When the Belmont Bruins started the season 3-8 in the Atlantic Sun season, they had to play with their backs against the wall for the rest of the season just to make it to the postseason. The team had to play similarly in the championship game, but the Bruins finished [...]
After a number of announcements, lawsuits, construction delays, and periods of bad weather, the renovated Rose Park and Sports Complex is ready and “open for business.” Hundreds of people, including members of the Edgehill community and Belmont students and staff, attended the opening ceremony Friday afternoon, which included a ribbon [...]
The metallic “pings” and “clanks” of ball on bat are some of the most identifiable sounds attached to college baseball. But this year, those sounds will disappear because of new NCAA regulations on baseball bats that went into effect on Jan. 1. NCAA officials changed the regulations on composite aluminum [...]
After coming off back-to-back .500 seasons, the Belmont Bruins baseball program is looking for a fresh start in a new setting. The team opened the season last weekend against Illinois State at their temporary home field in Shelby Park, but the Bruins are scheduled to move to the new Rose [...]
On Jan. 26, 2006, Belmont University announced a plan to renovate and use nearby E.S. Rose Park as the home for all outdoor Bruins teams. On Feb. 12, 2011, after more than five years of legal wrangling and community controversy, a Belmont team is scheduled to step on its new [...]
The Belmont baseball team, despite playing only a month and a half, has already had a full season’s share of ups and downs. The Bruins started the season with a 10-game winning streak, which included a win against then-ranked Western Kentucky. From there, the team lost six in a row, [...]
With broad shoulders, a strong arm and a confident attitude Belmont senior Jimmy Stanley looks like a pitcher. When he takes to the mound late in games—the team usually rests at ease. Stanley gets the job done. But beyond the look and behind the smile is a player coping with [...]
It’s spring, when the air is filled with the familiar words, “Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd …” For athletes in baseball and softball, it’s time to show up on the diamond and play hard at what is arguably America’s favorite sport. And [...]
04/19/2012
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