the batter reaches it. For this play, only the first baseman is credited with a putout, for a strikeout, the catcher is credited with a putout, because the batter is not out until the pitched ball is caught by the catcher. When an out is recorded without a direct involvement, such as where a runner is hit by a batted ball. Although pitchers seldom get credited with putouts, they are credited with their role in getting outs through various pitching statistics such as innings pitched and strikeouts. Safe Tie goes to the runner Official rules for batters, including when the batter is out Official rules for runners, including when the runner is out
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The Tennessean
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The Tennessean is the principal daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky, in March 2013, The Tennesseans circulation was reported as 100,825 daily,102,855 and 227,626. In contrast, as of November 2,2005, the reported daily circulation of 177,714, Saturday circulation of 199,489. Its circulation area overlaps those of the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle and The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, the company publishes several specialty publications, including Nashville Lifestyles magazine. The papers primary print competitors are the weekly Nashville Scene and the Nashville Business Journal, in 2004 Gannett announced the acquisition of the Franklin Review-Appeal, and The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro from Morris Multimedia. The Review-Appeal became a supplement of The Tennessean, while the Daily News Journal continued to operate as an independent newspaper, the paper maintains two Goss Colorliner presses. In 2002, the completed installation of a MAN Roland UNISET press. The iconic John Seigenthaler joined The Tennessean in 1949, resigning in 1960 to act as Robert F. Kennedys administrative assistant and he rejoined The Tennessean as editor in 1962, publisher in 1973, and chairman in 1982 before retiring as chairman emeritus in 1991. Ellen Leifeld was named as publisher in September 2005, succeeding Leslie Giallombardo, carol Hudler was named publisher in 2009 when Leifeld retired. Hudler was replaced by Laura Hollingsworth, who was named president, Frank Sutherland served as editor of the newspaper from 1989-2004. He began his career as a reporter at the paper in the 1960s. He announced his retirement in September 2004 and he was briefly succeeded by Everett J. Mitchell II, the former managing editor of the Detroit News, who was the first African American to be editor of The Tennessean. In September 2006, Mark Silverman was announced as editor and he was replaced by Maria De Varenne in 2011, who held the executive editor post until February 2014. At that time, Stefanie Murray was named president for content and engagement. She was previously an assistant managing editor at the Detroit Free Press, the Tennessean, Nashvilles primary daily newspaper, traces its roots back to the Nashville Whig, a weekly paper that began publication on September 1,1812. The paper underwent various mergers and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, the first issue of the Nashville Tennessean was printed on Sunday May 12,1907. The paper was founded by Col. Luke Lea, a 28-year-old attorney, in 1910, the publishers purchased a controlling interest in the Nashville American. They began publishing an edition known as The Tennessean American, when the American formally folded in 1911, some of its employees banded together to found the Nashville Democrat
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Scotty Neill
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Francis Kennedy Scotty Neill was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He won the Bachelor of Ugliness in 1922, Vanderbilts highest honor for a male undergraduate, Neill was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, and graduated with an M. D. in 1925. Neill was born on November 17,1895 in Birmingham, Alabama to Peter Neill, Neill was a member of the 1921 SIAA champion Vanderbilt baseball team. Neill often batted cleanup in his time with the Commodores, referred to as the Babe Ruth of the SIAA, Neill led the team in home runs with 13. Vanderbilts yearbook The Commodore states that in a 1921 game against Southwestern Presbyterian University, the Tennessean recalls the event, Neely singled as did Kuhn, Neil fanned but Thomas got his third straight hit and both tallied. Big Tot got hit by a ball and Smith was safe on a fielders choice with one out. Tyner slammed one to center which Jetty juggled and everybody advanced a pair of sacks, ryan was safe on another error and two runs came over. Neely beat out his second hit of the inning and Kuhn walked, Thomas was safe on an error and Big Tot McCullough picked one over the right field fence, clearing the sacks--but oh, whats the use. In the game against Camp Benning, Neill netted a home run with a fly ball to left field, Neill was ruled ineligible for baseball in 1922. Scotty Neill had fine punts, of 45 to 60 yards, in the second a game, a 33 to 0 victory over Henderson-Brown, the final score came late in the fourth quarter. Guard Garland Morrow broke through the line and jumped to block a punt, the next week saw the scoreless tie with the Michigan Wolverines at the dedication of Dudley Field, for which Neill was a starter. His punting matching that of the famed Harry Kipke, with an average of some 42 yards per punt, was cited as a key feature of the contest, Vanderbilt beat Texas the next week 20–10. He had punts of 60 and 55 yards that game, Neill had a penalty for slugging that game, for which he would have been ejected had Texas captain and center Swede Swenson not protested to keep Neill in the game. In the next game, a 14–6 win over Tennessee, Neill out-punted the Volunteers on nearly every occasion
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Strike out
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In baseball or softball, a strikeout occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out, a strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. Although a strikeout suggests that the pitcher dominated the batter, the style that generates home runs also leaves batters susceptible to striking out. Some of the greatest home run hitters of all time — such as Alex Rodriguez, Gorman Thomas, Reggie Jackson, and Sammy Sosa — were notorious for striking out. A pitched ball is ruled a ball by the if the batter did not swing at it and, in that umpires judgment. Any pitch at which the batter swings or, that in that umpires judgment passes through the zone, is ruled a strike. Each ball and strike affects the count, which is incremented for each pitched ball with the exception of a ball on any count with two strikes. That is, a strike may only occur by the batter swinging and missing at a pitched ball. A pitched ball that is struck by the batter with the bat on any count, a batter may also strike out by bunting, even if the ball is hit into foul territory. In Japan, this is called furinige, or swing and escape, in Major League Baseball, it is known as an uncaught third strike. When this happens, a strikeout is recorded for both the pitcher and the batter, but no out is recorded, because of this, a pitcher may occasionally be able to record more than three strikeouts in one half-inning. In baseball scorekeeping, a strikeout is recorded as a K. A strikeout looking is often scored with a backward K, and sometimes as a K-L, CK, despite the scorekeeping custom of using K for strikeout, SO is the official abbreviation used by Major League Baseball. K is still used by fans and enthusiasts for purposes other than official record-keeping. The K may be placed backward in cases where the batter strikes out looking, the use of K for a strikeout was invented by Henry Chadwick, a newspaper journalist who is widely credited as the originator of the box score and the baseball scorecard. As is true in much of baseball, both the box score and scorecard remain largely unchanged to this day, Chadwick decided to use K, the last letter in struck, since the letter S was used for sacrifice. Chadwick was responsible for several other scorekeeping conventions, including the use of numbers to designate player positions and those unaware of Chadwicks contributions have speculated that K was derived from the last name of 19th century pitcher Matt Kilroy. If not for the evidence supporting Chadwicks earlier use of K, Kilroy raised the prominence of the strikeout, setting an all-time single-season record of 513 strikeouts in 1886, only two years after overhand pitching was permitted
