One of the NIU baseball team's weaknesses this season has been its pitching. That wasn't the case Wednesday afternoon, as five NIU pitchers allowed only two runs in a 16-2 drubbing of Chicago State. NIU (13-21) starter Zach Badgley allowed six hits and...

This weekend was very cold. For those who followed my Twitter coverage from Wrigley Field on Monday and who already know this â€" I froze. And even though Milwaukee had a dome, it too was cold because there are no bars or restaurants in walking distance...

Before June 6, 2008, Troy White's baseball career was a lot more normal. The senior at Chicago's Whitney Young High School had just finished up his final high school season. White was planning to attend Oakton Community College for the 2008-2009 school...

Another trip to Ohio left the NIU baseball team with the same results as last weekend, as the Huskies were swept by Akron. NIU lost to Akron 14-10, 14-11 and 10-7 in the Friday, Saturday and Sunday games, respectively. The Huskies (11-21 overall, 4-7...

NIU (11-18 Overall, 4-4 MAC) Last Time Out With a one-run lead and the tying run at third, NIU allowed Northwestern's Jake Goebbert to blast off a two-run walk off home run. The Huskies started the final frame with Tom Zelasko on the mound. With the tying...

Softball's biggest advantage is baseball's curse. The role of the pitcher in both sports is a vital component to winning, but it's the use of that component which separates the sports. The difference in style is obvious: softball pitchers throw underhand...

Think back to your last doctor's visit for a routine physical. The doctor goes through all the necessary procedures, sometimes nonchalantly, and you're out in about 10 minutes. Now imagine if that meeting lasted a little more than a few minutes and you...

One important rule in baseball is to play all nine innings. As NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey described it, "There's no clock in this game." The NIU baseball team found this out the hard way Wednesday night at Northwestern, as the Wildcats erased a game-long...

A pair of in-state rivalry games looms for the NIU baseball team this week. The Huskies (11-17) head downstate to take on Illinois State (13-9) today at 6 p.m. in Normal. NIU looks to bounce back this week as it comes off a three-game sweep suffered at...

It's that time of the year when the sun pokes its rays through the curtain, waking you up. You know those days where you know it's going to be a good day. You can feel it as you get out of bed; today, the mercury is going to get beyond the 70-degree mark....

Coming into the season, the NIU baseball team had to replace 70 percent of the innings pitched it lost from 2008. Little did head coach Ed Mathey know that things would get more complicated as the Huskies would lose two thirds of their weekend rotation...

After the rainy weather cleared, the NIU baseball team finally took to the field this week. The Huskies battled windy conditions in a 5-3 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee (5-16). Pitcher Tom Barry earned the victory for NIU (11-14) in five innings of...