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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Pitcher Nick Gallagher throws a pitch during the Media Day on February 10, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Osama Khalid)

Hawkeye baseball wonders about the bullpen

February 22, 2017

By Pete Ruden [email protected] It’s only February, but baseball will be back in Iowa City when the Hawkeyes take on Loras College at Banks Field today. Iowa is coming off of a series in...

Iowa infielder Zach Daniels tags out Air Force Academy catcher Travis Wilkie during the Iowa-Air Force Academy game at Duane Banks field on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The Hawkeyes defeated the falcons, 9-7. (The Daily Iowan/John Theulen)

Baseball has up-and-down start

February 20, 2017

By Pete Ruden [email protected] Baseball season is finally here for the Hawkeyes, but their season didn’t exactly start how they wanted it to. With a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning...

Nick Gallagher pitches against Maryland in a semifinal game of the Big Ten Tournament on May 28 in Omaha, Nebraska. Iowa won the game 11-0.

First pitch finally here for Hawks

February 17, 2017

By Adam Hensley [email protected] The wait is over. Hawkeye baseball travels to Tampa, Florida, for its first games of the season this weekend. Iowa, tied for sixth in the Big Ten Preseason...

Iowa pitcher Nick Gallagher winds up at Duane Banks Field on Saturday, March 26, 2016. The Hawkeyes erased a 1-0 deficit in the bottom of the 8th scoring 4 runs to beat the Terrapins 4-1. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Baseball makes strong pitch

February 14, 2017

By Adam Hensley [email protected] Iowa baseball head coach Rick Heller, the program’s winningest coach in the first three years of his tenure, knows a thing or two. So when he says that...

Baseball bullish about power

Baseball bullish about power

February 13, 2017

By Pete Ruden [email protected] With the Iowa baseball season starting this week, there is a lot of buzz around the team and what it can accomplish this year. Coming off a Big Ten Championship...

Iowa head coach Rick Heller signals for pitcher Tyler Radtke during the third game of the series at Duane Banks Field on Monday, April 7, 2014. Indiana defeated Iowa, 5-3. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)

Making waves, walking on water

November 29, 2016

Blake Dowson [email protected] Sitting in the press box of TD Ameritrade Park in May, watching the Iowa baseball team make its way through the field during the Big Ten Tournament, I realized something:...

Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis scores past Chicago Cubs' Jon Lester during the fifth inning of Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The Chicago Cubs, a family affair

Blake Dowson, [email protected] November 3, 2016

  Being a Cubs fan never felt so good. I don’t know how to write this. I don’t know how to put into words what I am feeling as a third-generation Cubs fan who got his fandom from his dad, who...

Cubs Win: The curse of the goat is lifted

Cubs Win: The curse of the goat is lifted

November 3, 2016

By Ronald Blum Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The wait till next year is finally over. The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. Ending more than a century of flops, futility, and frustration,...

Baseball takes on worldview

Baseball takes on worldview

October 4, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] The Iowa baseball team is going global.The U.S. International University Sports Federation announced on Monday that the Hawkeyes will represent the United States...

Ex-Hawkeye gets the awaited call

Ex-Hawkeye gets the awaited call

September 2, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] There are a lot of long bus trips, cold showers, and late nights for a minor-league baseball player. But when a player gets the call from his major-league club...

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi works against the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, July 22, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Ranking MLB, even the rank teams

August 3, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] With the MLB non-waiver trade deadline past, it’s time to take another crack at the MLB power rankings: 1) Chicago Cubs The Cubs seem to have regained some...

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Andrew Cashner throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, July 21, 2016, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Some in Eden, some in the desert

August 2, 2016

There are some obvious winners and losers coming out of the MLB trade deadline. By Blake Dowson [email protected] The MLB trade deadline was pretty fun right there at the end. It seemed like there...