(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Four days after firing Tracy Smith, Arizona State Baseball announced Sun Devil Hall of Famer and former MLB player Willie Bloomquist as its new head coach on Friday. "Sun Devil Baseball is not ordinary in any way, it is extraordinary in many ways and is absolutely special,” Arizona State
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ASU Baseball: Key takeaways from the Sun Devils’ opening series win against Sac State
(Photo: Brendan OKeeffe/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball came into the 2021 season with uncertainty, but its opening series win against Sacramento State answered some of its biggest question marks. Here are four key takeaways from the Sun Devils' duel with the Hornets. Pitching, pitching and more pitching Coming into this season, it was figured that
ASU Baseball: Undefined roles loom as season opens against Sacramento State
ASU Baseball: Transfers look to make a big impact in 2021 season
Arizona State Baseball was the recipient of a fourth Top-10 recruiting class in the last five years, Collegiate Baseball News announced in September. The class saw a slew of transfers come to ASU, highlighted by junior outfielder Allbry Major from Xavier and redshirt senior infielder Conor Davis from Auburn. In the
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils figure to create ‘new identity’ as fall ball begins
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) At the beginning of this year, a national championship was an attainable goal for Arizona State baseball heading into the season opener. But times have dramatically changed since then-junior left-handed pitcher Justin Fall threw out the first pitch of the season on February 14 against Villanova. In nine months
ASU Baseball: No. 7 Sun Devils suffer their second-straight dismantling loss
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) On a 1-2 curveball diving sharply into the Dedeaux Field dirt, Hunter Bishop swung hard and missed harder. He walked back into the dugout, put his bat down and unleashed a frustrated punch into the stomach of the blue Powerade cooler nearest the bench’s side wall. Bishop’s punch
ASU Baseball GALLERY: No. 9 Devils walk-off Arizona 17-16, sweep Territorial Cup series
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
ASU Baseball: Devils battle all weekend, but drop two of three to No. 5 Beavers in Corvallis
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Having climbed back to .500 in Pac-12 play, the Arizona State baseball team traveled to Corvallis over the weekend to take on No. 5 Oregon State and looked stay afloat in the conference and compete with one of the nation’s top teams. The Sun Devils were tasked with facing