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Hit by pitch
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In baseball, hit by pitch is a situation in which a batter or his clothing or equipment is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher, the batter is called a hit batsman. A hit batsman is awarded first base, provided that he made an honest effort to avoid the pitch, being hit by a pitch is often caused by a batter standing too close to, or crowding, home plate. If all these conditions are met, the ball is dead, rule 5.09 further clarifies that a hit by pitch is also called when a pitch touches a batters clothing. In the case where a batter swings and the pitch hits him anyway, the ball is dead and a strike is called. If the batter does not attempt to avoid the pitch, he is not awarded first base, and the pitch is ruled either a strike if in the strike zone or a ball if out of the strike zone. A famous instance of a non-hit by pitch was on May 31,1968, umpire Harry Wendelstedt ruled that Dietz made no effort to avoid the pitch, Dietz proceeded to fly out, and Drysdales scoreless streak continued to a then-record 58 2⁄3 innings. A hit-by-pitch can also be called on a pitch that has first touched the ground before hitting the batter. Such a bouncing pitch is like any other, and if a batter is hit by such a pitch, a batter hit by a pitch with the bases loaded is also credited with an RBI per MLB rule 10.04. A pitch ruled a hit by pitch is recorded as a ball in the pitch count, since by definition the ball must be outside the strike zone. The rule awarding first base to a hit by a pitch was instituted in 1887. Headhunter is a term for pitchers who have a reputation for throwing these kinds of pitches. However, throwing at a batter intentionally is illegal, and can be very dangerous, when an umpire suspects that a pitcher has thrown at a batter intentionally, but is not certain, a warning is issued to the pitcher and the managers of both teams. From that point on, any pitch thrown at a batter can cause the pitcher, serious offenses such as a ball thrown at the head can result in the immediate ejection of the pitcher, and the manager if he ordered the beanball, even without a warning. If the umpire is certain that the pitcher intentionally hit the batter with the pitch, managers may also order a pitcher to throw such a pitch. These pitches are often aimed at the back and slower than normal. The opposing team hits a batter in retaliation for this act. Such plunking duels are more common in the American League than in the National League, because in the NL the pitchers must bat for themselves and open themselves up to direct retaliation. The all-time record for a player being hit by a pitch is held by Hughie Jennings, the modern-day record is held by Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros, who had 285 as of the end of the 2007 season when he retired
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Right fielder
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A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate, in the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9. Outfielders must cover large distances, so speed, instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key. They must be able to fly balls above their head and on the run. Being situated 250–300 feet from home plate, they must be able to throw the ball accurately over a distance to be effective. Of all outfield positions, the right fielder often has the strongest arm, the right fielder backs up second base on any ball thrown from the left side of the field, i. e. shortstop, third base, or foul line territory. The right fielder backs up first base when the first baseman is in a run down between 3rd base and home, right field has developed a reputation in Little League as being a position where less talented players can be hidden without damaging a teams defense in any significant way. Additionally, since most batters are right-handed, the fielder will have far more opportunities to make a play than the right fielder. Lucy van Pelt Evelyn Gardner Baseball Hall of Fame Gold Glove Award Outfielder
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Baseball field
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A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term is used as a metonym for baseball park.5 inches. Adjacent to each of the two parallel 8. 5-inch sides is a batters box, the point of home plate where the two 12-inch sides meet at right angles is at one corner of a ninety-foot square. The other three corners of the square, in order from home plate, are called first base, second base. Three canvas bags fifteen inches square mark the three bases and these three bags along with home plate form the four points at the corners of the infield. All the bases, including home plate, lie entirely within fair territory, thus, any batted ball that touches those bases must necessarily be in fair territory. Thus, although the points of the bases are 90 feet apart, the lines from home plate to first and third bases extend to the nearest fence, stand or other obstruction and are called the foul lines. The portion of the field between the foul lines is fair territory, the rest is foul territory. The area in the vicinity of the square formed by the bases is called the infield, most baseball fields are enclosed with a fence that marks the outer edge of the outfield. The fence is set at a distance ranging from 300 to 420 feet from home plate. Most professional and college baseball fields have a right and left foul pole and these poles are at the intersection of the foul lines and the respective ends of the outfield fence and, unless otherwise specified within the ground rules, lie in fair territory. Thus, a ball that passes over the outfield wall in flight and touches the foul pole is a fair ball. First base is the first of four bases that must be touched by a player on the team in order to score a run. Unlike when a player reaches second or third base, it is permissible for a batter-runner to overrun first base without being in jeopardy of being put out. After contact is made with the base, the batter-runner may slow down and return to first base at his leisure, the runner cannot be tagged out if he is touching the base with any part of his body. The first baseman is the player responsible for the area near first base. A professional first baseman is often a slow runner and tall, a tall first baseman presents a large target to which other fielders can throw, and his height gives him a larger range in reaching and catching errant throws. Also, a right-handed first baseman must, when setting himself up to receive a throw from an infielder, execute a half-pivot near the base, there are three infield positions that can only effectively be occupied by right-handed players, 2nd base, 3rd base, and shortstop
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Safe (baseball)
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In baseball, a baserunner is safe when he reaches a base without being put out by various ways. While a runner is touching a base, he is not in jeopardy of being put out. The runner is in jeopardy once again, negating this safety, when he ceases touching the base, by the rules, a runner is safe when he is entitled to the base he is trying for. Umpires will signal that a runner is safe by extending their elbows to their sides, for emphasis, an umpire may fully cross and extend his arms several times to indicate safe. Verbally, the umpire will usually simply say safe, if a close play occurs that may have appeared to be a putout, the umpire will also call a reason for the safe call, such as he dropped the ball or he missed the tag
