Former pitcher finally gets call up
Andrew Triggs earns a chance with Oakland after a career in the minor leagues.
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Trojans must find success at Dedeaux
There is a long-held formula for success in Major League Baseball, which says that a good team should strive to win two-thirds of their home games and play .500 ball on the road. Over the course of a 162-game MLB season, a team doing just that will win about 95 games — highly respectable, and […]
Fantasy baseball draft: Rounding out the team
With every Major League Baseball team but the Dodgers and Diamondbacks kicking off their season on March 30 and last minute Fantasy Drafts coming even earlier, round out your picks for corner infielders and middle infielders, with some of the best sleepers in the remaining positions. Left Field Of all the outfield spots, and really any […]
It’s Never Too Soon for MLB All-Star Voting
April is almost over and that can only mean one thing: The MLB All-Star Game is right around the corner! News flash: We’re actually not at all close to the midpoint of the Major League Baseball season (22 games in, 140 to go), but MLB unveiled its All-Star ballot yesterday, thus launching the 2013 campaign. […]
Peter Lockwood’s Guide to the 2013 MLB Season
I’ve spent a large portion of my life searching for a forum through which I can unleash my biased and irrational opinions on the sports world. Thanks to the Daily Trojan, I now have that medium. You might disagree with my views, but I’ll do my best to keep my personal biases out of my […]
Bonds trial brings back bitter taste for MLB
Barry Bonds’ perjury trial is bringing back bad memories for Bud Selig, Major League Baseball and, most importantly, the fans. Selig probably thought he was out of the woods, that the whole steroid era was in the books and that MLB could move on — all that was left to worry about was how to […]
Glenn, Trojans look to tap in to potential
USC sophomore outfielder Alex Glenn knows all too well what it’s like to fly under the radar. After all, during the first two years of his high school career at Henry County High School, Glenn patrolled the outfield with Jason Heyward, the No. 14 pick of the 2007 MLB draft and the current right fielder […]