Gavin Gallaher, the No. 147 overall recruit in the class of 2023, committed to UNC baseball at the end of September. Gallaher has been preparing for college ball all his life and has had plenty of family support along the way.
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Ashton McGee was about to head to his first spring training as a minor league baseball player, when the decision was made to postpone the season because of COVID-19. This is how he stayed motivated during the pandemic after the MiLB season was canceled.
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With a quarter of Major League Baseball's shortest season since 1878 already in the books, here's how some former Tar Heels have been playing.
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After 22 seasons at the helm of the North Carolina baseball team, Mike Fox announced his retirement on Friday.
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Mike Fox, UNC baseball's head coach of 22 years and the winningest active head coach in college baseball, announced he is retiring on Friday. Fox ends his tenure as UNC's winningest head coach in program history.
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After a near five-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball is back in action with Opening Day slated for Thursday and Friday. With no fans in the stands, walk-up music as players approach the batters box will be some of the only noise echoing through ballparks during the abbreviated 60-game regular season. Here are the tracks some members of our sports desk would choose.
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This week, although the only fans you’ll see in the stands will be made out of cardboard, Major League Baseball will make its long-awaited return. With the season being reduced from 162 to 60 games, teams that might not otherwise have a chance could make a run at success in the shortened campaign. Here's where a few former Tar Heels stand entering Opening Day.
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“I’m a skeptic about the idea of resuming sports," Andrews said. "I’m a skeptic about certainly resuming college sports and college football, I think that’s absolute insanity. I think it’s downright dangerous and maybe even morally repugnant to put college athletes at risk like that."
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Former North Carolina outfielder Dylan Harris and right-handed pitcher Gianluca Dalatri inked free-agent deals with the Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals, respectively, following the shortened MLB draft in June.
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Former Tar Heel first baseman Aaron Sabato inked his deal with the Minnesota Twins on June 23 for a $2.75 million signing bonus after the organization selected him with the 27th overall pick in the 2020 MLB draft.
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With Aaron Sabato inking a deal with the Minnesota Twins following the MLB draft, here's how the former Tar Heel might fit in with his new organization.
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The North Carolina baseball team will have to adjust to some major departures, as Dylan Harris, Aaron Sabato and Gianluca Dalatri have signed MLB contracts within the past week.
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Even in a game filled with numbers, throwing a perfect game is unpredictable — and many of the game's all-time greats never accomplish it. But maintaining perfection for nine innings isn't all about the numbers, and that's what makes it one of sports greatest accomplishments.
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In a normal season, Friday would have marked the beginning of the NCAA Baseball Tournament, culminating in the eight-team College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting June 13. The Tar Heels, 12-7 when their season was cut short, were ranked No. 23 by D1 Baseball at the start of the year. Now, though, there is nothing to play for.
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The huge wins over the Yellow Jackets may have provided a jolt of energy for the Tar Heels, who cruised through the Chapel Hill Regional, outscoring their opponents 34-14 over a three-game span.
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A five-run fourth inning for the North Carolina baseball team wasn't enough for the Tar Heels to match Notre Dame's 14 runs in Sunday's game, leaving UNC with an 0-3 record in the ACC to start conference play.
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Despite a poor showing from North Carolina in its weekend series against Notre Dame to start ACC play, first baseman Aaron Sabato hit three home runs in three games to burst out of a slow start to the 2020 campaign.
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North Carolina's bullpen continued to struggle against Notre Dame in the second game of the series, an 11-8 loss for the Tar Heels in 10 innings.
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Redshirt sophomore outfielder Angel Zarate continued his hot hitting, eclipsing the .400 mark for the season with his two hits on the afternoon.
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“Coach talks about it all the time,” Holtzapple said. “Guys coming off the bench just being ready for their opportunity. Today I was fortunate enough to be in the starting lineup, so I just tried to be ready for it, take advantage of that.”
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