Seniors out on a winning note
Justin Amlung is congratulated by Dan McDonnell during Senior Day ceremonies before the University of Louisville-Morehead baseball game Tuesday at Jim Patterson Stadium. Amlung, who attended St. X, is actually…
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Justin Amlung is congratulated by Dan McDonnell during Senior Day ceremonies before the University of Louisville-Morehead baseball game Tuesday at Jim Patterson Stadium. Amlung, who attended St. X, is actually…
Dan McDonnell admits he’s stubborn when it comes to weather and baseball. He thought about playing two games Saturday because of a bad weather forecast. The forecast for Sunday would…
The baseball weekend is off to a humongous start with an announcement from the University of Louisville that expansion of Jim Patterson Stadium will begin June 15th. The increased seating…
One more win and the University of Louisville baseball team is back where it belongs — in the championship game of the Big East tournament. But first U of L…
Julie McDonnell, wife of University of Louisville baseball coach Dan McDonnell, is escorted from the field after throwing out the first pitch Tuesday at the U of L-Indiana baseball game.…
Drying out dining room and basement carpets, dealing with insurance, picking up the car from the garage, all the while ridding Barbara’s computer of a nasty anti-virus protection virus (thanks…
Made it out to Jim Patterson Stadium Sunday, a perfect day for baseball. Nice crowd, in the neighborhood of 2,000 fans. Returned home with two foul balls. Only thing missing…
The University of Louisville baseball team will face Michigan, Ohio State and Minnesota in the annual Big East-Big Ten challenge at St. Petersburg in February. Michigan, in fact, is the…
Don’t look now but Dan McDonnell is reloading. Dace Kime, a right-handed pitcher selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates during the eighth round of the recent Major League Baseball draft, has…
Cody Ege, a player with impressive hitting and pitching credentials from Cherokee, Iowa, has told Coach Dan McDonnell that he wants to play college baseball at the University of Louisville.…
Forever until September. July only now arriving, still only one-third of the way through a record hot summer. Dog days. Boring. Not much happening in University of Louisville athletics. Wrong.…
Dan McDonnell returns to the dugout. He returns having been relegated to lower-than-spectator status for three of the most important games of the best regular baseball seasons in the school’s…
One of those games when the University of Louisville players are unable to get the bats off their shoulders, this one denying U of L a NCAA Regional baseball championship.…
Perhaps the video below might provide some clarity into the encounter between Louisville baseball coach Dan McDonnell and Big East umpire Mike Shields during the U of L-St. John’s game…
Not liking the way things have been going lately. Far too many come-from-behind wins required late in the season, a weak showing in the Big East baseball tournament, and a…
Dan McDonnell’s response to intimidation tactics of the umpire crew during the Louisville-St. John’s baseball game last Saturday has caused him a three-game suspension as the NCAA Tournament begins. The…
Dan McDonnell, the super competitive University of Louisville baseball coach, had never been ejected from a game before the semi-final Big East Tournament game against St. John’s. That might still…
Must be Big East Tournament time. The mohawks and the goatees are back, one or both in shocking red  accents for some players. The University of Louisville baseball team…
Someone in the Courier-Journal sports department owes Dan McDonnell and his University of Louisville baseball team an explanation, if not an apology, for ignoring the biggest sports story in town…
Freshman righthander Justin Amlung with six shutout innings, allowing only four hits. Adam Duvall with three hits, including two home runs. Drew Haynes, yes Drew Haynes, with three hits. Josh…