The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/baseball/page/3/)
The Cornell baseball team is coached by first-year head coach Dan Pepicelli and led by a nine player council. In its 146-year history, the team has amassed a 1665-1839-34 record; a .475 win percentage. The Red has had 14 players drafted by the MLB since the draft began in 1965.
The League’s decision quickly drew criticism for holding steadfast to its eligibility requirements during an unprecedented time — the Ivy League, founded in 1954, has never canceled an entire sports season.
“It was just kind of one of those things, an instant reaction. It’s not like I was mad at anyone,” Urbon said of the tweet. “It’s just more of a disappointment — I spent the last nine months to a year in the training room every day … [The tweet] was kind of just, throwing it out there, and I guess it gained traction a lot more than I thought it was going to.”
“Sunday was a better result,” said Pepicelli. “I still think there’s better in us, but we’re heading in the right direction.”
The Houston Astros fired Brandon Taubman ’07 on Thursday after the assistant general manager and Cornell graduate made controversial comments. An investigation by MLB found that his comments were targeting female reporters.
Houston Astros’ assistant general manager Brandon Taubman ’07 is under fire after making seemingly pointed remarks to three female reporters on Saturday night regarding a player on his pennant-winning ball club who previously violated Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
“Sometimes the big success stories are when you don’t quit and just keep grinding away at the season and get something for yourself at the end,” Head Coach Dan Pepicelli said.
With men on first and second, the home run was a walk-off — Cornell took the game over Penn, 8-7.
Cornell’s offensive outburst earned the Red a win in game two.
After losing a high-octane Saturday doubleheader, the Red won in a defensive battle on Sunday.
The Red dropped five of six games against Ivy foes over the break.