WHEELING – When Walker Buehler struck out Alex Verdugo on a 1-2 pitch to end the 2024 World Series and give the Los Angeles Dodgers another title, Wheeling native Michael Grove realized a lifetime dream. The 27-year-old Wheeling Park and WVU graduate is a member of the Dodgers and was ...
MORGANTOWN -- Jedd Gyorko takes a left turn each morning on his way to work. It’s a left onto 2040 Gyorko Drive, the street named in his honor that leads to WVU’s Kendrick Family Ballpark. “I guess I don’t really think about that too often,” the former major league slugger ...
GRANVILLE — If Dayne Leonard had his way, he’d never play another game for the West Virginia Black Bears. It’s not that Leonard dislikes playing for the Black Bears. Quite the opposite, in fact, as he’s extremely grateful for the team and manager David Carpenter giving him the ...
MORGANTOWN -- WVU starting pitcher Tyler Switalski was selected in the 16th round Tuesday by the San Francisco Giants, but the final day of the Major League Baseball draft concluded with much of the Mountaineers’ lineup for next season intact. Switalski, from nearby Waynesburg, Pa., was ...
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia saw its top two starters, closer and top high-school recruit drafted into the professional baseball ranks Monday. The starters were senior Derek Clark and junior Aidan Major, who combined for a 13-7 record this past season with 163 2/3 innings pitched. David ...
MORGANTOWN -- J.J. Wetherholt spent the last three years helping the WVU baseball team build toward making history. The Mountaineers shortstop made his own Sunday night without a bat or a glove in his hand and a black cowboy hat on his head. The St. Louis Cardinals took Wetherholt with ...