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    May 14, 2012

    Owls Baseball Fighting the Expectations

    The expectations for the Rice Owls baseball team are a bit different than the expectations for the rest of Rice Owls sports. Whereas the alumni want the football team to win, they expect the baseball team to win. Whereas they just want the basketball teams to make any tournament, the baseball team's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Rice Thunders Past Marshall, Sweeps the Herd

    John RoyalRice pitcher Austin Kubitza with another dominating performance on Friday.​The Final Four dominated the attention of the sports media this weekend, rightly or wrongly. But while that whole NCAA exercise, especially UConn and Kentucky, was making a mockery of the concept of amateur a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Owls Baseball Falling Prey To Injuries

    John RoyalMichael Ratterree makes the throw to first for an early out on Saturday​The Rice Owls are not in a good place. One could sense that on Saturday afternoon when the Owls took the field only to find that day's scheduled DH, Shane Hoelscher, taking throws at third base instead of Anthon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Owls Soar Over The Cougars And Continue To Dominate Cross-Town Series

    John RoyalHouston Cougar Ryan Still leaps high for an overthrown ball on a first inning Rice sacrifice bunt​The Houston Cougars (11-11) grabbed the 1-0 lead from the Rice Owls (15-9) in the top of the first inning last night. The Owls scored two runs in the bottom of the first, and the game w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Owls Baseball: Pitching Is A Beautiful Thing

    John RoyalShortstop Derek Hamilton charges in to make the play on Saturday afternoon​It's been a tough season for the Rice Owls baseball squad - far tougher than they bargained for. Anthony Rendon has spent much of the season at DH because of shoulder issues. Outfielder Michael Fuda has been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Looking Back at This Weekend's Houston College Classic

    John RoyalRice's Michael Ratterree slides across the plate to score a run yesterday against Baylor​The 11th Houston College Classic was played at Minute Maid Park this weekend, and though it's only March, it's probably safe to say that the best baseball to be played in Minute Maid Park this se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    College Baseball: Rice Sweeps the Trojans While UH Struggles Against the Rebs

    John RoyalRice's Michael Ratterree tags out USC's Matt Foat trying to advance on a sac fly​In the first weekend of the college baseball season, it was the Houston Cougars pulling off the home sweep of UT-Arlington while the Rice Owls were losing two of three to visiting Stanford. The competit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Cougars and Owls: Hey, What Do You Know? At Least Some Houston Teams Can Win Baseball Games

    John RoyalHouston's Caleb Ramsey knocks a first-inning two-run triple on Friday night​The expectations for the Houston Cougars baseball team are almost nonexistent. Hustle. Stay competitive. Aim toward being better next season. The expectations for the Rice Owls are high. Win Conference U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Meet Anthony Rendon, Rice Baseball's Newest Whiz Kid

    John RoyalMeet Anthony Rendon​His name is Anthony Rendon. You might have heard of him if you're a fan of Rice Owls baseball, or if you follow college baseball. You might also have heard of him if you're one of those people who follow Houston-area high school baseball. If you're a fan of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    The Rice Owls Set Aim on Omaha

    John RoyalHolt McNair tosses a pitch during practice​If Rice Owls athletics exceed at any one thing, it's producing an exceptional baseball squad year after year. Things are supposedly no different this year as the Owls are ranked in the top 25 of every one of the seemingly 5,000 college base ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Anthony Rendon Rescues The Year For Rice: 25 Items From The Owls' Sports Year

    Tommy Lavergne, Rice University Anthony Rendon at bat​Continuing with my personal review on the sports year just past, here are my thoughts on the Rice Owls of 2010. 1. I got to watch Anthony Rendon play third base on a regular basis. He can hit, and he's a good fielder. If the Astros didn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Rayner Noble Gone After 16 Years As UH Baseball Coach; Who's Next?

