Aug. 8, 2010
AROUND THE WEB – SUNDAY (If you missed Saturday’s news, click here)
- Marve welcomes role as leader on defense (Bryan Mullen, The Tennessean)
- Caldwell tells freshmen `prepare to play‘ (Mike Strasinger, SportsNashville.net)
- Alvarez belts clutch walk-off HR in 10th (Matt Fortuna, MLB.com)
- Alvarez’s amazing blast has pirates thinking big (Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- USA falls to Cuba in gold medal game (USAbaseball.com)
- Minor settling in ahead of MLB debut (Mark Bowman, MLB.com)
- Minor one of last to know of promotion (David O’Brien, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- Rookie Minor to start for Braves Monday (George Henry, Associated Press)
- Johnson left enviable legacy at Vanderbilt (Loran Smith, Athens Banner-Herald)
VUCOMMODORES NEWS
- VU’s passing game better Saturday (Video, Photos, and More)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WATCH
Pittsburgh 8, Colorado 7 (10) – View Box Score
Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh: 3-for-6, HR (10), 3 RBI (29), run
*Three-run walk-off HR to win game
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Caldwell’s interview with the media following Saturday’s practice – Enlarge Video
Also, check out Shulzie’s “Sights & Sounds” featuring the quarterbacks – Watch Video
PHOTO OF THE DAY
(Photo by Matt Freed, Pitsburgh Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh rookie phenom Pedro Alvarez blasted a walk-off, three-run homer in front of a sold-out home crowd to lift the Pirates to a thrilling 8-7 victory over Colorado in 10 innings Saturday night.
Watch video of the play by clicking here. You gotta love the Pirates radio call… “A walk-off winner for Pedro Alvarez. How do you like that? El Toro strikes big time in extra innings!”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s pretty unreal. I can only remember one other time in my life hitting a walk-off home run. But, obviously, here, the big leagues, a packed house … nothing can beat that, except maybe a Game 7 in the World Series.”
— Alvarez on his big hit
TWEET OF THE DAY
Vanderbilt junior pitcher Sonny Gray (@SonnyGray2) –
“cant wait to head home from tokyo.. we put in alot of hard work and we are going to hang the silver medal around our neck with pride.”
Gray, along with Commodore third baseman Jason Esposito, spent the summer playing for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. USA lost a heartbreaker to Cuba, 4-3, in the FISU gold medal game Saturday on a walk-off three-run homer in the 10th inning.
Gray finished the tour with a 3-0 record and 0.38 ERA. In 24 innings, he allowed only eight hits and one earned run while striking out 37 and walking four. In his last outing, he shut down Japan to get USA to the championship.
Esposito hit .308 with two doubles, one homer and six RBI.
REMINDER OF THE DAY
You have two opportunities to watch the preseason progress of the Commodore football team. Sunday’s practice is expected to start at 4:15 p.m. at the John Rich Practice Facility, with Monday’s session slated to begin at 6 p.m. More Info
RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY
Congrats to the seven players inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. In honor of legendary San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice, I give you the 49ers rap:
“We are the Niners… Don’t get in our way. Team of the 80’s… we came to play.”
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RANDOM PHOTO OF THE DAY
Tim Tebow reminds us what life must be like as a rookie in the NFL. (Photo credit: Denver Broncos.com)
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