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06/12/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer The Palmetto State holds some special memories for Bunn. It is the place of his birth and where he played his college baseball
05/17/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer With its back pressed firmly against the wall, the Alabama baseball team made sure its last series of the season was meaningful
05/16/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer Saturday belonged to Jimmy Nelson. The Jimmy Nelson those around the Alabama baseball program have spoken about for two years. The Jimmy Nelson that All-American second baseman Ross Wilson said could be the best pitcher in the country.
05/15/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer It's 50 miles from Sewell-Thomas Stadium to Regions Park in Hoover. For the Alabama baseball team, the distance gets longer by the day
05/15/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer Nelson struck out 11 and walked only two in 127 pitches. It was the first complete game of his career and tied his career-high for strikeouts.
05/13/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer The Alabama baseball team came to the Magic City with ideas of building momentum toward a key Southeastern Conference series this weekend.
05/10/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer Instead, the Crimson Tide got on top early and held on late to knock off streaking Florida 10-8 Sunday afternoon in a roller-coaster game at Sewell-Thomas Stadium.
05/08/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer Maybe the outcome would have been different had the two teams played earlier in the season.
05/06/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer Former University of Alabama and Central High School basketball player Justin Knox is looking for a new home to ply his basketball talents, but UA is limiting his options.
04/05/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA | The rule of thumb when it comes to Sunday baseball, is you need as many runs as you can get. It's just a fact most college baseball teams don't have the depth needed to throw a dominating pitcher on Sunday. Auburn did its part offensively scoring runs in six of the nine innings, while Alabama plated just one.
04/03/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer According to the schedule, it counts for only one game. But to the University of Alabama baseball team it meant much more.
03/25/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer MONTGOMERY | Reputations are earned by repeated behaviors. The Auburn University baseball team had a reputation as a power-hitting, poor-fielding team with the second worst team ERA in the Southeastern Conference.
03/09/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer If early season results hold true, a lot of players could be crossing home plate tonight in Montgomery. When the University of Alabama baseball team takes on Auburn at Riverwalk Stadium in the second MAX Capital City Classic, two hot hitting teams vie for bragging rights.
02/21/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer On what turned out to be a perfect day for baseball, the University of Alabama had pretty much a perfect day.
02/20/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer On what turned about to be a perfect day for baseball, the University of Alabama baseball team had pretty much a perfect day.
02/20/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer When he takes the field today and digs his worn spikes into the familiar red dirt surrounding third base, Jake Smith will do so a blessed man.
02/19/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer When the darkness descends upon Coleman Coliseum tonight and 17 athletes step into the spotlight, pink-and-black leotards shimmering before a packed house, hundreds of little girls will dance in the aisles, screaming the names of their favorite gymnasts, all the while dreaming of one day growing up to be just like them.
02/19/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer How do you get to where these 17 University of Alabama gymnasts will stand tonight? It takes work ethic like no other along with the love of a supportive family and the instruction of a nurturing coach.
02/04/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA | When no one else was paying attention, Malcolm Johnson went to work. On sweltering summer days when most looked for the cover and cool of shade and air conditioning, Johnson tied a harness around his waist, at the end of which sat a 120-pound tire. He dragged that tire up and down the practice fields of Northridge High School.
01/23/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA | They say it's not how you start but how you finish that counts. If that's true, it may be bad news for future opponents of the University of Alabama gymnastics team.
01/22/10 By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA | Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So when the University of Arkansas began preparations to start a gymnastics program, officials from the school set out to model their program after one of the crown jewel programs in the country. They came to Alabama. |