September 4, 2007 at 9:24 am
Filed under Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
The Padres lead Arizona by a single game in the NL West. The two teams meet tonight with Chris Young facing off against the Diamondbacks' Doug Davis. First pitch is at 9:40 pm ET.
Will Venable and the San Antonio Missions wrapped up regular season play yesterday with a 6-4 win over Corpus Christi. Venable was 0-4 on the day, finishing the schedule with a .278 average, 19 doubles, eight home runs and 21 stolen bases. The Missions (73-66, 42-27 in the second half) will face Frisco in the first round of the Texas League playoffs starting Wednesday night at the RoughRiders' ballpark.
The 1971-72 Union College men's basketball team has been named to the school's Athletics Hall of Fame as a “Team of Distinction." This team was coached by current Princeton athletic director Gary Walters and had former Princeton coach Bill Carmody on the roster.
September 1, 2007 at 9:51 am
Filed under Chris Young, Georgetown, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable
Will Venable and the San Antonio Missions have clinched a spot in the Texas League playoffs.
According to Padres manager Bud Black, Chris Young is experiencing "normal soreness" after his start on Thursday.
Richmond senior center Drew Crank will not be a member of Chris Mooney's 2007-08 Spiders team.
The John Thompson III Foundation will hold its first-ever Foundation Weekend this September 28th and 29th. I'd go just to see go-go legend Chuck Brown.
August 31, 2007 at 8:46 am
Filed under Chris Young, Today's News, Will Venable
C. Young (9-5) 4.1 IP 2 H 5 ER 6 BB 3 K 2.38 ERA. 93 pitches, 47 strikes.
Chris Young struggled with his control, walking a season-high six while allowing just two hits in San Diego's 8-7 loss to Arizona. Young gave up two runs while he was in the game, leaving with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth. The Padres bullpen walked in a run before the bases emptied on Mark Reynolds' three run double, putting the home team in a hole they were not able to climb out of.
It's a little tight right now but on the mound, I didn't think about it," Young said of his back. "I was rusty, that was it. I dug us in a hole and that was tough to overcome. ... I was able to turn loose the ball. It had more life than I've had in months."
Will Venable was 1-3 with a triple as San Antonio won it's third straight, a 4-1 decision over Midland.
August 30, 2007 at 10:00 am
Filed under Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
The Padres have taken three straight from Arizona to move into a virtual tie for first place in the NL West. Chris Young returns to the mound as San Diego goes for the sweep of the Diamondbacks. First pitch is scheduled for 10:05 pm ET.
Will Venable was 0-4 on the night as San Antonio picked up a 5-2 win over Midland.
There have been several tip times and two television broadcasts added to the 2007-08 Princeton schedule. Check it out. We also have a iCal version of the schedule you can subscribe to.
August 29, 2007 at 10:13 am
Filed under Butch van Breda Kolff, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Will Venable was 2-6 for San Antonio in an eleven inning 6-5 loss to Midland.
Chris Young has been upgraded to "likely" for Thursday's start against Arizona.
"It looks like he's going to, in all probability, [pitch] Thursday. We haven't announced it yet. He feels good today," Padres manager Bud Black said.
A memorial service for former Princeton coach Butch van Breda Kolff will be held on Friday, September 7th beginning at 4:00 pm ET at the Hofstra University Library in Hempstead, Long Island.
August 28, 2007 at 10:05 am
Filed under Butch van Breda Kolff, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Will Venable was 3-5 with a double and a run scored last night as San Antonio beat up on Corpus Christi 8-1. The Missions now lead Frisco by 2.5 games with eight to play.
Venable was also named to the Texas League post-season All-Star team.
The San Diego Padres are cautiously optimistic that Chris Young could start either Thursday or Friday's game this week. Young threw off a mound yesterday for the first time since leaving his start at Shea Stadium with a lower back strain.
The Princeton Packet spoke with Bill Bradley, Gary Walters and Pete Carril about the late Butch van Breda Kolff.
Eagles linebacker Omar Gaither had an offer to play basketball at Princeton?
August 27, 2007 at 10:08 am
Filed under Butch van Breda Kolff, Chris Young, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Will Venable was 1-4 with a run scored in San Antonio's 9-0 win over Frisco on Friday.
Saturday the Missions started a series with Corpus Christi. Venable drove in the game's only run in the bottom of the fifth as the Hooks were shut out 1-0.
"I knew he was going to throw me a fastball," Venable said.
"He left it up, and fortunately, I was ready for it."
Corpus Christi scored two runs in the top of the seventh to best San Antonio 3-2 in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader. Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate in the loss. In the nightcap Venable hit his eighth home run of the year as the Missions shut out the Hooks 4-0. San Antonio has a 1.5 game lead on Frisco in the southern division of the Texas League with nine games to play.
