By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor Ladies and gentlemen, without further adieu, I am pleased to present to you the 2013 inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Nobody!…living, at least. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) foisted a travesty upon this country’s baseball fans when they did not deem a…
Irene Colomaio By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer Loans, diplomas, class locations and exams are all significant aspects of a college career. Without these simple things, St. Bonaventure really wouldn’t exist. But who makes all of this happen? The answer is Irene Colomaio. Colomaio works as the administrative assistant in the Registrar’s Office, a job she…
By Kristie Schiefer Assistant News Editor Hailed as one of the best baseball books of our time, Pen American Center honored “Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game” and its author, Dan Barry, ’80, with the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. The award is granted to nonfiction books on the subject…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor For brothers Seth, Cael and Asa Johnson, representing Bonaventure athletics runs in the family. The oldest sons of Bruce and Nancy Johnson of Frewsburg, along with their sister Anneli, are all current or former Bona athletes in a family of swimmers and baseball players. “Both our mom and dad were swimmers, and…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor The baseball team will host Saint Joseph’s (17-23, 7-4) this weekend in a three-game conference series beginning today at 3 p.m. The Bonnies (17-16, 5-7) swept George Washington last weekend in Virginia and split a doubleheader at Bucknell Tuesday. “We haven’t been real strong at home so far,” sophomore right-hander Asa Johnson…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief Brian Stavisky might be the most interesting St. Bonaventure athletics figure few outside the department know. Ten years ago, he was a baseball hero at Notre Dame. After three successful seasons in South Bend, Stavisky played professionally for parts of nine seasons. He once spent Spring Training practicing alongside legends…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor The baseball team (13-15, 2-7) will travel to George Washington for a three-game series beginning today at 4 p.m. “George Washington’s below .500 overall, so it’s obviously one of those things that you feel like you better win two out of three, if for no other reason than to get a little…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor In the shadow of the men’s and women’s basketball teams’ seasons to remember, the baseball team began its 2012 season. Such monumental Bonaventure moments are definitely memories I will cherish for the rest of my life. But as I stood in the Reilly Center parking lot waving to the…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After splitting a doubleheader at Niagara Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Rhode Island this weekend in a three-game home series beginning today at 3 p.m. “Rhode Island is perennially one of the best teams in the conference,” coach Larry Sudbrook said. “From 2000-2009, us and Rhode Island went to the…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After its first home loss against Canisius, 4-3, Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Fordham in a three-game home series this weekend, beginning today at 4 p.m. The Bonnies (9-9, 1-2) take on the Rams (9-16, 1-2) in their second series of Atlantic 10 play. Last weekend against Dayton, the…