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The Iowa baseball team churned out 13 hits against South Dakota State Friday at Duane Banks Field, but the biggest hit seemed to elude them. Iowa had bounced into inning-ending double plays in both the 9th and 10th innings, and had let numerous chances to win the game go to waste. Taylor Zeutenhorst wasn’t about to let his chance go. In the eleventh inning, Zeutenhorst drilled a game-winning single to give the Hawkeyes a 2-1 victory over South Dakota State, their third walk-off win of the season. Four Iowa pitchers combined to toss a gem of a game, allowing just … Continued

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Have I mentioned I love the new playoff format before? Not because it’s easy to keep track of before the playoffs (Seth, your thoughts?) but because of the rivalries that pour kerosene on the Stanley Cup Playoff fire. Yes the Bruins haven’t played the Red Wings in the playoffs since the 50s, and there isn’t much of a conflict between Columbus and Pittsburgh, but Rangers-Flyers? Kings-Sharks? Blackhawks-Blues? It’s like the NHL took a roll of Mentos and put them all into one two-liter Diet Coke. Thus far, the chirping and hitting has been exemplary and for the most part professional … Continued

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Next Tuesday afternoon, Derek Jeter will emerge from the Yankees’ visiting dugout in Houston, walk towards the on-deck circle of Minute Maid Park, and await his first at-bat in his final season in Yankee pinstripes. As soon as he digs a divot in the right-handed batter’s box, extends his right hand to the umpire to indicate the continuation of his prolonged routine and then readies for the first offering, he will begin what may become the second consecutive “farewell” tour in Major League Baseball. Don’t get me wrong, Derek Jeter has accomplished just about everything a player could dream of: … Continued

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To say Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz finished the 2013 season with a bang is a rude understatement. Last October, Ortiz amassed a .688 batting average in the World Series, drove in 13 runs throughout the playoffs, and hit 5 homeruns including this memorable grand slam in Game 2 of the ALCS. Ortiz’s strong play in the 2013 post season left him hoisting the World Series MVP trophy and most importantly, the Red Sox had claimed the Commissioner’s Trophy as the 2013 World Series Champions. Ortiz, now 38, has been hampered with questions about his ability to perform at … Continued

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