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Pac-12 Conference
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The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States. It participates in 22 NCAA sports in the NCAAs Division I, its teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The conferences 12 members are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and they include each states flagship public university, four additional public universities, and two private research universities. It became the Pac-12 in 2011 with the addition of the University of Colorado, with Arizona States softball title in 2011, the conference won its 400th NCAA Championship. The current commissioner of the conference is Larry Scott, Scott replaced Thomas C, hansen, who retired in July 2009 after 26 years in that position. Prior to joining the Pac-10, Scott was Chairman and CEO of the Womens Tennis Association, the Pac-12 has twelve full member institutions. Football currently is the sport where the conference is divided evenly into two geographic divisions, the North Division and the South Division. The Pac-12 spans six states in the Western United States, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Unusual for a conference, the Pac-12s members are spread evenly between 3 regions, with 4 schools each in California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Four Corners region. The Pac-12 has four affiliate member institutions, three in California and Boise State University in Idaho, the school will maintain its Pac-12 affiliation in wrestling, which the WAC does not sponsor. No school has left the Pac-12 since its founding as the AAWU in 1959, two members of the PCC were not invited to join the AAWU or its successors. As private schools, Stanford and USC are not obligated to publish employees salaries, Eight of the twelve member schools are members of the Association of American Universities, including all of the conferences California schools. The only FBS conference with more AAU members is the Big Ten with 13 out of 14 member institutions having AAU membership, in 2014, of the twelve member schools, nine were ranked in the top 100 universities in the world. Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all sources including TV income, camp income, food. Updated to show institutional reporting to the Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2013-14 academic year, the national ranking of revenue is based on 2075 institutions reporting to the Department of Education that year. The roots of the Pac-12 Conference go back to December 2,1915, charter members were the University of California, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College. The conference began play in 1916, one year later, Washington State College joined the league, followed by Stanford University in 1918. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of USC, Montana joined the Conference in 1924, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a non-profit association which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations, and individuals. It also organizes the programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2014, the NCAA generated almost a billion dollars in revenue. 80 to 90% of this revenue was due to the Division I Mens Basketball Tournament and this revenue is then distributed back into various organizations and institutions across the United States. In August 1973, the current three-division setup of Division I, Division II, under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer scholarships to athletes for playing a sport. Division III schools may not offer any athletic scholarships, generally, larger schools compete in Division I and smaller schools in II and III. Division I football was divided into I-A and I-AA in 1978. Subsequently, the term Division I-AAA was briefly added to delineate Division I schools which do not field a football program at all, in 2006, Divisions I-A and I-AA were respectively renamed the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision. Inter-collegiate sports began in the US in 1852 when crews from Harvard University, as other sports emerged, notably football and basketball, many of these same concepts and standards were adopted. Football, in particular, began to emerge as a marquee sport, the IAAUS was officially established on March 31,1906, and took its present name, the NCAA, in 1910. For several years, the NCAA was a group and rules-making body, but in 1921, the first NCAA national championship was conducted. Gradually, more rules committees were formed and more championships were created, a series of crises brought the NCAA to a crossroads after World War II. The Sanity Code – adopted to establish guidelines for recruiting and financial aid – failed to curb abuses, postseason football games were multiplying with little control, and member schools were increasingly concerned about how the new medium of television would affect football attendance. The complexity of problems and the growth in membership and championships demonstrated the need for full-time professional leadership. Walter Byers, previously an executive assistant, was named executive director in 1951. Byers wasted no time placing his stamp on the Association, as college athletics grew, the scope of the nations athletics programs diverged, forcing the NCAA to create a structure that recognized varying levels of emphasis. In 1973, the Associations membership was divided into three legislative and competitive divisions – I, II, and III, five years later in 1978, Division I members voted to create subdivisions I-A and I-AA in football. Until the 1980s, the association did not offer womens athletics, instead, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, with nearly 1000 member schools, governed womens collegiate sports in the United States
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NCAA Division I
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Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. This level was called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower level College Division. For football only, Division I was further subdivided in 1978 into Division I-A, Division I-AA, in 2006, Division I-A and I-AA were renamed Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision, respectively. FCS teams are allowed to award scholarships, a practice technically allowed. FBS teams also have to meet attendance requirements, while FCS teams do not need to meet minimum attendance requirements. Another difference is post season play, starting with the 2014 postseason, a four-team playoff called the College Football Playoff, replaced the previous one game championship format. Even so, Division I FBS football is still the only NCAA sport in which a champion is not determined by an NCAA-sanctioned championship event. All D-I schools must field teams in at least seven sports for men and seven for women or six for men and eight for women, with at least two team sports for each gender. Division I schools must meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program, Several other NCAA sanctioned minimums and differences that distinguish Division I from Divisions II and III. Each playing season has to be represented by each gender as well, there are contest and participant minimums for each sport, as well as scheduling criteria. Mens and womens teams have to play all but two games against Division I teams, for men, they must play one-third of all their contests in the home arena. The NCAA has limits on the financial aid each Division I member may award in each sport that the school sponsors. Equivalency sports, in which the NCAA limits the total financial aid that a school can offer in a sport to the equivalent of a set number of full scholarships. Roster limitations may or may not apply, depending on the sport, the term counter is also key to this concept. The NCAA defines a counter as an individual who is receiving financial aid that is countable against the aid limitations in a sport. The number of scholarships that Division I members may award in sport is listed below. In this table, scholarship numbers for head-count sports are indicated without a point, for equivalency sports, they are listed with a decimal point. An exception exists for players at non-scholarship FCS programs who receive aid in another sport, participants in basketball are counted in that sport, unless they also play football
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NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
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Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. This level was called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower level College Division. For football only, Division I was further subdivided in 1978 into Division I-A, Division I-AA, in 2006, Division I-A and I-AA were renamed Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision, respectively. FCS teams are allowed to award scholarships, a practice technically allowed. FBS teams also have to meet attendance requirements, while FCS teams do not need to meet minimum attendance requirements. Another difference is post season play, starting with the 2014 postseason, a four-team playoff called the College Football Playoff, replaced the previous one game championship format. Even so, Division I FBS football is still the only NCAA sport in which a champion is not determined by an NCAA-sanctioned championship event. All D-I schools must field teams in at least seven sports for men and seven for women or six for men and eight for women, with at least two team sports for each gender. Division I schools must meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program, Several other NCAA sanctioned minimums and differences that distinguish Division I from Divisions II and III. Each playing season has to be represented by each gender as well, there are contest and participant minimums for each sport, as well as scheduling criteria. Mens and womens teams have to play all but two games against Division I teams, for men, they must play one-third of all their contests in the home arena. The NCAA has limits on the financial aid each Division I member may award in each sport that the school sponsors. Equivalency sports, in which the NCAA limits the total financial aid that a school can offer in a sport to the equivalent of a set number of full scholarships. Roster limitations may or may not apply, depending on the sport, the term counter is also key to this concept. The NCAA defines a counter as an individual who is receiving financial aid that is countable against the aid limitations in a sport. The number of scholarships that Division I members may award in sport is listed below. In this table, scholarship numbers for head-count sports are indicated without a point, for equivalency sports, they are listed with a decimal point. An exception exists for players at non-scholarship FCS programs who receive aid in another sport, participants in basketball are counted in that sport, unless they also play football
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Dan Guerrero
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Dan Guerrero is the athletic director for the University of California, Los Angeles. He served as the chairman of the Selection Committee for the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament, Guerreros first stint as athletic director was at Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he served for five years. Guerrero next worked at UC Irvine, where he served as Director of Athletics for 10 years, in June 2002, while still at UC Irvine, he was named the 2001-02 Division I-AA/I-AAA West Region NACDA Athletic Director of the Year. During Guerreros tenure, UCI experienced unprecedented activity in the area of athletic facilities development, in his final five years, Guerrero was involved in $38 million worth of newly constructed or renovated facilities. On April 25,2002, Guerrero was named UCLAs Director of Athletics, in the last nine years, UCLA has finished second three times, third twice, fourth, sixth, 11th, and 16th in the race for the Learfield Sports Directors Cup. In Guerreros first year at UCLA, UCLA won four NCAA titles, the Bruins placed third in mens golf, tied for third in mens tennis and tied for fifth in womens golf and womens tennis. UCLA also earned six conference titles, in 2003-04, the Bruins won four NCAA titles. They also placed second in tennis, womens tennis and mens golf, tied for third in womens soccer, tied for fifth in mens soccer and womens volleyball and fifth in womens indoor track. In addition, the Bruins captured seven league titles and he was one of 28 people whose photo was featured on that issues cover. UCLA also won the Vitalis Sun Bowl in football and captured seven conference championships, UCLA also earned its first NCAA post-season appearance in womens rowing and won eight conference championships. UCLA played in its fifth bowl game in football and won four league titles. In 2007-08, UCLA won three NCAA championships in water polo, womens tennis and mens golf. The Bruins finished second in golf, tied for third in mens basketball, womens soccer and mens tennis, placed fifth in womens volleyball and softball. UCLA also played in its sixth consecutive game and won four conference championships. In 2009-10, UCLA placed fourth in the Learfield Cup standings and won its 11th NCAA championship in softball, UCLA also won three conference titles and two league post-season tournaments and the football team won the EagleBank Bowl. In 2008-09, UCLA won its fifth consecutive NCAA womens water polo championship, the Bruins finished second in womens golf, tied for third in womens soccer and mens tennis, placed seventh in womens gymnastics and ninth in softball, womens volleyball and womens tennis. UCLA also won six conference titles, in June 2010, Guerrero completed a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Committee. As the Chair in 2009-10, he served on the NCAA Advisory Committee, in addition to his most recent accolades, Guerrero has earned numerous honors in the past nine years
