Posts by Matt Betts
Betts: Davalan helps driving Razorbacks' bus ... all the way to Omaha

“The good folks at MLB Pipeline website have written Tennessee Volunteers left-hander Liam Doyle’s fastball “has been the most untouchable heater in college baseball this year.”

Apparently no one told Arkansas Razorbacks outfielder Charles Davalan.

Davalan (St-Bruno-De-Montarville, Que.) knew he would see that fastball when he headed to the plate after a leadoff walk in the top of the third in Game 2 of the Razorbacks Super Regional against the Volunteers on Sunday.”

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Betts: From collecting candy to coming on in relief, Kopp relishing time with Berries

“A lot has changed over the course of Carter Kopp’s career but Cairns Field has remained a consistent baseball backdrop.

Back in the days of the Saskatoon Yellowjackets, who fielded a team in the Western Major Baseball League from 2002 to 2014, Kopp (Saskatoon, Sask.) recalls chasing foul balls in hopes of exchanging them for a bag of candy at the concession stand.

More than a decade later, he’s the one young fans are looking up to.

And the honour isn’t lost on the Saint Xavier University right-hander. “

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