Here are some of the top College Baseball articles from across the country.
Taylor, Veazey enjoy Foley Return
They rolled out to familiar ground Saturday, Foley Field, both wearing Bulldog red shirts. Johnathan Taylor and Chance Veazey were with family members, some former Georgia baseball teammates and their former coach, David Perno. Everybody was smiling, and not just because of the hundreds of pictures that were taken.
When Taylor and Veazey took their spots to throw out the opening pitch, Veazey on the right throwing to former Bulldog pitcher Cecil Tanner and Taylor on the left with former outfielder Zach Cone, the sellout crowd delivered a big round of applause.
While Georgia had an important baseball game to play, game two of its SEC series against South Carolina. the day for a lot of folks belonged to the two former Bulldogs who had their careers cut short — Veazey in 2009, Taylor 2011 — due to severe spinal injuries.
Auburn’s Butch Thompson: No time for doomsday talk
AUBURN, Ala. – When Auburn’s baseball team was 16-0, when it won its first Southeastern Conference series over Texas A&M without two key pitchers, third-year Butch Thompson knew this time would come, a time when his team would be challenged to overcome adversity and disappointment.
That time came sooner than he would have wanted or even expected. The Tigers went to Georgia Tech last Tuesday and lost 6-4. Then they spent 16 hours on a bus to Lexington and back and lost two out of three to Kentucky.
The No. 9 Tigers (20-5 overall and 3-3 in the SEC) will return the field tonight for the Capital City Classic against Alabama (16-9, 1-5) at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery. They’ll still be without freshman closer Cody Greenhill (mononucleosis) and senior left-hander Andrew Mitchell (forearm soreness).
