All photos taken by Nicholas Badders on January 26 at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. Contact @BadderUpSports or [email protected] for high-resolution images.
Baseball
ASU Baseball: Playing for a Purpose– 4MOM
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils team up with Texas Rangers in charitable fall scrimmage
(Photo: Zachary Lucy/FourSeamsImages) With fall ball just getting started, the Sun Devil baseball team got into the swing of things by participating in a scrimmage against members of the Texas Rangers organization. The game was the first of two exhibition games allowed to be played this fall— a new legislation the NCAA
ASU Baseball: Five Sun Devils selected in 2018 MLB Draft
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Five Arizona State Sun Devils, two ASU recruits and four former Sun Devils heard their named called over the course of the three-day MLB Draft in 2018, a significant increase after only one Devil was taken in 2018. Junior outfielder Gage Canning was the first Sun Devil off the
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils drop season finale; defense sings the same song
ASU Baseball: Devils rebound from “abysmal” performance to split series with Pacific in all-around effort
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) A night after Arizona State head coach Tracy Smith referred to the pitching and defense as “abysmal," the Sun Devil baseball team rebounded well, topping the Pacific Tigers 8-3 in one of the better-played ballgames the team has put together all season. Making his 13th start of the season,
ASU Baseball: Pitching, defense continue to fall short as Devils lose to Pacific
ASU Baseball: Instant Recap of Game 1 vs. Pacific
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) In a messy, high-scoring affair at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Sunday, the Arizona State Sun Devils fell to the Pacific Tigers 12-7. Both teams got their offenses going early. Through four frames, the sides combined for 15 runs and 17 hits. Neither starter pitcher made it through two full
Making the most of every opportunity: How passion and loyalty brought Ty Neal to Arizona State
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) In Ty Neal’s first season as a graduate assistant and assistant coach at Southern Illinois University, he and the late Dan Callahan, SIU’s head coach, went to dinner with a recruit. After dinner, Callahan pulled his new GA aside and said, “Hey man, we’re not going to win
