Photo from Bloomsburg University Athletics Department Bloomsburg baseball team defeats the Fairmont State Falcons in a three-game sweep at home this weekend. Saturday, the team won 6-1 and 9-7 in the second game. The sweep was set after Sunday’s win, finishing 9-3 at...
Astros, Braves Meet in World Series
Only two teams remain to determine the world champion of baseball: The Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. Let’s take a look at how each team got here, and how they match up against each other. Houston Astros The Houston Astros won 95 games in the regular...
Is ‘Guardians’ Really the Best Name for Cleveland’s Baseball Team?
Cleveland's MLB team released a statement Friday morning to announce it will change its name from Indians to Guardians. I understand why many sports franchises are rebranding away from Native Americans in their team name. Washington’s Football Team did it last year,...
MLB finds itself ‘stuck’ due to cheaters
Since its creation, Major League Baseball players have garnished new ideas to gain competitive advantages, from using pine tar, to corking bats, and of course the short lived, yet exciting steroid era. However, some people are saying the newest method to hit baseball...
BUnow Alumni: Where is Paul Rosa now?
Paul Rosa graduated from Bloomsburg University in the spring of 2013. He majored in Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. During his sophomore and junior year, he was a member of Bloomsburg’s varsity baseball team. Paul decided to step away...
BU Baseball Stays Hot, Sweeps Winston-Salem
First published on March 7th by the Bloomsburg University's campus newspaper, The Voice. Baseball broke out the brooms against Winston-Salem this past weekend. Well-timed scoring and sensational pitching were the ultimate deciding factors in the sweep against...
The Boston Red Sox Win Fourth World Series Title Since 2004
The best team in the regular season finishes as the best team in the post-season! The Boston Red Sox have defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5 of the World Series. What was predicted to be a pitching duel between two former Cy Young Award winners turned into...
2018 MLB Wild Card Recap
The MLB playoffs officially kicked off Tuesday night as the Colorado Rockies outlasted the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field 2-1. Rockies’ young ace Kyle Freeland pitched 6 ⅔ shutout innings while striking six Cubs. He dominated the Cubs’ lineup on just three days rest....
2018 MLB Playoffs: American League Players to Watch
Remember back in the 2015 playoffs, New York Mets infielder Daniel Murphy wreaked havoc in the month of October, hitting a home run in six consecutive postseason games? He would later be named the National League Championship Series MVP, as he catapulted the...
Marlins Pitcher Killed in Boating Accident
Baseball was greeted to absolutely horrible news on Sunday morning. One of Major League Baseball's young stars, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, was killed in a boating accident around 3:30 am on Sunday. He was 24-years-old and has a baby on the way. The accident...
Top 10 Weirdest Things to Happen at a Sports Event
I understand baseball games can get boring at times, especially when it’s a pitchers duel with little to no scoring. I played baseball for 15 years growing up and at times I felt myself wandering off if I was not always involved in the play. However, on April 16, a...
Looking Back on David Ortiz’s Controversy Filled Career
Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz announced on Nov. 18 that he will be retiring after the 2016 MLB season. This gives the fans of baseball a chance to look back on his career and remember just how much of a tool he has been. Throughout his years on the diamond, Ortiz, aka...
One-on-One with Jim Jackson
Friday at noon in McCormick 1303, Jim Jackson, the television play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers as well as a radio host for the Philadelphia Phillies, spoke to a number of students and faculty about the broadcast industry. Besides talking about the...
Fourth Annual “Best Buddies Day at the Ball field”
The Baseball players joyfully climbed the bleachers to meet the buddies in attendance at the fourth annual “Best Buddies Day at the Ball Field” event hosted this past Saturday. Smiles were in abundance as the BU team autographed a group photo and chatted before the...
BU Alum Named Baltimore Orioles Coordinator of Public Relations
On Feb. 9, the Baltimore Orioles baseball club announced that Chris Martrich will be the team’s new Public Relations Coordinator. As the Orioles open the 2015 season, Martrich will begin his third season with the team. A new year will bring a new challenge as he will...
Expanded Replay in Baseball: Fair or Foul?
Since its implementation before the 2014 season, the use of expanded instant replay in Major League Baseball has been a highly controversial topic among players, coaches, executives, and fans. Up until this season, it had really only been used for boundary calls with...
PRSSA Presents, “Best Buddies Day at the Ball Field”
The students of PRSSA are teaming up with the BU Baseball Team!
2014 Huskies Baseball Preview
The Huskies will open up play this Thursday at 3 p.m in Newport News, Va. They are playing in the Apprentice School tournament against conference foes Kutztown and Lock Haven University along with a couple Virginia schools. The Huskies finished last season...
The End of an Era: Derek Jeter announces he will retire following 2014 season
In the 1993 Robert De Niro movie “A Bronx Tale,” a young Italian boy, Calogero Anello, is riding the bus with his father, Lorenzo, played by De Niro. Set in the 1950’s, the two get to talking baseball, and Lorenzo goes on to tell Calogero that Joe Dimaggio is...
2013 World Series Review
Behind a gritty, bearded team, and a city that loves their baseball, the Boston Red Sox are World Champions. The team that finished with the worst record in the American League East a year before, completed their journey from worst to first on Wednesday,...
Manuel Out, Sandberg In
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel will not be renewing his contract after the 2013 season. Phillies General Manager, Ruben Amaro Jr, announced at the press conference this afternoon that the Phillies organization has decided to “make...
Bloomsburg Baseball Team Ends Season on a Hot Streak
To say that the Bloomsburg University baseball team had a slow start to their season would be an understatement. They lost 23 of their first 27 games, including a stretch of 17 straight losses. However, the Huskies proved that it’s not how you start, it’s how you...
Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: Local Pro Team Offers Fun and Friendly Atmosphere
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area baseball team has a new name, and a much improved stadium. After spending most of last season under renovation, PNC Field opened its gates this year to a team with a new name- the RailRiders. They are the new AAA affiliate of the New...
Former Professional Women’s Baseball Player Comes to Bloomsburg University
Sarah Jane Sands or as her friends call her “Salty” was one of the women that had the chance to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Born in Orangeville, Pa on July 27, 1935, and as the youngest of four siblings, Salty fell instantly in love...
BU Announces This Year’s Top Athletes
Bloomsburg University has announced its top male and female student-athletes for the 2009-10 sports season as well as the most valuable players of its sports teams.