Baseball

You are here at POINT A and way, way, way, way over there is Massachusetts at POINT B. But on this first day of summer, you still can follow UH pitcher Dylan Thomas and outfielder Adam Fogel in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Thomas pitches for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks: Hawks link Thomas has pitched three innings in three games, with four strikeouts, four walks, a save and 3.00 ERA. Fogel plays for the Chatham Anglers: Anglers link In three […]

Jackson Rees, who was the baseball ‘Bows’ top starting pitcher this past season, has reached agreement on a minor-league, free-agent contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Rees told the Warrior Beat he will report today to the Jays’ minor-league headquarters in Florida. He is expected to pitch for Toronto’s rookie-level team, the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. It appeared Rees would return to UH for his senior season after not being selected in last week’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player […]

> Kekai Rios, C — 28th round by Milwaukee Brewers > Dylan Thomas, P — 38th round by Minnesota Twins > Beau Branton, 2B, Stanford (Punahou) — 28th round by Seattle Mariners > Micah Bello, OF, Hilo High — 2nd round by Milwaukee Brewers > Joey O’Brien, RHP/U, UH recruit — 6th round by Seattle Mariners > Anthony Hoopi‘i-Tuionetoa, RHP/CF, Baldwin High — 16th round by Minnesota Twins > Chris Allen, LHP, UH recruit — 20th round by Chicago Cubs […]

UH’s 2017-18 athletic year concluded at around 2 p.m. Hawaii time when left fielder Johnny Weeks made the final putout of the baseball ’Bows’ 10-6 victory over UC Santa Barbara. What began with a Week Zero game against … — oh, heck, was it, UMass? — what seemed like a long, long time ago ended on a windy day in the “American Riviera.” All in all, it was kinda fun. * * * * * Today’s baseball game also marked […]

After nearly 20 years, the UH athletic department is getting a new travel partner. JTB Hawaii, whose bid recently was accepted, will be handling travel arrangements for all the UH teams. JTB Hawaii takes over on July 1. The change ends Panda Travel’s association with UH athletics, a partnership that began after former Gov. Ben Cayetano solicited sponsors for the football program. Panda staffed an office in the athletic department to quicken travel arrangements. Through the years, the Panda agents […]

One of the good guys in sports journalism — Sam Spangler — is leaving KHON next month. Spangler and wife Chassis will be joining the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai. Spangler succeeded on and off the field. He pitched for the Rainbow Warriors from 2007 through 2010, then spent two years in the Minnesota Twins organization. In August 2012, he was hired as a sports reporter/producer at KHON. Spangler is among the new wave of multiple-skill sports journalists. He reports, shoots […]