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Error (baseball)
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The term error can also refer to the play during which an error was committed. In that case, the play will be scored both as a hit and an error. Similarly, a batter does not receive credit for a run batted in when runs score on an error, passed balls and wild pitches are separate statistical categories and are not scored as errors. There is a loophole in the rules on errors for catchers. There is therefore a no fault condition for the attempting to prevent a steal. However, when considering that the majority of stolen base attempts are successful, if the runner takes an additional base due to the wild throw, an error is charged for that advance. However, if the catchers glove is hit by the bat, it is counted as a catchers interference, traditionally, the number of errors was a statistic used to quantify the skill of a fielder. However, fans and analysts have questioned the usefulness and significance of errors as a metric for fielding skill, notably, mental misjudgments, such as failure to cover a base or attempting a force out when such a play is not available, are not considered errors. A more subtle, though more significant objection to the error, in order for a fielder to be charged with an error, he must have done something right by being in the correct place to be able to attempt the play. A poor fielder may avoid many errors simply by being unable to reach batted or thrown balls that a fielder could successfully reach. Thus, it is possible that a poor fielder will have fewer errors than any fielder with higher expectancies, however, this still leaves statistics, such as fielding percentage, that are based on errors as a way to compare the defensive abilities of players. Errors also hold significance in calculating the earned run average of a pitcher, runs scored due to an error are unearned, and do not count toward a pitchers ERA. In Major League Baseball, Herman Long holds the Major League records with 1096 errors in his career between 1889 and 1904, bill Dahlen, Deacon White and Germany Smith are the only other players to make 1,000 errors during their MLB careers. All of these players played at least one season before 1900, the 20th century record is held by Rabbit Maranville with 711 errors. Among active players, Adrián Beltré leads with 275 errors over 2475 career games as of June 14,2015, the major league record for errors by a pitcher in a career is held by Hippo Vaughn, with 64 errors. That also is the National League record, the American career mark is held by Ed Walsh. The most errors made by a pitcher in a season is 28 by Jim Whitney, the American League record of 15 is held by three pitchers, Jack Chesbro, Rube Waddell, and Ed Walsh. The record for most errors made by a pitcher in one inning is three, first set by Cy Seymour in 1898, the record was tied by Tommy John in 1988, Jaime Navarro in 1996 and Mike Sirotka in 1999
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Base on balls
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The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseballs Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08. The term base on balls distinguishes a walk from the manners in which a batter can be awarded first base without liability to be put out. An important difference is that for a hit batter or catchers interference, the ball is dead and no one may advance unless forced, a batter who draws a base on balls is commonly said to have been walked by the pitcher. When the batter is walked, runners advance one base without liability to be put out only if forced to vacate their base to allow the batter to take first base.04. Receiving a base on balls does not count as a hit or an at bat for a batter but does count as a time on base, therefore, a base on balls does not affect a players batting average, but it can increase his on-base percentage. A hit by pitch is not counted statistically as a walk, though the effect is mostly the same, one exception is that on a HBP, the ball is dead. On a HBP, any runners attempting to steal on the play must return to their original base unless forced to the next base anyway. When a walk occurs, the ball is live, any runner not forced to advance may nevertheless attempt to advance at his own risk. Also, because a ball is live when a base on balls occurs, runners on base forced to advance one base may attempt to advance one base. The batter-runner himself may attempt to advance beyond first base, at his own risk, rule 6.08 addresses this matter as well. An attempt to advance an additional base beyond the base awarded might occur when ball four is a ball or a wild pitch. In 1880, the National League changed the rules so that eight balls instead of nine were required for a walk, in 1884, the National League changed the rules so that six balls were required for a walk. In 1887, the National League and American Association agreed to abide by some uniform rule changes, in 1889, the National League and the American Association decreased the number of balls required for a walk to four. In 2017, Major League Baseball approved a change allowing for a batter to be walked intentionally by having the defending bench signal to the Umpire. The move was met some controversy. A subset of the base on balls, a base on balls or intentional walk is when the pitcher deliberately pitches the ball away from the batter in order to issue a base on balls. As with any other walk, an intentional walk entitles the batter to first base without liability to be put out, intentional walks are a strategic defensive maneuver, commonly done to bypass one hitter for one the defensive team believes is less likely to initiate a run-scoring play. Teams also commonly use intentional walks to set up a play or force out situation for the next batter
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Kentucky
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Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U. S. states constituted as a commonwealth, originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States, Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass State, a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many of its pastures due to the fertile soil. One of the regions in Kentucky is the Bluegrass Region in central Kentucky. In 1776, the counties of Virginia beyond the Appalachian Mountains became known as Kentucky County, the precise etymology of the name is uncertain, but likely based on an Iroquoian name meaning the meadow or the prairie. Kentucky is situated in the Upland South, a significant portion of eastern Kentucky is part of Appalachia. Kentucky borders seven states, from the Midwest and the Southeast, West Virginia lies to the east, Virginia to the southeast, Tennessee to the south, Missouri to the west, Illinois and Indiana to the northwest, and Ohio to the north and northeast. Only Missouri and Tennessee, both of which border eight states, touch more, Kentuckys northern border is formed by the Ohio River and its western border by the Mississippi River. The official state borders are based on the courses of the rivers as they existed when Kentucky became a state in 1792, for instance, northbound travelers on U. S.41 from Henderson, after crossing the Ohio River, will be in Kentucky for about two miles. Ellis Park, a racetrack, is located in this small piece of Kentucky. Waterworks Road is part of the land border between Indiana and Kentucky. Kentucky has a part known as Kentucky Bend, at the far west corner of the state. It exists as an exclave surrounded completely by Missouri and Tennessee, Road access to this small part of Kentucky on the Mississippi River requires a trip through Tennessee. The epicenter of the powerful 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes was near this area, much of the outer Bluegrass is in the Eden Shale Hills area, made up of short, steep, and very narrow hills. The Jackson Purchase and western Pennyrile are home to several bald cypress/tupelo swamps, located within the southeastern interior portion of North America, Kentucky has a climate that can best be described as a humid subtropical climate. Temperatures in Kentucky usually range from daytime summer highs of 87 °F to the low of 23 °F. The average precipitation is 46 inches a year, Kentucky experiences four distinct seasons, with substantial variations in the severity of summer and winter. The highest recorded temperature was 114 °F at Greensburg on July 28,1930 while the lowest recorded temperature was −37 °F at Shelbyville on January 19,1994, due to its location, Kentucky has a moderate humid subtropical climate, with abundant rainfall
