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More on Duke Baseball’s move to DBAP

by Gabe Starosta on March 5, 2010

I wrote a story for today’s paper about the Duke baseball program’s decision to move the vast majority of its home games off campus. In total, the Blue Devils will play seven games at Jack Coombs Field on West Campus, six at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, and the remaining 18 at [...]

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Hassan Signs With Red Sox

by Will Flaherty on August 4, 2009

According to a press release issued by the Cape Cod Baseball League, Duke outfielder/pitcher Alex Hassan has signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox, who drafted him in the 20th round of this year’s MLB First-Year Player Draft. A Boston area native, Hassan recieved a $90,000 signing bonus as well as an additional $45,000 [...]

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Duke Baseball Trio Turning Heads On Cape

by Jason Palmatary on July 23, 2009

Just as they do back home at Jack Coombs Field, Duke rising seniors Alex Hassan, Jeremy Gould, and Michael Ness have been trotting out to take the field together this summer.
But this time, the name on the front of their jerseys doesn’t read Duke.
Hassan, Gould and Ness are all teammates on the Orleans Firebirds of [...]

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Baron Signs with Mariners

by Will Flaherty on July 10, 2009

As one of Baseball America’s top 100 draft prospects, Miami prep catcher Steven Baron was easily one of the top commits the Blue Devils have landed in recent years. But MLB teams were just as interested in the South Florida product, and one month after the Seattle Mariners tabbed Baron with the draft’s 33rd overall [...]

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4 Blue Devils Taken In MLB Draft

by Will Flaherty on June 10, 2009

Reaching the ACC tournament for the first time since 2004 and falling just a few wins short of the NCAA tournament, the Duke baseball program’s recent success was validated on the field in 2009–and Major League Baseball has taken notice.
Through the first 25 rounds of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft, four Blue Devils have [...]

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Timely hitting and yet another quality start from pitcher Andrew Wolcott Friday put Duke in an unfamiliar position–that of possible NCAA tournament team.
The Blue Devils were locked in a close game with Clemson (0-2) through five innings, but broke it open with a six-run sixth frame that knocked Tigers’ starter Chris Dwyer out of the [...]

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Call it May Madness.
On the eve of  its first ACC tournament since 2004, Duke, for once, has a chance to tighten its bid for an NCAA tournament berth, which would be its first since 1961. The Blue Devils’ series win over then-No. 8 Georgia Tech last weekend, which gave them the No. 7 seed in [...]

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Duke Snags No. 7 Seed In ACC Tournament

by Ben Cohen on May 16, 2009

Ian Soileau/Chronicle File Photo
Jake Lemmerman slammed a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh Saturday to give Duke a 5-3 lead, which center fielder Will Piwnica-Worms preserved with an acrobatic catch to end the game, give the Blue Devils the series win over No. 8 Georgia Tech and send Duke into the ACC tournament [...]

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Duke Clinches ACC Tournament Berth

by Ben Cohen on May 15, 2009

Ian Soileau/Chronicle File Photo

When the ACC tournament comes to Durham May 20, the Blue Devils, for the first time since 2005, won’t be missing out on the action.
Junior Alex Hassan went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and senior Andrew Wolcott pitched a complete game to send the Blue Devils to a 6-4 win over No. [...]

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Photo courtesy of GoDuke.com
On Sunday, when they were supposed to be graduating from college, five baseball players and seven women’s lacrosse athletes were busy representing the University on the field. So the next day, holding with tradition, the University honored the seniors with a ceremonious Commencement, complete with music, speeches and a procession.
Chris Kennedy, deputy [...]

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