Former Ragin’ Cajuns pitcher Arrighetti to make MLB debut with Astros
Ragin’ Cajuns Baseball alum Spencer Arrighetti became the 17th player in school history to reach the Major Leagues, when he was called up by the Houston Astros from Triple-A Sugar Land late Tuesday.
view moreFormer Rummel, UNO two-way standout Jim Bullinger had rare major-league game in 1992
Jim Bullinger had played in big games as a shortstop and pitcher with Rummel High School, followed by his career with the University of New Orleans. None were quite like June 8, 1992 in the big leagues.
view moreSports Takes Sure To Be Wrong…Jayden Daniels will prove to be the best of the draft
Don’t be fooled. It’s LSU’s Jayden Daniels.
view moreSports Takes Sure To Be Wrong…Who’s taking Thomas?
The noted sports philosopher William Congreve is generally credited with the line: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
view moreSports Takes Sure To Be Wrong…Surviving the boredom
Welcome to one of the two most boring times of the year for a sports fan.
view moreBlack History Month: Willie Mays brought barnstorming baseball team to New Orleans in 1956
Twenty-five-year-old Willie Mays had just finished his fifth major-league season when he organized a barnstorming baseball tour that included New Orleans.
view moreBlack History Month: The story of major-league baseball’s integration omitted New Orleans native Johnny Wright
Everyone knows Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major-league baseball in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. What everyone doesn’t know is that New Orleans native Johnny Wright, a Negro League star pitcher in the late 1930s and 1940s, was slated by the Dodgers to join Robinson in the historic integration of baseball.
view moreRemembering the baseball career of former De La Salle and Loyola star pitcher Gerry Schoen
Perhaps the autographed baseball by the New Orleans Pelicans that Gerry Schoen possessed as a youngster provided the inspiration to pursue a professional baseball career.
view moreIt happened in 2023 … sort of
Lots of good stuff – and some disappointing stuff too – happened in the sports world locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
view moreEx-LSU pitcher Bryce Collins signs with Detroit Tigers
Former LSU pitcher Bryce Collins has signed a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox, becoming the 12th player from the Tigers’ 2023 National Championship team to join an MLB club.
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