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West Virginia
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West Virginia /ˌwɛst vərˈdʒɪnjə/ is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north, West Virginia is the 9th smallest by area, is ranked 38th in population, and has the second lowest household income of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston, West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20,1863, and was a key Civil War border state. The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States, the unique position of West Virginia means that it is often included in several geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the state that is entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant logging and coal mining industries and it is one of the most densely karstic areas in the world, making it a choice area for recreational caving and scientific research. The karst lands contribute to much of the states cool trout waters and it is also known for a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, and hunting. Many ancient man-made earthen mounds from various mound builder cultures survive, especially in the areas of Moundsville, South Charleston. The artifacts uncovered in these give evidence of village societies and they had a tribal trade system culture that crafted cold-worked copper pieces. The Iroquois drove out other American Indian tribes from the region to reserve the upper Ohio Valley as a ground in the 1670s. Siouan language tribes such as the Moneton had also recorded in the area previously. West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony from 1607 to 1776, residents of the western and northern counties set up a separate government under Francis Pierpont in 1861, which they called the restored government. Most voted to separate from Virginia and the new state was admitted to the Union in 1863, in 1864 a state constitutional convention drafted a constitution, which was ratified by the legislature without putting it to popular vote. West Virginia abolished slavery and temporarily disfranchised men who had held Confederate office or fought for the Confederacy, West Virginias history has been profoundly affected by its mountainous terrain, numerous and vast river valleys, and rich natural resources. These were all factors driving its economy and the lifestyles of its residents, a 2010 analysis of a local stalagmite revealed that Native Americans were burning forests to clear land as early as 100 BC. Some regional late-prehistoric Eastern Woodland tribes were involved in hunting and fishing, practicing the slash. Another group progressed to the more time-consuming, advanced companion crop fields method of gardening, also continuing from ancient indigenous people of the state, field space and time was given to tobacco growing through to early historic. Maize did not make a contribution to the diet until after 1150 BP
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Delaware
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Delaware is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic and/or Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, to the northeast by New Jersey, the state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginias first colonial governor. Delaware occupies the portion of the Delmarva Peninsula and is the second smallest, the sixth least populous. Delaware is divided into three counties, the lowest number of counties of any state, from north to south, the three counties are New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. While the southern two counties have historically been agricultural, New Castle County has been more industrialized. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present town of Lewes, Delaware was one of the 13 colonies participating in the American Revolution. On December 7,1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, the Delaware Indians, a name used by Europeans for Lenape people indigenous to the Delaware Valley, also derive their name from the same source. The surname de La Warr comes from Sussex and is of Anglo-Norman origin and it came probably from a Norman lieu-dit La Guerre. This toponymic could derive from the Latin word ager, from the Breton gwern or from the Late Latin varectum, the toponyms Gara, Gare, Gaire also appear in old texts cited by Lucien Musset, where the word gara means gore. It could also be linked with a patronymic from the Old Norse verr, Delaware is 96 miles long and ranges from 9 miles to 35 miles across, totaling 1,954 square miles, making it the second-smallest state in the United States after Rhode Island. Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania, to the east by the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean, small portions of Delaware are also situated on the eastern side of the Delaware River sharing land boundaries with New Jersey. The state of Delaware, together with the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland, the definition of the northern boundary of the state is unusual. Most of the boundary between Delaware and Pennsylvania was originally defined by an arc extending 12 miles from the cupola of the courthouse in the city of New Castle and this boundary is often referred to as the Twelve-Mile Circle. This is the only nominally circular state boundary in the United States, to the west, a portion of the arc extends past the easternmost edge of Maryland. The remaining western border runs slightly east of due south from its intersection with the arc, the Wedge of land between the northwest part of the arc and the Maryland border was claimed by both Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921, when Delawares claim was confirmed. Delaware is on a plain, with the lowest mean elevation of any state in the nation. Its highest elevation, located at Ebright Azimuth, near Concord High School, the northernmost part of the state is part of the Piedmont Plateau with hills and rolling surfaces
