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USC Baseball Exodus Continues

Pitcher Diego Velasquez, who started an elimination game against Texas State two weeks ago, has entered the transfer portal.

Velasquez had a 5-1 record with a 4.26 ERA in 31 innings this season. He was a freshman this past season.

USC has had four pitchers enter the portal so far but obviously the important thing is that Grant Govel and Andrew Johnson remain.

  • USC has hired Keith Zuniga of Hawaii as its new pitching coach. Hawaii’s pitching staff was one of four teams, along with North Carolina, Oregon State and UC Santa Barbara, ranked in the top 20 nationally in ERA each of the past three years.
  • USC received a commitment from commitment from Long Beach State pitcher Tyler Gebb, who was 3-0 with a 3.44 ERA.

24 thoughts on “USC Baseball Exodus Continues”

    1. I don’t know…1 bad inning late in the game and “…No one happy to pitch for Stinkewitz…” That’s quite a blunt statement that seems riddled with personal angst.

      They win that game 3 against NC, it’s onto Omaha they didn’t – they did better than Ucla – are the Bruin players unhappy with John Savage?

      BTW just who replaces Stankiewicz….you?

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    2. KAM: Knicks’ Brunson seals Finals MVP honors with 45 points in Game 5

      DON: First NBA championship since Nixon was president.

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    3. KAM: New York Knicks fans riot as bus in flames, gunshots fired and police car damaged!

      DON: Rowdy Knicks supporters have caused chaos on the streets of New York City as people ran from gunshots, buses were on fire and a police car was attacked. Footage on social media even captured the moment a man attacked a yellow school bus with what looked like a scooter.

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    1. KAM: Men — Top 10 final team standings (2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field)

      1. Texas — 57
      2. Florida — 52
      3. Oregon — 48
      4. USC — 36
      5. Tennessee — 34
      6. LSU — 32
      7. Arkansas — 29
      8. USC Upstate — 22
      9. BYU — 18
      10. Stanford — 16

      DON: Women — Top 10 final team standings (2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field)

      Baylor — 18

      LSU — 66

      Texas — 54

      Florida — 47

      Oregon — 40

      USC — 35

      Arkansas — 30

      Stanford — 28

      Arizona — 22

      Texas A&M — 20

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    1. KAM:The demographic cliff is here.

      Syracuse offered students significant discounts to attend but still ended up under-enrolled. The university has already offered buyouts to 175 professors and closed 93 majors.

      DON: And the population of 18-year-olds “will decline for the next 15 years. Will this affect USC?

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  4. KAM: SC keeps losing its pitchers

    DON: I can imagine the talk in the Trojan locker room–‘That guy over there is getting all the dough. I’m outta here’

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  5. KAM: Iran claims the Strait of Hormuz belongs to it because the narrow strait is a territorial not an international waterway. Hence they are thinking about charging vessels for transiting through their Strait

    DON: No Deal is ever perfect

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    1. The proposed deal calls for an open Strait of Hormuz without any charging of vessels. Your representation is an outright lie.

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      2. It is not what Iran claims. It is what the deal says. You have misrepresented the deal by suggesting that vessels will be charged by Iran and that the President accepted this term by stating “no deal is perfect.” That is not true.

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  6. DON: And we’re placing a clause in the Iran Agreement that says someting like ‘This is the end to hostilities across all fronts’

    KAM: –Yeah, that should take care of the 100-year war between Israel and Hezbollah

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  7. DON: Although the details will be worked out in a Second Session, but Iran is promising not to possess buy or develop nuclear weapons.

    KAM: –Right, that should stick

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  8. DON: The Pakistan mediator had encouraging words, “…this historic peace deal will form a strong foundation for lasting peace”

    KAM: Well, the work is not done, but at least it’s another brick in the foundation

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  9. KAM: A fun series pitting San Antonio’s 7’4″ Goliath versus New York’s 6’2″ little guy

    DON: That New Yorker is Gail Goodrich on steroids, wirly-dirly,’ here I am and now I’m not’

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  10. USC needs to start paying NIL money to athletes in all sports, not just football and basketball. Trust Coach Andy to get pitchers from the portal, and he has a great reputation for developing players. Scott is right about the key being Govel and Johnson staying. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. KAM: At some point the university presidents are going to say, “Enough!” and end this insanity.

      DON: College sports need to become the minor leagues of pro sports. They have zero to do with the original purpose of education now.

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      1. The Greek ideal of education (paideia) aimed at forming a complete, virtuous citizen through intellectual, moral, and physical cultivation. Key points:

        • Purpose: Produce morally upright, well-rounded members of polis capable of leadership, civic participation, and excellence (arete).
        • Components:
          • Intellectual: study of philosophy, rhetoric, mathematics, and the arts to develop reason and critical thought (e.g., Plato’s emphasis on knowledge; Aristotle’s on cultivation of virtues).
          • Moral/ethical: habituation in virtues—justice, temperance, courage—through laws, narratives, and role models.
          • Physical: gymnastics and military training to build health, endurance, and readiness for civic defense.
          • Aesthetic/cultural: poetry, music, and drama to shape character and communal values.
        • Models:
          • Spartan: emphasis on rigorous physical discipline and obedience for the state.
          • Athenian: balanced paideia stressing rhetoric, philosophy, arts, and civic debate.
        • Outcome: Citizens who combine reason, moral character, and bodily fitness to contribute to the common good and pursue excellence.

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      2. Thanks Gabby. The Greek ideal of education is truly inspiring. My how these ideals have drifted. Dennis Prager calls the present day university “seminaries for leftist/atheist indoctrination.”

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