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Rose Bowl (stadium)
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The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, just outside Los Angeles. At a modern capacity of a configuration at 88,500 the Rose Bowl is the 17th-largest stadium in the world, the 11th-largest stadium in the United States. One of the most famous stadiums in sporting history, the Rose Bowl is best known as an American football venue, since 1982, the stadium has also served as the home stadium of the UCLA Bruins football team. The stadium has hosted five Super Bowl games, second most of any venue. UCLA and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses also have one member on the company board, the game now known as the Rose Bowl Game was played at Tournament Park until 1922. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, the organizer, realized the temporary stands were inadequate for a crowd of more than 40,000. The stadium was designed by architect Myron Hunt in 1921 and his design was influenced by the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, which was built in 1913 and opened in 1914. The Arroyo Seco was selected as the location for the stadium, the Rose Bowl was under construction from 1921 to 1922. The nearby Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum also was under construction during this time, originally built as a horseshoe, the stadium was expanded several times. The southern stands were completed in 1928, making the stadium a complete bowl, the stadium is extremely hard to get to due to the traffic caused by single-lane residential street access. The stadium has no dedicated parking lot for visitors and parking issues have routinely caused visitors to two to three hours completing the last mile to the stadium on game days. In 2016, Rose Bowl contracted ParkJockey to streamline parking in, there are also shuttles to help visitors get to the stadium and mobile lights powered by generators to provide visibility for people walking on the golf course at night. The first game was a regular season contest on October 28,1922 when Cal defeated USC 12–0 and this was the only loss for USC and California finished the season undefeated. California declined the invitation to the 1923 Rose Bowl game and USC went in their place, the stadium was dedicated officially on January 1,1923 when USC defeated Penn State 14–3. The stadium seating has been reconfigured several times since its construction in 1922, the South end was filled in to complete the bowl and more seats have been added. The original wooden benches were replaced by aluminum benches in 1969, All new grandstand and loge seats had been installed since 1971. New red seat backs had been added on 22,000 seats prior to the 1980 Rose Bowl, a Rose Bowl improvement was conducted because of UCLAs 1982 move and the 1984 Summer Olympics. This resulted in new seat backs for 50,000 seats, for many years, the Rose Bowl had the largest football stadium capacity in the United States, eventually being surpassed by Michigan Stadium
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Pauley Pavilion
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Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles, California, on the campus of UCLA. It is home to the UCLA Bruins mens and womens basketball teams, the mens and womens volleyball and womens gymnastics teams also compete here. The building, designed by architect Welton Becket, was dedicated in June 1965, named for University of California Regent Edwin W. Pauley, Pauley donated almost one fifth of the more than $5 million spent in constructing the arena. The arena was renovated in 2010-12 and was reopened on November 9,2012 when it hosted a basketball game against Indiana State. Pauley Pavilion contains 11,307 permanent theater-style upholstered seats, plus retractable seats for 2,492 spectators, the capacity prior to the renovation had been exceeded several times for several mens basketball games by adding portable seating alongside the retractable seats. The Bruins reopened the newly renovated Pauley Pavilion on November 9,2012 in front of a crowd of 13,513. Then a new record was set when 13,727 fans watched the Bruins defeat the Arizona Wildcats 74–69 on March 2,2013, when the floor seats are retracted, there is space for three full-sized basketball courts. These courts are used for practice, intramural games. It can also serve as a hall or large dining area when in this configuration. When used for volleyball, the basketball court is striped with colored tape. The volleyball net is erected at the court line. The womens team uses blue and yellow Sport Court lined up perpendicularly to the basketball court tucked up to the east end of the court, there is a tunnel on the south side through which trucks and service vehicles may enter. This is also the entrance for players, performers. The floor is called Nell and John Wooden Court in honor of former UCLA Mens Basketball Coach John Wooden, from the opening of the building until 1987, the extra press not involved in the radio or television broadcasts sat behind the south side press table. The working press then moved to sit courtside at press row on the side of the court, as the south courtside seats were opened up to influential. In 2003, the UCLA Athletic Department made available north side courtside seats to affluent donors, the media now sit higher up in permanent seating dead-center in the north side of the bleachers. The press move to the side in 1987 was as controversial as the 2003 move, in that the student section was now behind the press table. The student section has moved several times as well, since 2003, the student section of 1,750 seats occupies the north side bleachers
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Jackie Robinson Stadium
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Jackie Robinson Stadium is a college baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California, U. S. the home field of the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference. Opened in 1981, it is the smallest stadium in the conference and it is named after former Bruin baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson attended UCLA from 1939–41, after graduating from Pasadena Junior College and he was the first UCLA athlete to earn varsity letters in four sports, baseball, basketball, football, and track. He played in the leagues for ten seasons, all with the Brooklyn Dodgers. A statue and a mural of Robinson can be found at the concourse of the stadium. Jackie Robinson Stadium is located off-campus, on the west side of the Interstate 405 freeway, robinsons classmate, Hoyt Pardee, gave a gift to help with the construction of the stadium. The stadiums Steele Field was dedicated in honor of the Steele Foundation on May 3,2008, prior to a game against Arizona State, the hitting facility at the stadium is named Jack and Rhodine Gifford Hitting Facility. Gifford played baseball at UCLA and graduated from the Engineering School with a BSEE degree and he was a founder of Advanced Micro Devices and Maxim Integrated Products. A capacity crowd of 2,613 saw the Bruins defeating the defending National Champions LSU Tigers 6-3 at the Los Angeles Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament on June 5,2010. The record of 2,914 fans was set on March 23,1997 in a game against USC, in 2010, the Bruins ranked 48th among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging 1,178 per home game. The stadium is not the same as the Jackie Robinson Memorial Field at Brookside Park, next to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, however, the judges ruling left open the possibility that, if not modified or reversed, UCLA could lose the right to use the stadium. April 14,2013 – Jackie Robinson Day was held to unveil a new mural of Robinson by Mike Sullivan and to celebrate the release of the movie 42, former player Tim Leary represented the Los Angeles Dodgers at the ceremony. May 31–June 2,2013 – Los Angeles Regional of the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament with UCLA the winner, the following week, UCLA defeated Cal State Fullerton for the Super Regional title. May 29–June 1,2015 – Los Angeles Regional of the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament with Maryland winning the series. August 29,2013 – U. S. District Judge S. James Otero ruled that the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration land leased for a stadium, film studio storage lot
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Drake Stadium (UCLA)
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Drake Stadium is an 11, 700-capacity stadium in Los Angeles, California used by UCLA soccer and athletics. The track stadium was built in 1969, the stadium is named for UCLA track legend Elvin C. Ducky Drake, who was a student-athlete, track coach and athletic trainer for over 60 years, there was an attempt in 1965 to build a 44,000 seat football stadium on campus, at the site where Drake Stadium eventually was built. It would have been the new home of UCLA Bruins football, however, the proposal was blocked by influential area residents, as well as other politicians. Although the football stadium never became a reality, there have been UCLA Bruin football scrimmage games played in the stadium, the facility hosted the first-ever California-Nevada Championships on April 30-May 1,1994. It also has hosted other student events such as concerts and graduation ceremonies, the field at Drake Stadium is named for UCLA alumnus Frank Marshall, a film producer. K. Yang Kevin Young Marvell Wynne Drake Stadium at UCLA
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Joe Bruin
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Joe Bruin is the official mascot of UCLA and is often found with Josephine Bruin, a female brown bear. He is a visible and constant on-field presence at UCLA sporting events, Joe Bruin was created for the UCLA sports team in 1924. In 1924, students chose a more threatening name grizzly bear, in 1926 the name was changed to the Bruins and UC Berkeley called its mascot the Bears. UCLA used live bears as mascots, which entertained the crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The bears were given names, but Joe Bruin endured over time. Costumed student mascots have represented Joe Bruin since the mid-1960s, the design for the costume bear changed again in 1996 from a smiling bruin to the current one. Joe Bruin has been on the team for the Capital One Bowl National Mascot of the Year team four times,2005,2007,2008 and 2010. Present Joe Bruin at Life. com Retro Joe Bruin cartoon
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Sport
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Usually the contest or game is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a tie game, others provide tie-breaking methods, to one winner. A number of such two-sided contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion, many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, each against each other, however, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first. It can also be determined by judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. Sport is also a source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sport drawing large crowds to sport venues. Sports betting is in some cases severely regulated, and in some cases is central to the sport, kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is worth up to $620 billion as of 2013. The worlds most accessible and practised sport is running, while football is the most popular spectator sport. The word Sport comes from the Old French desport meaning leisure, other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling, hunting, and games and diversions, including ones that require exercise. Rogets defines the noun sport as an activity engaged in for relaxation, the singular term sport is used in most English dialects to describe the overall concept, with sports used to describe multiple activities. American English uses sports for both terms, the precise definition of what separates a sport from other leisure activities varies between sources. They also recognise that sport can be physical, primarily mind, predominantly motorised, primarily co-ordination. The inclusion of sports within sport definitions has not been universally accepted. Whilst SportAccord recognises a number of mind sports, it is not open to admitting any further mind sports. According to Council of Europe, European Sports Charter, article 2, other bodies advocate widening the definition of sport to include all physical activity. For instance, the Council of Europe include all forms of physical exercise, in competitive events, participants are graded or classified based on their result and often divided into groups of comparable performance
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University of California, Los Angeles
