The Padres are confused by Chris Young not making the NL All-Star Team.
Chris Young says that an All-Star selection won't define his season.
The San Diego Union Tribune offers up a Q&A with Chris Young.
Will Venable was 2-4 on Saturday, but the San Antonio Missions fell 3-2 to Wichita.
6-5 swing player Tyler Thompson from Batavia, IL will visit Princeton and Cornell in August.
Don't forget to vote for Chris Young!
C. Young (8-3) - 6.0 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 9 K 2.14 ERA. 113 pitches, 82 strikes.
It wasn't as dominant a performance as most of his recent starts have been, but Chris Young bested Los Angeles for the first time as the Padres moved back into first place on Friday night. San Diego scored six runs in the fourth and Young was able to work through potentially dangerous situations all game long, giving up just two earned runs.
San Antonio played a doubleheader at Tulsa yesterday. In game one Will Venable was 2-3 with a double and a walk, driving in three runs as the Missions won 5-3. San Antonio completed the sweep with a 10-2 victory in the nightcap. Venable was 0-4.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an enjoyable article about "other guy" Jeff Green out today.
"It got me to the point I'm at today and allowed me to work on every aspect of my game, dribbling, shooting, defense," said Green. "It'll be fun getting the shackles off, but I'll always look back and say the Princeton offense helped me out."
The NBA draft is tonight, and Georgetown's Jeff Green is projected to be picked in the first ten selections. Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News feels Green should be drafted third. The Hartford Courant adds more about the future pro's fashion sense.
The Boston Globe has a feature on Dave Blatt out today.
Not much time off in the Texas League. Will Venable and the San Antonio Missions were back on the field last night. Venable was 2-4 with a walk in a 3-2 loss to Tulsa.
Will Venable was 2-3 with a stolen base and two runs scored off the bench in the Texas League's All-Star game. Venable tied the game in the bottom of the tenth inning with a lead-off home run to left field as the South rallied for a 5-4 victory.
Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan has a feature posted about Chris Young.
Georgetown has announced teams and schedule for this summer's Kenner League.
Chris Mooney has named former Air Force player Marcus Jenkins as Richmond's Director of Basketball Operations.
In the final game before the Texas League's All-Star break, Will Venable was 0-4 at the plate. The Missions' three game winning streak came to an end at the hands of Midland, 3-1. The All-Star game is tonight in Corpus Christi.
C. Young (7-3) - 7.0 IP 1 H 0 ER 2 BB 11 K 2.08 ERA. 110 pitches, 74 strikes.
Chris Young returned to the mound for the first time in a week and shut down the vaunted Boston Red Sox lineup on one hit over seven innings. San Diego took a 6-1 decision.
Will Venable was 0-4 on Saturday in a 6-1 San Antonio win over Midland.
News Tribune columnist John McGrath suggests Dave Blatt as the new Seattle Supersonics head coach.
Chris Young tries to end San Diego's four game losing streak as the Padres host the Red Sox at 10:05 pm ET.
Will Venable went 0-4 on Friday as the Missions won their second straight over Midland 6-0.
Good news for Princeton fans in southern Indiana. As first reported on princetonbasketball.com, the Tigers will be playing at Evansville on Wednesday, December 5th.
Chris Young's start against Boston has been pushed back one day from Friday until Saturday.
An interesting article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch on attrition under Chris Mooney at Richmond.
Will Venable was 1-5 with a run scored as San Antonio scored five runs in the eighth inning to defeat Midland 6-3.
In a feature from Black Athlete Sports Network on basketball great Dave Bing, I learned the following:
One university that didn't recruit him was Princeton, exactly where Bing wanted to go. He and his 3.1 grade-point average applied, but the school said no.
Bing went on to Syracuse, but he never forgot how he felt.
"For the first time in my life, I was rejected because somebody told me that I wasn't good enough. . . . I was devastated! I decided (on) my second choice, Syracuse University, and I made up my mind that I would never again put myself in a position where I would have to face rejection,"
6-7 forward Nikita Mescheriakov has received a full scholarship from Georgetown as a member of the class of 2011.
A brief quote from Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox from his graduation ceremony.
The Princeton Summer League began on Monday evening at Community Park. Chris Petrie scored 14 points for Coldwell Banker in a 55-51 loss to Mercedes. Last night Petrie had 12 points as Coldwell Banker defeated Cool Runnings 41-29.
In a 4-3 loss to Corpus Christi yesterday, Will Venable was 1-3 with a walk.
Will Venable was involved in all sorts of action throughout Tuesday's 7-6 San Antonio victory over Corpus Christi. In addition to two hits in four at-bats, Venable was caught stealing once and picked off once.
As expected, Chris Young will appeal his five game suspension.
MLB.com says it is likely Chris Young will appeal his five game suspension.
The Washington Post has more on Jeff Green's decision to stay in the NBA draft, including quotes from his college coach.
"It was a difficult decision on many levels," Georgetown Coach John Thompson III said. "He likes Georgetown, he likes his friends at Georgetown, and I don't want to speak for him, but I think he likes everything about Georgetown. To that end, it was a difficult decision."
Will Venable was 0-2 with two walks for San Antonio, as the Missions found their winning ways again, 5-4 over Corpus Christi.
It is decision time. Jeff Green has until 5:00 pm ET today to withdraw his name from the NBA draft.
Will Venable was 1-4 for San Antonio, but the Missions fell at Corpus Christi 8-1.
Afternoon updates:
Jeff Green will remain in the NBA draft.
Chris Young and Derrek Lee were both suspended five games for their roles in Saturday's fight. These suspensions are scheduled to begin Tuesday. Young's next start was slated for Friday against Boston.
