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Henderson State Reddies Women's Basketball
The Henderson State Reddies is the school mascot and athletic emblem for Henderson State University, located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Henderson athletic teams compete in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports and they are members of the Great American Conference for all 12 varsity sports. That Old Reddie Spirit Upon its establishment in 1905, the Henderson State football team became known for wearing red jerseys. Absent a traditional nickname or mascot, the team was appropriately dubbed the “Reds.” Eventually, the name shifted to “Reddies,” and it stuck. Varsity teams List of teams Men's sports * Baseball * Basketball * Football * Golf * Swimming & Diving Women's sports * Basketball * Cross Country * Golf * Softball * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Volleyball Individual sports Baseball Henderson State has had 7 Major League Baseball Draft The first-year player draft is the primary mechanism of Major League Baseball (MLB) for assigning amateur baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson State University
Henderson State University (HSU) is a public university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, it is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Henderson has an undergraduate enrollment of around 2,500 students. The campus is located on . History The university was renamed for Charles Christopher Henderson, a Trustee and prominent Arkadelphia businessman, on May 23, 1904. Glen Jones years & subsequent financial crisis Glendell Jones Jr. was named Henderson State University's 17th president on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 and officially assumed presidential duties on July 1, 2012. Jones' tenure as president was rocked by a series of scandals and bad publicity, and he and his senior leadership were twice the subject of no-confidence votes by the faculty ignored by the university's Board of Trustees, chaired by Bruce Moore of Little Rock, AR. When the true scope of the university's budget crisis became public in July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other is the National League (NL)'s New York Mets. The team was founded in when Frank J. Farrell, Frank Farrell and William Stephen Devery, Bill Devery purchased the franchise rights to the defunct Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the current Baltimore Orioles, team of the same name) after it ceased operations and used them to establish the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the New York Yankees in . The team is owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, a limited liability company that is controlled by the family of the late George Steinbrenner, who purchased the team in 1973. Brian Cashman is the team's general manage ... [...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] |
2010 Major League Baseball Draft
The 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was held on June 7–9, 2010 at the MLB Network Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. First-round selections The draft order was determined based on the 2009 MLB standings, with the worst team picking first. ;Key Supplemental first-round selections The "sandwich picks" after the first round are compensation for losses of free agents during the 2009–10 offseason. Compensation picks Other notable selections * Aaron Barrett, 9th round, 266th overall by the Washington Nationals *Brandon Cumpton, 9th round, 267th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates *Whit Merrifield, 9th round, 269th overall by the Kansas City Royals * Zach Walters, 9th round, 271st overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks *Jacob deGrom, 9th round, 272nd overall by the New York Mets *Josh Spence, 9th round, 274th overall by the San Diego Padres *Yadiel Rivera, 9th round, 279th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers * Austin Brice, 9th round, 287th overall by the Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West division. In 2020, the Rangers moved to the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Arlington after having played at Globe Life Park (now Choctaw Stadium) from 1994 to 2019. The team's name is shared with a Texas Ranger Division, law enforcement agency. The franchise was established in 1961, as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the city's first AL ballclub, the History of the Washington Senators (1901–60), second Washington Senators, moved to Minnesota and became the Minnesota Twins, Twins (the Washington Senators (1891–99), original Washington Senators played primarily in the National League during the 1890s). After the season, the new Senators moved to Arlington, and debuted as the Rangers the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Major League Baseball Draft
First round selections The following are the first round picks in the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. Supplemental first round selections Compensation picks Other notable players *Kevin Stocker, 2nd round, 54th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies * Herbert Perry, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Cleveland Indians *Todd Hollandsworth, 3rd round, 80th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers *Alex Ochoa, 3rd round, 82nd overall by the Baltimore Orioles *Jim Mecir, 3rd round, 84th overall by the Seattle Mariners * Chris Stynes, 3rd round, 94th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays *Desi Relaford, 4th round, 110th overall by the Seattle Mariners * Terry Adams, 4th round, 111th overall by the Chicago Cubs *Paul Byrd, 4th round, 112th overall by the Cleveland Indians *Brian Boehringer, 4th round, 124th overall by the Chicago White Sox *Nomar Garciaparra, 5th round, 130th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not sign *John Mabry, 6th round, 155th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Association in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Allegheny, the club joined the National League in 1887 and was a member of the National League East from 1969 through 1993. The Pirates have won five World Series championships, nine National League pennants, nine National League East division titles and made three appearances in the Wild Card Game. Despite struggling in the 1880s and 1890s, the Pirates were among the best teams in baseball shortly after the turn of the 20th century. They won three consecutive NL titles from 1901 to 1903, played in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and won their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner. The Pirates took part in arguably the most famous World Series ending, winning the 1960 World Series agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Major League Baseball Draft
First round selections The following are the first round picks in the 1983 Major League Baseball draft. ''*'' Did not sign Compensation picks Other notable players *Bill Swift, 2nd round, 29th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign *Chris Sabo†, 2nd round, 30th overall by the Cincinnati Reds *Dave Magadan, 2nd round, 32nd overall by the New York Mets * Joe Oliver, 2nd round, 41st overall by the Cincinnati Reds * Jeff Robinson, 2nd round, 44th overall by the San Francisco Giants * Glenn Braggs, 2nd round, 54th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers *Rick Aguilera†, 3rd round, 57th overall by the New York Mets *Wally Joyner†, 3rd round, 67th overall by the California Angels *Charlie Hayes, 4th round, 96th overall by the San Francisco Giants *Ron Gant†, 4th round, 100th overall by the Atlanta Braves *Lenny Harris, 5th round, 108th overall by the Cincinnati Reds *Todd Stottlemyre, 5th round, 119th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign *John Burket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in the National League (NL) East division from 1969 until 2004. Following the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals. Immediately after the minor league Triple-A Montreal Royals folded in 1960, political leaders in Montreal sought an MLB franchise, and when the National League evaluated expansion candidates for the 1969 season, it awarded a team to Montreal. Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos originally played at Jarry Park Stadium before moving to Olympic Stadium in 1977. The Expos failed to post a winning record in any of their first ten seasons. The team won its only division title in the strike-shortened season, but lost the 1981 National League Championship Seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Major League Baseball Draft
First round selections The following are the first round picks in the 1975 Major League Baseball draft. Many baseball draft experts consider the 1975 draft to be the weakest in MLB history. Other notable selections ''*'' Did not sign Notes External links Complete draft list from ''The Baseball Cube'' database References {{1975 MLB season by team Draft Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to: Watercraft dimensions * Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel * Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail * Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ... Major League Baseball draft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams, and renamed three years later the New York Giants, the team eventually moved from New York City to San Francisco in 1958. The franchise is one of the oldest and most successful in professional baseball, with more wins than any team in the history of major American sports. The team was the first major-league organization based in New York City, most memorably playing home games at several iterations of the Polo Grounds. The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times. In 2014, the Giants won their then-record 23rd National League pennant; this mark has since been equaled and then eclipsed by the rival Dodgers, who as of 2022 lay claim to 24 NL crowns. The Giants' eight World Series championships are second-most in the NL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1969 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft took place prior to the 1969 MLB season. The draft featured future Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven (pick 55) and Dave Winfield (pick 882). First round selections The following are the first round picks in the 1969 Major League Baseball draft. ''*'' Did not sign Other notable selections ''*'' Did not sign Notes External links Complete draft list from ''The Baseball Cube'' database References {{1969 MLB season by team Draft Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to: Watercraft dimensions * Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel * Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail * Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ... Major League Baseball draft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