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The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. It became the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919 and it offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. UCLA enrolls about 31,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students, and had 119,000 applicants for Fall 2016, including transfer applicants, the university is organized into six undergraduate colleges, seven professional schools, and four professional health science schools. Fourteen Nobel laureates, three Fields Medalists, two Chief Scientists of the U. S. Air Force and three Turing Award winners have been faculty, researchers, or alumni, the university was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1974. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015–2016 ranked UCLA 16th in the world for academics, in 2015-2016, UCLA ranked 12th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 31st in the 2016/17 QS World University Rankings. UCLA student-athletes compete as the Bruins in the Pac-12 Conference, the Bruins won 126 national championships, including 113 NCAA team championships, more than any other university. UCLA student-athletes, coaches and staff won 251 Olympic medals,126 gold,65 silver and 60 bronze, UCLA student-athletes competed in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception, and won a gold medal in every Olympics that the United States participated in since 1932. The State Normal School at Los Angeles opened on August 29,1882, the facility included an elementary school where teachers-in-training could practice their technique with children. That elementary school is related to the present day version, UCLA Lab School, in 1887, the school became known as the Los Angeles State Normal School. In 1914, the moved to a new campus on Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood. However, David Prescott Barrows, the new President of the University of California, the same legislation added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science. After the athletic teams entered the Pacific Coast conference in 1926, the Southern Branch student council adopted the nickname Bruins, in 1927, the Regents renamed the Southern Branch the University of California at Los Angeles. In the same year, the state broke ground in Westwood on land sold for $1 million, less than one-third its value, by real estate developers Edwin and Harold Janss, the campus in Westwood opened to students in 1929. The original four buildings were the College Library, Royce Hall, the Physics-Biology Building, the first undergraduate classes on the new campus were held in 1929 with 5,500 students. A timeline of the history can be found on its website, during its first 32 years, UCLA was treated as an off-site department of UC. As such, its presiding officer was called a provost, in 1951, UCLA was formally elevated to co-equal status with UC Berkeley, and its presiding officer Raymond B. Allen was the first chief executive to be granted the title of chancellor. The appointment of Franklin David Murphy to the position of Chancellor in 1960 helped spark an era of growth of facilities. By the end of the decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a range of subjects
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Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
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The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, the MPSF was founded in 1992 and specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in volleyball, womens lacrosse, and indoor track, gymnastics. In 2010 the MPSF added womens swimming and diving to its list of sports, the 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in mens soccer. The conferences membership varies by sport,37 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports, schools are not required to participate in the MPSF competition for each sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport. All MPSF members have a conference affiliation. All Pac-12 and Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF, the West Coast Conference is represented by six schools, and the Mountain West Conference has four full members represented. The Great Northwest Athletic Conference is represented by Alaska–Anchorage and Seattle Pacific, five conferences are represented by one school each—the Big 12 Conference, the California Collegiate Athletic Association, the Pacific West Conference, and the Western Athletic Conference. Source, California Baptist — Home Conference moves to the NCAA D-I Western Athletic Conference in 2018, UC San Diego — Volleyball joins the Big West in 2017. Concordia–Irvine, Grand Canyon — Volleyball joins in July 2017, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation sponsors championship competition in five mens and five womens NCAA sanctioned sports The MPSF dropped mens soccer after the 2012 season. The moves of Denver and New Mexico to other conferences left the MPSF with six soccer members, MPSF soccer member Seattle was already in the WAC, and another MPSF soccer school, CSU Bakersfield, was already committed to join the WAC in 2013. Because the WAC dropped football after the 2012 season due to a near-complete membership turnover, to that end, it invited the four remaining MPSF soccer schools to join them, all accepted, and the WAC began sponsoring mens soccer in 2013–14. This number is required by league bylaws for official sponsorship of a sport and this led the Pac-12 to announce that all of its womens lacrosse teams would leave the MPSF for the new Pac-12 lacrosse league for the 2018 season. The five remaining MPSF lacrosse schools will retain that leagues automatic NCAA tournament bid for the 2018 and 2019 seasons while the MPSF seeks to add new members in that sport. The GCC took six of the 10 members of the MPSF mens water polo league, on May 31,2016 the Big West Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring mens volleyball in the 2017–18 school year. The Big West mens volleyball league will include five full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawaii, the full Big West members will remain in the MPSF in other sports but UC San Diego will exit the federation. ‡ — leaving in July 2017, penn State Behrend — participates only in conference tournament. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 86 NCAA titles in seven sports, UCLA has won 23 national titles
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College football
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It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. No minor league farm organizations exist in American football and it is in college football where a players performance directly impacts his chances of playing professional football. The best collegiate players will declare for the professional draft after 3 to 4 years of collegiate competition. Those not selected can still attempt to land an NFL roster spot as a free agent. Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League, college football remained extremely popular throughout the U. S, in many cases, college stadiums employ bench-style seating, as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests. This allows them to more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium. College athletes, unlike players in the NFL, are not permitted by the NCAA to be paid salaries, colleges are only allowed to provide non-monetary compensation such as athletic scholarships that provide for tuition, housing, and books. Modern North American football has its origins in various games, all known as football, by the 1840s, students at Rugby School were playing a game in which players were able to pick up the ball and run with it, a sport later known as Rugby football. The game was taken to Canada by British soldiers stationed there and was soon being played at Canadian colleges, the first documented gridiron football match was a game played at University College, a college of the University of Toronto, November 9,1861. One of the participants in the game involving University of Toronto students was William Mulock, a football club was formed at the university soon afterward, although its rules of play at this stage are unclear. In 1864, at Trinity College, also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland, modern Canadian football is widely regarded as having originated with a game played in Montreal, in 1865, when British Army officers played local civilians. The game gradually gained a following, and the Montreal Football Club was formed in 1868, early games appear to have had much in common with the traditional mob football played in England. The games remained largely unorganized until the 19th century, when games of football began to be played on college campuses. Each school played its own variety of football, Princeton University students played a game called ballown as early as 1820. A Harvard tradition known as Bloody Monday began in 1827, which consisted of a mass ballgame between the freshman and sophomore classes, in 1860, both the town police and the college authorities agreed the Bloody Monday had to go. The Harvard students responded by going into mourning for a figure called Football Fightum. The authorities held firm and it was a dozen years before football was again played at Harvard. Dartmouth played its own version called Old division football, the rules of which were first published in 1871, all of these games, and others, shared certain commonalities
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True Blue (color)
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Previously, the football team had worn powder blue while the basketball team wore royal blue and fan merchandise spanned many shades of blue. The UCLA Marching Band incorporated True Blue into its previous navy blue uniforms in 2007, True Blue used by UCLA Athletics is different from UCLA Blue adopted by the schools academic and administrative units. Distinguishing between academic and institutional graphic identities is common at major universities, True Blue is Pantone Matching System color 285 C, which is 0073CF in hex. The color True Blue is a tone of azure. The color of the holding the Victory Bell is painted True Blue when UCLA is in possession of the bell after a football victory over the USC Trojans. List of colors UCLA Bruins football uniforms UCLA Signs Apparel Deal with Adidas, archived from the original on January 31,2011. UCLA and Adidas America have reached agreement on a sports marketing partnership. Wear UCLAs true colors with pride, archived from the original on January 31,2011. UCLA has a color, but there lacks the coordination necessary for this color to become the defining feature of the UCLA brand
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University of California, Berkeley
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The University of California, Berkeley, is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. In 1960s, UC Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the Anti-Vietnam War Movement led by its students. S, Department of Energy, and is home to many world-renowned research institutes and organizations including Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and Space Sciences Laboratory. Faculty member J. R. Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, Lawrence Livermore Lab also discovered or co-discovered six chemical elements. The Academic Ranking of World Universities also ranks the University of California, Berkeley, third in the world overall, in 1866, the private College of California purchased the land comprising the current Berkeley campus. Ten faculty members and almost 40 students made up the new University of California when it opened in Oakland in 1869, billings was a trustee of the College of California and suggested that the college be named in honor of the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley. In 1870, Henry Durant, the founder of the College of California, with the completion of North and South Halls in 1873, the university relocated to its Berkeley location with 167 male and 22 female students and held its first classes. In 1905, the University Farm was established near Sacramento, ultimately becoming the University of California, by the 1920s, the number of campus buildings had grown substantially, and included twenty structures designed by architect John Galen Howard. Robert Gordon Sproul served as president from 1930 to 1958, by 1942, the American Council on Education ranked UC Berkeley second only to Harvard University in the number of distinguished departments. During World War II, following Glenn Seaborgs then-secret discovery of plutonium, UC Berkeley physics professor J. Robert Oppenheimer was named scientific head of the Manhattan Project in 1942. Along with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley is now a partner in managing two other labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, originally, military training was compulsory for male undergraduates, and Berkeley housed an armory for that purpose. In 1917, Berkeleys ROTC program was established, and its School of Military Aeronautics trained future pilots, including Jimmy Doolittle, both Robert McNamara and Frederick C. Weyand graduated from UC Berkeleys ROTC program, earning B. A. degrees in 1937 and 1938, in 1926, future fleet admiral Chester W. Nimitz established the first Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at Berkeley. The Board of Regents ended compulsory military training at Berkeley in 1962, during the McCarthy era in 1949, the Board of Regents adopted an anti-communist loyalty oath. A number of faculty members objected and were dismissed, ten years passed before they were reinstated with back pay, in 1952, the University of California became an entity separate from the Berkeley campus. Each campus was given autonomy and its own Chancellor. Then-president Sproul assumed presidency of the entire University of California system, Berkeley gained a reputation for student activism in the 1960s with the Free Speech Movement of 1964 and opposition to the Vietnam War. In the highly publicized Peoples Park protest in 1969, students and the school conflicted over use of a plot of land, then governor of California Ronald Reagan called the Berkeley campus a haven for communist sympathizers, protesters, and sex deviants. Modern students at Berkeley are less active, with a greater percentage of moderates and conservatives
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American football
