Teams shouldn’t visit White House
November 6, 2019
It has been standard practice for championship teams of varying levels to visit the White House as a part of the celebration. It is a practice that should end. The most recent team to visit the White House was the Washington Nationals, who had just won the first World Series in franchise history. Any...
Sports can be more than just a game
Tom O'Connor, Sports Reporter
March 22, 2018
Living with autism spectrum disorder, I often found it difficult to bridge the crosswalk between solitude and companionship, struggling to read the flashing signals or nonverbal cues. For years, my restrictive patterns of interest revolved around parrots. My dialogue on this subject would have bored...
Baseball Map
March 7, 2018
Baseball continues to fall after being swept
Maher Kawash, Staff Reporter
April 10, 2016
It’s a tie game in the top of the ninth with two outs, two strikes, and the bases loaded. The Panther fans are cheering and waiting anxiously, and the Eastern dugout is silent in anticipation as junior Jake Haberer gears up for another pitch on the mound. Haberer gets the sign from his catcher,...
Eastern baseball releases 2016 schedule
Maher Kawash, Staff Reporter
December 9, 2015
The Eastern Illinois baseball team released their schedule for this year as they near the beginning of the season with a new head coach, and plenty of new faces on the team. The Panthers are coming off a disappointing year to say the least, as they ended last season with a 13-36 record, as well...
Baseball coach using past experience to lead young team
Maher Kawash, Staff Reporter
December 7, 2015
The Eastern baseball team has a new coach. Jason Anderson was brought on as head coach this year after serving as the team’s pitching coach the previous three seasons. Anderson has had a storied career as he has plenty of experience with the game of baseball such as playing Division One baseball, ...
Baseball team adds five recruits for 2017 season
Maher Kawash, Staff Reporter
November 16, 2015
The Eastern Illinois baseball team added some young talent this past week as five recruits signed their National Letters of Intent to join the program for the 2017 season. The Panthers will receive the talents of right handed pitchers Dylan Baird and Jordan Walden, outfielders Jack Holden and Jason...
Eastern baseball begins their “World Series”
Sean Hastings, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2014
The Eastern baseball team played in an intrasquad game at Coaches Stadium on Wednesday. The matchup consisted of a gray team and blue team, splitting the Panthers’ roster up evenly and playing a normal nine-inning game. The gray team came away victorious 5-0 over the blue team in what the Panthers consi...
Baseball tryouts begin Sept. 26
Aldo Soto, Sports Editor
September 16, 2014
The Eastern baseball team will have walk-on tryouts starting at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, at Coaches Stadium. This marks the second straight year that the Panthers have offered walk-on tryouts. Students that want to try out must receive a physical and a sickle cell test from Health Services. Potential...
Schmitz remembers Coaches Stadium
Aldo Soto, Sports Editor
September 10, 2014
Editor╒s note: This is the eighth installment in a series looking back at Eastern baseball coach Jim Schmitz╒s 20 years coaching the Panthers. It was a year of firsts for the Eastern baseball team in 2002, as the program began the season without its head coach and in March the Panthers debuted...
Borens drafted by Yankees in 11th round
Aldo Soto, Sports Editor
June 10, 2014
The New York Yankees selected Eastern baseball pitcher Matt Borens in the 11th round in the Major League Baseball draft Saturday afternoon. The junior became the sixth Panther to be taken in the draft in the past six years, as the right-handed pitcher was the 332nd overall pick in the 2014 draft. Borens...
