October 21, 2015

Well, the Cubs aren’t going to win the World Series by tomorrow, and if they do win it, they really need to start playing better beginning today.

Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs

Posted on October 20th, 2015 under Other. Tags: baseball, Chicago, Denver, Nikon 300mm f/4 VR ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, sports photography. Comments Off on Back to the Future

@sammichashland @JArrieta34 @JakeArrietaNews

Jake Arrieta had a pretty good season last year (2014) except on the day I took this photo. On that day he gave up nine runs in just five innings. Coors Field can do that to any pitcher.

Since then he has been the best pitcher in MLB. This season he has 21 wins and an ERA below 2. He is the main reason the Cubs are going to the postseason in 2015. No other pitcher on the Cubs has more than 10 wins.

Posted on September 28th, 2015 under Other. Tags: baseball, Coors Field, Nikon 300mm f/4 VR ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, sports photography. Comments Off on Jake Arrieta is on fire

Sarah Holgen with the amazing vertical leap and block

@HolgieFitGirl @RaiderVB

Ellie is competing in her first ever sand volleyball tournament this weekend in Seaside, Oregon. It also happens to be the largest tourney of its kind and gets bigger every year.

Today’s photo is of SOU alum Sarah Holgen, who, along with teammate Renee Yomtob, has yet to lose.

Posted on August 7th, 2015 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, Nikon D750, seaside beach volleyball tournament, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on World’s Largest Beach Volleyball Tournament

@mconforto8

I mentioned last year that Michael Conforto was selected by the Mets out of Oregon State. In just a year he has made the big league club. And his first two games have been fantastic! So far he is 4 for 7 with two doubles, two RBIs, four runs scored and a walk.

Posted on July 25th, 2015 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, Nikon D600, oregon state university, sports photography. Comments Off on Big Leaguer

@AndrewG_23

For the 2015 season Andrew Moore was 7-2 with a 1.73 ERA during the regular season of his junior year. His last start was his best as he faced the minimum number of batters (27) in a complete game victory. The two batters who got hits off him were doubled up. At the college level a strike out to walk ratio of 2:1 is good. Andrew’s is over 5:1.

Unfortunately for Oregon State, only one Pac-12 team gets to host, and they finished second in the Pac-12 at 38-16-1 overall and 19-10-1 in Pac-12 play. OSU will travel to Dallas for games against two teams from Texas and VCU. Play begins Friday.

The Ducks finished sixth in the Pac-12 (37-23, 16-14), barely made the tournament, and will travel to Springfield, Missouri looking to upset three higher ranked teams.

Posted on May 27th, 2015 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, Nikon D600, oregon state university, sports photography. Comments Off on College World Series Regionals begin