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The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, or else they turn over the football to the opposing team, if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the teams end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponents goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins, American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6,1869, during the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States, Professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. As of 2012, nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, in the United States, American football is referred to as football. The term football was established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season. The terms gridiron or American football are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, American football evolved from the sports of association football and rugby football. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6,1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams, the game was played between two teams of 25 players each and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried. It could, however, be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, Rutgers won the game 6 goals to 4. Collegiate play continued for years in which matches were played using the rules of the host school. Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers met on October 19,1873 to create a set of rules for all schools to adhere to. Teams were set at 20 players each, and fields of 400 by 250 feet were specified, Harvard abstained from the conference, as they favored a rugby-style game that allowed running with the ball. An 1875 Harvard-Yale game played under rugby-style rules was observed by two impressed Princeton athletes and these players introduced the sport to Princeton, a feat the Professional Football Researchers Association compared to selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia then agreed to play using a form of rugby union rules with a modified scoring system. These schools formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, although Yale did not join until 1879, the introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position, however, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records, each team held the ball, gaining no ground, for an entire half, resulting in a 0-0 tie
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Henry Russell Sanders
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Henry Russell Red Sanders was an American football player and coach. He was head coach at Vanderbilt University and the University of California at Los Angeles, Sanders 1954 UCLA team was named national champions by the Coaches Poll and the Football Writers Association of America. Sanders was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1996, known for being witty and hard driving, Sanders used the single-wing formation at Vanderbilt and UCLA. He is widely credited with coining the saying, Winning isnt everything, when asked about the UCLA–USC rivalry, Sanders said its not a matter of life and death, its more important than that. He was the first Wizard of Westwood before that title was attributed to UCLA Basketball coach John Wooden, born in Asheville, North Carolina, Sanders spent most of his youth in Nashville, Tennessee. One of his best boyhood friends and classmate at Duncan was renowned sports writer Fred Russell, Sanders attended college at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He was a four-year letterman both in football and baseball, Sanders was captain of the baseball team in his senior year and a substitute quarterback on the football team. His football coach, Dan McGugin, said of him, Red Sanders has one of the best football minds I have ever known, Sanders was first hired by Josh Cody as the backfield coach of the Clemson Tigers. He got his first head coaching position at Riverside Military Academy, the father of Bucky Curtis hired Sanders for the job. Sanders then assisted the 1938 Florida Gators, again with Cody, and he also had a successful stint as head coach at Vanderbilt, compiling a 36–22–2 record, the best mark by a coach while the school has been a member of the Southeastern Conference. The first top-20 ranking in the history in 1947, where the team was ranked #10 after opening the season with two wins. The team defended its ranking with a defeat of #18 Mississippi, an eight-game winning string to end the 1948 season, including a ranking in the final poll and a defeat of archrival Tennessee. This still stands as the second longest single-season win streak in Vanderbilt football history, Sanders coached the UCLA Bruins from 1949 through 1957. The 1954 Bruins compiled a 9–0 record and climbed to the top of the Coaches Poll, sharing the championship with Ohio State. Due to the PCCs early no repeat rule, the undefeated Bruins were unable to compete in the Rose Bowl that season despite being the PCC champion. Second-place USC, who the Bruins defeated 34–0, played in the 1955 Rose Bowl instead and lost to Big Ten Conference champion and eventual co-national champion Ohio State, 20–7. Sanders appeared as a contestant on the November 18,1954 episode of the quiz program You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Original air date,1 January 1956, shortly before the 1958 season, Sanders died suddenly of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hotel room on August 14
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UCLA Bruins baseball
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The UCLA Bruins baseball team is the varsity college baseball team of the University of California, Los Angeles. Having started playing in 1920, the program is a member of the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference and it plays its home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The program has appeared in five College World Series and won the 2013 National Championship, chris Chambliss and Steve Edney led the Bruins to the 1969 CWS, UCLAs first. The team defeated Santa Clara at the NCAA Regional and finished in 7th place, after losing to Tulsa, 6-5 in 10 innings, and to Arizona State, 2-1 in 12 innings. Chambliss, who went on to play for Major League Baseballs Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, other members of the team included Bill Bonham, Steven Edney, Mike Reinbach, and Jim York. The 1997 team won the Pac-10 title with a 43-18 record, the team was led by head coach Gary Adams and included future Major League Baseball players Troy Glaus, Jim Parque, and Eric Byrnes. Jon Heinrichs, Tom Jacquez, Eric Valent, and Peter Zamora also played on the team, during the season, UCLA held a number one ranking, and the team finished the season ranked sixth. At the College World Series, UCLA struggled with poor pitching and defense and lost its first game to Miami, 7-3, the Bruins finished the 2010 season with a 43-13 record and were selected to host the Los Angeles Regional of the 2010 NCAA Tournament at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The team won the regional by defeating its other three teams, UC Irvine, Kent State, and defending national champions LSU, the Bruins advanced to the Super Regional round, in which they defeated Fullerton State. The team became UCLAs first to win a College World Series game, defeating Florida in the first game, the Bruins then defeated TCU twice to advance to the National Championship Series. The Bruins lost both games to South Carolina in the CWS Championship Series to finish as national runners-up, the team was ranked #1 in an April Baseball America poll. Cody Regis, Beau Amaral, and Trevor Bauer were named to the All-College World Series Team, rob Rasmussen was among ten players from the 2010 team that were selected in the 2010 MLB Draft. With a 42–14 record, the Bruins hosted the Los Angeles Regional of the NCAA Tournament at Jackie Robinsion Stadium and defeated Creighton, the Bruins then defeated TCU to advance to the College World Series. At the College World Series, UCLA defeated Stony Brook, but was eliminated with losses to Arizona, following a 39-17 regular season record and third-place finish in the Pac-12, UCLA was selected to host a regional in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. In it, UCLA defeated Cal Poly, San Diego, in the Fullerton Super Regional, UCLA defeated top ranked Fullerton State, 5-3 and 3-0, advance to the College World Series for the third time in four seasons. The Bruins won the first game, 3-1 and they won the second game, 8-0, to win the programs first national championship. The Bruins became the first team to win the World Series without hitting a home run during the tournament since Ohio State Buckeyes baseball did in 1966, cole and catcher Steve Rodriguez were named to the 2010 USA Collegiate National Team. Cole is one of three veterans returning from the 2009 National Team, J. Sturzenegger Alvin Montgomery Arthur Reichle Gary Adams John Savage List of NCAA Division I baseball programs Official website
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UCLA Bruins women's basketball
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The UCLA Bruins womens basketball program was established in 1974. The current coach is Cori Close, the team was a member of the AIAW until joining the NCAA in 1984. The UCLA Bruins womens basketball team won the AIAW championship in 1978, and a banner commemorating the championship hangs in Pauley Pavilion, the 2014–15 team won the 2015 WNIT championship. The Bruins finished in 6th place in the Pac-12 Conference and were selected to play in the WNIT, the Bruins defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers 62–60 for the WNIT championship on April 4,2015. Jordin Canada was the tournaments most valuable player, while Pauley Pavilion was being renovated, the womens basketball team played its 2011–12 season home games at the John Wooden Center. April 21,2011 – Cori Close was named head coach, november 12,2010 – The No.16 Bruins opened the season with a win over San Diego State 55–48. November 18,2010 – UCLA upset No.12 Notre Dame in double overtime, february 6,2011 – UCLA defeated USC for the second time this season at Galen Center. March 12,2011 – The Bruins were defeated by Stanford in the 2011 Pac-10 Womens Basketball Tournament Final in the Staples Center, march 25,2011 – Mariah Williams, Rebekah Gardner and Markel Walker were named to the 2011 Pac-10 Conference Womens Basketball All-Academic Team. The 1978 team led by Ann Meyers, Denise Curry and Anita Ortega won the AIAW National Championship under head coach Billie Moore
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UCLA Bruins men's basketball
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The UCLA Bruins mens basketball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in mens college basketball. Established in 1919, UCLA has won a record 11 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championships, UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975, including seven straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record four times, in 1964,1967,1972, Coach Jim Harrick led the team to another NCAA title in 1995. Former coach Ben Howland led UCLA to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008, UCLA won 13 consecutive regular season conference titles between 1967 and 1979, an NCAA record they currently share with Kansas, whose streak is currently active. On March 30,2013, Steve Alford was named the schools 13th head mens basketball coach, UCLA mens basketball has set several NCAA records. 11 NCAA titles 7 consecutive NCAA titles 12 NCAA title game appearances*10 consecutive Final Four appearances 25 Final Four wins*38 game NCAA Tournament winning streak 134 weeks ranked No, cozens coached the basketball team for two seasons, finishing with an overall record of 21–4. Caddy Works was the coach of the Bruins from 1921 to 1939. Works was a lawyer by profession and coached the only during the evenings. According to UCLA player and future Olympian Frank Lubin, Works was more of a coach with little basketball knowledge. Wilbur Johns was the UCLA basketball head coach from 1939 to 1948, from 1948 to 1975, John Wooden, nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, served as head coach at UCLA. He won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, seven of those in a row, within this period, his teams won a mens basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Prior to Woodens arrival, UCLA had only won two championship seasons in the previous 18 years. By 1962, with the no longer in place, Wooden had returned the Bruins to the top of their conference. This time, however, they would take the next step, a narrow loss, due largely to a controversial foul call, in the semifinal of the 1962 NCAA Tournament convinced Wooden that his Bruins were ready to contend for national championships. The result was a increase in scoring, giving UCLA a powerhouse team that went undefeated on its way to the schools first basketball national championship. Woodens team repeated as champions the following season before the 1966 squad fell briefly. UCLA was ineligible to play in the NCAA tournament that year, in January 1968, UCLA took its 47-game winning streak to the Astrodome in Houston, where Lew Alcindor squared off against Elvin Hayes in the Game of the Century before a national television audience. Houston upset UCLA 71-69 as Hayes scored 39 points, in a post-game interview, Wooden said, We have to start over
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UCLA Bruins football
