Collegian: Baseball excited for Nebraska matchup

By Ryan Loy Collegian Staff Writer Penn State and Nebraska’s baseball teams have combined for more than 6,000 games played and nearly 4,000 wins since both programs began playing more than 100 years ago. Yet, the two programs have never faced each other on the diamond. That should change in two seasons, when Nebraska begins [...]

Baseball is fun again for Lehigh Valley IronPigs All-Star pitcher Nate Bump

Not many paths to Coca-Cola Park and the Triple-A All-Star game have taken as many turns and twists as Nate Bump’s. From south Florida to Shreveport, La., to State College to Camden, N.J. to, now, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the 33-year-old Towanda, Pa., native has journeyed down almost every highway professional baseball has to offer. [...]

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FanGraphs: David Aardsma’s Worst

by R.J. Anderson The book on David Aardsma was always the same: power arm with a blessed fastball, but wild command and an affinity for fly balls – and by extension, home runs. He was essentially a major league journeyman. The former first round pick out of Rice had spent the first few seasons of [...]

Bump named a AAA all-star

A club-record four Lehigh Valley IronPigs were chosen to participate in the 2010 Triple-A All-Star Game presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network on July 14 at Coca-Cola Park, the International League announced today. Three IronPigs – 1B Andy Tracy, 3B Cody Ransom and reliever Scott Mathieson – were elected to the starting lineup while RHP [...]