Baseball Infocus

Longer conference season needed for baseball teams to prove themselves

Ivy League baseball needs a longer conference season.

By Ryan Young | Apr 24 01:13 am ET

Baseball In Focus: Light Blue baseball needs an offensive surge to keep up with league

The Light Blue pitchers have been throwing well throughout the season, but the offense needs to show more consistency if the team wants to win the Lou Gehrig Division title.

By Eli Schultz | Apr 17 12:25 am ET

Strong defense keeps Lions in challenging games

The Lions baseball team is focusing on its strong defensive skills to help stay in tough games.

By Ryan Young | Mar 26 11:30 pm ET

Small mistakes costly in evenly-matched conference

Collaboration between the pitchers and the defense is important for the Light Blue to seal victories in what has proven to be a tight conference in 2011, with six of eight teams in contention.

By Ryan Young | Apr 18 11:42 pm ET

Momentum key for Lions baseball in Ivies

During a weekend a sweeps across the league, the Lions were swept by Dartmouth on Saturday, only to turn around and sweep Harvard on Sunday.

By Trevor Cohen | Apr 5 12:37 am ET

Left-handed pitching challenges Light Blue

Left-handed pitchers have managed to challenge the Light Blue in the early phases of the current season, however, the Lions are practicing hard to combat the threat before conference play starts this weekend.

By Ryan Young | Mar 29 12:39 am ET

Psychology is the real challenge for rookie catchers

Freshmen Mike Fischer and Enmanuel Cabreja have been working hard this season to show coaches that they have what it takes to be the next starting catcher for the Columbia baseball team.

By Molly Tow | Mar 22 01:06 am ET

Pitching staff raises game for Ivy competition

Columbia's pitchers have responded to a shaky start to the season and some criticism from the Specator's staff to put together a consistent league campaign so far. As a result, the Lions and their already strong offense are sitting in first place of the Gehrig Division of the Ivy League, three games ahead of second-place Penn.

By Michael Shapiro | Apr 20 12:36 am ET

Light Blue shows speed on base paths

In a return to their championship form of two years ago, the Lions have shown a flare for swiping bases this season. With a success rate of over 73 percent, Columbia is in first place and primed to bring home Ivy League hardware for the second time in three seasons.

By Michael Shapiro | Apr 12 07:34 pm ET

CU baseball packs punch at the plate

The Lions have given opposing pitchers a reason to fear their bats this season. Four Columbia batters—Dean Forthun, Nick Ferraresi, Alexander Aurrichio, and Jon Eisen—have hit for over .300 this season as all but one player have hit for over .275.

By Jacob Shapiro | Apr 5 10:23 pm ET

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