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The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history and their first major period of success came in the 1950s, under head coach Henry Russell Sanders. Sanders led the Bruins to the Coaches Poll national championship in 1954, in the 1980s and 1990s, during the tenure of Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 151–74–8 record, including 13 bowl games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. The program has produced 28 first round picks in the NFL Draft,30 consensus All-Americans, the UCLA Bruins main rival is the USC Trojans. Jim L. Mora is the current head coach, the Bruins were the Pac-12 Conference South Division champions for two years in a row and played Pac-12 Football Championship Games in both 2011 and 2012. The first football team fielded by UCLA took the field in 1919, the team was coached by Fred Cozens. That UCLA football team compiled a 2–6 record, UCLA did not participate in an athletic conference until 1920, so the 1919 football team played a schedule full of local high schools and other assorted teams. Cozens was UCLAs athletics director from 1919 to 1942, harry Trotter took over the young UCLA football program after Cozens stepped down after guiding the Bruins in their first season. Coach Trotters two wins were against Redlands and San Diego State, which did not join the SCIAC until 1926, Trotter left UCLA with a 2–13–1 record in three seasons. James J. Cline took over the Bruins football program as its head coach in 1923. Coach Clines two wins were against Loyola University and San Diego State, Cline was replaced after two seasons and a 2–10–3 record. William H. Spaulding came to UCLA from Minnesota in 1925, as the Bruins head coach, his overall record in fourteen seasons was 72–51–8. During his tenure in Los Angeles, Spaulding led the Bruins to their first bowl appearance and victory, also during Spauldings tenure, the Bruins left the SCIAC and joined the Pacific Coast Conference beginning in 1928. Spauldings 72 wins rank him among the best in head coaching victories in Bruin football history and he retired after a successful fourteen-season tenure ended after the 1938 season. Horrell was promoted to head coach following Spauldings retirement and his 1942 UCLA Bruins team lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl. He was the first coach to lead a UCLA team to defeat rival USC and it was the first football victory in the UCLA-USC rivalry. The most notable player who played for Horrell at UCLA was Jackie Robinson, Horrells 1939 team compiled a 6–0–4 and his 1941 team posted a 5–5–1 record. With the exception of the 1942 season, the record of the Bruins during Horrells tenure outside the aforementioned seasons was 6–22–1
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UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics
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The UCLA Bruins womens gymnastics team represents the University of California at Los Angeles and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. They currently compete in Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, the team, coached by Valorie Kondos Field, has won 21 Regional titles and 6 NCAA National Championships, most recently in 2010. The Bruins are known for recruiting top elite gymnasts from both the US and Canada, some notable former UCLA gymnasts include Dr. UCLA also fielded a mens gymnastics team until 1994, when it was discontinued due to budget cuts. 2008 Canadian Olympic Gymnastics team member Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs attended UCLA, a member of the team in 2008–2009 season, the Bruins won the 2009 Pac-10 title, their 14th, and was 7th seeded in the NCAA National Championships. They competed at the NCAA North Central Regionals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, Apr.4 with Florida, Minnesota, Denver, Iowa State, the Bruins came in second behind Florida. 2009 – In the second session of the championships, the Bruins finished tie for third place with Utah. But Utah won the tie breakers by counting all the scores of the six competitors in each event,2010 – The team won its 15th Pacific-10 Championship, with Anna Li scoring a perfect 10 on uneven bars. Vanessa Zamarripa won all-around and vault, and was named 2010 Pac-10 Gymnast Of The Year,2010 – UCLA Gymnastics won the Los Angeles Regional and qualified for the NCAA Championships in Gainesville, Florida. Anna Li again scored a perfect 10 on the bars at Pauley Pavilion. 2010 – USA Olympic team silver medalist Sam Peszek is attending UCLA,2012 – Third place finish in team competition, Olivia Courtney was third in uneven bars, and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs was second in floor exercise. 2013 – UCLA was 4th in the competition held at its own Pauley Pavilion, Four Bruins finished as top-eight performers in individual competition. 2014 – UCLA did not qualify to Saturday nights Super Six competition in Birmingham, two Bruins competed on Sunday in event finals, Sam Peszek and Olivia Courtney. 2015 – UCLA captured the teams 21st Regional Championship with a score of 197.500 points at the NCAA Columbus Regional, Samantha Peszek was the All Around Co-Champion with 39.6 points, Samantha Peszek also won the balance beam with a 9.950 score. 2016 – UCLA finished second at the Salt Lake City Regional, the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Gymnastics Championships for the 32nd time, assigned to the Semifinal II. Seniors Danusia Francis and Sadiqua Bynum and junior Angi Cipra were awarded regular season All-America honors by the National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches, record includes invitationals and conference championships as of 2014. Coach of the Year Chris Waller,2004 Randy Lane,2000 The Bruins mens gymnastics team won two NCAA national champions in 1984 and 1987, the program was discontinued during university budget cuts in 1993 despite a record of athletic and academic success
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UCLA Bruins men's soccer
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The UCLA Bruins mens soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of California at Los Angeles. The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Bruins play their home games on the Frank Marshall Field of Drake Stadium on campus. The stadium is named in honor of Elvin C, ducky Drake, UCLAs long time trainer and former student athlete. Film producer Marshall graduated from UCLA and it is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time
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UCLA Bruins women's soccer
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The UCLA Bruins womens soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of California at Los Angeles. The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the team won their first national championship on December 8,2013 by defeating Florida State 1-0 in overtime. The Bruins play their games on the Frank Marshall Field of Drake Stadium on campus. The stadium is named in honor of Elvin C, ducky Drake, UCLAs longtime trainer and former student athlete. Film producer Marshall graduated from UCLA and it is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time. Jill Ellis 1999–2010 B. J. Snow 2011-2012 Amanda Cromwell 2013–present Womens Soccer Home
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UCLA Bruins softball
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The UCLA Bruins softball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles in NCAA Division I softball. Judith Holland, UCLA senior associate athletic director, hired Sharon Backus as a coach upon the programs founding in 1975. Holland recalled, I had seen her play, and she was one of the best shortstops who ever played the game. Backus was a physical education teacher at a school in Anaheim, California when she was hired by UCLA. Backus taught in Anaheim in the mornings and drove to UCLA for practice, Holland recalled that UCLA paid Backus about $1,500 year as a part-time coach, and I dont think the money even paid for her gas. In Backuss first three years at UCLA, the team struggled, between 1975 and 1977, UCLA compiled a record of 44–20. In the formative years of the program, the Bruins played at city parks, Backus moved her team to the UCLA intramural field, but it was not until 1980 that her team got its own field. In 1978, the Bruins won their first AIAW national softball championship with a 31–3 record, after womens softball became an NCAA sport in 1982, Backuss teams won six of the first nine NCAA softball tournaments. In all, Backus led UCLA to eight NCAA tournament championships in 1982,1984,1985,1988,1989,1990,1992, from 1988 to 1990, the Bruins won three consecutive NCAA championships and compiled a record of 163–19. But Backus has built a dynasty of her own, in total, the Bruins have won seven national titles, finished second twice and third twice in Backus 15 seasons. Commenting on the pressure and anxiety fostered by success, Backus noted, John Wooden once said that he wished one national championship to his best friends, but four to his enemies. In December 1995, the UCLA womens softball program was placed on probation after an investigation revealed that UCLA had awarded more scholarships than were permitted under UCLA rules. The Fresno Bee wrote that the penalties bring shame to college softball and added, for two seasons, they went over the scholarship limit, the equivalent of cheating on taxes. Amid an NCAA probe prompted by a Los Angeles Times investigation into UCLA pitcher Tanya Harding, Backus compiled a record of 847 wins,167 losses and 3 ties at UCLA. At the time of her retirement, she was the winningest college softball coach in the history of the sport, Backus told the press when she retired, Ive had a great career at UCLA, but its time for a change. My primary reason for stepping down has to do with the illness and that, plus the ongoing NCAA probe of the softball program have created a level of stress that I feel is best to put behind me at this time. In 1989, Sue Enquist was appointed coach with Backus. Enquist played softball at UCLA under Sharron Backus from 1975 to 1978 and she helped lead UCLA to its first national softball championship in the 1978 and became UCLAs first All-American softball player
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UCLA Bruins women's volleyball
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The UCLA womens volleyball program began its first year in 1965. Andy Banachowski had been the head each year since 1965 until his retirement after the 2010 season. In that season, Mardi Hardy was the head coach, Michael Sealy took over as head coach in 2011 and led the team to a national championship in his first season. Banachowski had more wins than any other NCAA Division I womens volleyball coach, with a record of 1, Banachowski had led UCLA to six national championships. UCLA has made 27 of 28 NCAA tournaments and has made 11 NCAA Final Fours, UCLA claimed the programs first national title after two previous runner-up finishes. In the deciding game against Stanford, UCLA was down 12-4, but with heroics from Liz Masakayan. Masakayan had the final kill to give UCLA the 15-13 win, UCLA won the NCAA title by defeating Pacific 15-9, 15-12, 15-7. UCLA was led by Natalie Williams and Marissa Hatchett who had 12 kills a piece, the Bruins finished the 1990 season 36-1. Playing at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins repeated as NCAA champions by defeating Long Beach State in five games. After losing the first two games by the scores of 15-12, 15-13, UCLA completed off a comeback to take the next three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-11. UCLAs comebacks was one of the biggest in NCAA history, since this match, UCLA finished their season 31-5 After 20 years, the UCLA Bruins captured their fourth title in history by defeating Illinois 3-1 on December 17,2011 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The Bruins were seeded 9th in the NCAA championship tournament, enrouting to the title game, they defeated 4 time defending champions Penn State and No.1 seeded Texas to face No.3 seeded Illinois. Rachael Kidder was named the most outstanding player of the tournament, lauren Van Orden and Zoe Nightingale were also named to the all tournament team. Head coach Michael Sealy is now a champion both as a player and a head coach, the Womens Volleyball team is featured in the new Pac-12 Networks Promo for the 2012 season. Note, No records were kept until the 1970-71 season, all seasons are under Andy Banachowski
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Manager (baseball)
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In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized. A manager is essentially equivalent to the coach in other North American professional sports leagues. How much control a manager takes in a games strategy varies from manager to manager and from game to game. Some managers control pitch selection, defensive positioning, decisions to bunt, steal, pitch out, managers are typically assisted by two or more coaches. Typically, the title of manager is used in professional baseball. In many cases, a manager is a professional, semi-professional or college player. Many current and former managers are former catchers which include Mike Matheny, John Gibbons, Brad Ausmus, Joe Torre, Mike Scioscia, Bruce Bochy, the managers responsibilities normally are limited to in-game decisions, with off-the-field and roster management decisions falling to the teams general manager. The term manager used without qualification almost always refers to the field manager, some owners carried out both GM and field managerial duties themselves. Major League Baseball managers differ from the coaches of most other professional sports in that they dress in the same uniform as the players and are assigned a jersey number. The wearing of a uniform is frequently practiced at other levels of play. The manager may be called skipper or skip informally by his players
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2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team
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The 2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins competed in the Pac-12 Conference, and played their games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage served as coach for his 9th season. The Bruins swept the Bulldogs in a best of three series to win their first NCAA National Championship in baseball, the following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. 5 nationally seeded Cal State Fullerton in the Fullerton Super Regional The Bruins defeated No.4 seeded LSU, NC State and No
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Major League Baseball