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania /ˌpɛnsᵻlˈveɪnjə/, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle, Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest, the 5th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The states five most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, the state capital, and its ninth-largest city, is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania has 140 miles of shoreline along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary. The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States, it came into being in 1681 as a result of a land grant to William Penn. Part of Pennsylvania, together with the present State of Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden and it was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 12,1787. Independence Hall, where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted, is located in the states largest city of Philadelphia, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, was fought in the south central region of the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia was General Washingtons headquarters during the winter of 1777–78. Pennsylvania is 170 miles north to south and 283 miles east to west, of a total 46,055 square miles,44,817 square miles are land,490 square miles are inland waters, and 749 square miles are waters in Lake Erie. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States, Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary. Cities include Philadelphia, Reading, Lebanon and Lancaster in the southeast, Pittsburgh in the southwest, the tri-cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, the northeast includes the former anthracite coal mining communities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston City, and Hazleton. Erie is located in the northwest, the state has 5 regions, namely the Allegheny Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and the Erie Plain. Straddling two major zones, the majority of the state, with the exception of the corner, has a humid continental climate. The largest city, Philadelphia, has characteristics of the humid subtropical climate that covers much of Delaware. Moving toward the interior of the state, the winter climate becomes colder, the number of cloudy days increase. Western areas of the state, particularly locations near Lake Erie, can receive over 100 inches of snowfall annually, the state may be subject to severe weather from spring through summer into fall. Tornadoes occur annually in the state, sometimes in large numbers, the Tuscarora Nation took up temporary residence in the central portion of Pennsylvania ca. Both the Dutch and the English claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their lands in America
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New Jersey
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New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state but the 11th-most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States. New Jersey lies entirely within the statistical areas of New York City. New Jersey was inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, in the early 17th century, the Dutch and the Swedes made the first European settlements. New Jersey was the site of decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century. In the 19th century, factories in cities such as Camden, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, around 180 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, New Jersey bordered North Africa. The pressure of the collision between North America and Africa gave rise to the Appalachian Mountains, around 18,000 years ago, the Ice Age resulted in glaciers that reached New Jersey. As the glaciers retreated, they left behind Lake Passaic, as well as rivers, swamps. New Jersey was originally settled by Native Americans, with the Lenni-Lenape being dominant at the time of contact, scheyichbi is the Lenape name for the land that is now New Jersey. The Lenape society was divided into clans that were based upon common female ancestors. These clans were organized into three distinct phratries identified by their animal sign, Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf and they first encountered the Dutch in the early 17th century, and their primary relationship with the Europeans was through fur trade. The Dutch became the first Europeans to lay claim to lands in New Jersey, the Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern Middle Atlantic states. Although the European principle of ownership was not recognized by the Lenape. The first to do so was Michiel Pauw who established a patronship called Pavonia in 1630 along the North River which eventually became the Bergen, peter Minuits purchase of lands along the Delaware River established the colony of New Sweden. During the English Civil War, the Channel Island of Jersey remained loyal to the British Crown and it was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that Charles II of England was proclaimed King in 1649, following the execution of his father, Charles I. The North American lands were divided by Charles II, who gave his brother, the Duke of York, the region between New England and Maryland as a proprietary colony. James then granted the land between the Hudson River and the Delaware River to two friends who had remained loyal through the English Civil War, Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton, the area was named the Province of New Jersey. Since the states inception, New Jersey has been characterized by ethnic, New England Congregationalists settled alongside Scots Presbyterians and Dutch Reformed migrants
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New York (state)
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New York is a state in the northeastern United States, and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U. S. state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. With an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015, New York City is the most populous city in the United States, the New York Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City makes up over 40% of the population of New York State, two-thirds of the states population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and nearly 40% lives on Long Island. Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th-century Duke of York, the next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany. New York has a diverse geography and these more mountainous regions are bisected by two major river valleys—the north-south Hudson River Valley and the east-west Mohawk River Valley, which forms the core of the Erie Canal. Western New York is considered part of the Great Lakes Region and straddles Lake Ontario, between the two lakes lies Niagara Falls. The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes, New York had been inhabited by tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans came to New York. The first Europeans to arrive were French colonists and Jesuit missionaries who arrived southward from settlements at Montreal for trade, the British annexed the colony from the Dutch in 1664. The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were similar to those of the present-day state, New York is home to the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the United States and its ideals of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. On April 17,1524 Verrazanno entered New York Bay, by way of the now called the Narrows into the northern bay which he named Santa Margherita. Verrazzano described it as a vast coastline with a delta in which every kind of ship could pass and he adds. This vast sheet of water swarmed with native boats and he landed on the tip of Manhattan and possibly on the furthest point of Long Island. Verrazannos stay was interrupted by a storm which pushed him north towards Marthas Vineyard, in 1540 French traders from New France built a chateau on Castle Island, within present-day Albany, due to flooding, it was abandoned the next year. In 1614, the Dutch under the command of Hendrick Corstiaensen, rebuilt the French chateau, Fort Nassau was the first Dutch settlement in North America, and was located along the Hudson River, also within present-day Albany. The small fort served as a trading post and warehouse, located on the Hudson River flood plain, the rudimentary fort was washed away by flooding in 1617, and abandoned for good after Fort Orange was built nearby in 1623. Henry Hudsons 1609 voyage marked the beginning of European involvement with the area, sailing for the Dutch East India Company and looking for a passage to Asia, he entered the Upper New York Bay on September 11 of that year
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Nashville Vols
