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Trojan Run Down December 23, 2013
December 23rd, 2013
Trojan Run Down Oct. 16, 2013
October 16th, 2013
After Baseball….
Coping after playing days can come easy for some but it presents challenges for many athletes. If you played professionally or competitively at the college level there is a coping period once playing days are over.
There is an emotional aspect in leaving the game. It doesn’t matter if you were a World Series player, made a big splash in the game or ended your career in the Miner Leagues. The game is in your blood no matter what level you played. It is part of your DNA and players face emotional adjustments once it comes to an end.
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Trojan Run Down June 30, 2013
June 30th, 2013Pray that they stay…
February 28th, 2013Every year some of our most talented athletics elect to leave early for pro sports. For the sake of the team many avid fans pray that they stay. This may be selfish but the fact is that more times than not the athlete stay in school.
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Talent… Desire… Perseverance… Work Ethic
February 22nd, 2013For the Record…
If you missed reading about the termination of Coach Frank Cruz, the following is the official release. No further information is available.
USC baseball head coach Frank Cruz was first suspended and then terminated for knowingly violating NCAA Countable Athletically-Related Activities limitations within his program, Trojan athletic director Pat Haden announced. Continue reading
Sheer Talent won’t get us there…
January 9th, 2013Sheer Talent won’t get us there
But desire, perseverance and work ethic will.
FOR THE RECORD…
At long last what we have been waiting for is now available. Dave Rankin’s book on Rod Dedeaux is now in print. The title is Rod Dedeaux: Master of the Diamond. The book paints a portrait of the most successful college baseball coach in history with biographical information, Continue reading
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2013FOR THE RECORD…
2012 is now history and I suppose the best news of the year was that December 21st, the date that the Mayan Calendar predicted as the end of the world, did not happen. That’s not to say that there was not other good news, but it’s a lot easier to remember bad news. For USC bad news, I would have to list the melt down of our football team as the most disappointing for sport fans. No one was predicting anything close to that. Continue reading
Trojan Baseball Alumni & Friends
November 30th, 2012FOR THE RECORD…
A bummer of a month…If you bleed Cardinal and Gold like many of us this month has been depressing. Hard to be upbeat when our football team in not winning. Add to that all the issues on health that pop up as you age and it’s a struggle to keep a positive attitude so I’ve been in my cave just brooding for the last several weeks. Consequently, you have not been finding “The Trojan Run Down” in your mailbox lately. My bad. Continue reading