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Major League Baseball is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams now play in the National League and American League, the NL and AL operated as separate legal entities from 1876 and 1901 respectively. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities since 1903, the merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball in 2000. The organization also oversees Minor League Baseball, which comprises about 240 teams affiliated with the Major League clubs, with the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament. Baseballs first professional team was founded in Cincinnati in 1869,30 years after Abner Doubleday supposedly invented the game of baseball, the first few decades of professional baseball were characterized by rivalries between leagues and by players who often jumped from one team or league to another. The period before 1920 in baseball was known as the dead-ball era, Baseball survived a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series, which came to be known as the Black Sox Scandal. The sport rose in popularity in the 1920s, and survived potential downturns during the Great Depression, shortly after the war, baseballs color barrier was broken by Jackie Robinson. The 1950s and 1960s were a time of expansion for the AL and NL, then new stadiums, Home runs dominated the game during the 1990s, and media reports began to discuss the use of anabolic steroids among Major League players in the mid-2000s. In 2006, an investigation produced the Mitchell Report, which implicated many players in the use of performance-enhancing substances, today, MLB is composed of thirty teams, twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada. Baseball broadcasts are aired on television, radio, and the Internet throughout North America, MLB has the highest season attendance of any sports league in the world with more than 73 million spectators in 2015. MLB is governed by the Major League Baseball Constitution and this document has undergone several incarnations since 1875, with the most recent revisions being made in 2012. Under the direction of the Commissioner of Baseball, MLB hires and maintains the sports umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, MLB maintains a unique, controlling relationship over the sport, including most aspects of Minor League Baseball. This ruling has been weakened only slightly in subsequent years, the weakened ruling granted more stability to the owners of teams and has resulted in values increasing at double-digit rates. There were several challenges to MLBs primacy in the sport between the 1870s and the Federal League in 1916, the last attempt at a new league was the aborted Continental League in 1960. The chief executive of MLB is the commissioner, Rob Manfred, the chief operating officer is Tony Petitti. There are five other executives, president, chief officer, chief legal officer, chief financial officer. The multimedia branch of MLB, which is based in Manhattan, is MLB Advanced Media and this branch oversees MLB. com and each of the 30 teams websites. Its charter states that MLB Advanced Media holds editorial independence from the league, MLB Productions is a similarly structured wing of the league, focusing on video and traditional broadcast media
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2009 World Series
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The 2009 World Series was the 105th edition of Major League Baseballs championship series. The Yankees defeated the Phillies,4 games to 2, to win their 27th World Series championship, the series was played between October 28 and November 4, broadcast on Fox, and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers. Due to the start of the season being pushed back by the 2009 World Baseball Classic in March and this series was a rematch of the 1950 World Series. Home field advantage for the Series went to the AL for the eighth year as a result of its 4–3 win in the All-Star Game. The Phillies earned their berth into the playoffs by winning the National League East, the Yankees won the American League East to earn their berth, posting the best record in the Major Leagues. The Phillies reached the World Series by defeating the Colorado Rockies in the best-of-five National League Division Series, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series. The Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins in the American League Division Series, as a result of their loss, the Phillies became the first team since the 2001 Yankees to lose the World Series after winning it the previous year. Cliff Lee pitched a game in the Phillies Game 1 victory, allowing only one unearned run. In Game 2, solo home runs by Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui helped the Yankees win by a score of 3–1, after a rain delayed start, Game 3 featured more offense, with a combined six home runs and thirteen total runs en route to a Yankee victory. The Yankees won Game 4 by scoring the three runs in the ninth inning after an alert base running play by Johnny Damon. The Phillies avoided elimination with a win in Game 5, aided by Utleys second two–home run game of the series, the Yankees secured their World Series championship with a Game 6 victory in which Matsui hit his third home run of the series. The off-season the Phillies named Rubén Amaro, Jr. general manager and their most notable offseason player change was in left field, as Pat Burrell departed due to free agency and was replaced by free agent Raúl Ibañez. Another notable acquisition was free agent pitcher Chan Ho Park, Park was originally signed as a backup option for the bullpen, as reliever J. C. Romero was assigned a 50-game suspension after violating the Major League Baseball drug policy, in July 2009, Phillies scouts evaluated pitcher Pedro Martínez in two simulated games against the Phillies DSL team, leading to a one-year, $1-million contract. The Phillies made one large acquisition at the deadline, trading four minor league players to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Cliff Lee. Lee won seven of his regular season starts for Philadelphia in 2009. During the regular season, the Phillies led the National League East for most of the year and he was placed on the disabled list in mid-June for a groin injury, however, and though he returned he did not bat above.260 for any other month that season. Although Ibáñez did not receive MVP votes his teammates Ryan Howard and Chase Utley had successful years, finishing 3rd, the Phillies finished the season with a record of 93–69, six games above the second-place Florida Marlins in their division
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Chase Utley
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Chase Cameron Utley is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. A native of the Greater Los Angeles Area, he grew up in Long Beach, California, Utley played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2003 to 2015. He is a six-time All-Star, won a World Series with the Phillies in 2008 and he bats left-handed and throws right-handed. After becoming a permanent fixture as the Phillies second baseman, Utley demonstrated versatility, Utley was considered by fans to be a team leader of the Phillies, alongside Rollins and Ryan Howard. Utley was known for his quiet understated demeanor, instead setting an example for teammates with his preparation in the video room. Utleys seven career World Series home runs are the most for a second baseman and he is also noteworthy for having participated in seven no-hitters, of which he was on the winning side in four. Utley was born in Pasadena, California and he was raised in Long Beach, California, and played baseball at Long Beach Polytechnic High School and at the University of California, Los Angeles for the UCLA Bruins. In high school, his coach said that Utley had the fastest hands he had seen on a high school player. He hit over.500 his senior year, with a percentage of over 1.000 and struck out just twice in 80 at bats. A star shortstop in high school, the Bruins instead moved him to base because his arm strength was more of a liability at shortstop. He hit.382 with 22 home runs as a junior at UCLA in 2000 while leading the Bruins to the NCAA Super Regionals and he was selected to the All-Pac-10 team and the Sporting News and National Collegiate Baseball Writers first team All-American teams. Utley also played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers, Utley was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft. The Phillies scouting director said he was a combination of Jeff Kent and he signed on July 29,2000 for a $1,780,000 signing bonus. He was selected to the All-Star Futures Game in 2001 and made the International League post-season all-star team in 2003, Utley made his major league debut on April 4,2003 as a pinch hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was struck out swinging by Jeff Suppan in his first at-bat, in his first major league start, on April 24 against the Colorado Rockies, Utley recorded his first major league hit, a grand slam off Aaron Cook. He was optioned back to the minors on April 30 recalled by the Phillies again in August 2003, Utley recorded the final at-bat at Veterans Stadium by grounding into a game-ending double play on September 28,2003. In 43 games, he had a.239 batting average, by the end of 2004, it became evident to management that Utley was the teams future second baseman. However, a spot was not permanently available, his path to the majors was effectively blocked by Polanco
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Philadelphia Phillies
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The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, the Phillies compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East division. Since 2004, the home has been Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies have won two World Series championships and seven National League pennants, the first of which came in 1915, the franchise has also experienced long periods of struggle. The 77 season drought is the fourth longest World Series drought in Major League Baseball history, the longevity of the franchise and its history of adversity have earned it the dubious distinction of having lost the most games of any team in the history of American professional sports. Despite the teams lack of success historically, they are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball. The Phillies have won their division 11 times, which ranks 6th among all teams and 4th in the National League, the franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883, replacing the team from Worcester, Massachusetts in the National League. The teams spring training facilities are located in Clearwater, Florida and its Double-A affiliate is the Reading Fightin Phils, which plays in Reading, Pennsylvania, and its Triple-A affiliate is the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, which plays in Allentown, Pennsylvania. After being founded in 1883 as the Quakers, the changed its name to the Philadelphias. This was soon shortened to Phillies, Quakers continued to be used interchangeably with Phillies from 1883 until 1890, when the team officially became known as the Phillies. Player defections to the newly formed American League, especially to the cross-town Philadelphia Athletics, poor fiscal management after their appearance in the 1915 World Series, however, doomed the Phillies to sink back into relative obscurity, from 1918 to 1948 they only had one winning season. Though Chuck Klein won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1932 and the National League Triple Crown in 1933, after lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943, the Phillies rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years. As a result, the fan base and attendance at home games increased, but it soon became clear that not all was right in Coxs front office. Eventually Cox revealed that he had been betting on the Phillies, the new owner, Bob Carpenter, Jr. scion of the Delaware-based DuPont family, tried to polish the teams image by unofficially changing its name to the Bluejays. However, the new moniker did not take, and it was dropped by 1949. This led to the advent of the Whiz Kids, led by a lineup of players developed by the Phillies farm system that included future Hall of Famers Richie Ashburn. In contrast, the Philadelphia Athletics finished last in 1950 and long-time manager Connie Mack retired, the team struggled on for four more years with only one winning season before abandoning Philadelphia under the Johnson brothers, who bought out Mack. They began play in Kansas City in 1955, as part of the deal selling that team to the Johnson brothers, the Phillies bought Shibe Park, where both teams had played since 1938
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Ben Francisco
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Louis Benjamin Francisco is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Yankees. He is a 1999 graduate of Servite High School, a Roman Catholic high school for boys, in Anaheim and he later attended and played baseball at Cypress Junior College in 2000 and went on to play at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2001 through 2003. He was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. He was recalled from the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on May 1,2007, on June 29,2007, Francisco got his first hit and his first home run in his first major league start. His home run leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Indians a 2–1. He spent the remainder of 2009 and the entire 2010 season as a reserve outfielder, following the departure of starting right fielder Jayson Werth, Francisco earned a regular spot in the Phillies starting lineup at the onset of the 2011 season. By mid season, however, Francisco returned to his reserve role, though limited in play during the second half of the year, this year Francisco will most notably be remembered for his clutch performance in Game 3 of the 2011 NLDS against the St. Louis Cardinals. In a scoreless game, with Shane Victorino on second, the Cardinals elected to intentionally walk Carlos Ruiz in order to face Francisco, after nearly hitting a home run against Jaime Garcia a few weeks earlier, Francisco blasted a 405-foot home run into the Phillies bullpen. Francisco ended up being the winning run in a game where the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cardinals 3–2, on December 12,2011, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for minor leaguer Frank Gailey. On August 31,2012, the Tampa Bay Rays acquired Francisco for a player to be named later, on January 21,2013, Francisco signed a minor-league deal with the Cleveland Indians. The Indians released him on March 11,2013, on March 11,2013, Francisco signed a minor-league deal with the New York Yankees. He was added to the Yankees Opening Day roster and he was used as the designated hitter against left-handed pitchers but struggled drastically batting.103 in the month of April. Francisco was designated for assignment on May 26, and was released from the team on June 3,2013, on June 8,2014, Francisco signed with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League. He was active for the Barnstormers next game the day against the Camden Riversharks. On December 15,2014, Francisco signed a league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. On March 15,2015, he was released by the Diamondbacks, on May 8,2015, Francisco signed with the Rieleros de Aguascalientes of the Mexican Baseball League. He was released on May 24,2015, in 2016 he was hired by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as a scout
