Matthew Shanahan

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    Baseball: Moneyball

    The Canadian University baseball season is quite short. While the players aren’t in game shape all year round, there is a part of the team cycle that never quite stops: fundraising.

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    Talking Baseball in Montreal

    It was a late July day in Cooperstown, New York, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Montreal Expos fans, and ESPN columnist Jonah Keri, are in town for the induction of legendary pitcher Pedro Martinez into the Hall as a member Boston Red Sox, despite having spent the earlier part of his career in Montreal. Keri, and nine other colleagues, were trying to sneak into a party for Martinez, which was being held by the Red Sox.

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    Baseball: Stingers Sweep!

    After disappointing back-to-back losses on Thursday and Friday against the McGill Redmen, the Concordia Stingers responded first by holding a players only meeting early on Saturday morning before beginning their last five games of the year that would conclude on Monday night against McGill.

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    Baseball: Regaining Momentum

    It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster weekend for the Concordia Stingers baseball team, which managed to win three of four games versus the Carleton Ravens in a home-and-home series doubleheader.