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The Nashville Vols were a minor league baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963. Known only as the Nashville Baseball Club during their first seven seasons, they were named the Nashville Volunteers in 1908 for the states nickname. The Vols played their games at Sulphur Dell, originally known as Athletic Park. The Volunteers played as members of the Southern Association through 1961. They were classified as Class B, Class A, Class A1, the 1940 Vols were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time. The Nashville Baseball Club was formed as a member of the newly formed Class B Southern Association. The team did not receive their official moniker, the Nashville Volunteers, the team began the regular season in Chattanooga, sweeping the Chattanooga Lookouts in three games, before returning home to Athletic Park for the home opener. Over 2,000 people witnessed the 9–7 Nashville loss, by July 4, they were in second place, one game behind the Little Rock Travelers. By mid-August, Nashville had moved into first, leading the Memphis Egyptians by two games, teams throughout the circuit expressed dissatisfaction with the leagues umpires. After a number of games were protested and teams records adjusted, the team repeated their success in 1902 by once again being declared league champions. The Nashville Clubs final record was 82–42, six-and-a-half games ahead of Little Rock, from 1903 to 1907, the Nashville club was unable to muster anything better than a fifth-place finish. 1904 was their winning season and by 1907 the team was in last place. In 1908, Nashville Tennessean sports writer Grantland Rice held a contest to name the team, the public was invited to mail in votes for one of three team names, the Limerocks, the Rocks, and the Volunteers. The winner and new team name was the Volunteers, though this was often shortened to Vols. Rice also gave Nashvilles Athletic Park a new name, Sulphur Dell, the newly named Volunteers also became a farm team of the American Leagues Cleveland Indians in 1908. Nashvilles John Duggan pitched a no-hitter on September 10, against Little Rock, Nashville won, the club, under manager Bill Bernhard, entered the final day of that season with an opportunity to win the league pennant. The championship was to be decided by the last game of the season between the Vols and the New Orleans Pelicans at Sulphur Dell, both teams had the same number of losses, but the Pelicans were in first place with 76 wins to the Vols second-place 74. A crowd of 11,000 spectators witnessed Vols pitcher Carl Sitton hurl a three-hit, 1–0 shutout, Rice called it the greatest game ever played in Dixie
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Ole Miss Rebels baseball
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The Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represents the University of Mississippi in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference and they are currently coached by head coach Mike Bianco and assistant coaches Carl Lafferty, Mike Clement, and Stephen Head. They are currently the second most populated team in the nation – an achievement reached by keeping extra utility players on the roster and they play home games at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. Ole Miss has played in the College World Series five times, the University of Mississippi has games recorded as early as 1893. What is commonly referred to as the era is considered to have started in 1947. Twenty different coaches have led the Ole Miss baseball team, Mike Bianco became the latest Ole Miss Rebels baseball head coach in June 2000. In 1977 the Rebels won the inaugural Southeastern Conference tournament championship and they won the tournament again in 2006. They have captured three Southeastern Conference Western Division titles, the last in 2014, the Rebels club have won seven Southeastern Conference championships and have made the NCAA Tournament nineteen times. They have also advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska five times, the first Ole Miss baseball game on record is a 6–3 loss to Mississippi A&M in Starkville, Mississippi during 1893. On the eve of World War I the Rebel baseball team was helmed by future New York Yankee and he compiled a record of 13–9 as skipper of the Rebels and earned the nickname The Old Perfessor. The Rebels went 0–2 in the SEC tournament, the Rebels were selected to host a regional in Oxford where they defeated Missouri and Western Kentucky, advancing them to the super regional, which they were also selected to host. The Rebels fell to Virginia in the regional to end their season. The Rebels surprised critics in 2014 by capturing the SEC West title, nine players from the 2014 roster were drafted by Major League teams, the most of any team in the nation. Ole Miss went 3–0 in regional play with a win over Jacksonville St. the team traveled to Lafayette, Louisiana to face the #1 ranked Ragin Cajuns in Super Regional action. Despite losing the first game, the Rebels rallied to win games 2 and 3, the first game held there was against Cumberland University on February 19,1989 in which the Rebels took a doubleheader sweep. In the first 25 editions, the game has drawn an average of 4,887 fans per game, the Mayors Trophy series ended after the 2006 match-up and was replaced by The Governors Cup. That win gave Ole Miss the lead for the first and final time in the Mayor’s Trophy all-time series,2007 – In the inaugural game on April 17,2007, No.15 MSU beat No.19 Ole Miss 14–9. 2008 – MSU beat No.16 Ole Miss 6–5 before a Governors Cup-record 7,862 fans,2009 – No.17 Ole Miss took their first Governors Cup on April 14,2009 with an 8–1 before a crowd of 7,458
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Rhodes College
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Rhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee. Formerly affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, Rhodes is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and enrolls approximately 2,000 students. Rhodes College was founded in 1848 in Clarksville, Tennessee as the Masonic University of Tennessee, under Stewarts leadership in 1855, control of the college passed to the Presbyterian Church. In 1875, the added an undergraduate School of Theology. The School of Theology operated until 1917, in 1925, president Charles Diehl led the move to the present campus in Memphis, Tennessee. The college shortened its name to Southwestern, in 1945, the college adopted the name Southwestern at Memphis, to distinguish itself from other colleges and universities containing the name Southwestern. Finally, in 1984, the name was changed to the current Rhodes College to honor former college president. Since 1984, Rhodes has grown from a recognized institution to a nationally ranked liberal arts college. As enrollment has increased over the past 20 years, so has the proportion of students from outside Tennessee, in 2016 the Princeton Review named Rhodes College the #1 most beautiful college campus in America. Dr. James Daughdrill served as president for over a quarter century and his successor is Dr. William E. Troutt, the 19th president of the college. The academic environment at Rhodes centers around small classes and an emphasis on student research, students are encouraged to participate in off-campus activities and service learning. They are also given the opportunity to participate in a variety of research-based programs, about one third of Rhodes students go on to graduate or professional school. The acceptance rates of Rhodes alumni to law and business schools are around 95%, Rhodes is featured in Loren Popes Colleges That Change Lives and on the cover of the 2008 Princeton Review Complete Book of Colleges. U. S. News & World Report consistently ranks Rhodes among the nations liberal arts colleges. The campus covers a 100-acre tract in Midtown, Memphis across from Overton Park, often cited for its beauty, the campus design is notable for its stone Gothic architecture buildings, thirteen of which are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1981 a narrowly divided U. S, later buildings were designed by H. Clinton Parrent, a young associate of Hibbs who was present from the beginning. Parrents buildings include the Catherine Burrow Refectory, which was an expansion of Hibbs original dining hall, Parrent also added Halliburton Tower to Palmer Hall. The 140-foot bell tower was named in honor of explorer Richard Halliburton, library holds a collection of Halliburtons papers