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Garrett Atkins
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Garrett Bernard Atkins is a former American Major League Baseball third baseman. In 2005, his 89 runs batted in led not only the Rockies, in 2006, Atkins ranked in the top ten of nearly all batting categories in the National League, posting a.329 batting average with 120 runs batted in and 117 runs scored. Atkins attended University High School in Irvine, California, as a senior, he was named the Irvine World News All-City MVP, after posting a.557 batting average, along with a school single-season record 13 home runs. After being drafted by the New York Mets in 1997 out of high school and he was recruited by Pepperdine, USC, Oklahoma State, Cal State Fullerton and UCLA, choosing the Bruins. At UCLA, Atkins majored in sociology and became the first three-time All-American and he began as a first baseman before converting to third base, where he made 51 starts in 1998. However, in 1999, his campaign, Atkins played first base again. He was a teammate and roommate of Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley, Atkins was drafted in 2000 by the Colorado Rockies in the fifth round. Atkins made his Major League debut in 2003 and hit.159 with 0 home runs and 4 RBIs and he fared better in his second stint in the Major Leagues in 2004 hitting.357 with 1 home run and 8 RBIs. Atkins won the Rockies third base job in 2005 but was placed on the DL with a strained hamstring before the season started. He returned in April and finished 4th in the Rookie of the Year voting after a season in which he topped NL rookies with 221 total bases,31 doubles,45 walks and he also finished the year with a 16-game hitting streak in September. His final stat line was impressive.287 batting average,13 homers, and 89 RBIs. Atkins followed with two seasons in 2006 and 2007, where he hit a combined 54 HR and 231 RBI and took part in his only World Series. In 2008, Atkins spent much of the season playing first base in the absence of injured teammate Todd Helton, prior to the start of the 2009 season, Atkins accepted a one-year $7 million contract from the Rockies. He struggled, hitting.226 with nine runs, and 48 RBIs. With the emergence of Ian Stewart, Atkins became less of a priority in the Rockies long-term plans and was non-tendered on December 12,2009, Atkins agreed to a one-year, $4 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles for 2010. On June 27, the Orioles designated Atkins for assignment, on July 6, he was released. Atkins agreed to a minor league deal with the Pirates on December 23,2010, in March 2011, Atkins was released
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Troy Glaus
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Troy Edward Glaus is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and third baseman. Previously, Glaus played with the Anaheim Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, Glaus lettered in baseball while attending UCLA. In thirteen seasons Glaus hit.254 with 320 home runs and 950 RBI in 1537 games, in 19 postseason games, he hit.347 with nine home runs and 16 RBI. Glaus has been selected to four All-Star Games, three with the Angels and one with the Blue Jays, Glaus began his career with the Angels in 1998 and was installed as the teams starting third baseman in 1999. Glaus had a season in 2000, becoming the all-time single season home run leader for third basemen in Angels history with 47 while leading third baseman in adjusted range factor in 2000. Glaus participated in the 2001 MLB All-Star Game and posted his second consecutive 40 home run season with 41 on the year, the Angels beat the San Francisco Giants in 7 games to win their first World Series title in team history. Glaus was a key member of the Angels 2002 World Series championship team and was named the Most Valuable Player of that series, Glaus followed that up with another All-Star year in 2003. Glaus missed much of the 2004 season with a shoulder injury,2004 was the last year of his contract with the Angels. As an established veteran, he was in demand on the free agent market, although Glaus had spent his entire career an Angel, and was a fan favorite, the team decided not to pursue Glaus return. Glaus ultimately signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks for US$45 million over four years, Glaus worked through his back problems in the 2005 season, with the Diamondbacks, by hitting 37 HRs with 97 RBIs. He was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in the off-season along with minor league shortstop Sergio Santos, the trade sent pitcher Miguel Batista and second baseman Orlando Hudson to the Diamondbacks. The Jays badly needed a power bat a year after letting go of Carlos Delgado, Glaus was not expected to do much fielding due to the fact the pitcher that day was known to induce many fly balls, instead of ground balls. This defensive alignment didnt affect his hitting, collecting 2 hits with a home run, since then, Glaus made several starts at shortstop, usually when Toronto was facing National League opponents at their home ballpark, where there is no DH. After hitting 38 home runs and 104 RBI in the 2006 season, in 2006, Glaus had the lowest zone rating of any Major League third baseman. In 2007 Glauss production was hampered all year by foot injuries, on December 13,2007, he was cited in the Mitchell Report. Glaus was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for third baseman Scott Rolen on January 14,2008. This worked out well for the Cardinals, as Glaus did about as well as, or better than, furthermore, Glaus committed only 7 errors in 146 games and led the league in error pct at 3B. On September 3,2008, he hit his 300th career home run off Doug Davis of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third inning and he underwent arthroscopic right shoulder surgery on January 21,2009
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2002 World Series
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The 2002 World Series was a best-of-seven playoff series to determine the champion of Major League Baseball for the 2002 season. It was the 98th series between the champions of the American League and National League, here respectively the Anaheim Angels, the series was played from October 19–27,2002 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco and Edison International Field of Anaheim in Anaheim. The Angels defeated the Giants by four games to three to win their first World Series championship and this was the first World Series since the 1995 inception of the wild card in Major League Baseball in which both wild card teams would vie for the title. The Angels finished the season in second place in the American League West. They then defeated the Minnesota Twins four games to one in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series, another first in franchise history. The Giants, meanwhile, finished the season in second place in the National League West. They defeated the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series, the series was the fourth World Series played between two teams from California, after 1974,1988, and 1989. Barry Bonds, Reggie Sanders, and J. T. Snow each hit home runs to help propel the Giants to win Game one, Game two was a high-scoring affair that the Angels ultimately won on Tim Salmons eighth-inning home run. The Angels routed the Giants in Game three, but lost Game four on a tie-breaking eighth-inning single by the Giants David Bell, the Giants brought the Angels to the brink of elimination by winning Game five in a blowout. A three-run double by Garret Anderson was the difference in the Angels Game seven win to clinch the series, Glaus was named the series MVP. As of 2016,2002 was the most recent Fall Classic appearance for the Angels and this was the fourth World Series played between two teams from California and the last World Series as of today involving two teams from the same state. The 1974 World Series saw the Oakland Athletics defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, in 1989 the San Francisco Giants were defeated by the Oakland Athletics. The managers of the two clubs, Mike Scioscia of the Angels and Dusty Baker of the Giants, were teammates on the Dodgers from 1980–1983 and this was the first World Series to feature opposing managers who had been teammates on a World Championship team as players. Since their 1958 move from New York to San Francisco, the Giants franchise and its fans had a history of futility, frustration. The Giants had won their last World Series crown before the move, since the move, the Giants made it to the Series twice but lost both times. Their most recent postseason appearance was in 2000, when they were defeated by the New York Mets in the NLDS, in addition, the Giants narrowly missed winning the N. L. pennant in 1959,1964,1965 and 1966. They finished in second five years in a row from 1965–1969. 2002 was Dusty Bakers tenth season as manager of the Giants and it was also their third season playing at Pacific Bell Park
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Los Angeles Angels
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are an American professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the American League West division. The Angels have played games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim since 1966. Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs at the time, in 2009, the Angels won the AL West division championship for the third straight season. The team name started in 1892, in 1903, the name continued in L. A. through the PCL. After the Angels joined the Major Leagues, some players from the Angels PCL team joined the Major League Angels in 1961. The Angels were one of two teams established as a result of the 1961 Major League Baseball expansion, along with the second incarnation of the Washington Senators. The team then moved in 1962 to newly built Dodger Stadium, which the Angels referred to as Chavez Ravine, the teams founder, entertainer Gene Autry, owned the franchise for its first 36 years. During Autrys ownership, the made the playoffs three times, but never won the pennant. When The Walt Disney Company took control of the team in 1997, it extensively renovated Anaheim Stadium, the City of Anaheim contributed $30 million to the $118 million renovation with a renegotiated lease providing that the names of both the stadium and team contain the word Anaheim. The team was renamed the Anaheim Angels and became a subsidiary of Disney Sports, under Disneys ownership and the leadership of manager Mike Scioscia, the Angels won their first pennant and World Series championship in 2002. In 2005, new owner Arturo Moreno added Los Angeles to the name in order to better tap into the teams history. He also stated that as Los Angeles is the second largest market in the U. S. its addition would benefit the team greatly. In compliance with the terms of its lease with the city of Anaheim, which required Anaheim be a part of the teams name, local media in Southern California tend to omit a geographic identifier and refer to the team as the Angels or as the Halos. The Associated Press, the most prominent news service in the U. S. refers to the team as the Los Angeles Angels, the mantra Win One for the Cowboy is a staple that is deeply rooted in Angels history for fans. The saying refers to the Angels founder and previous owner, Gene Autry, years went by as the team experienced many losses just strikes away from American League pennants. Autrys #26 was retired as the 26th man on the field for the Angels, Angel Stadium of Anaheim is nicknamed The Big A. It has a section in center field nicknamed the California Spectacular, each game begins with the song Calling All Angels by Train being played on the P. A. with Norman Greenbaums Spirit in the Sky being played during the teams starting lineup announcement
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Chris Chambliss
