A reader in Atlanta sent me some pictures they took of Will Venable from last night's Padres/Braves game. Venable was 0-5 at the plate in San Diego's 2-1 extra inning victory, but did make a nice rolling catch (video) in the fourth inning.
More photos follow after the jump.
Will Venable was at the center of a bench-clearing incident during yesterday's game between the Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals. Venable grounded out to first baseman Albert Pujols and Pujols felt Venable gave him an elbow when Pujols tagged him out in the baseline. After the game, Venable considered the matter over. Pujols, not so much.
Gonzaga's Cedrick Lindsay has accepted an offer to play at Richmond. Lindsay's teammate Malcolm Lemmons is considering an offer from Princeton, among other Ivy schools.
Former Northwestern guard Craig Moore is blogging about his first year playing overseas for the Dutch team De Friesland Aris.
An article from the Times Dispatch on the anatomy of the basketball schedule at Richmond gives readers a better idea of how hard it is to create and coordinate a full campaign.
Bill Bradley will be speaking at Cornell on September 10th as part of a panel called "Loves on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership."
Did you miss the Will Venable full extension diving catch that was the Top Play on Friday night's Sportscenter? Watch video of the grab here. Venable also had a pair of doubles, his second career game with more than one extra base hit.
Last night Venable was one for three at the plate as San Diego was shut out by St. Louis, 7-0.
ESPN Chicago thinks the future is looking bright for Northwestern basketball.
The Princeton Packet talks with Padres outfielder Will Venable.
CBS Sports' Fantasy News lists Venable as one of baseball's luckiest hitters.
Former Northwestern guard Craig Moore will play professionally in Holland.
Wildcat center Kyle Rowley has a fracture in his left foot and will be out indefinitely.
Chris Young expects to be 100% by spring training.
Doug Gottlieb responds to Dick Vitale's Top 40 on espn.com with his own list of teams worth watching and discussing in 2009-10. Included: Northwestern, Oregon State and Richmond.
Scott Greenman (pictured third from the left with the rest of the USA coaching staff) talks to the Town Topics about his experiences coaching in Israel.
According to Paul Westphal, Pete Carril will be focusing on improving the Sacramento Kings' shooting.
Will Venable was picked off first base with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday, ending the Padres' hopes of rallying past St. Louis.
A piece in the Providence Journal on the recruitment of Harvard commitment Matt Brown mentions that part of Tommy Amaker's recruiting pitch is "he’s trying to make Harvard basketball what Princeton basketball used to be."
Chris Young will have an arthroscopic debridement procedure on his right shoulder on Monday. He will not pitch again in 2009.
Will Venable drove in two runs for the Padres on Wednesday. Here's video of his RBI single to right that opened the scoring. Venable picked up two more base hits last night in San Diego's 9-2 loss at St. Louis.
Northwestern forward John Shurna talks about his time with the USA U-19 team, who won the gold medal at the Under-19 World Championships in New Zealand.
Sports Illustrated has a piece about three different top 100 prospects who are showing a strong interest in playing basketball at Harvard.
The relationship between Will Venable and his parents is the focus of an article on padres.com.
Venable's recent surge also earned him a profile in the San Diego Union Tribune.
Last night Venable hit a long home run to right field (video) as San Diego pasted Milwaukee 13-6. Venable added a two run single in the Padres' six run sixth inning.
It isn't all baseball news around these parts though. Word has broken on Princeton's first 2010 commitment. I spoke with his AAU coach last night for a profile that I hope to publish today. Just need to get a few quotes from his high school coach and you'll learn all about the first publicly-announced name of next year's freshman class.
Inside The Padres reports that Chris Young's season is likely over.
Will Venable drove in a run with a single to center field (video) as San Diego won its third straight over the Mets on Saturday night.
For those of you who play rotisserie baseball, ESPN and Yahoo! Sports debate picking up Venable for your league's stretch run.
Did you know that legendary civil rights attorney John Doar played basketball at Princeton? The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tells his story.
Will Venable drove in the game-tying run with a double in the bottom of the ninth (video), then scored the winning run on Everth Cabrera's grand slam as San Diego scored five times in the final frame to beat the Mets 6-2.
The Harvard basketball schedule has been released. The Crimson host Princeton on February 5th at 7:00 pm ET.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson was a guest on the radio show Wheels at Work. Listen to the interview here (.mp3).
I read on CAAZone that incoming Princeton freshman Ian Hummer was playing for the Clyde's team in the Kenner League at Georgetown with Hoyas Jason Clark and Henry Sims, so I asked some regulars on the HoyaTalk message board to share their impressions of Hummer's game. Click on Hummer's name to see what they have to say.
Kareem Maddox scored eight points on 4-8 shooting in the final Hank's Big Time game of the Say No Classic's season. The team finished with a 4-4 record.
Former Israeli team star / Rutgers player Steve Kaplan tells the Sacramento Bee how he regrets not going to Princeton to play for Pete Carril.
Chris Young may have missed 46 consecutive games due to his shoulder injury, but Padres manager Bud Black does not think surgery will be necessary.
Will Venable hit an opposite field solo home run (video) on Tuesday and followed that up with a two run shot to right (video) yesterday afternoon. Venable has gone deep five times in the last seven games and is hitting .481 during that stretch.
The good fortune continued for another member of Venable's family, as his younger brother Winston, who was frequently at Jadwin when his older brother was playing basketball, transferred to Boise State, where he hopes to succeed as a safety/linebacker hybrid.
Will Venable is on a tear. Venable picked up three more hits versus Atlanta and made a diving catch (video) in the seventh inning to protect a one run San Diego lead.
Over the weekend Venable hit his third home run in as many games (video) as the Padres bested Milwaukee 4-2. Venable is hitting .476 across his last five games and has raised his average this season to .254.
It doesn't look like Chris Young will be joining Venable on the Padres' active roster anytime soon. Young was transferred to the 60-day disabled list on July 31st.
Will Venable hit his second opposite field home run (video) in as many days, helping San Diego rally past Milwaukee 11-7.
A sacrilegious quote from Pete Carril, yelled at some point during Bishop John Barres' playing days brought down the house when Barres recalled it during his ordination ceremony.
The New York Times profiles the new Director of the Ivy League, Robin Harris.
Yale has released its 2009-10 basketball schedule. The Bulldogs' game versus the Tigers in New Haven is scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm ET.
