Mitch Haniger still can’t describe it. That moment he felt as his name flashed across the bottom of the screen during this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was too much to digest. In the middle of cheers from a group of friends and family, it took the breath out of him, stunned […]
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Mustangs shock Gauchos, keep playoff hopes alive
The Cal Poly dugout erupted onto the field and mobbed sophomore Jimmy Allen at third base as he tagged UC Santa Barbara’s Bryce Tafelski for the final out of Sunday’s come-from-behind win at Baggett Stadium. A one-out pop up into foul territory in left field was corralled by sophomore David Armendariz, who then gunned down […]
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Larry Lee: A decade in the dugout
The head coach steps out onto the baseball diamond and into the afternoon sunlight. As his team stretches on the outfield grass, Larry Lee can be seen cracking a smile near the dugout. It’s a smile that will likely be replaced by a much more determined face once the practice session begins. In his 10th […]
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Finally, it's Miller's time
He jump-stepped out of the batter’s box, throwing his bat confidently to the side with his eyes peeled on the baseball. There was no doubt this shot was heading over Baggett Stadium’s outfield fence and into the parking lot — the only question was: fair or foul? Among the statistics that formulate every at-bat in […]
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Baseball looks to regain to winning ways
The early season momentum gained by the Cal Poly baseball team is all but gone. The Mustangs, losers of seven of their last 10 games, look to hang on in their final 17 regular season games with hopes of earning a trip to the NCAA Regional Championships for the first time since 2009. The Mustangs […]
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Sports psychologist helps athletes get heads in the game
He works regularly with Cal Poly athletes, but because he’s not an official employee, he doesn’t have an office, or even a desk, in Mott Gym. He regularly conducts interviews in one of Cal Poly’s busiest locations, The Avenue, but is still relatively unknown to the public eye. He’s worked with the NBA, MLB and […]
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Baseball drops series to Big West-leading Titans
The big series win didn’t come this year. A season after upsetting nationally-ranked Cal State Fullerton 2-1, the Mustangs dropped two of three games to the defending Big West champion Titans this weekend. The Mustangs started the series with a 6-1 loss against Cal State Fullerton on Friday. In the loss, the Titans got started […]
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Mustangs move into second place with sweep of Anteaters
Kyle Brueggemann spent just one year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he learned a lot playing for the Black Knights. Things such as discipline, balancing workloads and plain old hard work that he brought to the mound on Saturday as the Mustangs (20-10, 4-2) defeated UC Irvine 8-1 to sweep the series. […]
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Baseball clinches weekend series in nail-biter
The Mustang pitching staff continued their success during Cal Poly’s 3-2 victory over UC Irvine on Friday night. Senior left-handed pitcher Kyle Anderson went six innings and gave up one earned run on four hits, four strikeouts and two walks, but closer Chase Johnson made it interesting in the final frame before the Mustangs clinched […]
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Mustangs devour 'Eaters in series opener
Junior right-hander Joey Wagman stole the spotlight on the mound scattering eight hits over eight innings of shutout baseball while redshirt freshmen Tommy Pluschkell shone at the plate driving in two runs off a one-out double in the second inning to help the Mustangs cruise to a 6-0 win over visiting UC Irvine (17-10, 3-1 […]
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Joey Wagman shines under Friday night lights
On a warm Friday night in Danville, Calif., the lights flooded the diamond and the stars were out as Joey Wagman shone. The center fielder for the Monte Vista High School baseball team was known as the captain of the outfield, a leader in perusing the desolate stretch of grass between the diamond and the […]