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1973 USC Trojans Baseball Team
The 1973 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 32nd season. The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game, winning their fourth of five consecutive national championships, and the fifth in six years. Roster Schedule ! style="background:#FFCC00;color:#990000;", Regular Season , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , February 17 , , , , 6–1 , , 1–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , February 17 , , San Diego State , , 5–3 , , 2–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 20 , , at , , 3–1 , , 3–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ddffdd" , February 23 , , , , 5–2 , , 4–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 24 , , , , 5–4 , , 5–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd" , February 24 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Dedeaux
Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 2006) was an American college baseball coach who compiled what is widely recognized as among the greatest records of any coach in the sport's Amateur baseball in the United States, amateur history. Dedeaux was the head baseball coach at the USC Trojans baseball, University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles for 45 seasons, and retired at age 72 in 1986. His teams won 11 national titles (College World Series), including a record five straight (1970 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament#College World Series, 1970–1974 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament#College World Series, 1974), and 28 Pac-12 Conference, conference championships. Dedeaux was named Coach of the Year six times by the Collegiate Baseball Coaches Association and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1970. He was named "Coach of the Century" by ''Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Collegiate Baseball'' magazine and was one of ten initial induc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the bases. As an outfielder, they normally play behind the six players located in the field. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left field), 8 (center field) and 9 (right field). These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms. Outfielders named to the MLB All-Century Team are Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr. Strategy Players can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1969, and has played in four World Series, winning in 1985 and 2015, and losing in 1980 and 2014. Outside of a dominant 10 year stretch between 1976 to 1985, and a brief, albeit dominant resurgence from 2014 to 2015, the Royals have been one of the worst franchises in baseball, missing the playoffs 34 of the previous 36 years. The name "Royals" pays homage to the American Royal, a livestock show, horse show, rodeo, and championship barbecue competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899, as well as the identical names of two former Negro league baseball teams that played in the first half of the 20th century. (One a semi-pro team based in Kansas City in the 1910s and 1920s that toured the Midwest and a California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American League's eight charter teams in 1901, the franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis, Missouri, to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902. After 52 years in St. Louis, the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. The team's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos. The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the Baltimore oriole, official state bird of Maryland; it had been used previously by several baseball clubs in the city, including another AL charter member franchise also named the "History of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the "Boston Red Stockings," including the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves). The team has won nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, and has played in 13 World Series. Their most recent World Series appearance and win was in . In addition, they won the American League pennant, but were not able to defend their 1903 World Series championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in the 1904 World Series. The Red Sox were a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team plays its home games at the Oakland Coliseum. Throughout their history, the Athletics have won nine World Series championships. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the team was founded in Philadelphia in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics. They won three World Series championships in 1910, 1911, and 1913, and back-to-back titles in 1929 and 1930. The team's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove. The team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics before moving to Oakland in 1968. Nicknamed the " Swingin' A's", they won three consecutive World Series in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers Baseball Team
The 1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The head coach was Dick Siebert, serving his 26th year. The Golden Gophers lost the College World Series, defeated by the USC Trojans in the semi-finals. Roster Schedule ! style="" , Regular season , - valign="top" , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , , March , , at , , Unknown • Unknown, Texas , , 7–6 , , 1–0 , , 0–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , , March , , at Trinity , , Unknown • Unknown, Texas , , 3–5 , , 1–1 , , 0–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , , March , , at , , Unknown • Unknown, Texas , , 13–4 , , 2–1 , , 0–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , , March , , at Texas Lutheran , , Unknown • Unknown, Texas , , 17–0 , , 3–1 , , 0–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 5 , , March 26 , , a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Texas Longhorns Baseball Team
The 1973 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1973 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Clark Field. The team was coached by Cliff Gustafson in his 6th season at Texas. The Longhorns reached the College World Series, finishing tied for third with wins over and and losses to eventual champion Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ... and runner-up Arizona State. Personnel Roster Schedule and results Notes References {{Texas Longhorns baseball navbox Texas Longhorns baseball seasons Texas Longhorns Southwest Conference baseball champion seasons College World Series seasons Texas Longhorns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenblatt Stadium
Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium was a baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, the former home to the annual NCAA Division I College World Series and the minor league Omaha Royals, now known as the Omaha Storm Chasers. Rosenblatt Stadium was the largest minor league baseball stadium in the United States until its demolition (Sahlen Field now holds the record). The final College World Series game at Rosenblatt Stadium was played on June 29, 2010. The final game for the Royals in the stadium, and under the Royals name, was played on September 2, 2010, with the Royals defeating the Round Rock Express. The Omaha Nighthawks played their 2010 season at Rosenblatt. Following those events, Rosenblatt was replaced by TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. Rosenblatt Stadium began renovation in late July (after being reopened during the 2012 College World Series for fans to visit again). The pressbox girders were imploded on the morning of August 22, 2012. Re-construction of Rosenblatt in playground-esque fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