Cole Hamels says Chris Young should call him if he wants any advice on his back.
Daily Breeze writer Mike Waldner shares stories from the life of Butch van Breda Kolff.
During one late night session, the discussion turned to how various coaches attacked gimmick defenses. Butch was dismissive. To him the game was a simple matter of balance, movement and crisp, accurate passes.
"What do you do against a diamond-and-two?" he was asked.
"Just tell my scorer to go stand in the corner and let the rest of the team play four-on-three," he said.
"Are you really going to take your top scorer out of your offense?" the reporter said.
"Ask Pete," Butch said.
It just so happened that Pete Carril, who played for VBK at Lafayette and followed him as the Princeton coach, was visiting that night.
"Pete, Pete," VBK commanded. "Come over here and tell them what we do against a diamond-and-two."
"Tell your scorer to go stand in the corner and let the rest of the team play four-on-three," Carril said.
August 24, 2007 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Butch van Breda Kolff, Chris Thomforde, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Associated Press/Christopher Barth
In the wake of the passing of Butch van Breda Kolff (right), the majority of today's articles are about his life.
The Princeton athletic department press release has the following quote from head coach Sydney Johnson:
"We lost one of our program's most important figures yesterday," says Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson '97. "He was a central figure in establishing Princeton as one of the top 20 college basketball programs of all time. Our players, coaches and fans are honored to be associated with Coach van Breda Kolff and we offer our deepest condolences to his family and dear friends."
Harvey Yavener of the Trenton Times talks to former Princeton coach Pete Carril and current Tigers Athletic Director Gary Walters about the man they called "Coach."
The New York Times remembers Uncle Butch.
Columnist Ed Laubach with the Express-Times writes about the life of Butch van Breda Kolff, speaking to Moravian College president Chris Thomforde along with Coach Carril (who mentions he would like to coach again as an assistant).
But I think my favorite find while searching the newswire was this 1967 piece from Time Magazine, "Tiger In The Ivy."
The Princeton Packet's Bob Nuse would still love to see the "Carril Classic" happen at Jadwin Gym. While Nuse knows this would never come together, what about having three teams from the "Princeton family" of coaches play three different teams in a tripleheader at Jadwin?
Will Venable homered for the second consecutive game, but Frisco got the better of San Antonio, 6-4.
While Chris Young won't be rejoining his Padres teammates in Philadelphia this weekend, there is hope that he will return to the rotation next week.
August 23, 2007 at 10:28 am
Filed under Chris Young, Today's News, Will Venable
A big night for Will Venable, who was 4-6 with his sixth home run of the season as San Antonio took the second game of their series with Frisco 14-3.
Padres manager Bud Black says Chris Young may avoid the disabled list. A MRI on Young's back did not show any serious problems.
August 22, 2007 at 10:08 am
Filed under Chris Young, Princeton, Scott Greenman, Today's News, Will Venable
C. Young - 5.0 IP 5 H 4 ER 2 BB 5 K 2.12 ERA. 64 pitches, 42 strikes.
Both padres.com and the San Diego Union Tribune have more on Chris Young's injury and last night's bitter loss to the Mets.
Will Venable was 3-4 with two runs scored in San Antonio's 6-4 victory over Frisco, which moved the Missions past the RoughRiders and back into first place in the Southern Division of the Texas League.
Princeton's athletic department has news on Scott Greenman being invited back to Israel for the 2007-08 season and the relatively new Tiger tradition of former point guards playing overseas.
August 21, 2007 at 10:23 am
Filed under Chris Young, Denver, Today's News, Will Venable
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres are in New York for the first time this season, facing the Mets at 7:10 pm ET tonight (weather permitting). We will have postgame audio from the locker room available for princetonbasketball.com donors later this evening.
Will Venable was 1-4 on the night as San Antonio dropped a 3-2 decision to Arkansas in the finale of their three game series.
The Rocky Mountain News stops by Denver's summer basketball camp to talk with head coach Joe Scott.
"Was I looking for something else? All I know is that I liked what we were doing there (at Princeton) in terms of the development of our program," Scott said. "At the same point, things had changed there. Does that mean I was looking for something else? I don't know. I just know things were changing there, which, in my opinion, wasn't the best situation or the most advantageous."
August 20, 2007 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Today's News, Will Venable
I'll be covering Chris Young in his start at Shea Stadium against the Mets on Tuesday night. If any princetonbasketball.com subscribers have interview questions you would like me to try and ask Chris, please contact me.
Will Venable went 0-4 in San Antonio's 4-0 loss to Arkansas on Saturday, his batting average dipping to .274. Venable rested on Sunday and was not in the lineup as the Missions defeated the Travelers 7-1.
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