    UH is in the market for a baseball coach​When I wrote my wrap-up of the Houston Cougars baseball season last week, I had a change of heart and didn't write something that I actually believed. Instead I went with the conventional wisdom that coach Rayner Noble would return for another season ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Longhorns End Rice's Season

    Damn you, Bevo​Rice Owls pitcher Mike Ojala had been lobbying coach Wayne Graham to let him pitch a complete game for four years. That lobbying had been excessively hard this season, since Ojala wanted to get at least one in his Rice career.But with his coming off off-season Tommy John surgery, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Mike Ojala And Rice Try To Ignite A Run To The College World Series

    Rice's road to Omaha begins in Austin​So it's off to Austin Regional that the Rice Owls go, and this afternoon at 1 p.m., the Owls (38-21) will begin their quest to return to another College World Series. The Owls are the number-two seed in the regional, behind the number-one seed Texas Longhorns ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Rice Drops C-USA Tourney But Will Advance

    UH played on of the most pointless games ever​Good pitching, it's said, will always defeat good hitting. Thus it was that the Rice Owls on Saturday night found their bats facing the outstanding pitching of the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.The Owls had been as close to perfect in the C-USA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    UH Makes Matters Clear In The Confusing C-USA Tournament: They Suck

    Photo courtesy UHYou had a bad day......​The scoreboard at Cougar Field appeared to suffer a malfunction last night. There was "one" run showing for Rice in the first-inning column, yet under the total runs column, the number was "11."The problem was that the top of the first inning had just ende ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    UH And Rice Improve Their Outlooks In C-USA's Confusing Tournament (We Think)

    Photo courtesy UHGoodnight had all the support a pitcher needs​After yesterday's opening Conference USA tournament baseball games, only one thing is clear: if Southern Miss and Houston win today, then they're playing for the C-USA title on Saturday game and none of Friday's games will matter.But t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    C-USA's Post-Season Tournament: Kind Of Pointless

    Meaningless exhibition games in the post-season? Great idea​Conference USA has been making a big deal out of the fact that all six teams advancing to its postseason baseball tournament, starting today at Cougar Field, are guaranteed of playing three games. What conference officials fail to point o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Rice's Mike Ojala May Have Found Some Help In The Rotation, Just In Time

    Fear the owl. FEAR IT......​The Rice Owls might have already clinched a share of the Conference USA baseball championship, and they might have already clinched the number-one seed in next week's C-USA tournament.But don't tell the Owls that these remaining three regular season games don't count.T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Rice, UH Battle Weather And C-USA Rivals As Tournament Looms

    Photo courtesy UHCoogs are hoping for a miracle​The weather caused some major havoc to the Houston-area college baseball season this past weekend as both the Houston Cougars and Rice Owls, playing big series with important post-season implications, waited out rain-outs, delays, and bizarre game ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Rice Coach Wayne Graham: He Reads The Message Boards

    Take THAT, internet commenters!!​Here's a little note for you Rice Owl baseball fans who like to post on the message boards. Coach Wayne Graham likes to read your little postings. But here's the thing, he doesn't always agree with what you write. And he's hoping that, after last night's 16-9 win o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Rice Romps As It Starts To Make Its Move In C-USA

    ​It's hard to find fault with your baseball team when you win a game 23-1, and that game is called in the seventh-inning because of the so-called travel rule -- it actually appeared to be more of a mercy type thing, but called the game was.Yet leave it to Rice Owls coach Wayne Graham, the coach of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Coogs Stumble As Rice Begins To Find Its Footing

    ​It's a good day to be a baseball fan in Houston. The Astros are hosting the Giants at Minute Maid Park, the University of Houston is hosting Sam Houston State at Cougar Field, and the Rice Owls are hosting Dallas Baptist at Reckling Park.It's tempting to recommend the major league baseball. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Listen Up, People: The Top Ten Coaches In Houston History

    ​The Chron's Jerome Solomon has another of those endless lists we writers like to do, this one asking for input on the top 10 coaches in Houston college and pro sports history. And he helpfully provides us with some candidates for the list. So I thought I would help out and provide what I consider ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Rice's Joe Savery, Still On The Path To The Major Leagues

    Photo by Daniel KramerA little over two years ago, we did a feature on Rice's Joe Savery, a linchpin of the school's elie baseball team, a guy who combined excellent power pitching with a terrific batting average.Savery is a complete local product, having played in Bellaire, at Lamar High and for Ri ... More >>

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Eyes on the Prize

    Everyone's All-American Joe Savery and the top-ranked Rice Owls fight for college baseball glory

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    February 17, 2005

    Glove Love

    The diamond days of Rice baseball are in full swing

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