May 20 at Eck Stadium in Wichita, KS
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In the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament opener, Bradley right-hander Elliot Ashbeck tossed eight innings of two-run ball and struck out six in the third-seeded Braves' 9-2 victory.
ESPN announcers on Ashbeck: "they refer to him as a bulldog".
How
many pitchers have been referred to as/currently are referred to as
"bulldog" or "having a bulldog mentality"? Nearly 200 years of baseball
in this country, there must be roughly 700,000,000 bulldogs.
I
guess the most famous bulldog in baseball history is Orel Hershiser,
but here are some other bulls and dogs, according to
baseballreference.com.
* Bill Dietrich - "Bullfrog"
* Leon Durham - "Bull"
* Greg Maddux & Bill Madlock - "Mad Dog"
*
Fred McGriff - "Crime Dog". I didn't know why he was called this until I
discovered that Chris Berman had given him the name, which explains everything.
Chris Berman seems like the kind of person who would address someone by
the nickname he had given them: "How are you today, Crime Dog?"
* Tony Perez - "Big Dog"
* Joe Poetz - "Bull Montana". Perhaps named after the Italian wrestler Bull Montana? Or, perhaps at some point in his life Poetz lived in Montana with a bull?
* Lew Ritter - "Old Dog". There's a decent chance Ritter wasn't fond of this nickname.
*
Mike Redmond - "Red Dog". Not known at this time if there was ever an
"Old Red Dog", but I'd like to nominate Mark McGwire's grandpa.
* Bill Hopper - "Bird Dog". I'd prefer "Old Bird Dog Bill Hopper".
* Mo Vaughn - "Hit Dog". I'm sure Boston fans have other names for him.
More Like Brodie Harmless
Brodie Harkness, Evansville's freshman starter, did not have a pleasant day. The southpaw hit Chris Godinez with his first pitch and things didn't get much better after that. He allowed 15 of the 21 batters he faced to reach base, surrendering all nine Bradley runs in just 3 1/3 innings of work for the No. 6 seed.
Webb Bobo All Stars
The Bobos hadn't had a new member in a few weeks. Thank goodness Evansville second baseman Shain Showers walked into our lives.
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