USC and Auburn tied, 12-12, in nine innings today. The Trojans apparently scored the go-ahead run in the ninth to take a 13-12 lead, but the Auburn dugout and fans started protesting that the USC runner didn’t touch home plate. The cutoff then threw the ball to the catcher, who stepped on home. The home plate umpire called the runner out. Auburn then had runners … Continue reading USC Ties Auburn, 12-12, In Wild Finish

Photo/Diggzy/Jesal/SplashNews.com Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi were at Dedeaux Field this weekend watching their son, picher Jaden Agassi, pitch against Marist. Jaden Agassi is 1-0 with a 1.42 ERA after going 6.1 innings on Saturday night. Continue reading Everything Has A USC Connection

The USC baseball alumni game was Saturday at Dedeaux Field. Among those in attendance were Don Buford, Jeff Cirillo, Bret Boone, Morgan Ensberg and Seth Etherton, who is also USC’s pitching coach. Here’s a funny aside: The alumni had food and refreshments in the dugout during the game and then were invited to a reception at the Galen Center, where USC played Washington in basketball. … Continue reading Hospitality, Galen Center Style!

Jerry Weinstein, a coach in the Colorado Rockies’ organization, tweeted out a set of rules that former USC baseball coach Mike Gillespie used to give his players. My favorite is where Gillespie says, “There is a reason it is called a uniform. It means `alike’ “ Imagine if USC football players had to follow that rule the past 10 years? Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: Rules To Follow

Words will not do justice. Vin Scully was the most beloved sports figure in Los Angeles. And always will be. So let’s just appreciate the memories: pic.twitter.com/84umslaErC — John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) August 3, 2022 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It was only right that Vin Scully was on the call when Hank Aaron broke the all-time home run record pic.twitter.com/PeG4CsNv6m — Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 3, 2022 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading Remembering Vin Scully

The long, grueling search for a baseball coach has ended as USC hired Andy Stankiewicz of Grand Canyon. As with many USC searches, sometimes it pays to be the No. 3 candidate. Stankiewicz was offered the job after USC was turned down by Andrew Checketts (UC Santa Barbara) and Troy Tulowitzki (Texas). Stankiewicz had the Grand Canyon school president and athletic director try to make … Continue reading Sunday Buzz: USC Hires Andy Stankiewicz