Stomper statue has CSUEB connections
Allison Weseman,
Photographer
May 24, 2018
For Jack and Alise Eastgate, this past year has been a busy one. They were chosen along with forty-nine other artists to contribute their take on the Oakland Athletics elephant mascot, Stomper, for the A’s 50th anniversary “Paint the Stomper” event. This in addition to the Eastgates being selected...
Pioneers earn All-CCAA honors for baseball, softball
Marissa Marshall,
Sports Editor
May 24, 2018
Despite not qualifying for the playoffs, the California State East Bay baseball and softball teams had seven players earn All-CCAA honors, an award that recognized the best players of the 2018 season The softball team was 19-36 overall this season and 13-22 in California Collegiate Athletic Associ...
No postseason for East Bay baseball squad
Marissa Marshall,
Sports Editor
May 10, 2018
In their final series of the season against the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (CCAA) leaders, Cal State Monterey Bay (36-16 overall, 30-14 CCAA), the Cal State East Bay baseball team’s season came to an end. “This season has been a grind,” senior pitcher Alex Vesia sa...
East Bay baseball inches towards a winning record
Marissa Marshall,
Sports Editor
May 10, 2018
After losing a four-game series, 1-3 against San Francisco State (22-24 overall, 21-19 California Collegiate Athletic Association) last weekend, the Cal State East Bay men’s baseball team flipped the script and won three out of four games in their four-game series this weekend. The Pioneers faced...
Can Oakland’s offense make-up for lackluster pitching staff?
Nick Piper,
Contributor
May 10, 2018
The 2018 Major League Baseball season is now in full swing, and the Oakland Athletics have started out predictably mediocre. A month into the season, the team has earned an 11-11 record which already puts them four and a half games back of the defending World Series Champion, the Houston Astros. Coming o...
East Bay fails to to claim ‘Bay Bridge’ title
Marissa Marshall,
Sports Editor
April 26, 2018
The Cal State East Bay baseball team fell 3-1 in a four-game series in their battle of the Bay rivalry matchup against San Francisco State University (20-22 overall, 19-17 California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference) over the weekend. It was an unfortunate outcome for the Pioneers ...
East Bay splits doubleheader against Dominguez Hills
Marissa Marshall,
Sports Editor
April 19, 2018
The California State East Bay baseball team is slowly climbing their way up the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (CCAA) standings. After they beat Cal Poly Pomona (20-18 overall, 17-15 CCAA) 3-1 in a four-game series two weeks ago, the Pioneers followed it up with a 2-2 split...
Tritons take down Pioneers in four game series
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
April 10, 2018
After two successful weekends in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (CCAA) against Chico State (18-4 overall, 14-12 conference) and Cal State San Marcos (13-17, 8-16), the California State East Bay baseball team finally fell. “We played some really good baseball those two...
CSUEB baseball continues to struggle
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
The California State East Bay baseball team went 1-3 in their four game series versus the Stanislaus State Warriors (10-7 overall, 6-5 California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference) in conference play over the weekend. “We’re a solid squad,” Senior pitcher Alex Vesia said. “We have...
Baseball falls to San Bernardino
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
March 7, 2018
The Cal State East Bay baseball team lost their four game road series to the CSU San Bernardino Coyotes 3-1 (5-9 overall, 5-3 conference) over the weekend in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (CCAA) play. “We didn’t play to our full potential,” junior catcher Matt Cantelme s...
Being an A’s fan is pure agony
Matthew Carrera,
Contributor
March 7, 2018
Athletics dysfunction right on schedule Baseball season is about to start and it’s time to cheer on the Oakland A’s. We love Oakland, which means we love being the underdog team with not a lot of money and we feel great when they succeed. Oakland is not a glitz and glamour team like Los Angeles, Bo...
Oakland Athletics celebrates 50 years at CSUEB
Miguel Almodovar-Weinstein,
Contributor
March 7, 2018
Excited Cal State East Bay students enrolled in the History of Baseball class poured into the Old University Union with other Pioneer baseball fanatics as a discussion panel unfolded this past Monday. The panel discussion was organized and moderated by CSUEB’s Benjamin Klein, a lecturer in the histor...