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Tennessee Volunteers baseball
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The Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Tennessee athletic teams, the team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference. The Volunteers play all home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers currently play home games at Robert M. Lindsay Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, the facility is undergoing extensive renovations at this time. Lindsey Nelson Stadium was constructed between 1992 and 1993 seasons at the site of the old facility called Lower Hudson Field, the program had played in past in various locations including Lower Hudson Field and Shields-Watkins Field. Lindsey Nelson was a Hall of Fame Broadcaster, Tennessee native and university alumnus best known for his work with the University of Tennessee, the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, National Football League and the annual Cotton Bowl Classic. The playing field was named for Maryville, Tennessee native Robert M. Lindsay in 2007 after a $2 million athletic department contribution by Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Lindsays father Rus Lindsay played baseball at the University of Tennessee from 1913 to 1916. The record attendance at Lindsey Nelson stadium is 5,086 for a NCAA Regional championship game against Oklahoma State University on May 28,1995, in 2011, after four poor seasons as Head Coach, Todd Raleigh was dismissed. On June 16,2011 Dave Serrano was officially introduced as the Vols 24th head baseball coach, Serrano returns to the program where he started his first Division I job as an assistant coach between 1995 and 1996. Serranos first coaching trip to Omaha came with the Vols in 1995 featuring Todd Helton and he is one of only 11 coaches to take two different baseball programs to the College World Series and has a career record of 289-139-1 in seven seasons as a Division I coach
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Mercer Bears
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The Mercer Bears are the athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. Mercer is the private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight mens. The university competes in the Southern Conference for most sports, in 2013, the football team competed in the Pioneer Football League. Prior to 1924, the teams were known as the Baptists rather than the Bears. Mercer suspended athletics in 1942 during World War II, but rejoined the Dixie Conference from 1948-54 in all sports, the university won the Dixie Conference tournament championship in basketball in 1951,1952 and 1954, Mercer won the regular season championship in 1950,1952 and 1953. Mercer began competition in basketball in 1970, the team won the Southern Womens Athletic Conference championship in 1972. The university, competing in the Georgia Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, in 1985, Mercer advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four, the team was defeated by Central Missouri State University. Mercer became a member of the Trans America Athletic Conference in 1978 and was the only charter member remaining with the conference before moving to the Southern Conference. The mens basketball won the conference championship and advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament in 1981. Mercer won the championship and advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament again in 1985. The sport was reinstated in 2013, Mercer competed in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League for the 2013 season. Mercer joined the Southern Conference on July 1,2014, the university accepted an invitation on May 30,2013, Mercer shifted from non-scholarship to scholarship football when it joined the conference. Mercer joined the Southern Conference on July 1,2014, the university was previously a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, Mercer won 21 Atlantic Sun championships including four in the spring of 2014. The championship capped the best season in university history, the finished the season with a 27-11 record. Jim Cole, a Mercer graduate and a minor league. Cole, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He declined the appointment to become athletics director, Cole is also very active in promoting public awareness of Cirrhosis of the liver. Cole replaced Bobby Pope who retired on June 30,2010 after 21 years as athletics director, Pope was affiliated with Mercer for 40 years starting in 1970 as a radio announcer, and in 1980 became sports information director
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Georgia Bulldogs baseball
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The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Georgia athletic teams, the team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference. Georgia won the College World Series in 1990, the Bulldogs play their home games on UGAs campus in Foley Field, and are currently coached by head coach Scott Stricklin. The Georgia Baseball team has seen most of its success in recent years, including winning the 1990 College World Series, as well as making the trip to Omaha in 1987,1990,2001,2004,2006, and 2008. The program dates back to 1886 and, according to former Sports Information Director Dan Magill, was once the most popular sport on campus. However, from the mid-1950s to the late-1980s, and then through most of the 1990s, the Georgia-Georgia Tech baseball rivalry is one of the Souths most fierce, and the teams annual Spring Baseball Classic at Turner Field draws some of the largest crowds in college baseball. The Bulldogs play in the 3, 291-seat Foley Field stadium, the Bulldogs have had 25 head coaches in the history of their baseball program, Records through the 2016 season
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Kentucky Wildcats baseball
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The Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in NCAA Division I college baseball and competes in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference. The current head coach of the Wildcats is Nick Mingione, Kentucky is the only member of the 14-team SEC to never reach the College World Series. Arkansas and South Carolina, both of which joined the SEC in 1992, have multiple trips to Omaha since coming aboard. Another in 2013 The SECs newest members, Missouri and Texas A&M, the baseball program, partly hampered by being the northernmost school in the heavily warm-weather SEC, has historically achieved only modest success at best. Under longtime coach Keith Madison, the Wildcats had some good teams, however, due to playing in the same league as national powers Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, and South Carolina, regular-season success was rarely rewarded with a postseason berth. In 28 years, Madison was only able to lead the Wildcats to two NCAA Tournaments, in 1988 and 1993. Wildcats baseball hit bottom at the turn of the 21st century, with one winning season from 1997 through 2004. In 2003, after Madisons retirement, Kentucky hired Florida assistant John Cohen as head coach, Cohen was able to lead the Cats to a winning overall season in 2005, despite another SEC cellar finish. Few could have expected the Cinderella season the Cats would have in 2006, however, the newly energized Kentucky baseball faithful saw the Cats crash out of the SEC tournament early and fail to make it out of the regionals of the NCAA tournament at home. There were high hopes for the 2007 team and for the