As part of a season-long effort to bring comprehensive ASU baseball coverage, video reporter Megan Plain ventures into the lighter side of college athletics and fires away quick-hitting questions to some of ASU's most personable characters.
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ASU Baseball: Underclassmen pitchers important for team’s hopes of contending
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Brett Lilek, Ryan Kellogg and Ryan Burr were three of the best Arizona State pitchers in recent memory. While they aren’t irreplaceable, finding pitchers to take their place will not be easy. Sheer quantity won't be an issue, as head coach Tracy Smith has a bevy of underclassmen pitchers
ASU Baseball: Non-conference schedule preview
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) One year ago the Sun Devils opened Phoenix Muni in grand fashion with a set of series against Oklahoma State, TCU and Long Beach State. They even added a midweek game against the Oklahoma Sooners to make their non-conference schedule even more robust. This season, ASU will only face
ASU Baseball: Woodmansee looking to continue meteoric rise in 2016
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The date was February 13, 2015. Phoenix Municipal Stadium was hosting its first Arizona State baseball game since 1974 and Tracy Smith was coaching in his first ever Sun Devil game. Sophomore shortstop Colby Woodmansee, who was batting eighth in the game, was at the plate in a tie
ASU Baseball: Woodmansee, Bueno, Serven all earn top-300 prospects nod
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Regardless of the fact that nine members of last year’s team heard their name called in June’s MLB Draft, Sun Devil baseball is still in some reliable hands. Juniors Colby Woodmansee, Hever Bueno and Brian Serven were all ranked within the top 100 of D1Baseball.com’s annual top-300 prospects list. Woodmansee
ASU Baseball: Expectations and goals for season two of Smith regime remain grounded in day-by-day improvement
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The goal for Tracy Smith and Arizona State baseball every season is simple: Win a national championship. Of course, how attainable that goal is fluctuates on a season by season basis--a lot of the times by factors that are out of the head coach's control. Smith is trying to
ASU Baseball: Exploring 2016 storylines with season two weeks away
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team has championship expectations going into every season, but the road to Omaha, Neb. and the 2016 College World Series will be treacherous for second-year head coach Tracy Smith. The tradition of Sun Devil success in the MLB Draft continued in 2015—a boost from a
ASU Baseball: Question marks aplenty in the Sun Devil outfield
(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) It is not often that a team will lose its entire starting outfield from the previous year, but that is exactly what has happened to Arizona State. Both Trever Allen and Jake Peevyhouse graduated, while Johnny Sewald opted to sign with the Houston Astros after they drafted him
ASU Baseball: Fall ball wrap-up
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) How do you celebrate a top five ranking for your 2016 recruiting class? Getting back to work. Tracy Smith's ball club closes out its fall schedule this weekend with the culmination of the M&G World Series-now only two games of intrasquad matchups at Phoenix Muni. "I've personally never been a part
ASU Baseball: Pepperdine ends Sun Devils’ season
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Tracy Smith's first year as head coach of the Arizona State baseball team came to a halt on Sunday with a 7-4 loss to the Pepperdine Waves. The loss eliminates ASU from postseason play. After a grueling 14-inning loss to CSU Fullerton on Saturday, the Sun Devils were thin