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Carroll Christopher Chambliss is an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1988 for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and he served as a coach for the Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Seattle Mariners. Chambliss won the American League Rookie of the Year Award with the Indians in 1971 and he was an All-Star with the Yankees in 1976, the same year he hit the series-winning home run in the 1976 American League Championship Series. He was a member of the Yankees 1977 and 1978 World Series championship teams, Chambliss went on to win four more World Series championships as the hitting coach for the Yankees in 1996,1998,1999, and 2000. Chambliss was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 26,1948 and he was the third of four sons born to Carroll and Christene Chambliss. His father was a chaplain in the United States Navy, leading the family to many times during Chris childhood. They settled in Oceanside, California, where Chris attended high school, Chris and his brothers all played baseball on the Oceanside High School baseball team. Chambliss enrolled at MiraCosta College, a college, where he played college baseball. Despite being selected in the Major League Baseball Drafts of 1967 and 1968 by the Cincinnati Reds and he transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he continued his college baseball career with the UCLA Bruins baseball team in 1969. That season, he led the Bruins with 15 home runs and 45 runs batted in, during the summer, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots of the Alaska Baseball League, which won the National Baseball Congress championship. Chambliss had a.583 batting average in the NBC tournament and was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player, the Cleveland Indians selected Chambliss with the first overall pick in the January 1970 Major League Baseball Draft. The Indians assigned him to the Wichita Aeros of the Class AAA American Association, with the Aeros, Chambliss batted.342, which led the league. With Ken Harrelson serving as the Indians first baseman, the Indians had Chambliss play in the outfield for Wichita in 1971 and he debuted in the majors in 1971, and was named AL Rookie of the Year. Chambliss played first base and was known as a clutch hitter throughout his career. Chambliss was traded to the New York Yankees from the Indians in April 1974, along with pitchers Cecil Upshaw and Dick Tidrow for Fritz Peterson, Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, and Steve Kline. Chris Chambliss was once quoted as saying, If youre not having fun, Chambliss appeared in the 1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In the 1976 American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals, Chambliss was the hitting star of the 1976 ALCS, as he also hit a two-run homer in Game 3 to help the Yankees win that Game 5 to 3. He hit an ALCS record.524 with 2 home runs, in the 1976 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, Chambliss hit.313 with one RBI
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Gerrit Cole
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Gerrit Alan Cole is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he pitched for the UCLA Bruins, Cole made his MLB debut in 2013. Cole played for the team at Orange Lutheran High School. Cole opted not to sign and instead attended UCLA, after his college baseball career, the Pirates made Cole the first overall selection in the 2011 MLB draft. Cole was named the National League Rookie of the Month in September 2013, and he stands 64 and weighs 230 lbs. Cole attended Orange Lutheran High School. In his sophomore year, Cole pitched for the junior varsity baseball team. He gained national attention while pitching for the varsity team in his junior year and he reached 96 miles per hour in a showcase for the best prep school talents, and close to 50 scouts attended the first game of his senior season. In his senior year, Cole pitched to an 8–2 win–loss record, Cole was named to the USA Today All-USA high school baseball team. Baseball America rated him the 17th best prospect available in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft and he was named the ESPN Rise Athlete of the Month for three consecutive months in March, April, and May 2010. He was named the pitcher of the 2008 Orange County North–South All-Star Game. The Yankees were reportedly planning on offering Cole a $4 million signing bonus, as the Yankees planned to give Cole a large bonus to sign, they waited until the deadline to attempt to sign him. By the time the deadline approached, Cole had decided to follow through with his commitment to attend the University of California, john Savage, coach of the UCLA Bruins, made Cole the teams Friday night starting pitcher in his freshman year. That season, Cole recorded a 4–8 win–loss record with a 3.49 ERA, Cole was a member of the 2009 United States collegiate national baseball team and was named to the 2010 Collegiate National Team roster. He competed in the 2010 World University Baseball Championship, during UCLAs 2010 season, Cole and Trevor Bauer contributed in making the Bruins the best baseball team in school history and the second best team in the country. Cole had an 11–4 win–loss record, a 3.37 ERA and his 153 strikeouts placed Cole third in among all collegiate pitchers. The Bruins went on to play in the 2010 College World Series, Coles statistics declined in 2011, his junior year. He finished the season with a 6–8 win-loss record and a 3.31 ERA, heading into the 2011 MLB draft, Cole, Bauer, and Danny Hultzen, also a college pitcher, were seen as among the best available talents in the draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Cole with the first overall selection and he signed a minor league contract with an $8 million signing bonus, the highest signing bonus ever offered to a rookie,15 minutes before the signing deadline on August 15,2011
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Trevor Bauer
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Trevor Andrew Bauer is an American professional baseball player with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He also pitched in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Bauer starred in college for the UCLA Bruins, winning the Golden Spikes Award in 2011. That year, he was the third selection of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks traded him to the Indians during the 2012–13 offseason, Bauer attended Hart High School in Santa Clarita, California, and the University of California, Los Angeles, where he played for the UCLA Bruins baseball team. In his freshman year at UCLA, Bauer recorded a 9–3 record with a 2.99 ERA, Bauer was a member of the USA2009 Baseball Collegiate National Team. He was 1–1 with a 4.67 ERA in five games,24 strikeouts, in 2009, he was named to the freshman All-America team by Baseball America. During the 2010 season, the Bruins had the best record in history and were the second best team in the country. The Bruins played in the 2010 College World Series and were defeated by South Carolina in the NCAA Championship Series, Bauer went 12–3 with a 3.02 ERA, collecting 165 strikeouts in 131 1⁄3 innings. The 165 strikeouts were the best in the nation, in 2010, he was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, presented annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country by USA Baseball. In 2011, Bauer was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and he was also the Collegiate Baseball Newspapers National Player of the Year. He was named the District IX Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, in his junior year, Bauer went 13–2 with a 1.25 ERA in 16 starts. He set a nation-leading and Pac-12 single-season record of 203 strikeouts and he finished the season with nine consecutive complete games and established new records at UCLA, including 460 career strikeouts,34 wins, 373 1⁄3 pitched innings. Bauer was the recipient of the Golden Spikes Award, and the National Pitcher of the Year Award, Bauer was selected third overall in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. On July 25, he signed a league contract with the Diamondbacks. He made his debut with the Class-A Advanced Visalia Rawhide. In the game, Bauer pitched two innings, allowing one hit, striking out three batters and walked one and he made three starts in total in Visalia, pitching in nine innings and allowing three runs on seven hits. However, he struck out 17 of the 39 batters he faced, in four starts at AA Mobile, Bauer pitched 16 2⁄3 innings, striking out 26, but walked eight batters and had a 7.56 ERA. Bauer received his first win as a professional August 20,2011 in a 13–6 victory over the Jacksonville Suns and he was named to appear in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game
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Arizona Diamondbacks
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The Arizona Diamondbacks, often shortened as the D-backs, are an American professional baseball franchise based in Phoenix, Arizona. The club competes in Major League Baseball as a member of the National League West division, since the teams inception in 1998, the franchise has played home games at Chase Field, formerly known as Bank One Ballpark. The ballpark was renamed in 2005, as a result of Bank One Corporations merger with JPMorgan Chase & Co, on March 9,1995, Arizona was awarded a franchise to begin play for the 1998 season. A $130 million franchise fee was paid to Major League Baseball and on January 16,1997, since their debut, the Diamondbacks have won five National League West titles, one National League Championship pennant, and the 2001 World Series. The Diamondbacks original colors were purple, black, teal and copper and their first logo was an italicized block letter A with a diamond pattern, and the crossbar represented by a snakes tongue. Prior to their season, they released their baseball caps. The home cap had a cream color crown with a purple visor, the road cap was black and had a turquoise visor and button. Their alternate cap had a crown with a purple visor. Depending on the cap, the A logo on the front of the cap had different color variations, in the Diamondbacks second season, they introduced a new logo which was a copper color snake in the shape of a letter D. It was used on a black cap, which in the beginning, was worn as a road cap. The franchise unveiled new uniforms and colors of Sedona Red, Sonoran Sand, the red shade is named for the sandstone canyon at Red Rock State Park near Sedona, while the beige shade is named for the Sonoran Desert. A sleeve patch was added featuring a lowercase d and b configured to look like a snakes head, the team also kept the D logo, but was slightly altered and put on an all red cap to be used as their game cap. They also kept the A logo with the new colors applied to it, a similar color scheme is currently used by the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League. The primary television play-by-play voice for the teams first nine seasons of play was Thom Brennaman, Brennaman was the TV announcer for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds before being hired by Diamondbacks founder Jerry Colangelo in 1996, two years before the team would begin play. In October 2006, Brennaman left the Diamondbacks to call games with his father for the Reds beginning in 2007, the English language flagship radio station is KTAR. Jeff Munn is a backup radio announcer, he served as the regular public address announcer at Chase Field in the early days of the franchise. He is well-known to many Phoenix area sports fans, having served as the public address announcer for the Suns at America West Arena in the 1990s. He is also the radio voice for ASU womens basketball
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Brandon Crawford
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Brandon Michael Crawford is an American professional baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He stands 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 215 pounds and he was the sixth player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in his first Major League game, and is also the first shortstop to hit a grand slam in a Major League Baseball postseason game. Crawford played college baseball for the University of California, Los Angeles, Crawford is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, and grew up in Pleasanton. He was born in Mountain View, and his family lived in Menlo Park before they moved to Pleasanton when he was in elementary school. He grew up a Giants fan, and his family purchased season tickets, Crawford attended Foothill High School in Pleasanton, where he was a three-sport athlete playing football, basketball, and baseball. He was the quarterback for the Foothill Falcons and graduated in the class of 2005. Crawford attended UCLA, where he was a physiological sciences major and he played baseball for the UCLA Bruins from 2006 to 2008, where he helped lead the team to the NCAA Regionals in three consecutive seasons, the first time in school history. Crawford was named the teams MVP in 2006 and 2007, in the summer of 2007, Crawford played for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He also played in the Northwoods League for the Mankato MoonDogs in 2005 before he attended UCLA and he helped lead the United States national team to the title in the 2006 International University Sports Federation World Championship. Crawford was selected in the round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft by the Giants. Crawford started his first full season as a professional with the Class-A Advanced San Jose Giants in 2009, in 25 games, he hit.371 with six home runs and 17 RBIs, good enough for a slugging percentage of.600 and 1.045 OPS. In May, Crawford was promoted to the Double-A Connecticut Defenders, when he recovered, he was assigned back to San Jose for the remainder of the season. He was ranked the sixth best prospect in the Giants organization by Baseball America heading into 2011, in 2011, Crawford was invited to Spring training but was set back by a broken finger suffered in the final week, and started the season in San Jose while he recovered. He was called up to the majors for the first time on May 26,2011, following injuries to Buster Posey, Mike Fontenot, Crawford made his MLB debut on May 27 against the Milwaukee Brewers. His first big hit came in his third at bat of the game and was a grand slam off the Brewers Shaun Marcum. On July 31, he was optioned to the Giants Triple-A affiliate, the Giants were 23–18 with Crawford as a starter, but he was only hitting.190. Crawford was recalled in September when MLB rosters expanded to 40 players, in 2012, Crawford was named the teams opening day shortstop, in which he batted 8th in the lineup. He batted.248 with four runs,26 doubles