most part they delivered and they started the season 19–0 before falling to Arkansas. They then fell into a tailspin but rebounded at the end of the year to just miss the SEC playoffs after a Tennessee Volunteers win and they finished with a 37–19 record. Jason Kipnis, who was an outfielder for that team, is now a second baseman for the Cleveland Indians, in 2008, Kentucky started off strong posting a 19–0 record and being ranked as high as #4 in the nation. The Wildcats rolled into conference play and began to struggle after being swept by eventual College World Series runner-up Georgia, the Wildcats finished the season strong and made it into the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats would end up losing to Arizona in the final in Ann Arbor. The Wildcats finished the season with a 44–19 record, the most wins in school history and they finished 25th in the final ESPN/USA Today poll. The Wildcats slumped back to the SECs second division in 2009, Cohen left for Mississippi State after the season, and pitching coach Gary Henderson was named his successor. In 2012, Kentucky garnered its most successful ever in program history. Henderson was voted SEC Coach of the Year by the league coaches, Henderson directed the Wildcats to a school-record 45-win season, with UK completing its best finishes in the SEC and NCAA Tournaments in school annals
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Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
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Stoll Field/McLean Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was the home of the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team, the field has been in use since 1880, but the concrete stands were opened in October 1916, and closed following the 1972 season, and was replaced by Commonwealth Stadium. Memorial Coliseum is located across the street from the site, the stadium was a two-sided concrete structure, with bleachers in both endzones. It was named for Judge Richard C, the stadium was the home of the Wildcats during the Bear Bryant era, which included the teams first bowl appearance, and their first Southeastern Conference football championship. Bryants coaching tenure at the predominantly basketball-savvy school is regarded as the best era in UKs football history and it is the site of the first recorded football game played in the South. A historic marker was erected in 2008 and reads – Side 1 – STOLL FIELD and it was dedicated in 1916 at the Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt game and was named in honor of alumnus and long-term Board of Trustees member Judge Richard C. Stoll. The field was the setting of early games and an integral part of student life. Side 2 – MCLEAN STADIUM This field, which once pastured President Pattersons cows, was used for training during World War I. It was named for Price McLean, a student who was fatally injured in a football game in 1923. McLean Stadium was the site of Kentucky football games until they were moved to Commonwealth Stadium in 1973, on that first game in 1880 which Transylvania University won over Centre College 13¾–0. The two teams met in a cow pasture, belong to Hubert McGoodwin near Lexington, the present site of the University of Kentuckys Stoll Field, there were fifteen players on each team and a player once injured or removed for other reasons could not re-enter the game. At the end of much scuffling and butting of scholarly foreheads, the team members were older men, a good many of them having whiskers. And they wore extremely heavy shoes and heavily padded apparel, McLean Stadium was the site of the first football game of the newly formed SEC on September 30,1933, in which Kentucky defeated Sewanee 7–0. The final Kentucky game played at the stadium was on November 11,1972, the final overall games were the 1972 Class A and AA KHSAA State Championships, played on November 24. Trigg County defeated Pikeville 22−0 in the Class A final, while Tates Creek won the Class AA final over Ashland, the stadium was razed during the 1970s, the south end being replaced with the Singletary Center for the Arts. A field was installed in the end, perpendicular to the old end zone. It is still the practice field for the UK marching band, a short history of Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
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Samford Bulldogs baseball
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The team is a member of the Southern Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Associations Division I. The team plays its games at Joe Lee Griffin Stadium in Homewood. The Bulldogs are coached by Casey Dunn, samford has had 22 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. List of NCAA Division I baseball programs Official website
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Centre College
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Centre College is a private liberal arts college located in Danville, Kentucky, a community of approximately 16,000 in Boyle County, about 35 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. Centre is an undergraduate institution with an enrollment of approximately 1,375 students. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders, with whom it maintains a loose affiliation, the college is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South. The Kentucky General Assembly established Centre College on January 21,1819, the college was named for its proximate location in the geographic centre of the Commonwealth, using early nineteenth century Americas contemporaneous spelling of the word. Auspiciously, the legislature placed many of Kentuckys most prominent citizens in charge of Centre Colleges Board of Trustees, with Isaac Shelby, classes began in the fall of 1820 in Old Centre, the first building on campus and the oldest college administration building west of the Allegheny Mountains. From 1830 to 1857, President John C. Young oversaw a vast enlargement of the faculty, following the Civil War, Centre affiliated itself with several other educational institutions. From 1894 until 1912, J. Proctor Knott, a former Kentucky Governor and U. S. Congressman, in 1921, Centre upset Harvard Universitys undefeated football team 6–0, a feat which led The New York Times to later call it Footballs Upset of the Century. ESPN described Centres victory as one of the biggest upsets in all sports during the twentieth century, c6H0 remains a point of pride among students and alumni and is the answer to What is the formula for a winning football team. To this day, C6HO is inscribed in large figures on the brick exterior of Centres old post office. During the 1960s the colleges financial resources doubled, eleven new buildings were added to the campus and enrollment increased from 450 to 800. In 1988, Centre set a record when it achieved a 75. 4% participation rate for alumni giving. From the latter twentieth century to the present, strong levels of alumni giving, today, enrollment is around 1,300 with nearly 150 faculty members. Dr. John A. Roush, who took office in 1998, is the colleges 20th president, in 2000, Centre became the smallest college ever to host a national election debate. Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman debated on October 5 at Centres Norton Center for the Arts with CNNs Bernard Shaw acting as moderator. In 2012, Centre again hosted a presidential debate in the Norton Center for the Arts. The physical campus has changed substantially during the past decade, in August 2011, Centre announced the construction of Brockman Residential Commons, a 125-bed facility offering apartment and townhouse living for upperclassmen. The residence facility was completed at the beginning of the 2012–13 school year, during the Confederate occupation of Old Centre in 1862, classes were held at Old Sayre library. However, the Battle of Perryville eventually forced the faculty to suspend classes for 13 days, classes were cancelled one day due to the Great Blizzard of 1978
